Democrats announce their candidates for statewide offices

The Democratic Party nominated their candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller during their state party convention last week. The Democrat candidate for governor is once again Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor has selected Kathy Hochul, former Congresswoman from Buffalo, to run as his lieutenant governor. For attorney general, the party chose current Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. For state comptroller, the nominee is once again Thomas DiNapoli.