Spitzer Resignation Paves Way for African American Governor

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Mar. 12, 2008

The beleagured New York governor Eliot Spitzer plans to resign Monday, after a federal probe tied him to an international prostitution ring. Lt. Gov. David Paterson will become the first black governor in the state and the fourth in U.S. history.

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