Sentences with phrase «republican running for statewide office»

The Conservative Party also represents a major challenge for Giambra, especially since no Republican running for statewide office in New York has won without Conservative support since 1974.

She has already secured the state Conservative Party line, which is considered crucial to Republicans running for statewide office.

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So far, there isn't a single female Republican candidate running for any statewide office.

Wilson, a former hedge fund manager who has never before either run for or held elected office, is widely viewed by many Republicans as their best chance at statewide victory this fall.

Gibson backed the brief, signed by 300 other Republican office holders and operatives — including fellow upstate GOP Rep. Richard Hanna — as he considers a statewide run for office after his planned departure from Congress in 2016.

Faso, the 2002 Republican candidate for comptroller and 2006 nominee for governor, is vying for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Chris Gibson, who is weighing a run for statewide office in 2018.

C.f. GOP Works to Improve Targeting of Voters and The Most Tech - Savvy Candidate Running for Statewide Office This Year is a Republican.

Astorino is expected to continue to play a role in Republican politics statewide, helping GOP candidates fundraise and run for office — chits that could be called in when the race for governor gets going again.

Molinaro is one of several Republicans considering a run for statewide office next year.

The «Stop Common Core» party candidates would include Astorino and his running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Chris Moss, as well as other Republican candidates for statewide offices and federal or local contenders who want to run on the line, he said.

The current county executive is, of course, Republican Chris Collins, who himself passed up an opportunity to run for higher office (governor) last year after a number of verbal gaffes hampered his ability to gain traction for a statewide bid.

State Republican Committee Chairman Ed Cox in a statement Tuesday insisted the Republican bench for statewide office remains strong, with «season, well - known individuals» considering running for governor.

Nearly three - quarters of the 44 who opposed the bill either are on House Republicans» target list or are running for statewide office in a conservative leaning state in 2010 — a classic bifurcation between those who are on the ballot in a midterm election and a president who doesn't stand in front of voters for another three plus years.

According to the Texas Legislative Council, Republican candidates running for statewide office in 2004 won an average of 53 percent of the vote in that areas that make up what is now the 23rd District, while Democrats took 47 percent.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Republicans who plan to run for statewide office on a ballot line called «Stop Common Core» are spreading «mythology» that the academic standards represent a power - grab by the federal government.

Three other Republicans have filed paperwork forming exploratory committees for statewide office: state Sen. Tony Hwang of Fairfield, state Sen. Rob Kane of Watertown and Peter Lumaj, a Fairfield attorney who sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012 and ran for Connecticut secretary of the state in 2014.

Over the past decade, Republicans have turned to wealthy business executives like Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina to run for statewide office.