Rudy is jumping on the Turner for US Senate bandwagon.
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani today endorsed Rep. Bob Turner of Queens for the GOP nomination, saying Turner is the �only candidate� who can beat U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
Referring to Turner as �the definition of a citizen legislator,� Giuliani said, �He is a proven winner and the only candidate who can defeat the nation’s most liberal senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, in November.�
Turner is battling Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long for the Republican nod.
Long has the key support of the state Conservative Party.
“Today�s endorsement doesn�t move the needle for team Turner – ask Mario Cuomo,” Long spokesman David Catalfamo said in a reference to Giuliani’s 1994 endorsement of Gov. Cuomo’s father – who was ousted as governor that year by Republican George Pataki.
Turner, a business executive, won the House seat of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Wiener in a special election last September.
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