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Campaign Cash, Name Recognition Help Cuomo Trounce Molinaro For Third Term As Governor Campaign Cash, Name Recognition Help Cuomo Trounce Molinaro For Third Term As Governor
Campaign Cash, Name Recognition Help Cuomo Trounce Molinaro For Third Term As Governor Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle easily defeated Republican Marc Molinaro on Tuesday, according to unofficial returns from the state Board of Elections. With 97 percent of the votes counted, Cuomo led by an unofficial 59 to 37 percent. Cuomo benefitted from a huge campaign war chest, high name recognition and a very strong turnout of Democrats on Tuesday -- estimated as nearly double the turnout in 2014. It will be Cuomo's third four-year term as governor, which in recent years was marred by a pay-to-play corruption scandal.  Although Molinaro said he did not vote for Donald Trump in …

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by Jon Craig