Legislature moves primary to Feb. 5
From Times Wire Reports
The state Legislature overwhelmingly approved a measure in Albany to move the state’s presidential primary up to Feb. 5, a move designed to help its favorite political son and daughter -- former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- in the 2008 race.
Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer was expected to sign the measure.
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