1.0 link 90774 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/10/david-paterson-new-yorks-_n_90774.html If New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is forced to step down over his involvement in the prostitution ring Emperor's Club VIP, Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is set to become the state's 55th Governor — and the first African American to hold that position (and only the fourth African American governor in US history). Who is the man who may become Governor?

• David Paterson was born legally blind in Brooklyn in 1954 (Wikipedia)
• BA from Columbia University, JD from...

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