Zeldin, who is Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, told the gathering of state Republicans at The Mayflower Hotel that "the next two years that are ahead of us as New Yorkers is going to require us to recruit the best possible candidates we can up and down this ballot, and it starts with the local elections."

On Monday, Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term as president during an inauguration ceremony held inside the Capitol Rotunda. Many Granite Staters traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the event.