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whistler162

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41. He like his father before him has declined

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:33 PM

Apr 2020

https://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2015/01/02/why-didnt-mario-run-that-was-always-the-question/

"So why didn’t Cuomo run? When, in December 1991, on the cusp of the filing deadline for the 1992 New Hampshire primary, Cuomo announced his decision not to seek the presidency, he cited his obligations as Governor of New York, noting in particular the need to negotiate a solution with statehouse Republicans to a burgeoning budget deficit. "

Now Letitia James as US Attorney General is another story.

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