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Paterson's political chess game gets underway

November 21, 2008 By dan.janison@newsday.com ,Dan Janison dan.janison@newsday.com

For Gov. David A. Paterson, there is more at stake than the choice of a U.S. senator to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton pending a special election in 2010; there is also a statewide Democratic Party ticket to be shaped.

If Clinton resigns for the U.S. State Department, both the state's U.S. Senate seats will top the ballot in two years, as well as contests for governor, state attorney general,...

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