Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani latest big-time Republican to snub Rob Astorino

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KEN LOVETT

Add former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to the list of high-profile Republicans to snub GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino.

Giuliani is not expected to back the Westchester County executive in his run against Gov. Cuomo, but will instead remain on the sidelines, a source close to the former mayor said.

“He’s got a relationship with Andrew and thinks he’s doing a decent job,” the source said. “It’s that simple.”

Giuliani will not endorse in the race, unlike in 1994, when the then mayor drew chorus of “Judas Giuliani” after endorsing Cuomo’s father, then Gov. Mario Cuomo, over little-known Republican George Pataki.

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1. George Pataki rips Chris Christie for failing to support Rob Astorino's bid for N.Y. governor

KENNETH LOVETT

ALBANY — Three years after urging Chris Christie to run for president, former New York Gov. George Pataki is now taking him to task for turning his back on the Republican candidate who is trying to unseat Gov. Cuomo.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Pataki said he was dumbfounded that Christie, New Jersey’s GOP governor who also heads the Republican Governors Association, said last month he won’t help Rob Astorino’s campaign in New York because his organization doesn’t “invest in lost causes.”

“To me, it’s incomprehensible and disappointing,” said Pataki, a Republican who served three terms as New York governor.

“The RGA is a very important organization,” he said, noting that Christie’s responsibility as the group’s head is to help elect Republican governors across the nation. “At the very least, you don’t want them denigrating his efforts.”

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