Sentences with phrase «republicans run the state»

In fact, for Cuomo, having Republicans run the State Senate might actually be advantageous.

Before he took office Missouri had a surplus from fiscally responsible Republicans running the state - thanks a lot Obama!

And something is rotten in Albany, de Blasio continued, where the governor has been allied with the Independent Democratic Conference, which has helped Republicans run the State Senate.

Not exact matches

Some senior officials have discussed nominating Rep. Trey Gowdy, the South Carolina Republican who ran the House committee that investigated Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's actions in connection with the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Democrats have not said whether they will take any seats on the Republican - majority special committee, saying the new probe - following several other congressional investigations on Benghazi - is also aimed at damaging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's chances if she runs for president in 2016.

Five states between 40th and 50th place are run by Republicans.

The state's Republican governor, Mike Pence — later picked by Trump as his vice-presidential running mate — decried the decision, and spoke out against it often on the campaign trail.

China's state - run Global Times newspaper on Monday said President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPoll: Republican support for Kanye West grew after rapper expressed support for Trump Giuliani calls on Sessions and Rosenstein to shut down Mueller investigation Fox News» Ingraham calls out Giuliani for contradicting Trump on Stormy Daniels» payments: «That's a problem» MORE is «as ignorant as a child» when it comes to foreign relations.

Just exactly where are all of the Republican candidates who stated that God told them to run for the Presidency?

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

So with Occupy Wall Street, and Penn State football child molestation allegations, and the dearth of credible Republican candidates to run against a President who seems to have no care other than winning the next election, and Kim Kardashian apparently marrying whomever for millions of....

Just ask any Republican candidate about the separation of church and state... or try to run for a political office as an atheist.

I am a researcher and activist working to protect the separation of church & state and am founder of a project called The Kryptonite Project where we compiled a list of ReBiblicans (not republicans) who ran for national and gubernatorial offices in every state and put this info in an interactive map to make access as simple as possible for voters.

I find it interesting that someone would call a Harvard Educated man, who owned an ran a hugely successful business, who came in and cleaned up the Olympics (and didn't take a dime for it) and ran a heavily democratic state as a republican an idiot.

JW That may be true; however, any Republic state will vote Republican no matter who is running.

... The Republican party in Texas wants Ryan to run for state agriculture commissioner.

Matt Huffman, a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives (term - limited out), and now running for state senate in Jordan's district, remembers going to Jordan's daughter's wedding a few years ago and being surprised at who he ended up sitting with for dinner.

From these statements three principles emerge about self - administration: Schools must be free of state control as part of a free cultural life, teachers must be centrally involved in the running of the school and in decision making, and the school should be organized along republican principles in which teachers are equal but delegate specific responsibilities to individuals and committees.

Republicans brought Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips to meet GOP senators this week at the state Capitol, a sign, sources said, of her potential candidacy to run for a seat currently held by Sen. Jack Martins, who is running for Congress.

Republican state Senate hopeful Sarmad Khojasteh has raised $ 128,555 over the last six weeks to run for an open seat in Westchester County, his campaign said Tuesday.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, a Democrat - turned - Republican, will not run for the congressional seat once held by late Rep. Louise Slaughter, saying he believes he can have the «greatest impact» if he stays put in the Senate, where his party holds a tenuous one - vote majority.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a measure that would schedule party primaries for local and state races for June 26, extending a long - running dispute with majority Republicans in the Senate who want an August date.

He wanted the best by any objective set of criteria (regardless of whether or not they were Republicans, Democrats or independents) to be running the professional side of the State and Federal governments.

In another example of the institutional powers - that - be lining up behind Sen. Lee Zeldin's congressional run in NY - 1, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long — UPDATE: and state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — have issued statements in support of the Republican Long Island senator's effort to oust Demcoratic Rep. Tim Bishop.

«If Trump doesn't run and Astorino still doesn't denounce the Republican leaders in the state Legislature, I might as well try to drag the party to the right side of the equation,» Paladino added.

«Once again we see the real world consequences of what happens when Republicans are allowed to run the State Senate,» Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

Cuomo does not support an end to the fusion ballot system of allowing a candidate to run on multiple ballot lines, but the Wilson - Pakula repeal would greatly reduce the clout of the state's minor parties that can influence the platforms and policies of the Democratic and Republican parties.

Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola could decide by Friday if he will seek the Republican nomination to succeed state Sen. Kathy Marchione, which would make him the first Republican to publicly announce a run for the seat.

But the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee in an email says he hasn't «weakened my position» when it comes to his threat to running on the Conservative Party line if the state GOP doesn't adhere to his demands.

Paladino has still not ruled out another run for Governor on the Conservative line if the GOP doesn't nominate a candidate who will call for a change in Republican Leadership in the State Legislature.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long just told me that he has received an assurance from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general elecState Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long just told me that he has received an assurance from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general elecstate GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general election.

Latimer, a state senator, is running in what amounts to a key race this year given the incumbent, Republican Rob Astorino, is considering a second bid for governor in 2018.

Mondello, a former state Republican Party chairman and longtime leader of the Nassau GOP, is the first party leader to announce his support of Maragos's US Senate run.

Democrat Kerin Rigney, a DeWitt town councilor, is running for the 50th district state Senate seat that may be vacated by Republican John DeFrancisco, the deputy Senate majority leader who is seeking the GOP to run for governor.

According to Moroney, Maragos is trying to figure out whether he might have any «viability» in a general election against Schumer (amazing that in such a short time the senior senator has gone from having zero potential GOP challengers to two; all efforts by state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox to entice someone to run have so far gone nowhere).

As former state party executive director files to run for his seat, Republican Sen. Bill Larkin in a statement said Tuesday he has no plans to retire from office.

New York City political journalist Ross Barkan announced Tuesday is running for the state Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Martin Golden.

Republicans still are sailing into political headwinds this year as they run to keep their last lever of power in state government with Donald Trump at the top of the presidential ticket.

«Most of the candidates for Senator Gillibrand's seat were approached at various points by certain Republican State Committeemen, other than Chairman Cox, to gauge the candidates» interest in running against Senator Schumer, only because there was no candidate for that vacancy for some time.»

The Perinton Republican is running for State Senate.

Surprisingly, many Americans (including republicans like Ron Paul) support single payer healthcare as long as it is run at a state level and not a federal level.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long said he has not heard anything from former Rep. Vito Fossella about (yet another) potential comeback, but if the Staten Island Republican is indeed considering a run for his old seat, it appears he'll have to do so without Row D.

It's an interesting choice of locales for Cuomo, who is running on an anti-Albany plank, since it's an old - school hangout for elected officials and a favorite meeting spot for Republicans (the state GOP tends to get together there quite frequently).

Campaign operative Jonathan Trichter in an email and video released Monday night formally unveiled his bid for state comptroller, with plans to run on the Republican and Conservative Party lines.

Donald Trump arrived — via helicopter — in Cleveland today, and was met by his children; his running mate, Illinois Gov. Mike Pence; and several New York Republicans, including state GOP Chair Ed Cox and Long Island Rep. Peter King.

Democratic Assemblyman James Skoufis has created a campaign committee geared toward running for the state Senate seat being vacated by Republican Bill Larkin, a filing at the Board of Elections shows.

Most famously Koch backed Rep. Bob Turner — whose campaign was run by the same crew of folks (Bill O'Reilly's outfit) running Republican Bob Cohen's state senate bid against Latimer.

Former Rochester news and sports anchor Rich Funke is considering a run for the New York State Senate as a Republican.

The Senate Democrats have launched a series of robocalls in the wake of Tax Day, accusing 12 Republicans of «sitting on the sidelines, running from a decades - long record of taxing, spending and borrowing away the financial stability of our state.»

Gareth Rhodes, who worked for the governor until 2015 before going to Harvard Law School, is preparing to return to the state — and NY - 19 — to run against Rep. John Faso, a Republican, next year.