Sentences with phrase «becoming lieutenant»

Prior to becoming lieutenant governor in 2007, Paterson served as a state senator from Harlem for more than two decades, the last four years as the Democratic minority leader.

Prior to becoming lieutenant governor, Paterson was a New York State senator and before that he worked in the Queen's County district attorney's office.

On whether other drivers defer to the Lt. governor: When I became lieutenant governor I told them, Don't treat me differently.

Hochul became lieutenant governor in 2015, added to the Democratic ticket in 2014 as Cuomo sought a second term, replacing then - incumbent Bob Duffy.

«It was in 2007 when I chose him to become my chief of staff when I became lieutenant governor, it was then that he told me about his illness and his succeeding tax problems and that he was addressing them, and I think the record will show he was addressing them and that he inevitably paid off the old taxes.»

Vernon went on to become the lieutenant governor nominee on the Democratic ticket, which lost by a wide margin to Gov. Terry E. Branstad.

Wu, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, says if he becomes lieutenant governor, he would not be a cheerleader for the governor's policies, but would offer an independent counterpoint, and might even investigate Cuomo for possible corruption, if necessary.

Cuomo earlier in the day said «anyone can run» for lieutenant governor, but pointed out Hochul would be the first Democratic woman to become lieutenant governor in a generation.

«I remember studying to become a lieutenant and someone shot out my car windows, and how I felt just as though it was a challenging period, and I was broken.

Joseph J. Fauliso, the Senate leader who became lieutenant governor upon the death of his friend, Gov. Ella T. Grasso, on Dec. 31, 1980, and then held the job longer than anyone in more than a century, died Wednesday after a brief stay in hospice care.

Not exact matches

Smith, previously Minnesota's lieutenant governor, was appointed to serve as her state's senator following the resignation of Al Franken, who became embroiled in controversy after several women came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.

He started out running the Quebec arm of its home - video division but quickly became Loewy's top lieutenant.

LONDON (AP)-- Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal at a now - defunct Sunday tabloid.

The retired United States Army lieutenant colonel says Fox has become «a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration.»

Arrogant, devious, mendacious, boyish and charming on - camera, rude and distant off - camera, Bakker surrounded himself with lieutenants who had been successful in the outside world but who became strangely compliant when they walked into Bakker's own rather small shadow.

In one of the show's darkest and most telling moments, Tony's nephew and lieutenant, Christopher, plans to betray the Soprano family and go into the witness - protection program with his fiancée, who has been blackmailed into becoming a government snitch.

Jose Mourinho's trusted lieutenant and the man for the big occasions, Azpilicueta has become a top draw full - back having re-invented himeslf as a left - back.

A relentless schmoozer, Charlie quickly worked his way up to dining room captain and became friendly with Bill Larson, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army who often entertained at the Oriental.

TBS is a six - month course that teaches Marine lieutenants the bare bones of leading an infantry platoon, even though most will go on to become specialists in other fields: aviation, artillery, logistics, supply, and so on.

Throughout his tenure with the club, Filipe has become one of Cholo's most trusted lieutenants despite marked personality differences.

The conflict, in part, is easy to see, given that Spitzer elevated Paterson from Senate minority leader to lieutenant governor, who then became the state's first black governor following the March 2008 resignation.

«I was a lieutenant governor and became a governor because the governor had to somehow get out of office.

Mr. Wilson, a Republican who spent 15 years as Nelson A. Rockefeller's lieutenant governor before he became governor after Mr. Rockefeller's resignation, died in 2000.

Jeremy Corbyn's leadership has received yet another bodyblow delivered by one of its former key lieutenants, with Heidi Alexander becoming the latest figure to lash out.

Possibly Brooklyn's brightest rising star, the congressman has become one of Ms. Clinton's top lieutenants in the black community.

The one - time lieutenant governor candidate is from Cheshire, where a 2007 triple - murder home invasion became a rallying issue for death penalty proponents.

NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo will nominate former lieutenant governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York Daily News.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

Nassau GOP officials say they want Gurfein, a retired U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel and a former Great Neck High School football star, to run against Rice, of Garden City, instead of expending resources in what could become a divisive primary in the Third District.

Suffolk legislative Democrats and allies cited county correction lieutenant and Conservative Party chairman Edward Walsh's past legal issues, including sentencing on a misdemeanor sex offense, in questioning how he could become a high - ranking official at the county jail.

A lifelong governmental and political figure, Paterson was the first African - American governor of New York, rising to the post from lieutenant governor after Eliot Spitzer became embroiled in a scandal and resigned in 2008.

He told his cabinet lieutenants it was «totally unacceptable», that work must start and secretaries of state must become «activists» to push through change.

The coup led to the installation of Joe Bruno and Nick would eventually rise to become one his top legislative lieutenants.

On July 15, 2016, the Republican ballot slots for governor and lieutenant governor became unexpectedly vacant after Governor Mike Pence withdrew in order to run for vice president of the United States and Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb withdrew in order to seek the Republican nomination to replace Pence on the ballot.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Latest on Tuesday's primary elections (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor has become the first holder of the office to lose in a primary election.

The Temporary President of the State Senate becomes Acting Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term in case of a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor.

«(H) e wants to use the lieutenant governor's job as a pulpit, to become the state's de facto public advocate, particularly in support of consumer issues, Internet access and economic development zones,» the Times said.

In practice, this new arrangement transferred much power from the lieutenant governor to the President pro tempore, whose political position became comparable to that of the Speaker of the New York State Assembly.

[1] In case of a vacancy in the offices of both the governor and lieutenant governor at the same time, the Temporary President of the State Senate becomes Acting Governor.

After the impeachment of Governor William Sulzer in October 1913, Lt. Gov. Martin H. Glynn became governor, and President pro tempore Robert F. Wagner became acting lieutenant governor.

Suffolk legislative Democrats and allies Thursday cited county correction lieutenant and Conservative Party chairman Edward Walsh's past legal issues, including sentencing on a misdemeanor sex offense, in questioning how he could become a high - ranking official at the county jail.

He was lieutenant governor under Hugh Carey, and won a Democratic primary against then - New York City Mayor Ed Koch to become governor of New York in 1982.

But like U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who represented a conservative - leaning House district before becoming a statewide elected official, Hochul has emphasized support gun control measures as lieutenant governor.

The New York Progressive Action Network became the latest left - leaning advocacy group to back City Councilman Jumaane Williams's bid for lieutenant governor.

On March 10, 2008, David Paterson, then lieutenant governor, was unwrapping a curried chicken takeout lunch in the State Capitol when the governor's office called to say that Gov. Eliot Spitzer had become embroiled in a prostitution scandal.

In the wake of Obamacare's enactment, Wyman became the first Connecticut lieutenant governor to take on the additional responsibility of chairing the board of directors of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange.

The lieutenant governor of Indiana serves as acting governor when the governor becomes incapacitated or, in the state's early history, when the governor was away from the capitol.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African - American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

First, his lieutenant governor, Mario Cuomo, and then Mayor Koch proclaimed that they would seek to become the next governor of New York.

[9] Huckabee became the second Republican since Reconstruction to serve as Arkansas lieutenant governor, the first having been Maurice Britt from 1967 to 1971.