Basil Paterson

[barking_iguana]

I'm pretty sure I remember him as a hopeful for the statewide nomination to something other than Attorney General. Was he one of the folks who was headed for the 1982 gubernatorial primary before Koch cleared the field of everyone but Cuomo?

ETA: I'm not talking about his 1970 Lt. Gov. run. Something more recent than that.

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[bugsybanana.livejournal.com]

I dunno about '86 or '92, I think I'd have remembered if he ran then, especially '92 which was the one with 4 Democrats who cancelled one another out?

[bugsybanana.livejournal.com]

Just looked it up: Robert Abrams beat out Gerry Ferraro, Al Sharpton, and Liz Holtzman in '92. I was rooting for Holtzman first and Abrams second back then. Ferraro was already looking shabby...

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

I know Paterson wasn't on the ballot; I looked stuff up, too. That's why I've been saying he prepared to run for something.