Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger, Bruce Blakeman, were pounding the pavement in New York City on Saturday for the final weekend of early voting. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.

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Nicki Minaj branded Kathy Hochul an "evil woman" and urged New York voters to back Republican Bruce Blakeman in the gubernatorial election race.

Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says Americans won't be discouraged by "unreliable polls or by pundits" declaring the party opposing Trump is destined to win, and Republicans understand they must "defy history" and keep the House majority.

From Brooklyn to Long Island, both candidates for New York governor are making their final pitches to voters. And there are new attacks, along with a tax pledge, too. There is also a surge of voters who have already made their decisions and cast their ballot during early voting,

WASHINGTON—Republicans saw another blaring warning sign and they called in JD Vance. A poll released earlier this month showed GOP candidate Anthony Constantino down by 4 percentage points in a rural New York district that Donald Trump had carried by 21 points just two years ago.

The state said it fired Democrat Craig Herskowitz for sexually harassing a female subordinate. Herskowitz said he was wrongfully terminated for cooperating in an investigation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Grassroots organizers are mobilizing to oust New York City’s only Republican member with little help from the Democratic establishment. The cudgel they’re wielding against Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act,