John Faso (born August 25, 1952) was the Republican nominee for Governor of New York in 2006, and was defeated by Democratic nominee Eliot Spitzer in the largest defeat for a Republican gubernatorial candidate in the state's history. This followed his loss to Alan Hevesi four years earlier in his run for State Comptroller. He was a former member of the New York State Assembly, and minority leader from 1998 until April 2002.
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