...earlier this month, driven partly by at least $40 million spent by billionaire and Independence Party candidate B. Thomas Golisano, who is self-financing his third run. GOP Gov. George Pataki spent at least $27 million, while Democrat H...

...George Pataki faced no Republican opponent but lost the Independence Party nomination to billionaire businessman B. Thomas Golisano. That means Golinsano's name will be on the November ballot, along with that of state Comptroller H. Carl McCall...