Andrew Cuomo won a third term as New York’s governor against Republican Marc Molinaro in a race that was widely seen as a one-sided affair.
NY1 and Fox News projected Cuomo as the winner on Nov. 6 over his opponent, Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive.
Cuomo said that he would serve out his term despite chatter about being a potential 2020 presidential candidate.
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With the win, Cuomo is the 10th New York governor elected to a third term.
“Almost any elected official who has a one-in-one hundred shot at becoming president strongly considers taking it,” Democratic political strategist Evan Thies told the New York Post.
“[His] legacy will be based on infrastructure improvements,” said political consultant Hank Sheinkopf. “[But] he also will be under a lot of pressure to come up with a long term-plan to fix the New York City subway system and roads and bridges.”
Meanwhile, Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, defeated Republican challenger Chele Farley to win her re-election bid for the Senate, The Associated Press projected. Like Cuomo, Gillibrand was heavily favored to win.