New York Post review finds Long Island Democratic candidate websites omit Gov. Kathy Hochul

A New York Post review published Aug. 3 says multiple Democratic candidates running on the Nov. 3 election ballot on Long Island do not include Gov. Kathy Hochul’s name on their campaign websites. The report frames the omission as an apparent disconnect between the statewide ticket and the way local candidates present themselves online ahead of the state’s fall election.

According to the New York Post review, Hochul is listed as the incumbent governor and appears at the top of the Democratic Party ticket for the Nov. 3 election. The review alleges that, while voters navigating local campaign pages would see candidate messaging and branding, Hochul is not named in that content. The article does not, in its summary, specify whether the sites include links to the governor, reference her indirectly, or display her name in other website locations.

The discrepancy matters for election administration and voter information because candidate websites are a common source of outreach for undecided voters, and party branding is often used to reinforce the relationship between local races and statewide leadership. When a governor’s name is absent from local campaign pages, voters may not easily connect the local candidates with the statewide officeholder at the top of the party ticket.

The New York Post report centers on presentation rather than official filing. The New York election process in New York is governed by ballot design and official candidate listings, not the presence or absence of a governor’s name on a campaign website. The omission described in the article therefore raises questions about messaging strategy and candidate visibility, but it does not, on its face, establish any election-law violation.

The review also arrives as Democratic candidates and party committees across the state continue to use digital platforms to reach voters, including pages that describe a candidate’s priorities, biography, and endorsements. In that context, the reported omission is notable because governors are typically part of the broader party narrative in statewide races.

The New York Post did not, in the information provided for this roundup, identify specific website pages by URL or quote campaign materials line by line. As a result, the factual record here is limited to the Post’s characterization that Hochul’s name is “nowhere to be found” on the relevant pages the publication reviewed.

With the Nov. 3 election approaching, the next practical step for voters would be to rely on official election resources for ballot information and to check whether candidates update their websites as the general election cycle tightens. If campaign pages continue to omit Hochul’s name, the contrast between statewide party leadership and local digital branding may remain a visible feature of the campaign information landscape.