Republican leaders from across New York are getting behind Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin's candidacy for governor.
County Replublican chairs and state committee members met yesterday near Albany for a closed-door straw poll.
Zeldin got 85 percent of the weighted vote. Former West Chester County Executive Rob Astorino got 5 percent. And 10 percent abstained.
The other candidates are Andrew Giuliani -- the son of Rudy Giuliani -- and Lewis County Sheriff Mike Carpinelli.