Posted on 02/24/2004 10:05:18 AM PST by 66new
Edited on 02/24/2004 10:09:26 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Michael Benjamin, a former Wall Street trader seeking the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, charged Tuesday that Gov. George Pataki and state GOP Chairman Alexander Treadwell are trying to block his candidacy, possibly because he is Hispanic. The little-known Benjamin made the charge in a news release that carried the headline: "Sign at GOP headquarters in Albany: Hispanics need not apply." In two telephone interviews with The Associated Press, Benjamin provided no evidence to support the anti-Hispanic claim, but argued "there is no other reason for them not to sit down with me."
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