Sentences with phrase «democratic gadfly»

As a would - be candidate for governor — and one whose New York residency is sketchy — Democratic gadfly challenger Zephyr Teachout should immediately make public her tax returns.

Democratic gadfly Bill Samuels commissioned a poll that shows a third - party leftist candidate could eat into what Cuomo is hoping will be a commanding victory this year.

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The New York Observer's Will Bredderman reports that comedian and political gadfly Randy Credico, who finished third in the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary, campaigned yesterday at the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan with the Green Party's Howie Hawkins.

Democratic power brokers, past and present, couldn't keep a political gadfly from running as a Democrat in a Brooklyn special election.

A Suffolk Democratic civic gadfly has filed objections to derail Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential candidacy in New York because he was born in Canada.

Green Party gubernatorial contender Howie Hawkins and Randy Credico — the gadfly perennial candidate who recently placed third in the Democratic primary behind Gov. Andrew Cuomo — hit the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan today in an effort to make inroads in the usually loyally blue enclave.

A gadfly who won only 5 percent of the vote in a State Senate race last year, Mr. Philpotts stunned the Democratic establishment on March 1 when the county committee in the Crown Heights - based Assembly district selected him over several better - known candidates to run as a Democrat.

Chicago gadfly Sherman Skolnick, known widely for conspiracy theories and pro se lawsuits, had charged that two members of the Illinois Supreme Court took bribes from a Chicago lawyer and Democratic Party insider named Ted Isaacs.