The 2012 election is over, but attention has already turned toward potential 2016 presidential candidates
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Andrew Cuomo (Democrat) -- Cuomo was thrust into the national spotlight almost from the moment he was elected governor of New York, given his political pedigree: his father, Mario, was often mentioned as a potential White House candidate during his tenure as New York governor but never pulled the trigger.