2002 New York gubernatorial election
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The 2002 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Republican Governor George Pataki was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democrat Carl McCall and Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano, who ran on the Independence Party line. As of 2024, this was the last time a Republican won a statewide election in New York, and the last time Albany, Tompkins and Westchester counties have voted Republican in a statewide election.
Image: George Pataki 2004 (cropped)
Image: Tom Golisano (1)
Tom Golisano
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Blase Thomas Golisano is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
Tom Golisano
Paychex Headquarters in Rochester, New York
B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology