Attorney General Cuomo Elected Governor of New York
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Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Democratic attorney general, won the race for governor yesterday, defeating Republican Carl Paladino, a Tea Party-backed political neophyte whose campaign faltered after his well-publicized gaffes.
Cuomo, 52, a former U.S. housing secretary under President Bill Clinton and the son of former three-term Governor Mario Cuomo, led Paladino by 62 percent to 34 percent with 97 percent of the precincts counted, the Associated Press said.