Cuomo seeks to tinker with 2020 dates for federal, state primaries

ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wants to change the 2020 New York primary dates for congressional, state and presidential races.

But he’s not yet suggesting what the actual date should be.

The governor’s comments, made on an Albany radio station Friday morning, come three days after the state Senate sent him a bill – passed by the Legislature in June – to set the presidential primary date as April 28.

Cuomo said he thinks the presidential primary should be earlier so New York can be more “impactful” in the race. NY1 reported last night he was eyeing a February primary for president; today, Cuomo said a February date “is really not viable, politically."

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