He was raised in Suffolk County, New York, and graduated from William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, New York, in 1998. Zeldin was born in East Meadow, New York, the son of Merrill Schwartz and David Zeldin.

After his defeat, he considered a campaign for chair of the Republican National Committee in 2023, but decided against it. Zeldin lost the election to incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul while receiving the highest percentage of the vote for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 2002 and the highest raw vote total for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 1970. He defeated three challengers in the Republican primary, becoming the nominee of the Republican Party and the Conservative Party. In April 2021, Zeldin announced his candidacy for governor of New York in 2022. He prominently defended Trump during his first impeachment hearings in relation to the Trump–Ukraine scandal. From 2011 to 2014, Zeldin served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 3rd Senate district.ĭuring Donald Trump's presidency, Zeldin was a Trump ally. He represented the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, all of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, Shelter Island, and a small part of Islip. A member of the Republican Party, he represented New York's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. Lee Michael Zeldin (born January 30, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and officer in the United States Army Reserve.

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