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While the reports are unconfirmed, they mean fresh trouble to the governor, who had been facing pressure from Washington and within New York to drop out of the election because of his low poll numbers, and concerns from other Democrats that he might hurt their chances in 2010.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, many Democrats’ preferred candidate for governor in 2010, refused to comment on Tuesday on the unsubstantiated tales.
“We don’t comment on rumours,” a Cuomo spokesman said. “There are serious problems facing our state and the attorney general is busy doing the job he was elected to do.”
Many Democrats have voiced wishes that Cuomo run for governor instead of Paterson, who took the post upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer amid allegations Spitzer hired a high-priced prostitute from an escort service.