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New York gubernatorial election, 2006

Index New York gubernatorial election, 2006

The New York gubernatorial election of 2006 took place on November 7, 2006 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. [1]

83 relations: AFL–CIO, African Americans, Alan G. Hevesi, Andrew Cuomo, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Attorney general, Bill Richardson, Bill Weld, Buffalo, New York, Byron Brown, Change to Win Federation, Chuck Schumer, Comptroller, Conservative Party of New York State, County executive, David Dinkins, David Paterson, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Donald Trump, Ed Koch, Electoral fusion, Eliot Spitzer, Fernando Ferrer, Frank McCourt, George Pataki, Global Strategy Group, Governor of New York, Green Party of New York, Green Party of the United States, Herbert London, Hillary Clinton, Howie Hawkins, Independence Party of New York, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Jeanine Pirro, Jeff Russell, Jimmy McMillan, John E. Sweeney, John Faso, John Spencer (politician), Julia Willebrand, Libertarian Party of New York, Lieutenant Governor of New York, Long Island, Malachy McCourt, Massachusetts, Matthew Driscoll, Maura DeLuca, Minority leader, ..., Nassau County, New York, New York Attorney General election, 2006, New York City mayoral election, 2005, New York Comptroller election, 2006, New York Republican State Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, New York State Right to Life Party, New York State Senate, Patrick Manning, Phoebe Legere, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, Randy Daniels, Republican Party (United States), Running mate, Stephen Minarik, Suffolk County, New York, Swing (politics), Syracuse, New York, Talk radio, The Washington Post, Thomas Suozzi, Tom Golisano, Trade union, UNITE HERE, United Food and Commercial Workers, United States gubernatorial elections, 2006, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on Finance, United States Senate election in New York, 2006, Vietnam War, Westchester County, New York, Working Families Party. Expand index (33 more) »

AFL–CIO

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Alan G. Hevesi

Alan G. Hevesi (born January 31, 1940) is a Democratic politician and convicted felon who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971–93, as New York City Comptroller from 1994-2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003-06.

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Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo (born December 6, 1957) is an American politician, author, and lawyer serving as the 56th and current Governor of New York, since 2011.

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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was a collection of community-based organizations in the United States and internationally that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.

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Attorney general

In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General (sometimes abbreviated as AG) or Attorney-General (plural: Attorneys General (traditional) or Attorney Generals) is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions, they may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.

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Bill Richardson

William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011.

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Bill Weld

William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who was the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Byron Brown

Byron William Brown II (born September 24, 1958) is the 62nd and current mayor of Buffalo, New York, elected on November 8, 2005 and is the City's first African-American mayor.

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Change to Win Federation

The Change to Win Organizing Center (CtW) is a coalition of American labor unions originally formed in 2005 as an alternative to the AFL-CIO.

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Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as the senior United States Senator from New York, a seat he was first elected to in 1998.

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Comptroller

A comptroller is a management level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization.

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Conservative Party of New York State

The Conservative Party of New York State is a political party in the United States founded in 1962 and active in the State of New York.

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County executive

A county executive is the head of the executive branch of government in a United States county.

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David Dinkins

David Norman Dinkins (born July 10, 1927) is an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993.

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David Paterson

David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out the final three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to the end of 2010.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States Senate.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Ed Koch

Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and reality television arbitrator.

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Electoral fusion

Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate.

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Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is a retired American politician, attorney, and educator.

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Fernando Ferrer

Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer (born April 30, 1950) is an American politician who was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005.

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Frank McCourt

Francis McCourt (August 19, 1930July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer.

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George Pataki

George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York (1995–2006).

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Global Strategy Group

Global Strategy Group (GSG) is an American public relations and research firm; specializing in research, strategic communications, digital strategy, grassroots and grasstops organizing, marketing and branding.

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Governor of New York

The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New York.

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Green Party of New York

The Green Party of New York is a ballot-qualified political party in New York, which was founded in 1992.

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Green Party of the United States

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a green federation of political parties in the United States.

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Herbert London

Herbert Ira London (born 1939) is an American conservative activist, commentator, author, and academic.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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Howie Hawkins

Howie Hawkins (born December 8, 1952) is an American politician, perennial candidate and activist with the Green Party of the United States.

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Independence Party of New York

The Independence Party is an affiliate in the U.S. state of New York of the Independence Party of America.

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.

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Jeanine Pirro

Jeanine Ferris Pirro (born June 2, 1951) is an American TV personality, former judge, prosecutor, and Republican politician in New York.

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Jeff Russell

Jeffrey Lee Russell (born September 2, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played 14 years from 1983 to 1996.

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Jimmy McMillan

James McMillan III (born December 1, 1946) is an American political activist, perennial candidate, and Vietnam War veteran.

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John E. Sweeney

John Edward Sweeney (born August 9, 1955) is a politician from the U.S. state of New York.

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John Faso

John James Faso Jr. (born August 25, 1952) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for, elected in 2016.

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John Spencer (politician)

John Spencer (born November 17, 1946) is the former Mayor of Yonkers, New York (1996–2003).

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Julia Willebrand

Julia Willebrand is an environmental, peace and education activist and was the Green Party nominee for the office of Comptroller of the State of New York in the 2006 New York state elections.

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Libertarian Party of New York

The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) is a political party in the United States active in the state of New York.

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Lieutenant Governor of New York

The Lieutenant Governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York.

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Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Malachy McCourt

Malachy Gerard McCourt (born 20 September 1931) is an Irish-American actor, writer, and politician.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Matthew Driscoll

Matthew John "Matt" Driscoll (born February 7, 1958) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation from 2015 until 2017.

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Maura DeLuca

Maura DeLuca is an American activist and political candidate.

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Minority leader

In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body.

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Nassau County, New York

Nassau County or is a suburban county comprising much of western Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.

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New York Attorney General election, 2006

The New York Attorney General election, 2006 took place on November 7, 2006.

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New York City mayoral election, 2005

The New York City mayoral election of 2005 occurred on Tuesday November 8, 2005, with incumbent Republican mayor Michael Bloomberg soundly defeating former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer, the Democratic nominee.

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New York Comptroller election, 2006

The 2006 New York Comptroller Election took place on November 7, 2006 with the incumbent, Alan Hevesi winning against Republican challenger Chris Callaghan.

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New York Republican State Committee

The New York Republican State Committee established 1855, is an affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP).

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New York State Democratic Committee

The New York State Democratic Committee is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of New York.

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New York State Right to Life Party

The New York State Right to Life Party was founded to oppose the legalization of abortion in New York in 1970.

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New York State Senate

The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, the New York State Assembly being the lower house.

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Patrick Manning

Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who was the fourth and sixth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 May 2010.

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Phoebe Legere

Phoebe Hemenway Legere is a Multi-Format Artist: She is a Juilliard educated composer, soprano, pianist and accordionist, painter, poet, and a film maker.

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Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

The Quinnipiac University Poll is a public opinion polling center based at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.

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Randy Daniels

Randy Daniels (born 1950) is an American journalist and educator who served as Secretary of State of New York from 2001 to 2005.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Running mate

A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election.

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Stephen Minarik

Stephen J. Minarik III (January 2, 1960, in Rochester, New York – April 12, 2009 in Webster, New York) was a New York State political figure who served as the chairman of the Monroe County, New York, and New York State Republican Committees.

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Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is a suburban county on Long Island and the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York.

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Swing (politics)

An electoral swing analysis (or swing) shows the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election to another, expressed as a positive or negative percentage.

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Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, in the United States.

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Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Thomas Suozzi

Thomas R. Suozzi (born August 31, 1962) is an American Democratic politician, CPA and attorney who is the U.S. Representative for New York's 3rd district.

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Tom Golisano

Blase Thomas Golisano (born November 14, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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UNITE HERE

UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with more than 265,000 active members.

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United Food and Commercial Workers

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hospitality; agriculture; cannabis; chemical trades; security; textile, and health care.

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United States gubernatorial elections, 2006

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2006 in 36 states and two territories.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate Committee on Finance

The United States Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate election in New York, 2006

The 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held November 7, 2006.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.

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Working Families Party

The Working Families Party (WFP) is a minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_gubernatorial_election,_2006

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