In advance of the primary our team of experts analyzed races up and down the ticket, including Evan, who spoke to The Buffalo News about why incumbent New York governors almost never lose primaries and how Gov. Kathy Hochul has secured her lead in the race:

“Kathy Hochul spent years as lieutenant governor, building relationships in every corner of the state, working as hard if not harder than anybody else in state government, to be prepared on the issues and to be ready to assume whatever responsibilities she had to,” Stavisky said. “People who underestimated her probably didn't know her.”

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