Sentences with phrase «republican gubernatorial primary»

The Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia will decide which Republican will compete in the general election to replace term - limited Gov. Nathan Deal (R).

* 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.

«As the unexpectedly contested Florida Republican gubernatorial primary enters its final month, a winner has started to emerge after the millions in negative TV ads plastered across the state by state Attorney General Bill McCollum and wealthy businessman Rick Scott — and that lucky candidate is Democratic candidate Alex Sink.

* Michigan Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra: Hoekstra placed second in Michigan's competitive Republican gubernatorial primary this year, but the 2nd District congressman appears intent on running statewide again.

In the waning days of the increasingly contentious Republican gubernatorial primary, Tom Foley and John McKinney are narrowing their focus to two of Connecticut's battlegrounds: eastern Connecticut and voter - rich Fairfield County.

Real - estate millionaire Carl Paladino, the somewhat surging Republican gubernatorial primary opponent to the party - backed Rick Lazio, has some interesting ideas about how to reform the welfare system, including an optional program in which welfare recipients would go live in converted prisons while they work for the state.

In the Republican gubernatorial primary, 24 percent of precincts are reporting, and Rick Scott has an early lead over Bill McCollum with 46.1 percent of the vote to McCollum's 43.9 percent, according to the Associated Press.

Despite Malloy's huge margins in Connecticut's cities, state Sen. John McKinney, who lost the Republican gubernatorial primary to Foley, said the cities are not out of reach for a Republican candidate.

But in his reaction to businessman's Rick Scott's victory over Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Sunshine state's Republican gubernatorial primary, Murtaugh barely mentioned Scott in his statement, only saying that «Intraparty struggles are often difficult to watch, and the contest in Florida has been a good example of that.

In the marquee Republican match - up, Attorney General Bill McCollum holds a 39 percent to 35 percent lead over health care executive Rick Scott in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

Orlando, Florida (CNN)- Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum made abundantly clear Monday evening that he's got some hard feelings toward Rick Scott, his free - spending opponent in Florida's Republican gubernatorial primary.

Five candidates will face off in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary May 22.

Foley defeated McKinney in the Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday.

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.

Then start looking around for Joe Visconti, who is trying to petition his way onto the already crowded Republican gubernatorial primary ballot.

CNN is projecting tea party challenger Carl Paladino the upset winner over Rick Lazio in New York Republican gubernatorial primary.

In 2006, running on a clean - government platform, Palin defeated incumbent Governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

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.

«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.

ALBANY — Ideally, there will be no Republican gubernatorial primary next year.

Greenwich business executive Tom Foley roared to victory Tuesday night in a low - turnout Republican gubernatorial primary, setting up a potentially contentious rematch with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy this fall that polls show will start off as a dead heat.

But the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary — a race no one really expected to happen in the first place — is making a strong claim for the title of nastiest primary race of the year.

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

The assertions by Todd, a Democrat, are stunning developments just three weeks before the Republican gubernatorial primary on June 5.

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

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska - daughter of Frank Murkowski, who was defeated by Sarah Palin in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary - released a statement Friday after the governor announced her decision to leave office by the end of the month.

* Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has backed two candidates in tonight's races: former Washington Redskins tight end Clint Didier (R) in the Washington Senate race and state Auditor Rita Meyer in Wyoming's Republican gubernatorial primary.

But, Patrick Hughes fell well short in the Senate race and Adam Andrzejewski, a darling of the movement, came in fifth in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

Assuming that a registered Democrat or independent who wants to vote in the Republican gubernatorial primary can do so merely by asking for a Republican ballot, the Republican Party's constitutional right «not to associate» is pretty feeble if the only cost it imposes on that Democrat or independent is a loss of his right to vote for non-Republican candidates for other offices.

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

It is too late for Democrats to switch registration, but unaffiliated and unregistered voters who want to vote in next week's Republican gubernatorial primary have until Thursday to register by mail or online, and until Aug. 11 at noon to register at their town offices.

This time around, Foley — the heavy favorite over Fairfield Sen. John McKinney in Tuesday's Republican gubernatorial primary — says he's determined to change that equation.

So of all the candidates in the Republican gubernatorial primary in the Lone Star State, it would be fair to think of him as the least likely to run an unconventional campaign.

Singh, who finished a distant third in the Republican gubernatorial primary last year, said he would support President Trump's agenda and stand up to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

Speaking to his fellow Democrats at the party's annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey fundraising dinner one day after the Republican gubernatorial primary, Malloy laid out the broad themes of his campaign.

«With the candidates now set, the Republican gubernatorial primary will be a brutal contest between the worst of Washington and the worst of Tallahassee.

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.

Late Tuesday night, after businessman's Rick Scott's victory over Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Sunshine state's Republican gubernatorial primary, a statement by the Republican Governors Association barely mentioned Scott.

While Democratic nominee for governor and current AG Andrew Cuomo did not face a primary challenger, Tea Part - backed Republican Carl Paladino beat out former Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio in a huge upset in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

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.

With Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary less than two weeks, two big questions remain.

Kirby has lost two high - profile Republican gubernatorial primaries; he came up short in 1994 against Gov. Bill Janklow and in 2002 lost a bitter three - way race to Gov. Mike Rounds.

Washington (CNN)-- A day after Illinois voters went to the polls, the outcomes for the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial primaries remain unresolved.

Not exact matches

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.

Bellavia predicted victory in today's GOP primary, despite facing off against a better - funded and better - known candidate who has the support of the Republican establishment (along with 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino).

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo is trying to grab onto the wave of voter anger that has carried his GOP opponent, Carl Paladino, through the Republican primary and helped him whittle the AG's double - digit lead to just six percentage points.

DiCarlo launched his primary with the backing of 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman Carl Paladino, who has pledged to unseat incumbent Republicans and install a new, more conservative leadership team in the state Senate.

Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic National Committee and gubernatorial candidate in the 2009 Democratic gubernatorial primary, says that he is hearing from sources on the ground that the lines are being slowed down by Republican poll watchers who are demanding excessive proof, such as extra forms of identification, for many voters.

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...

During the upheaval of the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary, in which Cox unsuccessfully pushed for DEmocrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to get the nod (he was blocked from getting onto the ballot by former Rep. Rick Lazio, who lost in the primary to Carl Paladino), some called for Basile to be fired.