Sentences with phrase «families party candidate»

Rivera ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 80 as a Working Families Party candidate.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

Voters will choose between Ms. Cancel, Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou and Republican Lester Chang next month Ms. Niou, a registered Democrat and two - year resident of the district, works as chief of staff to Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, and enjoys the backing of most labor unions and the Democratic power structure in the Assembly.

The survey found the certified Working Families Party candidate, Larry Weissmann, receiving 10 percent of the vote in the closely divided district, with 11 percent of voters undecided.

Thompson remained on the ballot as a Working Families Party candidate, but did not campaign.

Funiciello, for several weeks, has been calling for Aaron Woolf, the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate in the 21st Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh, is not seeking re-election.

If Nixon is on the November ballot as the Working Families Party candidate, Cuomo's support drops to 40 percent, with 23 percent for Molinaro and 20 percent for Nixon.

Her main rival, Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, has had her own struggles with the truth.

ALBANY — Working Families Party candidate Diana Richardson has won a special election for an Assembly seat representing Brooklyn.

If McDonough wins, she will be only the second Working Families Party candidate to serve on the council, Fuentes having been the first.

Auerbach will also be the Working Families Party candidate.

She also ran as an independent write - in candidate and as a Working Families Party candidate.

In the 77th Assembly District Latoya Joyner is the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate.

But if a Working Families Party candidate enters the race, 24 percent of voters polled said they'd back the third - party candidate over the current governor.

Working Families Party candidate Janai McDonough received 135 votes while Republican Craig Johnson brought in 103.

Democrat Alice Cancel, Working Families Party candidate You - Line Niou and Republican Lester Chang had not filed campaign reports by Friday evening.

«If that was the intention, it worked,» Gordon said, who ended up with 32 percent of the vote, compared with 41 percent for Madden and 25 percent for Rodney Wiltshire, who ran as the Working Families Party candidate.

The Democrat Alice Cancel, in hat, would be a lock to replace Sheldon Silver in the State Assembly if not for an unexpectedly well - organized challenge from the Working Families Party candidate, Yuh - Line Niou.

For Ms. Niou, the victory was a vindication of sorts; she was passed over for the Democratic nomination in the special election, and ran as the Working Families Party candidate, only to lose to Ms. Cancel.

No Working Families Party candidate has stepped forward publicly to challenge Cuomo, but Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins said he'd welcome the nomination.

In 2008, a Working Families Party candidate outpolled the Republican registrar, meaning that both of them, along with the Democrat, are all registrars.

Yuh - Line Niou, the chief of staff for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, withdrew from the Democratic Party candidate race after calling the process flawed, and instead ran in the special election as the Working Families Party candidate.

... if a Working Families Party candidate enters the race, 24 percent of voters polled said they'd back the third - party candidate over the current governor....

Public Advocate Letitia James today became the latest leading Democrat to endorse Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat — spurning Alice Cancel, the candidate running on the Democratic line in the April 19 special election.

The poll also shows Nixon would be a drain on the governor in the general election if he wins the primary but she stays on the ballot as the progressive Working Families Party candidate.

Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins isn't sure where potential Working Families Party candidate for governor Diane Ravitch stands on all of the issues, but believes she could contribute a lot to a debate on education in this year's gubernatorial race.

Hein, also the Working Families Party candidate, was seeking a third term.

Tercyak will also appear on the ballot as a Working Families Party candidate, and Ceglarz will also appear on the Independent line.

Diana Richardson, the Working Families Party candidate in the race for a vacant central Brooklyn Assembly seat that included no one on the Democratic party line, has won that special election, she declared tonight.

Those seeking four - year terms are Working Families Party candidate Shontá Browdy, Republican Theodore «Ted» Cannon, and Democrats Ayesha Clarke, Juan M. Hernandez and Craig Stallings, who is currently the board's chairman.

There have been more sightings of Cancel's opponents, who include Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, and Republican nominee Lester Chang, residents said.

Nixon, the Working Families Party candidate for governor and Cuomo's Democratic primary foe, made the anti-corruption vow after it was revealed that the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office has launched a probe into an Orange County health care company, Crystal Run, that received more than $ 25 million in state grants after officers and family members contributed $ 400,000 to Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Joe Nicoletti, who was running as a Democratic and Working Families Party candidate, dropped out of the race Monday.

Ms. Maertz, a litigating attorney for the GEICO insurance company, was chosen by Democrats to face off against Mr. LaValle after former Democratic and Working Families Party candidate Regina Calcaterra was forced to drop out of the race because she had registered to vote in Pennsylvania for part of the last five years.

Perhaps the most intriguing local race this November is the match - up in the fourth City Council district between Democrat and Working Families Party candidate Khalid Bey and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins.

Niou is now running as the Working Families Party candidate.

Working Families Party candidate Janai McDonough received 135 votes while Republican Craig Johnson brought in 103 votes.

Voters will choose between Ms. Cancel, Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou and Republican Lester Chang.

Bryant prevailed as the Working Families Party candidate.

In another special election Tuesday, Democrat Alice Cancel held off a strong challenge from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou to win the seat vacated by disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Perez Williams (35 percent) and Walsh (28 percent) are firmly ahead of Republican Laura Lavine (9 percent) Working Families Party candidate Joe Nicoletti (9 percent) and the Green Party's Howie Hawkins (5 percent), according to the poll of likely Syracuse voters.

The New York Times endorsed Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in the April 19 special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and also backed Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou in the race for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat.

Yuh - Line Niou, the Working Families Party candidate for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, claimed to have voted for President Barack Obama in Harlem during a NY1 debate last night — but Board of Elections documents indicate she didn't cast a ballot in the election.

In lower Manhattan, voters are also in line to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with a three - way race for the district that includes a Republican, Democratic and Working Families Party candidate.

Perez Williams and Walsh are firmly ahead of Republican Laura Lavine, Working Families Party candidate Joe Nicoletti, and the Green Party's Howie Hawkins, according to the poll of likely Syracuse voters.

Working Families Party candidate Rodney Wiltshire came in a distant third, earning about 25 percent of the total vote.

Working Families Party candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon opposes the state's 2 percent cap on annual spending and the 2 percent cap on local property tax growth — two of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's most popular accomplishments.

Cynthia Nixon, the Working Families Party candidate for governor of New York, recently spoke out against the state's 2 percent... Read More

Those seeking four - year terms are Working Families Party candidate Shontá Browdy, Republican...

Cancel faces a spirited challenge in the heavily Democratic district from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who has attacked Cancel for her ties to Silver and focused her campaign on the need to reform Albany's tangled political culture.