Sentences with phrase «candidates running for county executive»

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The speculation was that the chairman was holding out in hopes that Rick Lazio would end his gubernatorial bid and run for AG instead, clearing the way for Cox's preferred candidate for governor, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

Laura Lavine, the Republican candidate for Syracuse mayor, split with her local campaign manager, Danny Fitzpatrick, and is bringing in a consultant from New York City, Michael Lawler, who ran Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's 2014 gubernatorial bid.

Despite the recent rumors of Donald Trump's potential interest in running for governor, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox is continuing to forge ahead with his preferred 2014 candidate, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

St. Lawrence, who has been speculated as a potential state Senate candidate (for Tom Morahan's seat) or Rockland County executive contender if Scott Vanderhoef runs for Morahan's slot, as is expected, has said he won't primary Cuomo's pick if it isn't him.

Later yesterday afternoon, the Westchester County Democratic Committee sent out an email informing recipients that a «mini convention» would be called by Chairman Reggie Lafayette for the purpose of selecting a candidate to run for the yet - to - be-called special election to fill the seat of departing state Sen. George Latimer, who will become Westchester County executive on Jan. 1.

Assini's focus on running for Congress means he will not be a candidate for Monroe County Executive, a position he's previously expressed interest in.

Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced he will run candidates for clerk and comptroller on his own ticket, making party primaries in September likely for all three countywide offices.

Intermediaries for Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, the presumptive GOP gubernatorial candidate, recently reached out to former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, a Democrat, about running for attorney general on a fusion ticket.

In so doing, Lazio is basically conceding there will be a floor fight for the party's gubernatorial nomination — not a great development for a candidate who once believed he would have a lock on Row B (back after his main competition, Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who suffered from a persistent case of foot - in - mouth disease and decided not to run).

Latimer is a declared candidate in the race for the nomination to run against incumbent County Executive Rob Astorino this fall.

Staten Island Councilman Joe Borelli is being considered «very seriously» to run with presumptive Republican candidate for governor Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro on the GOP ticket, the chairman of the Conservative Party confirmed.

Among the other Democrats still in the running for the seat vacated on Jan. 1 by Westchester County Executive George Latimer are People for Bernie co-founder Kat Brezler, who received the endorsement yesterday of 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout; and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick.

At 9:30 a.m., Dutchess County Executive and gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro and Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo will provide an update on his campaign's search for an LG running mate, East Ridge Diner and Steakhouse, 765 Ridge Rd., Rochester.

Other names mentioned as possible candidates include Harry Wilson, a corporate restructuring expert who ran for state comptroller in 2010, and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

Rockland County Executive Scot Vanderhoef, for whom Basile worked during the 2006 campaign when Vanderhoef was gubernatorial candidate John Faso's running mate, is now the GOP candidate in the 38th SD.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano lost one of his last shots at a minor party ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party line, election officials said.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said he thinks his scuttled effort to run for governor on the GOP line was «well worth it» because now the other candidates are «talking about the things they weren't talking about.»

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Ms. Hochul noted that most candidates running this year are seeking local seats like county legislature and county executive, but asserted that 2015 would represent both a milestone for the party and for women's issues.

Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is continuing to stick by his pledge to help candidates running on his newfound party's line by endorsing Staten Island DA Dan Donovan for AG today.

Those were the charges thrown out by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino at the Convservative Party's annual political action conference in Colonie on Monday morning, in which the 2014 candidate for governor reaffirmed his consideration of another run in 2018.

Three years ago, she defied the party by running a primary against the chosen candidate for county executive, Dale Sweetland, and she scraped by with a victory.

In a federal lawsuit filed today, the party claimed that Rob Astorino, the Republican Westchester county executive and candidate for governor, threatened to «decapitate» party leadership in a bid to win the Independence Party's support as he ran for re-election in Westchester last year.

STATEN ISLAND — South Shore Councilman Joe Borelli is being considered «very seriously» to run with presumptive Republican candidate for governor Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro on the GOP ticket, the chairman of the Conservative Party of New York confirmed to the Advance Thursday.

Supporting Democratic candidates is nothing new for Giambra, a one - time Democrat who switched parties when he ran for Erie County executive in 1999.

Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced Wednesday that he will run candidates for clerk and comptroller on his own ticket, making party primaries in September likely for all three countywide offices.

Other Republicans considering runs include Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who lost to Cuomo in 2014; Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro; and Harry Wilson, a former GOP candidate for state comptroller and a business consultant.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he is running be the Republican candidate for governor against Andrew Cuomo.

Former NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene, who was also briefly the 2010 running mate for gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (until he lost the GOP primary to former Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards), circulated petitions to run against Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo, but then declined the nomination.

Notable among those in attendance at the bridge opening was Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the 2014 Republican candidate for governor who is considering a second run against Cuomo next year.

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Following news that the Rockland County Conservative Party is running a candidate for county executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the posCounty Conservative Party is running a candidate for county executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the poscounty executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the posCounty Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the position.

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Patrick Davis is the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Republican Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus, who is running for a second term.

Despite all of the speculation that Ulster County Executive Michael Hein would run for Congress next fall, he announced Friday that he will not be a candidate.

But his lobbying firm, Park Strategies, is running the campaign for the leading GOP candidate, Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive.

Democratic Rensselaer County executive Andrea Smyth called on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the resignation of a judge that helped pave the way for a former GOP candidate defeated by Steve McLaughlin to run for the post.

The RGA meeting comes as some Republicans are pushing for more candidates to enter the race for governor, including Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who bowed out of running in January.

Gibson, who dropped his own plans to run for governor, said Molinaro would be a candidate relatively unconnected to the Legislature (Molinaro is a former state Assembly lawmaker, who was elected county executive in 2010).

Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss, the 2014 Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, has filed to run for county executive this year, according to a filing with the state Board of ElecCounty Sheriff Chris Moss, the 2014 Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, has filed to run for county executive this year, according to a filing with the state Board of Eleccounty executive this year, according to a filing with the state Board of Elections.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio's running mate, Chautauqua County executive Greg Edwards, wasted no time in attacking AG Andrew Cuomo's running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, for taking a slightly more nuanced approach to the mosque proposed near Ground Zero, saying it would be better if the developers decided to build elsewhere.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro says it's «flattering» that his name is being floated as a possible candidate for governor in 2018 but that's it's too early to say whether he'll run.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Bernardo was in the audience with an acceptance speech in hand when party Chairman Roger Rascoe announced that the convention would not entertain nominations for county executive or Family Court judge because no candidate had approached the party's 27 - member executive committee to run.

WESTCHESTER, NY — New York Republicans are still looking for a viable candidate to run for governor, three months after Robert Astorino's loss to George Latimer for Westchester County executive, and two months after businessman Harry Wilson decided not to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seeking a third term in November.

Martins is running for the open seat against Democrat Tom Suozzi, the former Nassau County executive from Glen Cove who attended the Democratic convention and supports his party's presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

The ever - active Bernardo, a former candidate for county executive and husband of former county legislature chairwoman Terry Bernardo, is running for Rochester town supervisor this year.

[2] He served one term on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, and ran an aggressive campaign as a candidate for County Executive in 2005.

Today, the Richmond County Republican Committee (SIGOP) issued the following statement inviting prospective candidates interested in receiving the party's endorsement to run for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, State Senate, State Assembly, Surrogate Court Judge and Supreme Court Justice to contact Chairman Brendan Lantry to arrange an interview with the SIGOP Executive Committee: «In -LSB-...]