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Report: Pataki To Drop Out Of The 2016 Race
TPM ^ | December 29, 2015 | Tierney Sneed

Posted on 12/29/2015 3:05:11 PM PST by presidio9

Former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) is calling his supporters in New Hampshire to tell him he intends to drop out of the 2016 presidential race, The Boston Globe's James Pindell reported via Twitter.

Since entering the race, Pataki, who is 70, has remained in the lower tier of the polls.

The moderate Republican was New York governor for three terms after being elected in 1994. Before embarking on his 2016 campaign, there was speculation he would run in previous presidential cycles. His reported decision to drop out comes weeks before Feb. 1's Iowa caucus and Feb. 9's New Hampshire primary. Pataki had missed the filing deadlines in primary states later in the cycle.

Pataki struggled to gain traction in an election season that has favored anti-establishment policies over more seasoned politicians. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) previously dropped out of the race.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; georgepataki; iowa; newhampshire; newyork; onehandclapping; pataki; patakifeller
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For those of you not from NY, this is what George Pataki looks like.

1 posted on 12/29/2015 3:05:11 PM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

He had supporters? Who knew??


2 posted on 12/29/2015 3:07:39 PM PST by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: presidio9

He can go run the BLM.

Thanks for playing, George. Here is a box of Kit-Kats.


3 posted on 12/29/2015 3:07:54 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: presidio9

Where is that Cowboy with the handlebar moustache who say’s “Bye!”


4 posted on 12/29/2015 3:08:06 PM PST by lee martell
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To: presidio9
Good bye
5 posted on 12/29/2015 3:10:27 PM PST by ASA Vet (930 SPX)
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To: Vermont Lt

“I ran for the highest American Office, and all I got was this (expired!) coupon for a Kit Kat Bar and a Deluxe Model Slinky, which is a wonderful, wonderful toy for every girl & boy!


6 posted on 12/29/2015 3:10:58 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Dacula

He was in the race who cared


7 posted on 12/29/2015 3:11:01 PM PST by riverrunner
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To: presidio9

Officially the only non pro-life candidate.


8 posted on 12/29/2015 3:11:59 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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NOOOOOO! Now what are we going to do? Woe is me.


9 posted on 12/29/2015 3:13:42 PM PST by Belteshazzar (We are not justified by our works but by faith - De Jacob et vita beata 2 +Ambrose of Milan)
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NOOOOOO! Now what are we going to do? Woe is me.


10 posted on 12/29/2015 3:14:17 PM PST by Belteshazzar (We are not justified by our works but by faith - De Jacob et vita beata 2 +Ambrose of Milan)
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To: Belteshazzar

WHO


11 posted on 12/29/2015 3:17:48 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: presidio9

12 posted on 12/29/2015 3:17:50 PM PST by Vic S
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To: presidio9

Who?


13 posted on 12/29/2015 3:18:26 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Trump/Cruz 2016 or the other way around.)
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To: presidio9

Didn’t realize he was running.


14 posted on 12/29/2015 3:22:56 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

What race...dogcatcher???


15 posted on 12/29/2015 3:23:01 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: presidio9
This totally shakes up the Republican race.

I predict that his supporters will split three ways. One supporter each to Christie, Fiorina, and Bush.

16 posted on 12/29/2015 3:26:37 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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So, he is from NY, no wonder he is a nobody.

Like we need more of those. I try to ignore Trump being from there as a business necessity.

17 posted on 12/29/2015 3:28:33 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: presidio9

??? He was running???


18 posted on 12/29/2015 3:29:36 PM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Dacula

He had supporters? Who knew??..

Yes, both of them.


19 posted on 12/29/2015 3:29:42 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: doorgunner69
I try to ignore Trump being from there as a business necessity.

Like it or not, Donald Trump is about as NY as you get.

20 posted on 12/29/2015 3:31:11 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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