Sentences with phrase «candidates against legislators»
And if Cuomo opens New York to hydrofracking — as we expect he will — we will demand that the legislature ban fracking and run candidates against legislators who don't vote for the ban,» Hawkins said.
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Still, both legislators and group leaders agreed that the influence of the NRA and other gun groups stemmed from their credible threat of mobilising essentially single - issue voters for or against a candidate.
Here's some footage from Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo's endorsement yesterday of state Senate candidate Mike Kaplowitz during which the Westchester County legislator commiserates over having to run against a controversial, outspoken GOP opponent.
Elections commissioners confirmed that Peggy Chase, the Democratic candidate for Onondaga County legislator in the 9th District (representing parts of Syracuse), won her race against incumbent Republican Bob Andrews.
If her lead holds up, Ms. Ayala appears to be the only woman candidate to break through in a race against an incumbent male state legislator.
He admonished the people against voting «skirt and blouse,» thus voting for Parliamentary candidates not from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as that could create numerical challenges for the party's legislators.
«Only Andrew Cuomo would believe that replacing a state legislator who claimed per diems for expenses when not at work with a former Governor who was fined for shaking down the Yankees for playoff tickets is a solution to the ethical problems within the Democratic Party,» said Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate who will face off against Cuomo if he wins the Democratic Party nod for a second term.
Mr. Cuomo, who holds a wide lead in polls over possible challengers, has said he would even go so far as to support rival candidates against recalcitrant legislators of either party, according to people familiar with private discussions the attorney general has had with potential supporters.
He was joined by County Executive Ed Day, County Legislators Carey and Hofstein, Clarkstown Councilman Frank Borelli, County GOP Chairman Lawrence Garvey, Clarkstown Town Board candidate, John Noto who will be running against Councilwoman Shirley Lasker, and Candidate for Highways Superintendent, Frankcandidate, John Noto who will be running against Councilwoman Shirley Lasker, and Candidate for Highways Superintendent, FrankCandidate for Highways Superintendent, Frank DiZenzo.
The two state legislators face off against each other, and against more than a half - dozen other candidates, in voting booths across upper Manhattan and the Bronx today.