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Speculation over Astorino in governor race

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino speaks during a

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony reopening the top of the Kensico Dam to recreational traffic in Valhalla. (May 24, 2012)

As electoral buzz goes, Rob Astorino may be to the 2014 governor's race what Andrew M. Cuomo is to the 2016 presidential race -- a subject of early and continual armchair speculation.

Astorino, the telegenic 45-year-old Republican Westchester County executive, unseated Democrat Andrew Spano in 2009 amid frustration about famously high taxes on homeowners.

"Obviously he's a rising star...

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