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Democratic officials in Washington were informed of Mr. Paterson’s plans early Friday, the Associated Press reported. The governor has faced intensifying pressure to abandon his campaign, as a senior aide quit his administration in outrage and the New York political world responded with disgust to allegations the state police and the Democratic governor interfered with a domestic-violence case involving a top aide. Mr. Paterson’s administration was plunged into disarray late Wednesday after it was reported by the New York Times that the governor and a member of his security detail had conversations with a woman pursing a protection order against a top administration aide, David Johnson, 37 years old, a close friend and adviser to Mr. Paterson.
Just days ago Paterson, a former lieutenant governor who assumed the state’s top job after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned due to a prostitution scandal in 2008, had announced his intention to run for a full term as governor.

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But Rick Lazio, the Republican’s Party’s likely candidate, who had been looking forward to running against a weakened Paterson, said Cuomo now needs to stop hiding and start answering questions about the state’s problems.
“Let the campaign begin,” said Lazio, a former GOP congressman from Long Island.
Waiting in the wings, to run possibly against Cuomo or Lazio, is Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, a conservative Democrat.
“Andrew Cuomo will be our nominee,” said state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs, who dismissed Levy as without the “wherewithal or credentials” to challenge Cuomo.
For Paterson, Friday was a far cry from the day in March 2008 when he suddenly found himself being told by aides that the then governor, Eliot Spitzer, had just been caught up in a prostitution scandal and was preparing to resign.

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Paterson says up until the last 4 days, he was looking forward to overcoming the state’s hurdles.
But says he can no longer continue to run for office and manage state business.
Many people in area say they are not surprised by his announcement.
“After the way the state’s been over the last few year’s, it’s pretty inevitable,” said Dave Cuddeback of Ithaca.
Paterson says an accumulation of obstacles have made it difficult to continue helping the public.
Recent reports involving his top aid and domestic violence had fellow Democrats pushing him out the door with mounting phone calls urging him to drop out.
“He basically was a lame duck anyway. I mean he got in from a scandal from someone else,” said Cuddeback.
Paterson was Lieutenant Governor before entering office in 2008 after former Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned due to a prostitution scandal.

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Local leaders welcome Paterson’s announcement
By MAURY THOMPSON thompson@poststar.com | Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:02 pm | (0) Comments
Gov. David Paterson made the right decision to end his campaign for a full term as governor, local politicians and business leaders said Friday.
“I think it’s best for the party if Mr. Paterson – Gov. Paterson – steps aside (from the governor’s race) due to the controversies that have developed over the past several weeks,” said Warren County Treasurer Francis O’Keefe, a Democrat.
Paterson became governor in 2008 after former Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal.
Now Paterson himself is caught up in controversy over a top aide who stands accused of domestic violence and allegations the State Police may have pressured the aide’s former girlfriend not to press charges.

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… But I am being realistic about politics,” he said. “It hasn’t been the latest distraction … It’s been an accumulation of obstacles that have obfuscated me from bringing my message to the public.”
Paterson insisted that he would not resign and said he would serve out his term “fighting for the state of New York.”
And he said he would be vindicated by the criminal investigation he called for into his administration’s handling of the abuse case.
Raising his right hand beside his wife, Michelle, he told a crowded press room: “I give you this personal oath. I have never abused my office. Not now, not ever. I believe that when the facts are reviewed, the truth will prevail.”
Paterson became governor in 2008, when former Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal. His decision to abandon the race paved the way for state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to make an unimpeded run for the Democratic nomination.

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