Sentences with phrase «campaign warchest»

Some insiders are surprised that as Nixon has just begun her fund - raising efforts, Cuomo has yet to dip into his $ 30 million - plus campaign warchest for an early ad campaign promoting his record and looking to quickly define Nixon negatively.

(Worth noting: There are some Democratic strategists who believe that Crist can win even with Meek as the nominee — citing his high name identification and huge campaign warchest.)

Similarly, the source says the governor — who is sitting on a massive campaign warchest and an insurmoutable - looking lead in the polls — had planned events for Thursday, but they, too, were removed before a public schedule went out.

Another Democrat said progressives might be better off just focusing on Hochul since it would be more a battle of «two relatively unknowns» — even though she would likely be supported by Cuomo's bulging campaign warchest and the powerful labor unions that are aligned with the governor.

«And I'm not sure if there are enough zeros on the online button to do it, but why not give sick children the whole $ 27 million sitting in your campaign warchest?

NY1 asked Cuomo at an unrelated event Thursday if the LaGuardia connections to his campaign warchest might also draw scrutiny or raise red flags about a pay - to - play culture.

Ruben already has 450Gs in his campaign warchest and no apparent strong challenger at the moment if he decides to go for his second full term as BP.

«I think it's the great equalizer (against Cuomo's campaign warchest) in this race,» one Democratic operative said of Nixon's ability to attract media attention without paying for it, likening it to how President Trump got his message out in 2016.

Accordingly, look for some Washington cash to find its way to Sue Savage's campaign warchest, and look who was standing next to Sue Savage in Amsterdam today — Congressman Paul Tonko.

She has $ 287,000 in her campaign warchest to fend off Wu — who is running an insurgent campaign with Zephyr Teachout against Cuomo and Hochul — as well as the full support of the state's Democratic Party apparatus.

Large donors have fueled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign warchest, with 81 percent of his money coming from people who gave him $ 10,000 or more, a report by the New York Public Interest Research Group said today.

Andrew Cuomo laughed yesterday when he started talking about Glenwood Management and its $ 1.2 million worth of donations to his campaign warchest.

When caught he resigned but refused to give back the money he collected in his campaign warchest.

Nixon said this week that people have been asking her to run, but she made no commitments about taking on an incumbent who has already amassed a $ 25 million campaign warchest.

But even though Cuomo may stand bloodied and bruised, whether from his own failings or after what is expected to be a scorched earth primary, he has a campaign warchest of $ 30 million and counting, far surpassing any candidate in the field on either side.

He handily won subsequent elections, now sits on a campaign warchest of nearly $ 1 million, and has risen to chair the powerful Senate Finance Committee.

It is not implausible that Preet's well - documented current investigation into the governor's office and various state contracts and key developers is additionally looking for links between these contracts and campaign donations made to the governor's campaign warchest.