Sentences with phrase «early endorsement»

This is the first early endorsement for the party.

New York State AFL - CIO Announces Early Endorsement of Michael McMahon for Congress Tuesday July 01, 2008 at 12:00 pm

ELIZABETHTOWN A candidate for Essex County sheriff has received early endorsements from a handful of state and local officials.

The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council is poised to issue early endorsements in contested Queens Assembly races to candidates backed by the county Democratic Party.

The Conservative Party has a habit of issuing early endorsements to gubernatorial candidates in hope of influencing the GOP selection process.

NYSUT announced early endorsements of the AG and state comptroller, but Cuomo will have to wait until August to see if the teachers union decides to back him, which currently appears unlikely.

The state Independence Party has continued its flurry of early endorsements by supporting moderate Republican Richard Hanna's bid for re-election.

Former state assemblymembers Teresa Sayward and Janet Duprey, both Republicans, have also offered early endorsements of Reynolds, citing his anti-crime and heroin efforts.

The Indys recently gave a very early endorsement to Sen. Chuck Schumer, but have never before chosen a standard bearer before the convention, MacKay said.

A number of organized labor groups have lined up to provide early endorsements to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term this fall and faces a new primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, with the latest nod coming from the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1500, New York's largest supermarket workers union.

In November, the mayor made a show of rolling out his labor support when he first declared for reelection, touting early endorsements from SEIU 32BJ, the Uniformed Sanitation Workers Union, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

Two statewide candidates — US Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer — have already accepted early endorsements from the WFP.

Early Endorsements include: Burt Cohen, former New Hampshire Senate majority leader (reported by Seven Days on May 26, 2015) Emily Hague, at - large Keene City Council member (announced June 6, 2015) Dudley Dudley, longtime Democratic activist; Executive Councilor in the 1970s (reported July 3, 2015) New Hampshire Postal Workers Union (announced Sept. 19, 2015) IBEW Local 490 in Concord SEIU Local 560 in Hanover (both announced Oct. 31, 2015)

The speaker won early endorsements from the Empire State Pride Agenda, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a Washington - based group that works to elect out LGBT candidates.

The NYS Independence party continued its string of early endorsements today by backing Democratic US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's re-election bid, before Republicans have even picked a candidate.

The piece is pretty straightforward, featuring photos of Schneiderman with 1199 President George Gresham as well as with rank - and - file members of the health care workers union its City Hall steps early endorsement of him back in April.

Unions, like Mr. Nespoli's 6,000 - member Uniformed Sanitation Men's Association, rewarded Mr. de Blasio with a raft of early endorsements during his re-election that helped scare off major challengers as he was facing a federal corruption inquiry.

Governor Herbert unveils his budget and Mike Lee garners a super early endorsement.

The labor union 32BJ announced a slate of early endorsements for New York City candidates, including backing the bids of citywide candidates for re-election.

Two statewide Democrats — Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer — have accepted early endorsements from the WFP, which seems to be hoping that will help convince Cuomo to do the same.

The AFL - CIO is announcing a very early endorsement this morning — its first of the campaign season — for Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who is so far the only member New York's congressional delegation facing a serious primary challenge this fall.

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

The Independence Party's early endorsement of Gov. Andrew Cuomo could give him a boost over his yet - to - be-decided Republican challenger in the fall.

She received an early endorsement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the district held by Republican Tom Libous, who was ousted in July following a felony conviction.

The Rump — who owed the NRA big time based upon their early endorsement and $ 25 contribution (some of the NRA money came from Russia)-- signed measures to assure crazy people can not be stopped from purchasing guns.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who locked down early endorsements from his local county committee and that of neighboring Suffolk County, has already surpassed the 25 percent threshold, assuming all the counties that have endorsed him hang together and vote in a bloc.

Also today, UFCW Local 1500 continued its early endorsement streak by becoming the first labor union to endorse in the 31st SD race, throwing its weight behind District Leader Mark Levine.

Another longstanding Cuomo labor ally, SEIU, the health care workers union, has also provided the governor with an early endorsement this year.

There's also a list called Levy's «10 shades of blue» that details all the things the country executive did to support Democratic candidates and / or positions, noting, for example, his backing of single - payer healthcare and early endorsement of former Long Island Assemblyman - turned - state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's first statewide run this year.

At an earlier endorsement meeting on April 23, the Stein Club endorsed gay Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and law librarian Kent Boese over incumbent Brianne Nadeau for the Ward 1 Council seat.

He spoke darkly of the early endorsements of Levine by elected officials and unions that had «poisoned the waters» against him.

«There was a theory,» said Brodsky, a former Democratic assemblyman, «that if Bill de Blasio had maintained his first - year support among voters, that his late endorsement would mean more than an early endorsement.

He made an early endorsement to put that to rest.»

Democrats are probably not smarting too much from this, given that they've sought to bolster their ties to the state's labor organizations and have touted their early endorsements from the AFL - CIO (Sen. Marty Golden, a target of Senate Democrats every two years, lost the endorsement to his Democratic challenger, Andrew Gounardes).

Inhofe gave Fiorina an early endorsement, and his nephew, Fred Davis, created the infamous «demon sheep» ads for Fiorina's campaign.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney offered an early endorsement to Quinn in March, as did Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the only gay member of the state's congresstional delegation.

The National Organization for Women - New York on Thursday gave an early endorsement of the re-election of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Our early endorsement back in January shows our commitment to her strong record of delivering on issues near and dear to LGBT New Yorkers.»

While other Democratic North Country officials appeared broadly supportive of the proposal — Assemblyman Billy Jones (D - Chateaugay) also offered an early endorsement, calling it a «step in the right direction» — Senate Republicans expressed a more cautious tone, and said they were eager for more details on financing.

New York State AFL - CIO Announces «Early Endorsement» Of Dan Maffei For Congress Thursday May 08, 2008 at 01:00 pm

New York State AFL - CIO Announces «Early Endorsement» of Eric Massa for Congress Wednesday April 09, 2008 at 12:55 pm

When the announcement drops, Ruth's List, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Pinellas County Commissioner Pat Gerard are on the short list for fundraising support and early endorsements.

I think that many of my neighbors responded well to Gustavo Rivera's personal visits to each and every apartment in the neighborhodd over the past 2 - 3 weeks, as well as to early endorsements from our local elected officials like Councilman Oliver Koppell.

The early endorsement of Barbara Fiala to succeed Tom Libous in the Senate was a «surprise» to Majority Leader John Flanagan, the Suffolk County lawmaker on Wednesday told reporters.

Cuomo last week in an interview on The Capitol Pressroom made an early endorsement of Fiala, a former member of his cabinet and ex-Broome County executive, to replace Libous, who was ousted following a conviction on a felony charge of lying to the FBI.

Akshar is entering a race that has drawn statewide notice after Gov. Andrew Cuomo's early endorsement of former Broome County Executive Barbara Fiala, who was a member of his cabinet during his first term.

RWDSU is a labor group that is known for its early endorsements in closely watched races.

Cuomo surprised Senate Republicans by quickly backing Democrat Barbara Fiala for the seat — an early endorsement that DeFrancisco said was a sign the governor was trying to shore up support within his own party.

You probably saw this one coming, given today's Hudson Valley Women's Equality tour, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's earlier endorsement of one of the region's top Democratic state Senate candidates, Justin Wagner.