Lee Zeldin holds final campaign rally

RUNNING FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. ZINNIA MALDONADO, CBS 2 NEWS. THANK YOU. GOVERNOR HOCHUL FACING A CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE LEE ZELDIN. HE’S HELD A FINAL CAMPAIGN RALLY IN MEDFORD, LONG ISLAND. JOHN DIAS IS THERE. Reporter: THIS AREA IS LEE ZELDIN’S MAIN BASE. HE LIVES CLOSE BY IN SHIRLEY AND HE WANTS TO ENSURE THAT HE IS VICTORIOUS THAT HE COMES OUT ON TOP HE REALLY NEEDS TO HOLD DOWN THIS ZONE AND REALLY MOST OF LONG ISLAND. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THE PARKING LOT OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS WAS

FULL OF ZELDIN’S CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS DURING ONE OF HIS LAST STOPS BEFORE HEADING INTO THE CITY FOR ELECTION NIGHT. HERE HE CONTINUED HIS TOUGH ON CRIME MESSAGING. HE GALVANIZED SUPPORTERS BEFORE THEY BEGAN PHONE BANKING AND DOOR KNOCKING. THIS RACE IS UNEXPECTEDLY CLOSE IN THE HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC NEW YORK. POLITICAL STRATEGISTS SAY IN ORDER FOR ZELDIN TO WIN HE HAS TO FIGHT FOR HIS SHARE OF WESTCHESTER AND WIN LONG ISLAND OVERWHELMINGLY. HE’S FEELING OPTIMISTIC HE WILL COME OUT ON TOP. TODAY IS A DAY FOR NO EXCUSES. BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK, TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE

TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN THIS STATE AND THIS COUNTRY. WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK YOU’RE RUNNING TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF ALL NEW YORKERS. THIS IS A CAMPAIGN

TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR GOVERNMENT BACK. TO HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO DOESN’T VIEW NEW YORKERS AS HIS OR HER APOSTLES. THERE SHOULD BE NO MYSTERY AS TO WHY KATHY HOCHUL IS GOING TO LOSE THIS RACE TODAY. Reporter: NOW RIGHT BEFORE THE RALLY AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIDEO ZELDIN VOTED AT HIS POLLING PLACE. A FEW HOURS AFTER IT OPENED. WE ARE TOLD HE

WILL BE HEADING TO ONE MORE CAMPAIGN LOCATION, STEREO GARDEN IN PATCHOGUE. LEE ZELDIN SAYING IF HE DOES WIN HE WILL WORK HAND IN HAND THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY ARE SAFE ONCE AGAIN. LIVE THIS AFTERNOON FROM MEDFORD, LONG ISLAND, JOHN DIAS, CBS 2 NEWS.