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Local Republicans seen as possible governor candidates

For the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate's GOP majority leader. Fast forward to the 2010 governor's race, and at least five regional names pop out of the rumor mill, on the Republican side.

Speculation surrounds former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. But despite a weekend...

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