President Donald Trump is set to visit Syracuse on Oct. 9 to campaign with Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, according to a source familiar with the planning.
Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, faces Gov. Kathy Hochul in next month’s election. A recent Siena University poll shows him trailing Hochul by 9 points, although a Quinnipiac University poll released on the same day had Hochul up by 19 points.
Trump stumped for Blakeman in Garden City on Long Island in August.
“He’s a friend of mine for a long time, a great political leader, a great politician,” the president said during the August visit.
This will be the first time Trump has visited Syracuse while in office. He last came to the Salt City during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Details as to where the event will take place have not been released.
Spectrum News has reached out to the Blakeman campaign and White House for comment.