Sentences with phrase «defeated stocker»

(Grisanti defeated Stocker, 60 - 40, in the 2012 primary after his controversial «yes» vote on same - sex marriage.

The convention wisdom is that the Democrats and their allies believed it would be easier to defeat Stocker than Grisanti in the general election, and so weighed in try to manipulate the GOP primary and get the candidate they preferred.

Not exact matches

Unlike two his fellow same - sex marriage «yes» voters, who struggled — and in one case, failed — to keep the GOP ballot line on primary day, Sen. Mark Grisanti easily defeated his challenger, attorney Kevin Stocker, on Sept. 13 and retained Row B.

Stocker told the Buffalo News he has nothing to do with NYSUT's anti-Grisanti campaign, and believes he'll defeat both the senator (in tomorrow's primary) and Panepinto (in November, assuming he wins tomorrow's primary) on his own steam.

The finger pointing is well underway over who is most to blame for Sen. Mark Grisati's upset loss to his GOP opponent, attorney Kevin Stocker, in yesterday's primary — a defeat that could have significant implications in the November battle for control of the Senate.

And to complicate things still further, Kevin Stocker, the attorney who defeated Grisanti in the GOP primary, isn't saying who he'll be caucusing with in Albany next year if he wins the November election.

Jacobs, who defeated challenger Kevin Stocker in the Republican primary, looked to his experience as a former school board member.

After Kevin Stocker defeated incumbent Mark Grisanti in the GOP primary and Timothy Gallagher won the Conservative nomination, Grisanti continued to run on two other minor lines.

Grisanti was defeated in last week's Republican primary by Kevin Stocker.