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Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer will visit Rockland tomorrow and Thursday to endorse local candidates for office.

Giuliani, the Republican former New York City mayor, will be attending a fund-raiser tomorrow for his candidacy and will endorse the re-election of Republicans Michael Bongiorno for district attorney, James Kralik for sheriff. and William Sherwood for the New York State Supreme Court. Giuliani will start his day at 11:30 a.m. at the Blauvelt Coach Diner shaking hands with diners, Rockland GOP Chairman Vincent Reda said.

Spitzer, a Democrat, will visit Haverstraw village at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to endorse Rockland County Democrats running for office.

Spitzer, a Democrat, will back former West Haverstraw Justice Thomas Zugibe for district attorney, Clarkstown Detective Sgt. Tim O’Neill for sheriff, and Surrogate Court Justice Robert Berliner for state Supreme Court justice.

Rockland Democratic Party Chairman Vincent J. Monte said Spitzer will meet with Democrats running for office and public at the Quisqueya Club, 25-27 Broadway, Haverstraw village.

And with a wedding planned in New Square on Thursday night, the governor may stay a bit longer and join other Democrats and Republicans and pay his respect to the village leadership, which controls a powerful voting bloc.