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Carl Paladino's Wife Is A Democrat
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 23, 2010
Modified Sep 23, 2010
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The Daily News reports the shocking news that mad-as-hell Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's wife is "a registered Democrat." Which means she "couldn't cast a ballot during her husband's monster win over Republican rival Rick Lazio last week." Paladino's campaign manager Michael Caputo said that the tough-talking Buffalo millionaire was a "conservative Democrat" until 2005, adding that the couple "usually cancel[s] each other out" at the polls. Caputo was also crowing the Quinnipiac poll that showed Paladino trailing Cuomo by just 6 points—"With this kind of poll, we believe Carl can compete financially with Andrew Cuomo"—but a Marist poll to be released soon may show Cuomo with a far more comfortable lead.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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