David Alexander Paterson (akaberekwa musi waMay 20, 1954) mutungamiri wezvematongerwo enyika weAmerica uyo akashanda seGavhuna we55th weNew York, achitevera Eliot Spitzer uye achishumira makore matatu ekupedzisira emutungamiri weSpitzer kubva munaKurume 2008 kusvika pakupera kwa2010. Ndiye wekutanga muAfrica wekuAmerica kubata chinzvimbo ichocho uye wechipiri zviri pamutemo gavhuna weimwe nyika mushure meBob C. Riley, uyo aive mutevedzeri Gavhuna weArkansas kwemazuva gumi nerimwe muna Ndira 1975. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kubva kuHofstra Law School, Paterson akashanda muhofisi yemuchuchisi wedunhu reQueens County, New York, uye pavashandi vemutungamiri wedunhu reManhattan David Dinkins. Muna 1985, akasarudzwa kuNew York State Senate pachigaro chaimbove chababa vake, aimbova munyori weNew York State Basil Paterson.
Gore ra1954