NEW YORK (AP) -- Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio on Monday withdrew from the race for governor, a decision that helps the tea party candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican primary. Lazio told The Associated Press that he wants to continue to influence the race and bring a workable job-creation program into a contest he says has devolved into name-calling between Republican Carl Paladino and Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
Polls show Paladino rising against the once seemingly
unassailable Cuomo, but the latest survey showed Lazio taking 8 percent of
voters, most of whom would likely
vote for Paladino and cut into Cuomo's lead,
said Marist College pollster Lee Miringoff.
Told of Lazio's decision, Paladino told the AP: "We're happy
about that. I think Rick Lazio and I ran a primary that was above the garbage
and the trash. We addressed issues."
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