Sentences with phrase «against governors seeking»

There have been only two other major - party primaries against governors seeking re-election since then: Fulani's challenge to Mario Como, and LG Mary Anne Krupsak's 1978 challenge to her previous partner, Gov. Hugh Carey, in which she received 33.7 percent of the vote.

It's hard to imagine this kind of political jiu - jitsu — call it the Utica Maneuver — will be of much use in the Assembly, where the Democrats» overwhelming majority would seem to be a safeguard against a governor seeking to undercut a downstate majority leader by peeling off upstate members.

Not exact matches

The governor's race in Florida allows us to compare two governors against our Top States rankings: Republican Rick Scott, who is seeking a second term, and Republican - turned - Democrat Charlie Crist, who is seeking to win the office back.

Paladino walked that back somewhat a bit later on in the interview, saying he wouldn't have the authority as governor to try to seek prosecution against Cuomo for something he did «12 years ago» at HUD.

Deputy Senate Majority Leasder John DeFrancisco, a Republican who is seeking his party's nomination to run against Cuomo this fall, called the governor's explanation of Percoco's presence in the office «preposterous» and «an insult to the intelligence of New Yorkers.»

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today announced he is closing the door completely on a potential run for governor, deciding against seeking statewide office on an independent line and throwing his support behind his erstwhile opponent, Rick Lazio.

Assemblyman McLaughlin has repeatedly stood up for gun rights on the Assembly floor and in the press, calling the Governor's illegal gun tipline an initiative that «seeks to turn neighbor against neighbor.»

Three candidates seeking the Republican nomination to run against Governor Andrew Cuomo this fall appeared in Amherst Saturday morning, where they took turns taking shots at the incumbent and his policies, including the Buffalo Billion.

The attorney general has worked hard to recover from his failed 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary against H. Carl McCall, who was seeking to become the first black governor.

Paterson also asked another state employee, Deneane Browne, who knows both the governor and the accuser, to contact the woman before she was to appear in court last month seeking an order of protection against Johnson, the paper said.

«I am being realistic about politics,» Paterson said, alluding to the scandal involving contacts he and members of his state police security detail had with a woman who was seeking a court restraining order against one of the governor's closest aides.

Throughout the speech, the governor, who has said he'll seek re-election to a third term this year, railed against the politics of Republicans in Washington, saying they are «divisive» and threaten unions and gay and transgender rights.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who is seeking to win the primary against Rep. Rick Lazio for the GOP nomination for governor.

Paterson told associates that Silver began seeking his ouster months ago, well before last week's bombshell allegation that he and his staff sought to block a Bronx woman from seeking an order of protection against David Johnson, the governor's longtime aide.

Whether it's DeFrancisco, Giambra, Kolb or someone else, the GOP candidate is expected to face an uphill battle against Cuomo, a Democrat who is seeking his third term as governor.

Another scenario could be a 2018 grudge match against Governor Andrew Cuomo, who by all indications will be seeking a third term in Albany.

He sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, but got just 18 percent of the vote against Eliot Spitzer in the primary.

Which explains why, for years, 1199 propped up a conservative Republican state senate to form a bulwark against New York governors who sought to cut the state's swelling Medicaid budget.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has dodged repeated entreaties from advocates against child sexual abuse to support legislation that would enable many victims of this crime to seek justice from their abusers.

Republican Party leaders also picketed outside the Manhattan courthouse, seeking to tie the governor to the allegations against Percoco and other alleged Buffalo Billion scandal participants.

The group said because those claiming to be members of a coalition against the government of Governor Rauf Aregbesola have lost face in the state they have perfected a plan to seek relevance giving false impression of planned protest.

Mr. Barnett is considered one of the front - runner's for the party's nomination, competing against former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, who recently abandoned the GOP to seek the nomination of Americans Elect and the Reform Party.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has formed an exploratory committee and has expressed interest in what most believe will be an uphill climb, against Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is seeking re-election.

There are several persons who have advised me against seeking for the office of the governor just as there are several who have advised me to go for it.

«I believe, if de Blasio survives, you'll see a reinvigorated mayor seeking retribution against the governor and he'll do so by backing Schneiderman or [state Comptroller Tom] DiNapoli, or maybe even running himself against Cuomo in the primary,» said McLaughlin.

Both Miner and DeFrancisco are considering running for governor against Cuomo, who is seeking a third term.

The governor says underage drinking can have lifelong consequences and that his administration will take action against young people who seek to obtain alcohol as well as businesses willing to sell it to them.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro announced that he will not seek the Republican Party Nomination to run against Incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo for Governor this year.

Last week, Paterson, who became governor in 2008 after Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace, said he would not seek a full term in office following reports that he had intervened in the case of a top aide who was accused of domestic violence against a woman.

There is one potential candidate who has expressed interest, Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who unsuccessfully ran against Cuomo in 2010 and who has said he might seek the Conservative line for governor.

State comptroller Carl McCall, who would later run against Pataki for governor, said he'd seek to block the relocation.

Both Astorino and Trump would run against Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, who will seek a second term and has amassed at least a $ 33 million war chest.

The governor has sought to safeguard women's reproductive health against the Trump administration's rollback of an Obamacare contraception coverage mandate

The Green Party candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor today spoke out strongly against a lawsuit to be filed by a former CNN anchor seeking to overturn tenure in New YorkState.

«The mayor is reportedly on a personal vendetta and seeking «revenge» against the governor and we find it troubling,» Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever said.

NY Daily News: Rudy Giuliani will very likely seek U.S. Senate seat, and if elected maybe 2012 White House: source Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor, but is strongly considering running for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.

The governor, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Aluko was already beclouded by his desperation to seek revenge against him because of his refusal to make him his Chief of Staff, such that he (Aluko) was not mindful of committing the criminal offence of perjury.

Mr. Williams told the Observer he regretted not speaking out against Mr. Cuomo when the governor sought re-election in 2014.

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is actively seeking new ways to curb spiraling levels of household debt and is warning banks and borrowers alike against complacency amid historically low interest rates.

Wichita, KS — Today, U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten issued a preliminary injunction from the bench in Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri's (PPKM) case against Governor Sam Brownback and the state of Kansas as it seeks to prevent the enforcement of the Title X family planning defunding amendment passed in the Kansas budget during the 2011 legislative session.