Member of the New York State Senate from the 37th district
In office January 1, 1993 – December 31, 1994
Preceded by
Mary B. Goodhue
Succeeded by
Vincent Leibell
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 91st district
In office January 1, 1985 – December 31, 1992
Preceded by
William Ryan
Succeeded by
Vincent Leibell
Mayor of Peekskill
In office January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1984
Preceded by
Fred Bianco
Succeeded by
Richard E. Jackson
Personal details
Born
George Elmer Pataki
(1945-06-24) June 24, 1945 (age 78) Peekskill, New York, US
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Libby Rowland
(m. 1973)
Children
4, including Allison
Education
Yale University (BA) Columbia University (JD)
Signature
Website
Official website
George Elmer Pataki (/pəˈtɑːki/; born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. He previously served in the State Legislature from 1985 to 1994, and as the Mayor of Peekskill from 1981 to 1984. Pataki was the third Republican since 1923 to win New York's governorship, after Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller.
Pataki's most notable achievements as governor included the creation of a number of new health care programs, presiding over recovery efforts following the September 11 attacks, and for increasing the state's credit rating three times. He chose not to run for a fourth term in 2006; he was succeeded by Democrat Eliot Spitzer. Pataki and Mary Donohue (his second Lt. Governor) are the last Republicans elected to statewide office in New York, although Republicans Joseph Bruno and Dean Skelos each briefly served as acting Lieutenant Governor in 2008.
Pataki announced his candidacy for the Republican Party presidential nomination on May 28, 2015. He withdrew from the race shortly before the primaries began on December 29, 2015.
George Elmer Pataki (/pəˈtɑːki/; born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. He previously...
first memoir. Pataki was born in New York, and is the daughter of former New York State Governor and 2016 presidential candidate, GeorgePataki and his wife...
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governorship held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican governor GeorgePataki was re-elected with 54.3% of the vote. This remains the last statewide...
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for the succeeding four years. After New York's Republican governor, GeorgePataki announced he would not run again in the 2006 election, Republican officials...
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various state and local elections, then incumbent Republican governor GeorgePataki chose not to run for re-election in a fourth term. Democrat Eliot Spitzer...
gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Republican Governor GeorgePataki was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democrat Carl McCall and Rochester...
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judgeship in 1998, when Pataki picked her as a running mate. Donohue was selected as the running mate to Gov. GeorgePataki in his 1998 re-election bid...
nationwide Republican sweep, that included the election of Republican GeorgePataki as the new Governor of New York displacing the Democratic incumbent...
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received interest-free, government-issued Liberty Bonds under Governor GeorgePataki, and also used eminent domain to facilitate the family's growing real...
Georgia allowed states to reinstate the death penalty. In 1995, Governor GeorgePataki signed a new statute into law which returned the death penalty in New...
the first term of Governor GeorgePataki. She unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for governor after Pataki dropped her from his 1998...
a total of nine reactors were affected. The governor of New York, GeorgePataki, declared a state of emergency. Verizon's emergency generators failed...
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presidential bid". The Washington Post. Fahrenthold, David A. (May 28, 2015). "GeorgePataki announces presidential campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved May...
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