Sentences with phrase «running as a reformer»

Cuomo ran as a reformer and said he was going to clean up Albany.

Espada, believe it or not, ran as the reformer — the man who was going to clean things up.

DeSena, who was promoted as an «outsider» by Queens Republican Party Chairman Phil Ragusa when he entered the race, is running as a reformer, hoping to bring a fresh eye to the tired storylines of Albany.

Mr. Cox said it was too early to discuss specific recruits for 2017, but suggested that another candidate who could run as a reformer and political outsider would fare well.

«We often see governors run as reformers in their first terms, and in their second terms become defenders of the status quo - because they become the status quo,» said Horner.

His opponent, Lisa Karahalios, running as a reformer, claimed that Caputo - Pearl was neglecting the needs of individual teachers as he pursued his political agenda.

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Running instead as the candidate of the left - leaning Working Families Party, Ms. Niou positioned herself as a reformer who would break with Mr. Silver's brand of politics, earning the bulk of the endorsements and donations in the race.

Cuomo is running a campaign as an Albany reformer, and DiNapoli, by association, may stand in the way.

In 2010, Rivera, running as a progressive and a reformer, defeated incumbent Democrat Pedro Espada, Jr., who is now serving a federal prison sentence for the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

Paul Vallas has earned his stripes as a school reformer running the massive school districts in Chicago and Philadelphia.

Both have solid records as urban education reformers, particularly with regard to charter schools, which are built on the belief that parents need sound education options and that the common good is well served by schools run under various auspices, not just by large public - sector bureaucracies.

He also exposed what he saw as the hidden political - economic agenda behind Teach for American, KIPP and Charter Schools USA, Chalkbeat Indiana, and the Stand for Children group whose «reformers» now run the IPS school board.

«School reform is running into increased resistance nationally, and it doesn't help that any number of high - profile, billionaire - backed reformers have been exposed as cheats and frauds.