Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez

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Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez is the 65th Secretary of State of New York, serving in the Cabinet of Gov. David Paterson. She originally served in the Cabinet of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and remained in office following Paterson's taking over the governorship on March 17, 2008. She is a former President of the Hispanic Federation, a former executive with Cablevision and was chief of staff to Assemblyman Roberto Rameriez.

As Secretary of State, she was formally charged with accepting Spitzer's resignation from the governorship. Spitzer resigned on March 17, 2008 amid a sex scandal.

Official bio from the New York Secretary of State website

Preceded by Christopher Jacobs	Secretary of State of New York January 1, 2007 -	Succeeded by Incumbent

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State Secretaries of State in the United States

AL: Beth Chapman
AK: No such office
AR: Charlie Daniels
AZ: Jan Brewer
CA: Debra Bowen
CO: Mike Coffman
CT: Susan Bysiewicz
DE: Harriett Smith Windsor
FL: Kurt S. Browning
GA: Karen Handel

HI: No such office
ID: Ben Ysursa
IL: Jesse White
IN: Todd Rokita
IA: Michael Mauro
KS: Ron Thornburgh
KY: Trey Grayson
LA: Jay Dardenne
MD: Dennis Schnepfe
MA: Bill Galvin

ME: Matthew Dunlap
MI: Terri Lynn Land
MN: Mark Ritchie
MS: Delbert Hosemann
MO: Robin Carnahan
MT: Brad Johnson
NE: John Gale
NV: Ross Miller
NH: Bill Gardner
NJ: Nina Mitchell Wells

NM: Mary Herrera
NY: Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
NC: Elaine Marshall
ND: Al Jaeger
OH: Jennifer Brunner
OK: M. Susan Savage
OR: Bill Bradbury
PA: Pedro Cortes
RI: Ralph Mollis
SC: Mark Hammond

SD: Chris Nelson
TN: Riley Darnell
TX: Phil Wilson
UT: No such office
VT: Deborah Markowitz
VA: Katherine Hanley
WA: Sam Reed
WV: Betty Ireland
WI: Doug LaFollette
WY: Max Maxfield

*In states without a Secretary of State, the Lt. Governor may perform some of the typical functions of a Secretary of State, but the offices are not the same.

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