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| TIM ROSKE/AP Photo |
| New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, right, joined by Lt. Gov. David Paterson in this Feb. 7, 2007 file photo. Legally blind and virtually unknown outside of his state, David Paterson, New York's lieutenant governor since 2007, is poised to become the state's first black chief executive if Eliot Spitzer resigns over allegations he was linked to a prostitution ring. |