Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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 THE BRIEF 
  
 Lanky and low-key, Pataki is a Republican who was elected governor three times in a reliably Democratic state. He first won the office in 1994 by defeating liberal icon Mario Cuomo and held on to power for 12 years by marrying left-leaning social positions with a tax-cutting, tough-on-crime brand of conservatism. Pataki nurtured a reputation as a quietly competent governor free from the rhetorical flights of his predecessor or the sort of scandal that sank his successor, Eliot Spitzer. During the '90s, Pataki benefited from a booming economy that kept money flowing into the government even as he and the state Legislature cut taxes. But by the start of his third term in 2002, the state struggled in a national recession and the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Pataki has flirted with presidential runs more than once before, but he has repeatedly failed to generate much interest. Since leaving public office in 2006, he has worked as a lawyer and is a founder of the Pataki-Cahill Group, which provides services to businesses. 
  
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 PERSONAL STORY 
  
 Pataki, 69, was raised on his family's small vegetable farm about 40 miles north of New York City, in Peekskill. Pataki, like his brother and cousins, grew up plowing, picking and delivering produce to the farm stand. He attended Yale University on an academic scholarship and later graduated from Columbia Law School. From the get-go, Pataki was not shy about taking on incumbents. That's how he became mayor of Peekskill in 1982 and later a state assemblyman and state senator. He was a freshman state senator when he took on Cuomo in 1994. Clearly ambitious, Pataki has not always been well served by his understated style — what a magazine once dubbed "Bland Ambition." Though he was a key player in the government's reaction to the devastating Sept. 11 attacks in New York City, Pataki was overshadowed by the city's charismatic mayor, Rudolph Giuliani. Now, out of office for nine years, he is trying to distinguish himself in a Republican field filled with big personalities. Pataki has been married to his wife, Elizabeth, for more than 40 years. They have four children and numerous grandchildren. 
  
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 CALLING CARD MOMENT 
  
 Pataki was a practically unknown state lawmaker in 1994 when he challenged Cuomo. While Cuomo had a national reputation for soaring oratory, Pataki was a middling speaker who ran a disciplined campaign focused on taxes and restoring New York's death penalty. It was a David-defeats-Goliath moment he still boasts about 21 years later. While Pataki argues that he proved his electability in a blue state, he has spent recent months promoting his conservative credentials. 
  
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 EARLY STATE ACTION 
  
 Pataki has made repeated trips to New Hampshire since expressing interest in a run in January, shaking hands on snowy streets and talking to fellow Republicans. Not only is this crucial primary state a five-hour drive from Manhattan, it is a logical place to start a Republican presidential campaign for an easterner with a moderate-to-conservative record who was raised Roman Catholic. Pataki also has traveled to Iowa. 
  
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 READING LIST 
  
 Pataki co-wrote an autobiography in 1998 when he was governor. 
  
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 ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA 
  
 Web site: http://www.georgepataki.com/ 
  
 Super PAC: http://www.wethepeoplenotwashington.com/ 
  
 Facebook: facebook.com/GovGeorgePataki 
  
 Twitter: twitter.com/GovernorPataki 
  
 Instagram: instagram.com/GovernorPataki ||||| CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Politicians like to say a presidential campaign is a marathon, not a sprint. Republican George Pataki has taken almost a decade just to get to the starting line. 
  
 The former three-term New York governor is expected to announce his intentions for the 2016 presidential contest on Thursday after flirting with the idea in both 2008 and 2012. He's scheduled to speak in Exeter, New Hampshire, which served as the state capital during the Revolutionary War and claims to be the birthplace of the Republican Party. 
  
 Clearly a longshot, Pataki has cited his electoral success in a heavily Democratic state — he knocked off liberal icon Mario Cuomo to become governor in 1994 — and ability to work with Democrats as among his strengths. But he's spent recent months promoting his conservative credentials, as those running for the Republican nomination invariably do. 
  
 In an earlier trip to New Hampshire, he campaigned against President Barack Obama's health care law, criticized Obama's executive order to offer protections against deportation to millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, and said the nation can't afford another Democratic president. He also has called for less government spending and limiting government power. 
  
 "We've seen an explosion in government power from Washington and the government is far too big, far too powerful, far too expensive and far too intrusive," Pataki said in New Hampshire earlier this year. "The need to reform Washington dramatically and reduce its power and influence has never been greater." 
  
 Pataki, 69, has worked as a lawyer and opened a consulting firm since leaving office in 2006. He's been a frequent visitor to the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire over the years, and has made more than half a dozen trips to New Hampshire this year alone as he explored a 2016 campaign. His earlier efforts never resulted in a full-fledged campaign, however. 
  
 Known for his low-key style, he is trying to distinguish himself in a large pack of rivals, filled with big personalities. |||||
A:
Earlier this week, George Pataki kept with the recent tradition of presidential aspirants announcing when they're going to announce their candidacy, and now the former NY governor has made his actual announcement: Touting his record as a three-term Republican governor in a deeply blue state, the 69-year-old also underscored his conservative bona fides, saying that "all governments have the tendency to grow endlessly, and ultimately to take the power from the people and give it to themselves. It is time to stand up, protect our freedom, and take back this government." Pataki, who the AP notes flirted with runs in 2008 and 2012, yet has in this cycle failed to generate much excitement, speaks in New Hampshire today. He's betting heavily on the Granite State to boost his chances. The AP runs down what you need to know about Pataki here.