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The New York gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday November 2 2010 to elect the Governor of New York to serve a four-year term that began in January 2011. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Paterson elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2006 as the running mate of former Governor Eliot Spitzer chose not to run for a full-term. On November 2 New York Attorney General and Democrat Andrew Cuomo defeated Republican Carl Paladino.