Paterson Will Accept Full Campaign Contribution Limit
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- April
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Gov. David Paterson will not adhere to lower campaign contribution limits imposed by his predecessor, according to reports here and here.
Paterson will accept up to the $55,900 contribution limit allowed by state law, one of the most generous limits in the country.
“In order to compete on a level playing field he will adhere to the limits that are set under current rules,” spokesman Jonathan Rosen told the Albany Times-Union.
Spitzer imposed on his campaign a $10,000 ceiling on contributions from individuals, PACS and special-interest groups.
Yet Paterson, who isn’t a millionaire like Spitzer, has just 114,000 in his campaign account, according to the New York Sun, and will need to raise millions to compete for re-election in 2010.
Paterson, a Democrat, has said he plans to run in 2010.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
