He’s back. And if he makes it through a republican primary, Rick Lazio will have a far less popular opponent in the Governor’s race in New York.
Republican Rick Lazio, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000, is planning to run for governor of New York next year, his spokesman said Thursday.
“He fully intends to,” said Barney Keller when asked if Lazio was running.
Lazio has made no public announcement and Keller said the former congressman from Long Island is still deciding when to make the decision formal. Lazio has formed a campaign committee and his website is soliciting contributions.
“This campaign will be about the future of New York and what kind of New York we want our children and grandchildren to inherit,” Lazio says on the website.
Lazio lost to Clinton in the historic race that made her the only first lady to ever be elected to the Senate. Lazio entered the race late, a last-minute substitute for then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who bowed out because of prostate cancer and a messy public divorce.
I hope he’s developed a taste for sausage sandwiches.
