Patrick R. Manning

Patrick R. "Pat" Manning (born June 9 1965) is a former New York State Assemblyman who announced his candidacy as a Republican for Governor of New York in 2005. Manning served the 103rd Assembly District of New York since 1994.

Prior to being elected to the State Assembly, Manning served as an executive aide for then Assemblyman Glenn E. Warren and a Dutchess County Legislator for the 20th District.

In late 2005, Pat Manning began making strides towards a gubernatorial camapaign. He found strong support initially from within the New York Conservative Party.

He dropped his gubernatorial campaign shortly after an email was sent to the press accusing him of having an extramarital affair. Manning admitted that he and his wife were divorcing and that he was dating.

In the Republican primary election on September 12 2006, Manning was defeated by Tivoli Mayor and Dutchess County legislator Marcus Molinaro. Manning held a lead in the Columbia County portion of the district, but this was not enough to overcome Molinaro's lead in the Duchess segment.

On November 8, 2007 by a vote of 4-0 Mr. Manning as found guilty by the New York State Board of Elections for committing political espionage in 2006 by impersonating a campaign consultant to political rival Mayor Marcus Molinaro [(Tivoli)] during a phone conversation.

The [NYS Board of Elections] found Manning guilty of violating the state's Fair Campaign Code and levied a $1,000 against the former state assemblyman. The NYS board ruled Manning violated the code in August 2006 by calling a polling company used by Molinaro, Manning's opponent in the Republican primary for the 103rd Assembly District seat and claiming to be Molinaro campaign consultant Brendan Quinn. Using the fake identity, Manning tried to gather information about a poll that was being conducted for Molinaro, the assemblyman admitted later.

The phone call that got Manning in trouble occurred just weeks before the 2006 primary. Manning later told The Independent, a Columbia County-based sister newspaper of the Freeman, that he made the call to MCJ Worldwide from the home of a constituent in East Fishkill and said to the person at the other end of the line, "This is Brendan Quinn. What's going on? I'm hearing some complaints, and I want to make sure things are being taken the way we wanted" That's political espionage," Daghlian, a spokesperson for the NYS BOE said.

ee also

*New York gubernatorial election, 2006

External links

* [http://www.patmanning.com/ Team Manning 2006]