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The New York gubernatorial election of 2010 will be noted, primarily, by fallout of former Governor Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal.
[edit] Candidates for governor
[edit] Democratic Party
David Paterson, formerly the Lieutanant Governor, assumed the Governorship on March 17, 2008 following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer. It is uncertain whether he will seek a full term in 2010.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo would be one potential candidate in the 2010 Democratic primary for Governor. Depending on the political situation, it is possible Spitzer's 2006 primary opponent, Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi or New York's two Democratic senators Charles Schumer or Hillary Rodham Clinton (since her 2008 presidential bid was unsuccessful) could consider running for Governor in 2010.
[edit] Republican Party
With no statewide officials, the Republican party of New York currently controls the Senate, leaving Majority Leader Joseph Bruno as the only statewide personality of note. Bruno is now Acting Lieutenant Governor under Governor Paterson.
On February 25, 2008, John Faso became the first (and as of March 24, 2008) only person to announce his candidacy for the governorship. He was the Assembly Minority Leader, 2002 Comptroller and 2006 Gubernatorial nominee.
Other possible candidates include:
[edit] Independent
- Michael Bloomberg - Current Mayor of New York City who will be term-limited in 2009. As Bloomberg was the Republican nominee for Mayor in his elections, the Republicans may try and recruit him to run for Governor under their party's banner, although he is presently a registered independent voter. A New York Post story in November 2007 detailed an alleged meeting between Bloomberg and former GOP state chairman William Powers for that purpose
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