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Four years after endorsing Andrew Cuomo for governor, the Working Families Party says it may support another candidate this year. The liberal group fears Cuomo's agenda has drifted too far to the right. So now it's deciding whether to back another candidate, who would run to Cuomo's left. "I'm very proud of the record that I have," Cuomo said. "I think we have progressive accomplishments in this state that resonated across the nation and I believe that's undeniable." A recent poll by Quinnipiac University showed Cuomo leading his Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, by a 57 to 28...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The wave of voter anger aimed at incumbents in last Tuesday's off-year elections is just what an against-all-odds campaign in New York's governor's race needed. Two weeks ago, Republican candidate Rick Lazio was quietly running an uphill campaign for the 2010 race. He faced a rising Democratic wave in New York, with every statewide office held by Democrats, rising party enrollment and a Democrat in the White House. Lazio even called his effort "the little engine that could." But the Election Day vote that ended the tenures of suburban county executives, legislators and two governors gave...

<p>ALBANY - Senior Democrats yesterday accused Gov. Pataki of capitalizing on the Sept. 11 tragedy to promote his campaign for governor.</p> <p>The Democrats - nearly all of whom demanded anonymity - said the governor had stepped up a schedule of 9/11-related events in recent days, as next Tuesday's primary - as well as the one-year anniversary of the attack - approached.</p>

Suddenly, Pataki's seat is not so safe June 20, 2002 BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST NEW YORK--Amid the uncertainties of election politics, one 2002 outcome had seemed assured. Republican George Pataki surely would be elected to a third term as governor of New York against either of two flawed Democratic challengers. Yet, the political community now is not so sure because of a newly introduced wild card. The wild card is B. Thomas Golisano, a Rochester, N.Y., billionaire making his third independent run for governor. Since his previous campaigns were ineffective, what reason is there to take him seriously this...