Sentences with phrase «endorsements of challengers»

The OPDEC endorsements of the challengers will make those two school board races more competitive, though Marshall, Koppel and Ellison are still expected to win.

«Our endorsements of challengers and candidates running in races for open Senate seats are based on these candidates» intent to support The Business Council's pro-growth policies, and in several cases, the candidates» pro-growth performance in other public offices,» said Heather C. Briccetti, president and CEO of The Business Council.

At 10:15 a.m., the True Blue NY Grassroots Coalition, made up of more than 60 resistance groups, will announce their endorsements of challengers in five districts represented by Senators in the IDC, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Following Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.'s endorsement of challenger Gustavo Rivera in the 33rd District Senate race earlier today, incumbent Pedro Espada Jr. stood in front of the Kingsbridge Armory and railed against Diaz's efforts to block the creation of a shopping mall at the long - vacant former military building.

That's quite an endorsement of her challenger.

If the state superintendent's race will be decided on a question of whether incumbent Tony Bennett «s education policies push too far too fast, here's how the editorial board of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette answered in its endorsement of his challenger, Glenda Ritz:

Not exact matches

The Working Families Party on Thursday is set to announce its endorsement of Karen Smythe, the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Sue Serino in the Hudson Valley's 41st Senate district.

As predicted, the Queens GOP has officially voted to rescind its endorsement of Rick Lazio for governor and back his primary challenger, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, instead, Levy's campaign announced this morning.

At issue is the Working Family Party's endorsement this month of Cynthia Nixon, Cuomo's Democratic primary challenger.

StreetsPAC today announced a second round of candidate endorsements in fall races for the New York State Senate and Assembly, backing the reelection bids of State Senator Tony Avella and Assembly Members Nily Rozic and Felix Ortiz, and the campaigns of Brooklyn State Senate challenger Dell Smitherman and Suffolk County Assembly challenger Jason Zove.

The endorsements also come as mainline Democrats in the state Senate are avoiding support for IDC challengers as an uneasy truce remains in effect stemming for a unity deal agreed to last year that would be triggered if Democrats win a pair of special elections scheduled for April 24.

As the race between embattled U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and Domenic Recchia entered the home stretch, the challenger was basking in the glow of a New York Times endorsement while the incumbent boldly stated in a WABC Radio interview that he is confident he will win.

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.

ESPA has been making some interesting endorsements of late, backing a number of Democratic primary challengers against Senate incumbents who voted «no» on marriage last December.

State Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose) picked up a key endorsement from the city Patrolmen's Benevolent Association this week, while his challenger, former City Councilman Tony Avella, captured the support of the Freelancers Union.

But a second challenger has emerged to take on Ms. Simon — and he just won the endorsement of Ms. Simon's own club last night.

Martin also recently received the endorsement of Khary Penebaker, who is president of Roofed Right America and a former challenger to U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R - Menomonee Falls.

Meanwhile challenger Clyde Williams, a former aide to presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, who received the endorsements of both the Daily News and New York Times, and has also received thousands in anti-Rangel super-PAC money, has been trying to paint himself as a unifying alternative.

Bharara's support on Wednesday for creating another Moreland Commission to probe public corruption, prompting Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon to claim the popular former prosecutor's «endorsement» of her own efforts for a similar investigating panel.

Speaking at a fundraiser for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. at the home of a prominent real estate developer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered a warm endorsement of the up - and - coming Democrat — a possible challenger to his political rival NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Cuomo made a few last - minute endorsements in the hours before the primary, backing Rep. Charlie Rangel, who successfully held off multiple challengers, including Sen. Adriano Espaillat; and Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who's running in a newly - drawn district in Cuomo's native borough of Queens.

The governor, meanwhile, wanted the WFP endorsement, a tool of the city's biggest unions, primarily to cripple his challenger in the Democratic primary, Zephyr Teachout, who would have benefited enormously from WFP backing.

Several polls have shown him in the high single digits statewide and he recently won the endorsement of one of Cuomo's Democratic primary challengers, Randy Credico.

In Issa's district, the party already has four well - funded challengers: Sara Jacobs, a former Obama administration official who boasts the endorsement of EMILY's List; Paul Kerr, a real - estate investor with a talent for raking in campaign cash; Doug Applegate, a veteran and attorney who narrowly lost to Issa in 2016; and Mike Levin, a lawyer.

In NY - 24, the state Indy leaders are sticking with Democratic Rep. Mike Arcuri's GOP challenger, Richard Hanna, even though his endorsements has caused controversy and is the subject of an investigation by the Oneida County DA's office.

But in NY - 20 and NY - 1, the party went with endorsements that will help the Democrats, rejecting Republican Chris Gibson's last - minute push to stick with Rep. Scott Murphy and siding again with Rep. Tim Bishop against his three GOP challengers, all of whom sought Row C.

More Bloomberg involvement was spotted in the reported endorsement by the Indys of Mark Pollard, a pro-charter Democratic primary challenger to Brooklyn Sen. Velmanette Montgomery.

Yesterday, three members of Congress from New York City — including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, an early backer of Barack Obama in 2008, and a prospective mayoral challenger to de Blasio in 2017 — added their names to the list of Clinton endorsements.

The Blue Dog Coalition's PAC backed eight Democratic House challengers Thursday in its first round of endorsements of the 2018 cycle.

Later that afternoon, about 30 miles down the road in Ticonderoga, United Steelworkers District 4 Staff Representative Rick Saure announced their endorsement of Democratic challenger Mike Derrick.

Incumbent Councilors at Large Lance Denno and Jean Kessner, each of whom has irritated Miner at times by questioning or delaying her initiatives, lost the party's endorsement to challengers Pamela Hunter and Jeff Wright.

The endorsements from sitting Democrats, including two from Lipinski's own delegation, lends credibility to the campaign of one of this cycle's few serious primary challengers to an incumbent Democrat.

On Thursday, the New York arm of the National Organization for Women — which under different leadership backed Mr. Cuomo's challenger four years ago in the primary — announced its early endorsement of the governor and Ms. Hochul.

Wu has waged a surprisingly strong challenge, winning endorsements from the New York Times and others, and the Sunday rally was as much to lift Hochul's prospects of becoming the next lieutenant governor as it was to re-elect Klein, who led a group of breakaway Democrats that allied with Republicans, and is facing his own liberal primary challenger.

Rangel's endorsement of Cabrera likely reflects political payback against Rivera, who supported the 84 - year - old congressional lion's unsuccessful primary challenger, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, in both June 2012 and June 2014.

County Legislature Minority Leader Thomas Loughran, D - Amherst, won re-election two years ago with the help of an endorsement by Erie County Conservative Party, whose votes gave him the critical edge to defeat challenger Guy Marlette, a former Amherst Town Board member.

The president, though repeatedly flayed the campaign agenda and endorsements received by his All Progressives Congress, APC, challenger, General Muhammadu Buhari, he however did not mention his name for almost 30 minutes of his speech.

When the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee completed their endorsements last night, two incumbent OPSB members — Nolan Marshall and Woody Koppel — had been passed over in favor of challengers Kwame Smith and David Alvarez.

The Hartford Federation of Teachers has rescinded its endorsement of mayoral challenger Luke Bronin after he refused to return campaign donations from charter school advocates, the union said Wednesday.