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Julio Barreto
Current New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, and former congressman, Rick Lazio, are headed for a showdown this fall to become Governor of New York State. The inevitable showdown materialized after current governor, David Patterson, decided not to seek election for a full term. Patterson was the sitting Lieutenant Governor when then Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned in scandal. Patterson was appointed governor after Spitzer’s resignation.Cuomo, the former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is the son of former governor Mario Cuomo. He has not officially announced his candidacy; however, it has been a foregone conclusion he will run for governor.Lazio is a former Republican congressman from Long Island who chaired the House Subcommittee on Housing and...
