Herb London for New York State Governor 1994 Campaign Button RARE

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HERB LONDON for NYS Comptroller Campaign Button
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Herbert London was an American conservative activist, commentator, author, and academic. London was the president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 to 2011. He was a frequent columnist for The Washington Times.  London was president of the London Center for Policy Research, a conservative think tank hosted at The King's College in New York City, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Soon after his race for NYS Governor in 1990. London began campaigning for the Republican nomination in the 1994 Governor's race, which turned out to have no clear front-runner.  The main reason was that U.S. Senator Al D'Anato kept hinting he would run for the nomination and if he did, he would be the presumptive favorite. London became the first formally announced candidate to take on incumbent Mario Cuomo, declaring for both the Republican and Conservative parties' nomination in October 1993.
Republican and Conservative leaders were resolved to support the same candidate to avoid splitting the conservative vote as in 1990. D'Amato preferred State Senator George Pataki, but state senate majority leader Ralph J. Narino held a grudge against Pataki, London and others who tried to oust Marino in the 1992 primary.  However, Marino supported London through the Republican Party convention, where London could not gain enough supporters to automatically be placed on the G.O.P. primary ballot.
During that convention, Republican leaders convinced London to drop out of the governor's race in favor of accepting the party's nomination for state Comptroller.  Prior to London being offered the Comptroller's nomination, Assemblyman John Faso  was considered the frontrunner for the nomination.  London went on to face interim Democratic Comptroller Carl McCall.
The race was notable in part for the controversy created when the candidate's identities, Jewish for London and black for McCall, became a focal point of the campaign. Then, in the week before the election, a statement was issued by 50 leading members of the Democratic Party in New York, condemning London for launching racist attacks against McCall.  Two Manhattan Republicans withdrew their support for London, while Mayor Rudy Giuliani stuck with his endorsement of London.
McCall defeated London in the election, 52% to 46%, becoming the first black candidate elected to statewide office in New York. McCall had out-raised London .6 million to 3,000. London's criticism of Pataki and his attack ads against McCall were seen as negatively affecting his performance in the race.
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