Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
Just four days after he launched his campaign, Eliot Spitzer (D) said that “over 27,000 signatures” were submitted to the Board of Elections just ahead of a midnight deadline to get on the ballot for New York City comptroller, the AP reports.
Spitzer needs 3,750 valid petition signatures to get on the Democratic primary ballot for September.
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