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Route to lieutenant governor post a circuitous one

There were those who were surprised when David A. Paterson became Eliot Spitzer's running mate.

Not surprised that Spitzer would choose Paterson, the scion of an illustrious Harlem political clan and a proven force as minority leader in the Republican-controlled state Senate.

The surprise was that a rising star like Paterson would even want to be lieutenant governor, a historically...

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