NY Gov. Cuomo gets bruising lesson from Teachout

Published September 10, 2014 6:54am ET



ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been served a stinging rebuke by a little-known law professor who claimed a 35 percent showing in New York’s Democratic primary, complicating his re-election plans and his possible presidential ambitions.

Cuomo ignored Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout for much of the campaign. But Teachout’s criticism of Cuomo’s centrist policies won over more than a third of Democrats in Tuesday’s primary.

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