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John J. Faso
- Party: Republican, Conservative
- Occupation: Partner in national law firm Manatt Phelps and Phillips, LLP
- Education: John Faso graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens and the State University of New York at Brockport
- He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979.
- Served in the New York State Assembly from 1987-2002.
- Chaired Governor Pataki's 1994 budget transition team that developed the first reduction in state spending in 52 years, closing a $5 billion deficit.
- Served as Assembly Republican Leader from 1998-2002.
- Candidate for state Comptroller in 2002.
Maura DeLuca
- Party: Socialist Workers
- Occupation: Garment worker; Chairperson of the New York Young Socialists
- Education: Master's degree.
- Active in the fight to defend a woman's right to choose abortion, and in the fight for unconditional legalization of all undocumented immigrants.
- Attended the September 7 march and rally for immigrant rights in Washington, DC.
Priorities:
- I support workers' struggles to organize trade unions and to use and extend union power.
- For the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of U.S. and all "coalition" troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. No to sanctions against north Korea!
- Amnesty now for all immigrants.
Jimmy McMillan
John Clifton
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Social worker and Navy veteran.
- John Clifton was born in Georgia and grew up in New York, mainly in Jamaica, Queens.
- He attended PS 50 (valedictorian, 1969), IS 8, Andrew Jackson HS, and the New School for Social Research.
- Clifton chaired the Libertarian Party of New York from 2003-2006.
- He was the LPNY Senate candidate in 2000.
Malachy McCourt
- Party: Green
- Occupation: Author (8 books), Actor, Lecturer, Broadcaster
- Education: Unfinished 6th grade. Honorary grade school cert from Irish govt
- Experience: Same as others. Never been Governor before.
- Having worked as a laborer a broadcaster I can assemble a great phalanx of talent to run our state.
Eliot Spitzer
- Party: Democratic, Independence, Working Families
- Occupation: Attorney General of New York State
- Education: B.A., Princeton University, 1981; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1984
- Whether it was protecting investors, going after polluters, or prosecuting drug companies that were lying to seniors,
- I worked to protect the public interest as Attorney General -- and I would continue to do so as Governor.
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