Blakeman has big lead over Hochul among independent voters - but Dem ahead overall: pollRepublican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman leads incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul by 21 percentage points among independent voters — even as she holds a healthy double-digit lead in the deeply blue Empire State, a new poll found.New York Post11d agoWhole story →GovernmentKathy Hochulnew york gubernatorial poll