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ALBANY — Republican State Sen. John DeFrancisco indicated Monday that he’s re-evaluating whether to stay in the race for governor.

"We'll see," DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican, told reporters when asked if his campaign would continue.

DeFrancisco’s reconsideration comes after the state Conservative Party's executive committee voted on Friday to back Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro for governor.

"If the Conservatives and the Republicans are not united, it's tough for anybody to win, so that's why I have to sit down and look at it," said DeFrancisco, who expressed disappointment with the Conservative Party’s decision.

"I thought I had a good record with the Conservative Party,” he said. “But sometimes record and background is not as important as political analyses and apparently the Conservatives believe that it was best for them to give the straw vote to Molinaro.”