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In the upcoming New York State Gubernatorial elections, Republican incumbent George Pataki will enjoy an unusually high level of union support, with the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the Corrections Officers Benevolent Association and the Teamsters all indicating that they will endorse him. While these unions have often supported Republicans in the past, traditionally Democratic unions such as the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union and the immensely powerful health care workers union District 1199 are also expected to endorse Pataki. The governor---who made many foes in the labor movement during his first two years in office---has, in recent years, implemented and supported many measures and laws that have benefited working people and their families, and won him the support, or at least neutrality, of many of the Democratic Party?s most powerful allies.