Given the question: Information: - Andrew Mark Cuomo (born December 6, 1957) is an American politician who has been the 56th Governor of New York since January 1, 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 2010, holding the same position his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three terms from 1983 to 1995. - The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. - Basil Alexander Paterson ( April 27 , 1926 -- April 16 , 2014 ) , a labor lawyer , was a longtime political leader in New York and Harlem and the father of the 55th Governor of New York , David Paterson . His mother was Jamaican , and his father was Carriacouan . - David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician. He was the 55th Governor of New York, in office from 2008 to 2010. He was the first African American governor of New York and also the second legally blind governor of any U.S. state after Bob C. Riley, who was Acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in January 1975. Since leaving office, Paterson has been a radio talk show host on station WOR in New York City, and was in 2014 appointed Chairman of the New York Democratic Party by his successor as governor, Andrew Cuomo. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'member of political party' with the subject 'basil a. paterson'. Choices: - democratic party - military
The answer is:
democratic party