1994 New York gubernatorial election
The 1994 New York gubernatorial election was an election for the state governorship held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo ran for a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican George Pataki in an upset victory. Pataki had previously been described by the New York Daily News as "a little-known Republican state senator." The conservative New York Post attributed the result to how voters "had grown tired of the 12-year incumbent Cuomo and his liberalism."
Image: George Pataki 2004 (cropped)
Image: Mario Cuomo 1991
Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo previously served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and the secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978. He was the father of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and NewsNation anchor Christopher Cuomo.
Cuomo in 1977
President Ronald Reagan presenting Mario Cuomo and other New York leaders with a check for Westway Project Funds, September 1981
Governor Cuomo speaking at a rally in 1991 in Plattsburgh, New York
Groundbreaking of Pilot Field in July 1986. From left to right: Buffalo Bisons owner Robert E. Rich Jr., Governor Mario Cuomo and Buffalo Mayor James D. Griffin.
