Sentences with phrase «elects lieutenant»

Hawaii elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years.

Hochul, elected lieutenant governor alongside Cuomo in 2014, hails from the opposite end of the state in western New York.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

In New Jersey, Sheila Oliver, a Democrat, was elected lieutenant governor.

Newsom previously served as the mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2010 before he was then elected lieutenant governor, defeating six candidates.

Cuomo sent his newly elected lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul instead.

The Times noted that Wu lacks political experience, but has a plan if he is elected lieutenant governor.

Two years later, he lost to Ed Koch in the Democratic mayoral primary, but in 1978, he was elected lieutenant governor, and in 198, he beat Koch in the gubernatorial primary and went on to be elected governor.

Richards succeeded Duffy as mayor of the state's third largest city after the latter was elected lieutenant governor in 2010 after being picked as a runningmate for Andrew Cuomo.

«We're going to make sure we elect Governor Cuomo, we elect lieutenant - governor Kathy Hochul, we elect Eric Schneiderman, we elect Tom DiNapoli and we elect a fully pro-choice New York State Senate and Assembly,» Quinn added.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African - American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli also defeated their GOP challengers and Kathy Hochul was elected lieutenant governor.

Paterson was elected lieutenant governor in 2006, but ascended to the governor's office in March 2008 after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a sex scandal.

In 2007, when Dan McKee was mayor of Cumberland, Rhode Island (in 2014 he was elected lieutenant governor of the state), he famously asked, «What kind of public school system would we have if we could just build it from scratch?»

Not exact matches

Patrick, 66, was a radio talkshow host perhaps best - known for getting an on - air vasectomy until he was elected as lieutenant governor in 2014 on a platform of stopping the «invasion» of undocumented immigrants.

Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher when he was tapped to serve as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the governor's office in 2008 when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

The former lieutenant governor stepped up to the state's top elected post when former Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after being named in a sex scandal.

While holding elected office, she was regional coordinator to Mario Cuomo from 1976 to 1978 while he served as secretary of state and from 1979 to 1982 while he served as lieutenant governor.

He briefly considered appointing himself — the previous governor, Eliot Spitzer, had enlisted Paterson to be lieutenant governor with an understanding that he might be appointed to the Senate if Clinton were elected president.

Two have held elected statewide office: Democrat Anthony G. Brown, Maryland's previous lieutenant governor, and Republican James Comer, Kentucky agriculture commissioner until this year.

Rather, he's proposing the creation of a three - person commission to meet every four years to set pay rates for state elected positions, including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller and state lawmakers.

Meanwhile, voters elevated Kustra to the state Senate and elected him twice as lieutenant governor with Gov. Jim Edgar, another Republican gay rights proponent.

New Hampshire and Oregon do not have lieutenant governors; in West Virginia, the President of the State Senate serves as de facto lieutenant governor and is elected from within the Senate.

Under those circumstances, Joseph L. Bruno, is the Republican majority leader and temporary president of the state senate, would «perform all the duties of the lieutenant - governor» until a new one is elected in 2010.

As former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul gathered with a cadre of elected officials at City Hall to tout more than 100,000 petition signatures for a new Women's Equality Party, her long - shot primary challenger for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, blasted the party as a «sham.»

Before this time, a President pro tempore was elected only in case of vacancy (the President pro tem acting as lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term), or if the lieutenant governor was absent.

McCaughey Ross said she would seek elected office in 1998 either as lieutenant governor, governor or to the U. S. Senate.

But like U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who represented a conservative - leaning House district before becoming a statewide elected official, Hochul has emphasized support gun control measures as lieutenant governor.

The lieutenant governor, said in the meantime, this is another opportunity for the state to send a message it won't stand for anyone taking advantage of their elected office.

Democratic hopes got a boost yesterday from Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo, who said the lieutenant governor could cast the deciding leadership vote if both sides end up deadlocked with 31 members apiece.

Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate «shall choose» without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie - breaking vote.

Hochul, a former western New York congresswoman, won the lieutenant governor's post in 2014 as Cuomo was elected to a second term.

Governors and lieutenant governors are elected as a joint ticket in the general election, but they run separately in primaries.

Smith discusses what the role of the Legislature will be on day one, his personal relationships with lieutenant governor - elect David Paterson and Majority Leader Joe Bruno, and the reforms needed to fix Albany's dysfunctional processes.

His career began in 1968 and he has served as a sergeant, lieutenant, and an undersheriff before being elected sheriff in 2000.

Paterson was elected New York's lieutenant governor in 2006, and took over when Eliot Spitzer stepped down last year.

Elected BP in 2002, he had weighed a run for controller in 2009, and put out a weak feeler last year about running for lieutenant governor with Andrew Cuomo that quickly crashed and burned.

The woman in the white dress is his girlfriend, Sandra Lee — not the lieutenant governor - elect, Kathy Hochul.

Seventeen states elect the governor and the lieutenant governor separately, such as Missouri, West Virginia, Vermont and New Hampshire — all of which have governors and lieutenant governors who are in different parties.

While the Massachusetts governor's race has garnered plenty of attention, in November, voters will also elect a new lieutenant governor.

When Redstone relinquished his management position, his longtime lieutenant, Viacom Chief Executive Dauman was elected chairman.

Served four terms as lieutenant governor before being elected governor in 1990.

-- which just elected a pro-education reform, pro-pension reform Democrat as governor and a bona fide charter school hero as lieutenant governor.