Sentences with phrase «endorsement broke with tradition»

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Four years ago, the state Business Council broke with tradition and made an endorsement in the governor's race for the first time in its 30 - year history, backing then - state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic frontrunner, over his Republican challenger, Carl Paladino.

While the governor broke with tradition to boost his party - mates this year, he qualified his support by requiring «good Democrats» who received his endorsement to fill out a questionnaire agreeing to Democratic politics on his terms.