This sort of stuff makes me smile...
New York Republicans, who have held the governorship of a distinctly Democratic-leaning state for 12 years, already had a poor chance of keeping control of the statehouse in Albany this year. State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, has a huge lead in the polls.
Now it turns out whoever loses the GOP primary will stay in the race -- in a position likely to siphon votes from the Republican nominee.
Former state Assembly leader John Faso won the Conservative Party nomination for governor last week. Last month, former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld took the libertarian nomination.
Spokesmen for the two potential GOP nominees said they would run on the third-party line regardless of what happens in the GOP primary.
Link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/28/AR2006052800964_pf.html