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Can Paterson Learn From The Secret Race to Replace Jon Corzine?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

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John R. Bohrer

Unfortunately for Paterson, he has disadvantages that Corzine did not: a contested primary next September and powerful leaders opposed to his renomination.

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Andrew Cuomo Told Rudy Giuliani He's Running For Governor: New York Post

nypost.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

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Andrew Cuomo has secretly notified Rudy Giuliani that he will run for governor next year, The Post has learned. The confidential message, conveyed ...

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Gregory Meeks: Queens Congressman Says Obama Never Told Him To Talk To David Paterson

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — A Democratic congressman from New York City says he was never ordered by President Barack Obama to intervene in the 2010 race for...

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Rahm Emanuel Meddling To Keep Paterson From Race

The Daily Beast | Lloyd Grove | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

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President Barack Obama's amazingly awkward attempt to nudge damaged New York Gov. David Paterson out of the race to keep his job - as chronicled in la...

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Richard Fife Picked To Be Governor Paterson's Campaign Manager

New York Times | Nicholas Confessore | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

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Showing his intention to keep his job, Gov. David A. Paterson announced on Thursday that he had selected Richard Fife, a longtime New York political o...

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Rick Lazio To Announce His Run For Governor

New York Post | Maggie Haberman | Posted 09.15.2009 | New York

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Rick Lazio, the former Long Island congressman who tried to take on Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000 for US Senate, will formally declare he's running f...

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Governor Paterson Sports A New Moustache (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

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Gov. Paterson showed off his new beard-free look yesterday at a press conference for Jay-Z. Keeping only the moustache, Paterson is either trying to ...

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Governor Paterson's Sight Hurting Job Performance

Staten Island Advance | Judy L. Randall | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Gov. David Paterson's visual impairment has hindered his ability to govern, state Sen. Diane Savino said yesterday. In an unus...

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David Paterson Not Concerned About Bad Polls

Politicker NY | Azi Payabarah | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

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David Paterson said he would be more concerned about his bad poll numbers, but there are simply too many polls for him to care. Paterson also said tha...

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Governor David Paterson Feared As Liability For State Democrats

New York Times | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

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As he prepares to run for re-election, Representative Michael E. McMahon, a Democrat from Staten Island, is burdened with having to campaign in a dist...

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Is Andrew Cuomo Running For Governor?

The New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

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At a meeting in Kingston, N.Y., last week, several Democratic county leaders, including some who are allies of Mr. Cuomo, pointedly refused to commit ...

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Governor Paterson Gains Popularity As Voters Shift Anger Toward Senate: Poll

Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York

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ALBANY - David Paterson's poll numbers have climbed slightly, for the second month in a row, as voters surveyed in a poll released today perceive him ...

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Texting While Driving Ban Approved By State Senate

AP | Posted 08.17.2009 | New York

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ALBANY (AP) - The New York Senate voted Thursday to outlaw using portable electronic devices to text, play games or surf the Web while driving. The ...

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Andrew Cuomo Grabs Big Fund-Raising Lead Over Gov. Paterson

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

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ALBANY -- The governor traditionally reigns as the capital's fund-raiser in chief. But that appears to have changed. In the first half of the year, At...

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Jay Walder Nominated To Be New MTA Chief By Gov. Paterson

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson has nominated longtime transit executive Jay Walder to run the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Walder...

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State Senate Chaos Cost Taxpayers A Bundle

New York Post | Brendan Scott | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

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ALBANY -- It could go down as the most expensive circus in state history. The Senate's monthlong descent into chaos wasted more than $5 million in sta...

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Gov. Paterson Suggests Dems Should Accept Leadership Role For Sen. Pedro Espada

New York Daily News | By Glenn Blain and Kenneth Lovett | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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ALBANY - Gov. Paterson said it may be time for his fellow Democrats to accept turncoat Bronx Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. in a major leadership role as warri...

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State Senate Still Stuck In Neutral

AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- As some state senators made plans to go home despite an unresolved power standoff, an angry Gov. David Paterson called them bac...

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Gay Marriage Bill On NY Senate Agenda

Advocate | Advocate | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home

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New York governor David Paterson placed the marriage equality bill at the top of the list of items for senators to consider in a special...

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Pension Tension: Paterson Veto Shocks Police, Firefighter Unions

New York Post | BRENDAN SCOTT | Posted 07.05.2009 | Local

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Gov. Paterson dropped a bombshell on two powerful unions when he unexpectedly vetoed a routine measure that for nearly 30 years had allowed city cops...

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Spitzer Trumps Paterson For Governor: Poll

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

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A new Marist poll found that a majority of New Yorkers would prefer sex-scandal plagued former Governor Eliot Spitzer to current Governor David Paters...

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Is David Paterson the New Harvey Milk?

Mike Alvear | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Mike Alvear

David Paterson's role in introducing and leading the fight for the legalization of same sex marriage is nothing short of stunning.

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New York Gay Marriage: How It'll Strengthen Heterosexual Marriages

Mike Alvear | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

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Mike Alvear

As outrageous as it may sound, heterosexual families will become stronger and stronger as more states follow Iowa's gay marriage ruling.

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Three Truly Weird Governors, USA

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Jamie Stiehm

Somehow Palin's speaking pattern, upswept hair, glasses and supreme self-confidence electrified the body politic. Love or fear her, she and her small-town ways could not be ignored.

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Paterson's Approval Rating Drops Down To 44 Percent: CNN

CNN | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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The perceived chaos surrounding the appointment to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Senate seat has taken a toll on New York's governor, acco...

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