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Most lieutenant governors take on other duties as assigned to them by the governor. Donohue has taken on duties in the areas of small business, school violence, and land use planning, along with serving as a surrogate speaker for the governor in upstate New York. Donohue's predecessor, Betsy McCaughey Ross worked on Medicare and education policy, prior to her falling out with Pataki. Democrat Stan Lundine was active on technology and housing issues during his two terms in office. While the lieutenant governor runs on a ticket with the governor in the general election, they run separate from the governor in the primary. In 1982 , Mario Cuomo won the Democratic nomination for governor, but his running mate, Carl McCall lost the lieutenant governor nomination to Westchester County Executive Alfred Delbello . Delbello was elected but resigned in 1985 complaining that Cuomo did not give him anything to do. McCaughey Ross had been elected on a ticket with Pataki in 1994 but soon broke with him on state policy. He dropped her from his 1998 reelection ticket and she became a Democrat and ran for governor on her own. The last lieutenant governor to succeed to the governorship was Malcolm Wilson following the 1973 resignation of Nelson Rockefeller . Cuomo was the last lieutenant governor to be elected governor. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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