New York gubernatorial election, 2010
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The New York gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of New York, to serve a four-year term that began in January 2011. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Paterson, elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2006 as the running mate of former Governor Eliot Spitzer, chose not to run for a full-term. On November 2, New York Attorney General and Democrat Andrew Cuomo defeated Republican Carl Paladino. Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins received over 57,000 votes, allowing the New York Green Party to be listed on the ballot for the next 4 years.
New York is one of only eight states to allow for electoral fusion in which a candidate may appear as the nominee of more than one political party. New York has no limitation on the number of parties to which a candidate may be the nominee.
As of 2010, five parties have automatic ballot access: Democratic, Republican, Independence, Conservative, and Working Families. Other parties, such as the Libertarian Party and Green Party, can (and usually do) seek ballot access through a petition process. A party gains permanent ballot access by collecting at least 50,000 votes in a gubernatorial election.
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