Sentences with phrase «party gubernatorial nomination»

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One Republican, Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, is challenging Cuomo and seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination this year.

With all the attention being paid to the GOP battles for the gubernatorial and US Senate nominations, the fact that the party still has no state attorney general candidate has gone largely unmentioned, but that might be able to change.

At the time, as you'll remember, it was Cuomo who was trying to redeem himself after a near career - ending failure of a gubernatorial run in 2002, when he challenged the party favorite for the Democratic nomination, then state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

In so doing, Lazio is basically conceding there will be a floor fight for the party's gubernatorial nomination — not a great development for a candidate who once believed he would have a lock on Row B (back after his main competition, Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who suffered from a persistent case of foot - in - mouth disease and decided not to run).

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.

So far, two of the gubernatorial candidates — the Democrat and one of the four Republicans — have announced their preferred running mates in advance of their respective nomination at major party conventions.

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.

ALBANY — Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination.

An obviously relieved and elated Rick Lazio took to the stage at the convention to accept his party's gubernatorial nomination and wasted no time in targeting his Democratic foe, calling on voters to «reject the status Cuomo.»

AG Andrew Cuomo's campaign just released a statement saying his name will not be submitted for the gubernatorial nomination this weekend at the Working Families Party convention in Buffalo.

Three Republican gubernatorial candidates pitched their candidacies to the Manhattan Republican Executive Committee Wednesday night, seeking the Committee's endorsement in the developing race for the party's 2018 nomination.

Cuomo himself went the petition route in 2002, when he challenged then - Comptroller H. Carl McCall for the party's gubernatorial nomination.

The newly - recharged New York State Democratic Party is seizing on the news, first reported by POLITICO, that NYS GOP Chairman Ed Cox was discussing a fourth entrant into the gubernatorial contest and melding it with Vito Fossella's bizarre nomination to a seat he's not (yet, if ever) running for.

The speech was of the red meat variety of the Conservative Party and comes as he faces a potential challenge from other Republican candidates for the gubernatorial nomination, including Carl Paladino, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Rep. Chris Gibson and Rockland County Executive Ed Day.

But some Latinos are pressing for Democrats for greater inclusion, noting that contenders for the party's gubernatorial nomination are all non-Hispanic whites.

As two Republicans announced this week they will not seek the party's nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year, state Sen. John DeFrancisco said he will soon decide whether to launch a gubernatorial campaign.

DeFrancisco, who represents the 50th district, suspended his gubernatorial campaign when Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro secured enough party support to win the nomination.

Interviews with several tea - party organizers indicate that Mr. Paladino's bid for the Republican nomination, while drawing more favorable reviews than his gubernatorial rivals», has been received with skepticism.

She also sought the Libertarian gubernatorial nomination in 2010, but the party chose Warren Redlich instead.

Former Republican Congressman Rick Lazio is backed by many Republicans for the party's gubernatorial nomination because of his strong party credentials.

Astorino is widely expected to be a front - runner for his party's gubernatorial nomination, and it's likely his opponents will bring up his loss in the 2014 general election for that office to argue he shouldn't get a second shot.

Strange, though, that The Fix's sources mention Coleman, who's already lost that race once, while ignoring ostensible front - runner Marty Seifert, who's in the news today for vowing to not run for reelection to the Lege (where he's currently minority leader), whether he wins his party's gubernatorial nomination or not.

Republican activists at the state convention in Boston strongly backed Baker for their party's gubernatorial nomination with 82 percent of the 2,500 delegates voting for him.

Cuomo and the former «Sex and the City» star are locked in a tight competition for the nomination to the progressive Working Families Party, which could make this year's gubernatorial election a highly competitive three - way race.

Republican Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, has surpassed $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations, putting him in position to qualify for public campaign financing as he seeks his party's gubernatorial nomination.

Lipton's view is shared by Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor and former Howard Dean aide who nearly won the W.F.P. gubernatorial nomination until party leaders whipped up enough support on the convention floor to put Cuomo over the top.

The Republican race for the gubernatorial nomination is a potentially crowded one next year: The party's 2014 nominee Rob Astorino is expected to run and businessman Harry Wilson, a 2010 candidate for state comptroller, is also weighing a campaign for governor.

The departure of self - funding Westchester County businessman Harry Wilson from the field of potential GOP gubernatorial candidates will have a major impact on the party's nomination process for governor moving forward.

(CNN)- One week after winning Florida's Republican gubernatorial nomination, Rick Scott's getting some big names to join him on the campaign trail in hopes of healing some deep party rifts.

Senator Oppenheimer should follow the example of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo and all of the other candidates for governor who refused to accept the Party's nomination.»

Joel A. Giambra on Thursday ended his campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but said he will continue his efforts by seeking to run on the minor Reform Party line.

(CNN)- Republican Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona easily won her party's gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night, according to a CNN projection.

In New York, which also uses fusion, the order of parties is also determined by the gubernatorial vote for each party, but New York determines the order by looking at the vote for each party, and not the cumulative vote for any particular candidate who has the nomination of more than one party.

Last week, Cox, who took over as state party chairman in September, succeeded in recruiting Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive and ex-Democrat, to run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

In addition to the potential for a lively battle for the gubernatorial nomination, Independent Party politics are complicated by another factor: control of the party is under dispute, with two factions fighting itParty politics are complicated by another factor: control of the party is under dispute, with two factions fighting itparty is under dispute, with two factions fighting it out.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo accepts the nomination of the New York State Democratic Party as their gubernatorial candidate.

Gubernatorial front - runner Andrew Cuomo yesterday made a tentative bid toward establishing himself as a genuine Albany reformer — serving notice that he will not accept the nomination of the union - controlled, ethically challenged, under - federal - investigation Working Families Party.

Edward F. Cox 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 To: Republican County Chairs and Committee Members From: Chairman Ed Cox Date: May 24, 2010 Re: Steve Levy My friends, I write to confirm my endorsement of Steve Levy for our party's gubernatorial nomination.

John McKinney of Fairfield is the state Senate minority leader and is running against Tom Foley in the Aug. 12 Republican primary for the party's gubernatorial nomination.

RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN)- The three Democrats who battled, at times bitterly, for their party's gubernatorial nomination came together in Richmond on Wednesday and promised to be unified against Republican Bob McDonnell come November.

That's why Mark Neumann's candidacy for his party's gubernatorial nomination seems sure to help Republican chances in November.

And here's the party, left to decide between two contenders for its gubernatorial nomination.

A group of President Trump's supporters had a motor home display in one parking lot, no more than two blocks north of a Democrat running for the nomination for his party in the next Michigan gubernatorial race, handing out bottles of water.