{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_mlfturqwtmuaytnnz3ba","title":"A GOP candidate for governor helped nearly flip a Queens Assembly seat. Can Blakeman do the same?","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/a-gop-candidate-for-governor-helped-nearly-flip-a-queens-assembly-seat-mlfturqwtm","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_mlfturqwtmuaytnnz3ba","seq":390791,"kind":"article","title":"A GOP candidate for governor helped nearly flip a Queens Assembly seat. Can Blakeman do the same?","url":"https://queenseagle.com/all/2026/9/27/a-gop-candidate-for-governor-helped-nearly-flip-a-queens-assembly-seat-can-blakeman-do-the-same","summary":"Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin helped Thomas Sullivan nearly flip a Queens Assembly seat from Democrat to Republican in 2022. Can this year’s Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, give Sullivan the same boost, plus a little more?","published":"2026-09-28T09:00:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T09:43:22Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-queenseagle-com-3f4dc0","name":"queenseagle.com","domain":"queenseagle.com"},"via":"kite-queenseagle-com-3f4dc0","topics":["new-york-city","news","politics"],"authors":["Ryan Schwach"],"entities":[{"id":"Q17510373","name":"Blakeman","type":"person"}],"story":"st_mlfturqwtmuaytnnz3ba","category":"politics","category_p":0.8199999928474426,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.10999999940395355,"political":0.6800000071525574}]}