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Cuomo's Cost Of Victory: $60 Per Vote!
Adam Goldberg
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Senior Front Page Editor, HuffPost

FILE - In this June 19, 2014 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference in Albany, N.Y. In next month's Democratic primary, Cuomo has most of the usual advantages of the incumbent, and then some. Heâs got $35 million in his campaign coffers, heâs lived in New York most of his life, has a long political resume and a beloved father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
FILE - In this June 19, 2014 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference in Albany, N.Y. In next month's Democratic primary, Cuomo has most of the usual advantages of the incumbent, and then some. Heâs got $35 million in his campaign coffers, heâs lived in New York most of his life, has a long political resume and a beloved father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has been raising money for his reelection essentially since he took office in 2010. His campaign account has been in the eight figures since 2012; he's been raising $5 million or more every six months like clockwork. In Tuesday's New York Democratic gubernatorial primary, he won by a healthy margin, against a candidate who didn't raise much at all.

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