Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial primary win»

Not exact matches

The Democratic gubernatorial primary is so competitive this year, The Sun's Erin Cox reports, that campaigns and strategists think they may need the support of no more than a quarter of the electorate to win — maybe as few as 125,000 votes.

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.

Recall that Paladino won some 94 percent of the vote in Erie County in the GOP gubernatorial primary and is banking on strong numbers in WNY to fuel his longshot effort to defeat Cuomo in the Democrat - dominated state.

Samuels also made the «that which does not kill us» argument, insisting (much like state GOP Chairman Ed Cox has in connection with his party's gubernatorial fight), saying Duffy will be stronger, better known to voters and more fully vetted if he wins a primary fight.

In a brief telephone interview yesterday, the Queens lawmaker said he was urged to get into the already - crowded race by numerous advisors (including his father, former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., who won the 1998 Democratic gubernatorial primary).

The governor and lieutenant governor run separately in party primaries and their have been instances in which a gubernatorial candidate's preferred nominee for lieutenant governor fails to win the nomination.

The last time a Republican gubernatorial candidate won the party's endorsement at the convention but dropped the primary was in 1986, when Watertown's Richard Buzzuto was the delegates» pick but fell to then - state Rep. Julie Belaga of...

Asked during the lightning round whether they would be willing to vote for Carl Paladino over Rick Lazio in the Sept. 14 GOP gubernatorial primary, Gary Berntsen punted, saying repeatedly that he will be voting for whoever wins and gets onto the November ballot.

H / T to Maggie Haberman, who notes GOTV has taken on a whole new meaning for the Democrats since Carl Paladino won the GOP gubernatorial primary last week — particularly when it comes to upstate, where the Buffalo businessman dominated on Sept. 14, winning some 90 percent of the vote on his home turf, Erie County.

Nebraska gubernatorial race: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the head of the Republican Governors Association, issued a statement Wednesday congratulating Pete Ricketts on his win for the Cornhusker state's Republican gubernatorial primary, beating out six other candidates.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is reconsidering his decision not to run on a third party line of his own creation in the general election if he fails to win the GOP primary in September, a source familiar with the Buffalo businessman confirmed this morning.

Washington (CNN)-- Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott captured the GOP nomination at considerable personal expense, spending $ 38 million of his own money on his primary bid, and when asked Wednesday if there is any limit to the funds he will invest to win the general election, Scott said «no.»

The one they plainly regret is Blackwell's win in the gubernatorial primary.

As expected, Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell defeated state Attorney General Jim Petro in the Republican gubernatorial primary, winning the right to take on Rep. Ted Strickland in the fall.

The last time a Republican gubernatorial candidate won the party's endorsement at the convention but dropped the primary was in 1986, when Watertown's Richard Buzzuto was the delegates» pick but fell to then - state Rep. Julie Belaga of Westport.

Democrat Alex Sink was driving her message through keyword - based search advertising the day after Rick Scott won the Republican gubernatorial primary.

Fiorina also questioned why Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman had decided to go on Sean Hannity's show the day after winning her party's primary.

[Recall that Paladino won some 94 percent of the vote in Erie County in the GOP gubernatorial primary....]

Gibson's comments, made during an appearance yesterday on AM970's «Effective Radio With Bill Samuels,» come as other Republicans in New York — most notably Buffalo businessman and 2010 GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, are ratcheting up efforts to assist Trump in winning New York's April 19, 2016 presidential primary.

After the chairman's preferred gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Rick Lazio, lost to Carl Paladino in last September's GOP primary, the Conservatives got behind the Buffalo businessman, who went on to win enough votes on their line to boost them to Row C on the ballot.

Former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich will win Maryland's Republican gubernatorial primary and face Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley in November.

He'd been a rising star in the 1970s, entering and winning five late primaries and caucuses in the 1976 Democratic race (and nearly preventing Jimmy Carter from clinching the nomination), but had closed out his gubernatorial tenure on a sour note, then disappeared from the political world in the mid -»80s.

State Sen. Jake Knotts used the slur in the final days of the Republican gubernatorial primary, which Haley won by a wide margin.

Instead, the Times declined to endorse any candidate in the Democratic gubernatorial primary at all, reasoning that Cuomo is likely to win anyway, and is also likely to beat Republican Rob Astorino in the general election in November.

«The longer things lay out there and people don't close ranks — just ask Mitt Romney about this — and when you're going through a primary where the appeal is to the hard right to win, there's the potential for more mischief,» said Rick Lazio, a former Republican congressman and U.S. Senate nominee who struggled through a 2010 gubernatorial bid against challenges by then - Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy (who he beat) and Paladino (who he did not).

Kimball's win came after he and several other tea - party - backed candidates had come up short in recent races: last year, Kimball placed second in the GOP's gubernatorial primary and another tea - party favorite, Ovide Lamontagne, came up short in his bid for the GOP Senate nod.

It is only in the context of de Blasio's and Cuomo's dogfight that New Yorkers can truly understand Emmy award - winning actress Cynthia Nixon's entrance into the New York State Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Teachout won the 19th Congressional District Democratic primary in June and faces 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate John Faso in November's general election.

«Ron DeSantis: Sorry Adam Putnam, but Trump is solidly behind me» via Adam Smith of the Tampa Bay Times — DeSantis, banking on Trump's endorsement to help him win Florida's Republican gubernatorial primary against Agriculture Commissioner Putnam, is not worried that Trump could wind up staying on the sidelines.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout attributed her strong showing in September's Democratic primary against Cuomo to anti-fracking supporters upstate, where she won dozens of counties.

Boughton, by himself, can not get to the $ 250,000 fundraising threshold that unlocks an initial grant of $ 1.4 million for the Republican gubernatorial primary and, if he wins the primary, several times that for the November campaign.

The point here, clearly, is to demonstrate that Paladino doesn't have the market cornered on either upstaters or Republicans, some of whom have been distancing themselves from the Buffalo businessman since he won last week's gubernatorial primary against Rick Lazio.

This comes as The Post's Fred Dicker is reporting that GOP / Conservative candidate Harry Wilson is trying to distance himself from the state GOP and might endorse Cuomo is Carl Paladino wins tomorrow's Republican gubernatorial primary.

In an odd twist, Boughton won the Republican primary for lieutenant governor, even as Fedele lost the gubernatorial primary.

Steve Bullock will win the Democratic gubernatorial primary and Rep. Denny Rehberg will win the Republican Senate primary, CNN projects.

Teachout wants to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary on September 9.

Democrat David Hahn won his party's gubernatorial primary easily after his opponent was ruled inelgiible due to a prior felony conviction on drug charges.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R) endorsed a total of 47 Senate, House and gubernatorial candidates who won their party primaries and were on the ballot in Tuesday's election.

* Republican gubernatorial primary: This is a crowded field as a number of Republicans see the ethics problems swirling around the Blagojevich administration as a potential winning issue despite the state's Democratic tilt.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)- Current Virginia Democratic governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine has called Creigh Deeds to congratulate him on his win in tonight's gubernatorial primary.

Two Pennsylvania Democrats with big political name recognition are making school funding a key issue in an increasingly nasty and intense bid to win next week's gubernatorial primary.