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2006 Tip Sheets
NEW YORK GOVERNOR
Last updated: Feb. 5, 2007
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Eliot Spitzer (D) defeated John Faso (R), 66% to 27%.
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John Faso (R)
Faso, an attorney, was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Manager: Dean D'Amore
Consultant: Michael Hook
Contact: 518-465-2006
• Campaign Web site
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 Eliot Spitzer (D)
Spitzer, the state attorney general, was nominated with 81% in a two-way primary.
Manager: Ryan Toohey
Consultant: Jimmy Siegel
Contact: 212-529-2006
• Campaign Web site
• Official Web site
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Chuck Todd's Race Ranking: 1
“"Faso" your seatbelts, NY Republicans; Spitzer will make Tuesday a bumpy ride.
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"Eliot Spitzer, the reform-minded state attorney general who crusaded against Wall Street corruption, was elected governor of New York" Nov. 7, "in a historic Democratic sweep of statewide offices" (New York Times, 11/7/06). ..... "Desperately trying to stay alive, Democrat Tom Suozzi came out swinging" in the first gubernatorial debate July 25, "trying to cast" Spitzer "as a creature of dysfunctional Albany politics" (New York Daily News, 7/25/06). ..... Suozzi's campaign manager Kim Devlin resigns, says she will stay on as a paid consultant Newsday, 7/18/2006) ..... Suozzi files petitions -- more than three times the 15,000 signatures he needs, campaign says -- ahead of the filing deadline (Albany Times-Union, 7/11/06). ..... Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld (R) withdrew from the race June 6 (New York Times, 6/6/06). ..... Attorney and former assemblyman John Faso won the New York GOP endorsement at the state party's convention June 1, while Weld secured enough votes to remain on the September 12 primary ballot (New York Times, 6/2/06). ..... Malachy McCourt announced his intention to run as a Green Party candidate April 18 (Reuters, 4/18/06). ..... Suozzi announced his bid, "casting himself as a take-no-prisoners reformer" (AP/Newsday, 2/25/06). ..... "Abortion is emerging as a defining issue for the crowded field of gubernatorial wanna-bes" (New York Daily News, 2/21/06). ..... Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., "had some warm praise for undercover governor candidate Tom Suozzi -- but ducked whether she'd endorse the Long Island Democrat" (New York Daily News, 2/16/06). ..... Spitzer chose David A. Paterson, "a powerful Harlem state senator," as his running mate (New York Times, 1/24/06). ..... Bill Weld (R) said he had been encouraged to run by former" Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove (New York Times, 8/19/05).
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2006 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Eliot Spitzer (D)
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2,889,074
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69%
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John J. Faso (R)
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1,227,108
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29%
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2006 primary
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Elliot Spitzer (D)
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624,684
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Thomas Suozzi (D)
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138,623
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2002 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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George Pataki (R-C)
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2,262,255
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49%
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Carl McCall (D-WF)
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1,534,064
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34%
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Thomas Golisano (Ind)
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654,016
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14%
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Other
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128,743
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3%
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1998 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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George Pataki (R-C)
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2,571,991
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54%
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Peter F. Vallone (D-WF)
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1,570,317
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33%
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Thomas Golisano (Ind)
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364,056
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8%
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Other
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228,872
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5%
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