Sentences with phrase «bid for governor of»

(CNN)- Republican Rick Lazio is dropping his bid for governor of New York, but he's not endorsing the man who beat him in the state's GOP primary.

Sweeney briefly explored a bid for Governor of New Jersey in 2013.

Daniels launched an unsuccessful Republican primary bid for Governor of New York in 2006.

Republican Tom Foley has given two in his bids for governor of Connecticut.

Not exact matches

But as of 2016, Scott, who was a hospital executive before launching a bid for Governor, had a net worth of nearly $ 150 million, according to his public financial disclosure forms, and he used funds from his personal fortune on his gubernatorial elections in 2010 and 2014.

And she saw another son run and lose: Jeb Bush, who was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, lost his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination ultimately won by Donald Trump.

Governor Ivey's first major act, the Alabama Jobs Act, was a revision and extension of a jobs bill first signed in 2015 to make the state and its incentive packages more competitive in bidding for business.

By 2010, having suffered a stinging defeat in his bid for re-election as the Democratic governor of New Jersey, Mr. Corzine hoped to resume his career on Wall Street.

The same day they were arrested, the first Christian governor of Jakarta was jailed for blasphemy just weeks after losing a gubernatorial reelection bid.

The same day the Indonesian men were arrested, the first Christian governor of Jakarta was jailed for blasphemy, just weeks after losing a gubernatorial reelection bid.

He also rejected the suggestion that he might lose a GOP primary to Carl Paladino, who has so far spent $ 1.6 million of his own cash on his bid for governor and says he'll go up to $ 10 million, and end up a spoiler on the Conservative Party line.

One of the top - ranking Republicans in the state Senate on Thursday endorsed Sen. John DeFrancisco's bid for governor: Senate Finance Chairwoman Cathy Young.

After Libous was forced from office, Cuomo quickly endorsed Fiala's bid for the seat, an unusual move for a governor who has often sought to stay clear of the state Senate's thorny politics.

Quinn rejected the suggestion that the governor is being motivated by politics — a desire to settle this long - running Democratic feud before he formally launches his 2018 re-eleciton bid or moves toward a 2020 White House run — saying she believes his only motivated is the «politics of getting legislation passed, and making things better for New Yorkers.»

Sliwa, a radio personality and founder of the Guardian Angels, is weighing a bid for governor on the ballot line that had first been formed in 2014 as an effort to oppose the Common Core education standards.

Former GOP Candidate for Governor Carl Paladino made the removal of Skelos the centerpiece of a short - lived gubernatorial bid in 2014.

At the same time, voters are supportive of what could be a key argument for Cuomo's re-election bid: By a margin of 60 percent to 29 percent, voters back a governor with experience in politics versus someone who is new.

The push for procurement oversight reform began last year following the arrests of ex-SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco as well as prominent upstate developers, accused of rigging bids for economic development contracts.

The DRC is a group that has been allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the past, having endorsed his failed bid for governor in 2002 and remains part of a key constituency of upstate Democratic elected officials and activists for him.

Grimm also again rejected reports that he is no longer a surrogate for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, saying he hasn't yet heard from the former Massachusetts governor and was never an official representative of his White House bid anyway because he doesn't have enough time to do that.

Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

«This is the political silly season at an especially bizarre time in politics,» Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday, speaking for the first time about «Sex and the City» actress Cynthia Nixon's bid for governor, which he described as part of «the political silly season.»

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

Thanks to iSideWith.com founders Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier, those viewers were able to read the responses from the Reform Party's Rocky De La Fuente, Jill Stein of the Green Party, the Constitution Party's Darrell Castle, independent candidate Evan McMullin and — in moments when he wasn't seemingly too bored and actually stayed on topic — even gleaned a few responses from Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico who made participation in the televised debates the rallying cry of his second bid for the White House.

«Sex and the City» actress Cynthia Nixon's bid for governor is part of «the political silly season,» Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday.

It also alleged that Kaloyeros and developers rigged the construction bids for several facilities, which the Democratic governor has touted as a cornerstone of legacy in upstate New York.

Federal prosecutors charged nine former associates of Cuomo, including a former top aide, with corruption, including bribery and bid - rigging, in connection with the procurement of contracts for some of the governor's largest economic development projects.

The Governor's father, in his bid for a third term in 1990, tallied just 53 per cent of the vote against an opposition that amounted to a forfeit: Republican Pierre Rinfret, an obscure economist (is there any other kind?)

In May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, who spearheaded many of the governor's economic development projects, will go on trial for charges that include bid - rigging of state contracts.

Cheering from the pews of the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, many held signs in support of Nixon and City Council Member Jumaane Williams, who received the WFP endorsement in his bid for lieutenant governor.

Astorino, who officially launched his bid for governor on Wednesday, is the father of three young children.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that billions of state funds remain at risk for bid rigging and pay to play.

Cuomo said the process used for awarding contracts to private developers, which is now the focus of federal bid - rigging charges, was created before he was governor.

He slams the governor's oversight of the MTA, blames him for Albany corruption and the upcoming state contract bidding rigging trial that includes former top aide Joe Percoco, and for aligning with Republicans in the state Senate.

And even for Governor Andrew Cuomo, who might get the race of his life in next year's reelection bid.

As he mulls a bid for governor next year, Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has released a petition calling for ride hailing expansion outside of New York City.

Astorino is considering a second run for governor in 2018, but may face competition for the GOP nomination from Rep. Chris Gibson, a Hudson Valley lawmaker who plans to retire at the end of the current term and consider a statewide bid.

Meanwhile, the soccer mogul governor of the mineral - rich Katanga province, Moïse Katumbi, is rumored to be preparing a bid to succeed or challenge Kabila for the presidency.

Astorino, of course, doesn't endorse her bid, but does hope the Chappaqua resident becomes the nominee in 2016 (An earlier release referred to «2018» — suggesting someone may be looking more toward running for governor again!)

State governors have declared their intention to approach the World Bank in a bid to salvage their states from the current poor state of the economy which has made it difficult for many of them to pay salaries.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly extolled the virtues of design - build, a process that allows state authorities to seek combined design and construction bids for infrastructure projects from a single entity, saving billions of dollars and valuable time.

The contracts for the project awarded through Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion program have become the focus of investigators reviewing the bidding process.

«Kasich is kind of in limbo — his time as governor will end when he's termed out, he doesn't have a path toward any other office in Ohio, and if Trump runs for reelection, I doubt he'll challenge him,» said Ryan Williams, a former aide on 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

The governor, however, was not able to attend a celebration for the third winning casino bid at Finger Lakes Regional Airport in Seneca County because of poor weather conditions.

DiNapoli, a Democrat, and DeFrancisco, a GOP candidate for governor, touted the bill as a way to restore independent oversight of contracts that were ripe for corruption, bid rigging and kickbacks.

As for the Erie Canal, info surfaced in 2003 that the quasi-public Canal Corporation, a sub entity of the quasi-public New York State Thruway Authority, had sold the shoreline development rights to a supporter of Republican Governor George Pataki for $ 30,000 via a bid process shrouded in murk.

If they don't, Conservatives will go the way of the now - defunct Liberal Party, which ceased to exist after Cuomo backed out of his 2002 bid for governor and left Liberals without a known standard - bearer.

Green says that Cuomo will win re-election with, at best, 52 percent of the vote, a bare majority that would represent a humiliation to the governor, who is known to want to win by at least the landslide 64 percent margin won by his father, Mario Cuomo, in his first bid for re-election in 1986.

Mr. Cuomo, who fashioned himself as a political reformer from the day he launched his 2010 bid for governor in front of Tweed Courthouse, included his renewal of the order as part of an ethics package adopted on his first day in office.

Mr. Cuomo has fashioned himself as a political reformer from the day he launched his bid for governor in May 2010, declaring «enough is enough» as he stood in front of Tweed Courthouse, a symbol of corrupt Tammany Hall.