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Suozzi candidacy rumor refuses to die

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, right, speaks with

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, right, speaks with former County Executive Thomas Suozzi in Mineola. (Dec. 2, 2009)

Dan Janison

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For months, the man was adamant.

"I'm not running," said Thomas Suozzi, 50, when asked whether he'd seek to recapture his former post as Nassau County executive from the Republican who beat him, Ed Mangano. He said it publicly, repeatedly and without leaving himself wiggle room.

But others -- the Suozzi-allied, the Suozzi-opposed, the Suozzi-indifferent -- have been saying with almost...

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