Lazio declared his candidacy for governor of New York in New York City on September 21, 2009, with a formal announcement in Albany, NY on September 22 [REF].
On June 2, 2010, Lazio received the New York State Republican Party's designation to run for governor, but Carl Paladino, a candidate backed by the tea party movement,[REF] petitioned his way onto the ballot and won the Republican gubernatorial primary on September 14, 2010.