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Eric Schneiderman (D)

John Cahill (R)

Ramon Jimenez (G)

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Eric Schneiderman (D)


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Currently: NYS Attorney General (2011-present)

Previous Work: NYS Senate (D-31) (2003-2010); Chair, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee; Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

Education: BA, Amherst College; JD, Harvard University


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Organizations: Village Independent Democrats; Bay Ridge Democrats; Tilden Democratic Club; Community Free Democrats; Three Parks Independent Democrats; United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500; New York State United Teachers; Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater NY; Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC; Empire State Pride Agenda

Individuals: Mayor Paul Dyster, Niagara Falls; Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo; Executive Mark Poloncarz, Erie County; Executive Daniel P. McCoy, Albany County; Executive Mike Hein, Ulster County; Executive Ed Day, Rockland County

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John Cahill (R)

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Currently: Co-Founder and CEO, Pataki Cahill Group; Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLC

Previous Work: Chief of Staff, Former Governor George Pataki (2002-2006); Commissioner, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (1997-2001); General Counsel, Department of Environmental Conservation; Partner, Plunkett & Jaffe

Education: BA, Fordham University; JD, Pace University; MA, Pace University


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Organizations: Police Benevolent Association (PBA) of the New York State Troopers

Individuals: Joe Lhota; Chemung County Executive Tom Santulli; Staten Island Borough President James Oddo

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Ramon Jimenez (G)

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Previous Work: Freedom Party Candidate, Attorney General (2010)

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Carl Person (L)

 Twitter

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Education: LIU; Harvard Law School


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