Channel 2 in New York reported Friday on Governor Paterson's intention to seek another term. The Governor's poll numbers are at about twenty percent, and President Obama has asked him not to run in 2010--Republicans like Rudy Giuliani consistently beat him in the polls.
Governor Paterson, encouraged by the fact that President Obama's campaigning in New Jersey did not help Jon Corzine win the governorship there, has decided that New York politics are local, and he can win. He has hired Harold Ickes, who was former President Bill Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff, to help with his campaign.
If there is a Democrat primary for governor, it is quite likely that Governor Paterson will be challenged by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Governor Paterson became governor of New York when Eliot Spitzer resigned because of a sex scandel. Governor Paterson was sworn in as governor in March of 2008.
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