In Tuesday's State of the State address, New York governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce that he will lead a trade mission to Cuba, The Wall Street Journal reports. It's been a tough year for Andrew! He's earned it.

Cuomo would be among the first high-profile U.S. politicians to visit Cuba after President Obama eased restrictions on travel there last week. Six Democratic congresspeople recently took a trip to Cuba as well, Reuters reports.

The New York governor rarely left the state in his first term, the Journal reports. After his re-election in November, he has traveled more, ostensibly part of an effort to focus on import and export deals as a potential remedy for the struggling regional economies upstate.

Or maybe he's running for president! Or maybe getting re-elected was just, like, really hard—there was that whole thing with the Working Families party, ugh, and then that whole other thing with the Moreland Commission, ugh—and the guy just needs a break.

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