ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The wave of voter anger aimed at incumbents in last Tuesday's off-year elections is just what an against-all-odds campaign in New York's governor's race needed.
Two weeks ago, Republican candidate Rick Lazio was quietly running an uphill campaign for the 2010 race.
But Tuesday's vote that ended tenures of suburban county executives, legislators and other states' governors gave steam to Lazio's outsider campaign.
The former congressman from Long Island says the vote validated his message and shows New Yorkers are searching for someone new to deliver it.
Political observers from pollsters to academics agree Lazio just got an unexpected opening.
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