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Running for State Office: A Primer

Rule No. 1:  Know Where Your State Is Jeanine Pirro, the ex-Westchester County DA and ex-opponent to Sen. Hilllary Clinton (in a race where Pirro ...

Rule No. 1:  Know Where Your State Is

Jeanine Pirro, the ex-Westchester County DA and ex-opponent to Sen. Hilllary Clinton (in a race where Pirro earned 32 Seconds of Infamy), is now running for Attorney General of New York.

And she almost -- almost! -- totally nailed the location of her state.

"I've been all over the state," Pirro told an Albany radio station last week. "I've been to Chautauqua County all the way on the west coast, I should say on the west end of New York, bordering on Ohio."

Oooo---So close, Jeanine! New York doesn't border Ohio. But thanks for playing!

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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