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Toledo Escorts: WTOL.com, Toledo’s News Leader, News 11 | NY Gov. Paterson launches election bid
February 20, 2010 | | Leave a Comment
Leaked reports last September said President Barack Obama was among those who have pressured Paterson to step aside in the name of party unity.
Reflecting the possibility of an internal party fight, the lone politician on stage with Paterson on Saturday was the mayor of the village of Hempstead, Wayne Hall. Some Nassau County Democratic legislators and other local officials were in the audience.
“I think the turnout is about what we expected,” said state party chairman Jay Jacobs, who also serves as Nassau County chairman. “It’s a nice welcome for the governor.”
Paterson became governor in March 2008 after Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal. Early on, the “accidental governor” won warm reviews for his collegial relations with the Legislature, where he spent 20 years as a dealmaking senator. It was a sharp contrast to the surly Spitzer who tried unsuccessfully to bully his agenda through the partisan state Capitol.
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