New York gubernatorial election, 2006
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Popular Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is the favorite for the Democratic nomination, and every poll has shown him beating Pataki by a large margin, as high as 25 points in some polls. Analysts are already dubbing this contest the "Obama of 2006", in reference to the Illinois Senate race of 2004 in which Democrat Barack Obama won an open seat with 70% of the vote.
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Candidates
Democrats
Announced
- Eliot Spitzer, current New York State Attorney General
Potential
- Carl McCall, the nominee in 2002; a former Comptroller
- McCall will probably not challenge Spitzer for the nomination, because he has urged against a repetition of the 2002 race, in which his primary campaign against Andrew Cuomo hurt his chances in the general election. [1]
- Thomas Suozzi, County Executive of Nassau County
Republicans
Potential
- Edward F. Cox, a lawyer and son-in-law of former president Richard M. Nixon [1]
- Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City
- Antonia C. Novello, New York's state health commissioner and former United States Surgeon General [1]
- George Pataki, three-term incumbent
- John E. Sweeney, a Congressman from the 20th district
- William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts
Other
- Tom Golisano, an independent candidate in 1994, 1998 and 2002
Opinion polling
| Poll Source | Date | Democratic | % | Republican | % |
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| Quinnipiac University Poll | May 4, 2005 | Eliot Spitzer | 53% | George Pataki | 32% |
| Quinnipiac University Poll | May 4, 2005 | Eliot Spitzer | 60% | William Weld | 31% |
| Mason-Dixon Poll | May 15-17, 2005 | Eliot Spitzer | 55% | George Pataki | 38% |
| Mason-Dixon Poll | May 15-17, 2005 | Eliot Spitzer | 42% | Rudy Giuliani | 50% |
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