Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence was just on national TV speaking at a press conference about the arrest today in his town of former New York Giant Linebacker, Lawrence Taylor (L.T.) after he allegedly raped a teenaged girl at a Holiday Inn.

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St. Lawrence is, as you may recall, one of two Democrats running for lieutenant governor. Neither he nor his primary opponent, Bill Samuels, are terribly well-known, although St. Lawrence did get a boost when he won the DRC straw poll in Niagara Falls last weekend.

While the the Taylor case isn’t exactly what one might call “good” press, the opportunity for a local official with statewide aspirations to get his face in front of so many TV cameras is always a good thing – at least from a name-recognition standpoint.

St. Lawrence has said he won’t continue to puruse his LG bid if the presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, doesn’t pick him as a running mate. Samuels, who is also running to be the Senate president, has said he plans to continue on with his campaign regardless of who Cuomo taps as his No. 2.

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