CLINTON AND DEMOCRATS SWEEP RACES IN NEW YORK, Written by PATRICK HEALY, Amherst Times:
...The Democratic landslide turned Republicans out of the governor’s office after 12 years under George E. Pataki. It also left Republicans in control of only the State Senate, and the Spitzer camp confident that it had a mandate to reform a chronically dysfunctional state government....
It's Governor Spitzer, As expected, he rolls to victory, but now he must fulfill his promises, Albany Times Union:
Almost from the start of this year's gubernatorial campaign, there was no doubt that Eliot Spitzer would prevail. The only question that remained to be decided on election night was the margin of victory. If it was huge, as anticipated, then Mr. Spitzer could claim a mandate. And with a mandate, he could stand up to the fractious Legislature and Albany's special interests as he pushed for his agenda for change....
It will be days if not weeks before the results of Mr. Spitzer's vote on the Independence Party comes in, but whether it was 5% or 50%, independents in New York are expecting him to make good on his reform agenda. -NH
UPDATE: Ooops! Ben Smith "Minor Parties - Nothing Changes" on his Daily Politics blog for the Daily News found this item from Elizabeth Benjamin's "Minor Party Madness" on her Capital Confidential blog on the Albany Times Union with the statewide results (she called the board of elections...)
Independence Party/Eliot Spitzer: 146,456 (4 percent)
Conservative Party/John Faso: 128,007 (3 percent)
Working Families Party/Eliot Spitzer: 126,797 (3 percent)
Green Party/Malachy McCourt: 40,346 (1 percent)
Libertarian Party/John Clifton: 14,799 (0 percent)
Rent Is Too Damn High Party/Jimmy McMillan: 13,712 (0 percent)
Socialist Workers Party/Maura DeLuca: 762 (0 percent)
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