Sentences with phrase «senate designee»

Here's a clip from an interview I did with GOP US Senate designee Bruce Blakeman following the convention last week in which he appears to sideswipe his primary opponent, David Malpass, suggesting he's out of touch with regular voters (the «pizza and beer wing of the party,» as Blakeman would say).

Republican US Senate designee Gary Berntsen just endorsed Chris Cox in the NY - 1 congressional race — a contest in which Berntsen himself was competing until his last - minute pre-convention decision to switch tracks and challenge Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer instead.

US Senate designee Gary Berntsen is the latest in what I expect will be a long line of Republicans to pressure his Democratic target — in this case, Sen. Chuck Schumer — to turn his back on Rep. Charlie Rangel following news of the ethics charges being brought against him.

Ever since the convention, Republican US Senate designee Bruce Blakeman has been slamming his primary opponent, David Malpass, accusing him of being an «ivory tower» candidate and portraying himself as a more down - to - earth, «pizza and beer» type of guy who really understands working people.

Not exact matches

The GOP has already set itself up for one US Senate primary, pitting its Tea Party - favored designee Gary Berntsen against consultant Jay Townsend in the fight to take on Schumer in November.

Clockwise, from top left: On her 2006 congressional campaign, Gillibrand gets help from former President Bill Clinton; On January 23, 2009, New York Governor David Paterson named Gillibrand senator - designee at a press conference in Albany; In her Senate office in 2014; at a January 2009 swearing - in ceremony, Gillibrand holds her son, Henry, while posing for a photo with Vice President Joe Biden and her husband Jonathan, who is holding their son, Theodore.

Last I checked, the Senate Republicans were backing Lazio for governor, although they seemed open to the idea of competition prior to the convention at which the former congressman became the party's official designee.

So far, however, only two US Senate contenders — David Malpass (not a GOP designee) and Gary Berntsen — have signed up to do so.

After more than 14 months without a voice on the New York Gaming Commission, the Assembly and Senate are taking steps to place designees on the panel that will issue casino licenses later this year.

State Sen. John Bonacic, the Republican who chairs the Senate's judiciary committee, took issue with language in the bill that would make an exemption in the state's grand jury secrecy laws to allow the special counsel to hand over usually confidential information to the governor «or his designee» as part of the recommendation for action.

The other four members will be Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson or whoever he designates, State Board of Education President Michael Kirst or his designee, a county superintendent named by the Senate Rules Committee and a district superintendent named by Gov. Jerry Brown.