If Mario had run and been elected in ‘88, and reelected in ‘92, it would have been another 4-8 years after Cuomo before Clinton (might) have been elected. It’s really RARE to have the same party in office for 3 consecutive terms. Bush “41” was the exception and that had to do with Reagan’s success in office. Before that it was @ 120 years. Van Buren as I recall.
Wrong. Republicans won 4 consecutive elections between 1896 and 1908 and occupied the presidency from 1897 to 1913. McKinley won in 1896 and 1900. Teddy Roosevelt served the remaining 3.5 years of McKinley's second term and won election in his own right in 1904. In 1908 Taft won a forth consecutive Republican presidential race without the advantage of incumbency. Taft probably would have won reelection in 1912 if TR hadn't run again on a third party ticket.