N.Y. Assembly Democrats Settle on Comptroller
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In a setback for Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the Assembly reneged on a deal and picked Thomas P. DiNapoli.
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Led by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Democrats could be positioned for an electoral sweep in New York that would leave them in control of every statewide elected office for the first time in more than six decades.
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The New York State Legislature reached an agreement Tuesday to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The bipartisan deal would reduce sentences for many drug offenders and ease possession rules used to determine prison time.
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By Gary Libow, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Mar. 9--Ralph Carpenter has won legislative confirmation as state  Department of Transportation commissioner, although the ride was a bit bumpy.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer has agreed to a pay raise for legislators, even as his budget called for strict cuts elsewhere, the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has told New York lawmakers.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has talked to top state Democrats about a possible run for New York attorney general in what could turn into a race against his estranged brother-in-law &#151; Andrew Cuomo, according to people familiar with those conversations.
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Congressional negotiators Monday cleared the way for a final vote on a sweeping intelligence reform measure, reaching a compromise over the authority that a new national
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Deval Patrick, a business executive and former assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Clinton administration, has been declared by the Associated Press  as the winner of TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary for governor of Massachusetts.
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New Yorkâs Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the stateâs most competitive since 1992.
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NEW LEADER: Democrats will vote on a new chairman for the Democratic National Committee in February.
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Democrats captured a traditionally Republican State Senate seat on Long Island, winning the costliest battle for a state legislative seat in New York history.
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Former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo easily won the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general Tuesday, defeating a former New York City public advocate in the race to succeed incumbent Eliot Spitzer.
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Eight months after Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson was ousted from the powerful House Ways and Means Committee for allegedly chilling stacks of dubious cash in his freezer, his Democratic colleagues voted to give him a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
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Democratic leaders have a wish list a mile long as they ponder a successor to Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The person they pick will be the first sign of where the party is headed after agonizing White House and Senate losses last month.
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Democrat New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer made official yesterday what has been speculated for months, that he will run for governor of New York State in 2006.
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The Congress party and a key ally hammered out a deal on Wednesday under which Congress would retain the top job in the country's second most populous state, ending days of haggling after winning polls this month.
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Some senior Democrats plan to remain neutral for now in the presidential race in part to keep open the option to broker a peaceful resolution to a tight contest.