Sentences with phrase «campaign against governor»

A non-governmental organisation, Social Action, on Friday threatened that it would commence an aggressive campaign against Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his failure to make the budget of the state public.

All I will say is I hope that he had nothing to do with this smear campaign against Governor Patterson.

The first person to officially declare a possible primary campaign against Governor Paterson this year is not Andrew Cuomo — though the attorney general is making moves behind the scenes — but Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

At a rooftop fund - raiser on Fourteenth Street on Monday evening, Zephyr Teachout stood on a low wooden table and talked about the «open - source principles» of her upstart Democratic campaign against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

«We're proud to launch this statewide grassroots campaign against Governor Cuomo's bailout of the nuclear industry.

The WFP backed the actress Cynthia Nixon's Democratic primary campaign against the governor, who effectively controls the state Democratic Party.

Zephyr Teachout, who is running a Democratic primary campaign against the governor, has not filed her disclosure report.

Not exact matches

Whitman is well - known in state and national politics as well, having worked on presidential campaigns for Mitt Romney and John McCain, and having run against Jerry Brown in 2010 for the governor of California, a race she ended up losing.

While the Obama campaign's attacks have not moved the national polls, Rove writes, Romney's weak and seemingly unprepared response has discouraged conservative activists, raising concerns that the former Massachusetts governor doesn't have the backbone to go up against the Obama machine.

Cooper campaigned against the law and promised to scrap it should he be elected governor.

The state's Republican governor, Mike Pence — later picked by Trump as his vice-presidential running mate — decried the decision, and spoke out against it often on the campaign trail.

A massive campaign aimed at forcing Switzerland to make billions available in «compensation» was launched by the WJC, with the governors of four American states threatening economic sanctions against the Swiss, and the City of Los Angeles withdrawing millions of dollars of pension funds from a Swiss bank.

Richard Lamm, the former governor of Colorado who has campaigned against excessive medical costs, recently cited the case of a patient in a Washington, D.C., hospital who has been in a comatose state since Lamm was a high school student.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad appeared with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Des Moines, Iowa, at a press conference and said consumer activists were conducting a «smear campaign» against meat producers.

* Republican governors watch automated production process * Say campaign against «pink slime» unwarranted scare SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb., March 29 (Reuters)- A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as «pink slime» on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive of the U.S. beef industry and a handful of journalists to see it being made for the first time since a controversy erupted over use of the meat scraps.

This is potentially helpful for the governor in a possible primary campaign against Cynthia Nixon, an actress known for her advocacy on pubic education issues.

The federal corruption conviction of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former fixer and longtime top aide, Joe Percoco, further yoked the two - term governor to a broken culture in Albany that he has long tried to campaign against, marking a nadir in Cuomo's governorship and only the start of a political headache that is likely to intensify.

Cuomo brought up the hypothetical of a wealthy businessman who decides to self - fund a campaign for governor (Businessman Carl Paladino did just that in 2010, vowing to spend his own money against the very well - funded Cuomo campaign and lost in a landslide).

Actress Cynthia Nixon started the Democratic primary campaign against Cuomo with a huge fund - raising disadvantage, but her ability to use her celebrity to attract free media can help her counteract the powerful benefits of the governor's incumbency, political experts agree.

While Governor Cuomo is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for stepped up enforcement against undocumented immigrants, an immigrant rights group is calling him a hypocrite for keeping campaign contributions from a billionaire who's company is headquartered in the same Buffalo building as ICE.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

He says he considers his true opponent to be The Buffalo News and that he's excited at the prospect of campaigning with the Republican nominee for governor — whoever it is — against Cuomo.

Stewart's campaign for lieutenant governor did not win her party's endorsement but did win enough votes to compete in the primary against Joe Markley.

«UJA - Federation of New York applauds Governor Cuomo for being the first governor in the nation to issue an executive order directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel,» said UJA Federation of New York CEO Eric S. Goldstein in a stGovernor Cuomo for being the first governor in the nation to issue an executive order directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel,» said UJA Federation of New York CEO Eric S. Goldstein in a stgovernor in the nation to issue an executive order directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel,» said UJA Federation of New York CEO Eric S. Goldstein in a statement.

The would - be Democratic contest would pit a two - term governor who has $ 30 million in his campaign account against a first - time candidate who likely would have energetic backing from a progressive wing of the party, which believes the incumbent hasn't done enough for liberal causes.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

Cynthia Nixon's campaign against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is a bellwether for the party nationally.

As Governor Cuomo has turned his attention to how the state would deal with Ebola, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins appeared in Buffalo Friday campaigning against charter schools, Common Core and Fracking.

Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos threatened to order a probe of Cuomo's $ 20 million campaign war chest — if the governor's anti-corruption panel investigation turns into a «witch hunt» against state lawmakers.

This year, the governor downplayed the issue, listing it with a number of other steps he wants to take, including stricter penalties against bribery, creating an independent agency to police campaign filing violations and greater disclosure by lawmakers of their private law clients who have business before the state.

When Mr. Cuomo ran for governor in 2010, he characterized large LLC contributions as one of the campaign finance system's «loopholes,» proposing that such donations be counted against the parent company's $ 5,000 contribution limit, to make that limit «meaningful.»

Although Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly vowed to campaign against the ruling coalition in the senate unless headway is made on some key issues, Democrats in the chamber are not optimistic about legislative progress.

What's fascinating here is that Teachout, who ran a Bernie Sanders - like insurgency primary campaign against sitting governor Andrew Cuomo, is now cast as the choice of the Democratic establishment.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebGovernor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebgovernor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

Ex-governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau and Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, have also been warned against using the event for their presidential campaigns.

But Duffy's value for the governor is that he is a western New Yorker who can connect with voters in an area of the state in which the Cuomo campaign was vulnerable against Republican and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins on Friday questioned how effective Zephyr Teachout's likely Democratic primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and whether she would even make it on the September ballot.

Before I saw him, Christie was meeting with Phil Murphy, the next governor and a former Goldman Sachs executive who cast much of his campaign on a referendum against Christie.

The labor - backed WFP in 2014 declined to give Teachout its ballot line in her insurgent campaign for governor against Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo last year.

The governor - elect repeated his warning that he'd fire back at public employee unions or others if they launch campaigns against what he said will be a stringent budget plan for the coming fiscal year.

You may remember Suozzi as the guy who ran a quixotic Democratic primary campaign against Eliot Spitzer to be governor of New York.

Staff at Edward R. Murrow HS in Midwood, owed $ 10 million in Campaign for Fiscal Equity funds from the state, put together a multilanguage video telling the governor what the school needs and have sent photos with the same message to the governor and sent postcards to legislators urging them to stand against Cuomo's policies.

Livingstone Wechie has recanted two years after launching a smear campaign against former Governor of Rivers state and now Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi over allegations...

And Astorino is now trying to use the advantage of Cuomo's large campaign fund against the governor.

The Maine Democratic Party filed an ethics complaint in early October against Paul LePage, claiming that the governor used state property as part of his re-election campaign.

«He is well - known to the citizens of Yates County and has the experience, policy knowledge, drive and tenacity to campaign against and ultimately defeat Andrew Cuomo and become the next governor of New York state.»

When Rob Astorino is out campaigning for governor, it would serve him [more] wisely to invite local Republican senators who have done a good job for their constituents and carried those districts... than to take what his campaign manager's advice may be, which is to in effect campaign against them.»

The former minister said it is «unconscionable» for Governor Oshiomole to embark on a campaign of lies against her because she thwarted his dubious loan request.

Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul appears with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for the state's «Enough is Enough» campaign against campus sexual assaults.

The accusations against the men may not be of equal gravity, but if all four of the governors run, the probes could create an overarching corruption narrative that might dominate the 2016 presidential campaign.