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Throughout his tenure as comptroller, from 1979 to 1993, Mr. Regan (pronounced REE-gan) was his party's highest-ranking state official, although United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato was by far New York's most powerful Republican at the time. As politicians go, Mr. Regan, known as Ned, was as unflashy as they come: a reserved watchdog of the public cash box known for fiscal competence and political reticence.