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Rob Astorino Loses New York Governor's Race To Andrew Cuomo

Astorino Defeated In New York Governor's Race
Sam Levine
Republican gubernatorial challenger Rob Astorino speaks at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Astorino was speaking about allegations that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration meddled with his state anti-corruption commission. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Republican gubernatorial challenger Rob Astorino speaks at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Astorino was speaking about allegations that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration meddled with his state anti-corruption commission. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) fended off a challenge from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (R) and was re-elected to a second term as governor on Tuesday.

Cuomo was widely expected to defeat Astorino. Cuomo did, however, face a surprisingly strong challenge in the Democratic primary from Zephyr Teachout, who ran to Cuomo's left and earned 35 percent of the vote. Cuomo also failed to earn the endorsement of The New York Times in the Democratic primary after the paper said that he had failed to follow through on his promise to bring ethics reform to the state legislature. The Times, which also published an investigation claiming that Cuomo's office improperly interfered with a state ethics commission, eventually endorsed the governor in the general election.

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