In a recent Siena Research Institute poll, 80% of upstate New Yorkers said they didn’t know Bruce Blakeman enough to have an opinion about him.
That highlights the challenge facing the Nassau County executive as he begins his campaign for governor. It is also an opportunity. For better or worse, the Republican is a blank slate for many New Yorkers, a picture to be painted. Blakeman will need to make his case, as he attempted in an interview before Christmas.
“I am not well-known upstate, and we’re going to remedy that situation,” Blakeman told me. “I will be there so often they’ll probably send me a tax bill.”…