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The man expected to challenge Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, had to settle for a seat in the front pew on Sunday, alongside many other elected officials. It was not the only time during the weekend gathering that Mr. Suozzi appeared to fall outside the circle of influence. Mr. Suozzi's aides noted that he had been told that he could not speak on a panel discussing economic development, though he had spoken on similar panels at the caucus gathering for several years. The man expected to challenge Mr. Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, had to settle for a seat in the front pew. And after being told there was no room for his reception at the conference hotel, where other candidates were campaigning, Mr. Suozzi held one at a restaurant across the street. If there was no room for Mr. Suozzi's reception, Gary Pretlow, the chairman of the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators said, it was simply because the rooms were booked.