Politics

George Pataki

Pataki in Exeter in May, 2015George Pataki served as governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. A Republican, he also spent a decade in the New York State Legislature and served as mayor of the town of Peekskill, N.Y. Prior to entering politics, Pataki worked as a lawyer.Pataki flirted with previous runs for the presidency in 2008 and 2012, and has pitched himself as a moderate Republican with a track record of winning elections in left-leaning New York.Pataki declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for president on May 28th, 2015.

2016 Candidate Profile: Gov. George Pataki

New Hampshire Public Radio | By NHPR Staff

Published May 28, 2015 at 3:54 PM EDT

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Pataki at his May announcement in Exeter

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George Pataki served as governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. A Republican, he also spent a decade in the New York State Legislature and served as mayor of the town of Peekskill, N.Y. Prior to entering politics, Pataki worked as a lawyer.

Pataki flirted with previous runs for the presidency in 2008 and 2012, and has pitched himself as a moderate Republican with a track record of winning elections in left-leaning New York.

Pataki declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for president on May 28th, 2015.

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