George Pataki
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George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and a Democrat who served as New York's 53rd Governor (1995-2006).
Pataki, a licensed attorney by trade, was elected mayor of Peekskill, New York, and went on to serve in the State Assembly and the State Senate.
Pataki ran for Governor of New York against three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo in 1994, defeating him by a margin of more than three points as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994.
Pataki would serve three terms as the third Republican governor of New York elected since 1923 (the other two were governors).
Thomas Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller are among the contributors.
Pataki is the newest Republican to hold any statewide office in New York as of 2019. Pataki began researching a bid for President of the United States in early 2015; he declared his candidacy on May 28, 2015.
Pataki resigned from office on December 29, 2015, the Republican presidential primaries had begun.
Early life and education
Pataki was born in Peekskill, New York, on June 24, 1945. Pataki János, Pataki's paternal grandfather, was (known in the United States as John Pataki, 1883–1971) of Aranyosapáti, Hungary's Kingdom. The family's name in Hungarian is ['pt'ki] and refers to a creek (less river). Ján migrated to the United States in 1908, worked in a Hat factory, and had married Erzsébet (later Elizabeth, who was also Hungarian-born around 1904). Louis P. Pataki (1912-1996), a postalman and volunteer fire chief who worked at Pataki Farm, was their son. Matteo Laganà, Pataki's maternal grandfather, (1889) who married Agnes Lynch of County Louth, Ireland in 1914, was born in Calabria, Italy. Margaret Lagana (1915–2017), Pataki's mother, is Pataki's daughter. Louis is Pataki's older brother. Pataki also speaks both Spanish, French, and German.
Pataki, a student at Peekskill High School, earned a Yale University scholarship in 1963 and graduated in 1967. While Pataki was Chairman of the Yale Political Union, where he participated in debates. He obtained his J.D. In 1970, Columbia Law School was founded.
Personal life
In 1973, Pataki married Libby, his wife. There are four children in the Patakis.
Pataki is Catholic.
Pataki underwent an emergency appendectomy at Hudson Valley Hospital Center on February 16, 2006. He had a post-surgical complication (bowel block caused by adhesions) and was flown to the University of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center for a second time six days later. On March 6, he was released from there.
Pataki has been a vocal critic of the Cuomo and Hochul regimes. In 2022, he was also considered a candidate for Governor of New York for the fourth non-consecutive term.
Early political career
P.C. : While doing law at Plunkett and Jaffe, P.C. Pataki, a peekskiller, became friends with Michael C. Finnegan, who would go on to be Pataki's successor. Finnegan will continue to direct Pataki's campaigns for Mayor, State Assembly, and Governorship. Finnegan was then named chief counsel to the governor in 1995 and was instrumental in crafting and negotiating virtually all of Pataki's early legislative triumphs.
Pataki was first elected in November 1981. He was elected Mayor of Peekskill, which is located in the Northwestern part of Westchester County. Pataki defeated Democratic incumbent Fred Bianco Jr., who received 70% of the vote. He was re-elected Mayor of November 1983, winning 74% of the vote.
Pataki was elected to the New York State Assembly (91st District) in November 1984 by defeating one-term Democratic incumbent William J. Ryan, who gained 53% of the vote. Pataki defeated Ryan in a rematch in November 1986, winning 63% of the vote. Pataki won a third term in November 1988, winning 74% of the vote against Democratic nominee Mark Zinna. Pataki gained over 90% of the vote in November 1990 as the only candidate was a minor party nominee. In the 186th, 187th, 188th, and 189th New York State Legislatures, he served as an assemblyman.
The 91st Assembly district included portions of Westchester, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam Counties from 1983 to 1992. However, Assembly Democrats in 1992 largely renamed the district boundaries, bringing the newly renamed 90th Assembly district entirely within Westchester County. Pataki defeated seven-term incumbent Republican State Senator Mary B. Goodhue in a Republican primary in Senate District 37 by criticizing her grandchildren's return to Disney World and missing a vote in Albany rather than running in the newly redrawn district. Pataki defeated the primary by a 52% to 48 percent margin. However, Goodhue also intends to run on a minor party ticket in November. Pataki won the general election in November 1992. During the 190th New York State Legislature, he served as senator and ran for governor in the next election.