A steep and tricky climb awaits Bruce Blakeman if he intends to reach the coveted realm of major league governance by succeeding Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Even if the MAGA Republican rises meteorically from Nassau County executive to New York governor, he'd then face a rocky yearslong path to achieve success in office.

Coming as he does from a party that has been rendered marginal in Albany in recent years, can a putative Gov. Blakeman amass the necessary support and alliances to win and then thrive?

One stubborn fact is that houses of the State Legislature are widely expected to keep their lopsided Democratic majorities. Nobody can confidently predict when either chamber might ever flip to the GOP.

In the Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie has a 103-47 edge, In the State Senate, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has a caucus of 41 to Minority Leader Rob Ortt's 22 members. Stewart-Cousins'........

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