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ALBANY, NY (08/21/2012)(readMedia)-- Today, August 21, 2012, the 2.5 million member New York State AFL - CIO announced the endorsement of United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as well as the endorsements of candidates running for the House of Representatives.

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Seeking a sixth - term as MLA, Ms. Blakeman is running for re-election in Edmonton - Centre and has secured the nominations, or endorsements, of the Alberta Party and Green Party (and in Red Deer - North, Liberal candidate Michael Dawe has also secured the Green Party nomination).

But that would require a fundamental change to the Elections Act — eliminating the requirement of a party leader's endorsement to run as a party's candidate, then fashioning a more coherent rule — and a change in the ways our political parties do business.

Greear released a rap video promoting his presidential run, which led International Mission Board president David Platt to say he didn't intend his participation to be an endorsement of the candidate, but would «be thrilled» to serve alongside Greear or Gaines.

Ayariga had over the weekend challenged the endorsement of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Nana Akufo - Addo, by the APC's General Secretary, Razak Opoku and its running mate, Carl Bartels.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday continued his spate of endorsements for Democrats running in swing seats, backing Democratic candidate Anna Kaplan in Long Island's 7th district.

Among the other Democrats still in the running for the seat vacated on Jan. 1 by Westchester County Executive George Latimer are People for Bernie co-founder Kat Brezler, who received the endorsement yesterday of 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout; and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick.

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.

StreetsPAC today announced three additional candidate endorsements for Tuesday's general election, supporting the re-election campaigns of New York State Assemblymembers Dan Quart and Michaelle Solages, and the State Senate race of Adrienne Esposito, who's running for an open seat on Long Island.

The candidates receiving StreetsPAC's initial endorsements in state - level races are running to represent New Yorkers in districts from the tip of Manhattan to the tip of Long Island.

Here's some footage from Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo's endorsement yesterday of state Senate candidate Mike Kaplowitz during which the Westchester County legislator commiserates over having to run against a controversial, outspoken GOP opponent.

The New York State AFL - CIO on Monday announced its endorsement of Democratic congressional candidate Joe Morelle, the Assembly majority leader who is running for the 25th House district in the Rochester area.

Kinderhook, NY... October 31, 2016 — John Faso, the Republican, Conservative, Independent and Reform candidate running in the 19th Congressional District, has earned the endorsement of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 825, his campaign announced today.

At each stop Hochul announced her (and running mate Andrew Cuomo's) endorsement of the local Democratic state senate candidate; Justin Wagner in Mt. Kisco, incumbent Terry Gipson in Poughkeepsie and incumbent Cecilia Tkaczyk in Kingston.

Cain ran against Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin in Maine's 2nd District in 2014 and 2016, with the endorsement of the group, which backs female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights.

U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a Republican, won the endorsement of her state party Saturday, besting a better - financed opponent who's running as an outsider and close ally of President Donald Trump.

Mr. Wright seems to be the most likely candidate to land Mr. Rangel's endorsement: the assemblyman has been a close ally of Mr. Rangel's, and his congressional bid is being run by a former Rangel campaign adviser.

In addition to the endorsement for district attorney, the committee is expected to back a candidate to run for the seat of retiring state Sen. Kathy Marchione of Halfmoon, who is not seeking a fourth two - year term.

Under the rules of the broadcast era of politics, a young man with a funny name and a couple of years in the Senate might run honorably but would almost certainly lose, crushed by the ability of an experienced candidate like Hillary Clinton to raise money from big donors and lock up endorsements from elected officials and party activists.

«We would expect that the Women's Equality Party should consider all of the candidates running for this position before issuing an endorsement.»

Running instead as the candidate of the left - leaning Working Families Party, Ms. Niou positioned herself as a reformer who would break with Mr. Silver's brand of politics, earning the bulk of the endorsements and donations in the race.

Press Release: Aurelio «Tony» Arcabascio, the Republican candidate running for New York Senate in the 12th Senate District, has accepted the endorsement of the Latino National Republican Coalition of New York State.

«Yes, and when I have learned about candidates who have the Conservative Party endorsement and then allow themselves to be corrupted by accepting the Working Families endorsement, I try to strip them of our ballot line,» New York Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long told me, «Running with the WFP and our line is totally unacceptable.»

Perhaps the most value the WFP offers is an actual line on the ballot come election time: In New York and seven other states, candidates can run with the endorsement of multiple parties, and Democrats who also run on the WFP line get the help of the party's ground troops and the coveted imprimatur of being a progressive candidate.

Although Log Cabin Republicans say that Romney has discussed «actual tangibles» in terms of pro-LGBT positions in announcing their endorsement of Romney and though GOProud already had endorsed the Republican earlier this year, the biggest question facing LGBT voters in deciding whether to vote for Romney is if the candidate LCR and GOProud describe will be running the country or if the candidate who the National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown said «was strong the whole way through» the marriage fight in Massachusetts will be running the show.

Less than a day after her endorsement of Clinton, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren met privately for about an hour with the candidate — could this be a sign that the presumptive Democratic nominee is considering Warren as a running mate in the general election?

«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.

The AFL - CIO concluded its day of endorsements Monday afternoon, backing a slate of state legislative candidates and incumbents, including Democrats running for re-election in key battleground races.

City Council, District 4: The race to represent Midtown East, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Town and The Upper East Side in the seat that Eva Moskowitz is leaving because she is running for Manhattan Borough President (although she could serve until 2009) has several candidates, two of whom appeared before 504 seeking an endorsement.

One of the two front - running candidates — Thomas E. Perez, the former Labor Secretary and a native of Snyder — has solidified the support of the Obama / Clinton wing of the party and won the endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden.

So maybe there's some coalition of Times - worshipping Manhattan liberals and outer - borough Jews and that's enough to get Stringer into a run - off, and then maybe he can prevail in that run - off on the strength of a Times endorsement and whatever pieces of the out - of - the - running candidates» support he manages to pick up.

Had Mr. Schneiderman not received the Democrats» endorsement for supervisor, he would have run on the Independence line alone, without a chance of challenging for the additional ballot spot, because a candidate can only force a primary if he or she is a registered member of that party.

But now that he's decided to run for comptroller against Councilman Dan Garodnick instead, he's suddenly a much more competitive candidate, with a host of high - profile endorsements (including Ed Koch, Gloria Steinem, and current Comptroller John Liu) and $ 4 million already raised, which is eligible for matching.

The councilman, who is running for his third term and speaker of the city council, filled out a questionnaire prior to receiving his endorsement from the club in June 2017, where he replied «no» to whether he had or will «in the future endorse or financially support any candidate for public office or current elected official with a track record of working against LGBT equality.»

This promise — along with others that Cuomo has so far neglected in his new term — won him the endorsement of the Working Families Party, which at the time was split over whether to endorse Cuomo or run law professor Zephyr Teachout as its gubernatorial candidate.

Most recently, Rodriguez lost the endorsement of LGBT group Stonewall Democrats after he publicly endorsed Ruben Diaz Sr., a controversial, anti-LGBT candidate running for City Council in The Bronx.

PEEKSKILL - In front of the «One» Peekskill Democratic Headquarters (9 Bank Street) Saturday afternoon, State Senator and Westchester County Executive candidate George Latimer announced his endorsement of the City of Peekskill Democratic Candidates running in the September 12th Primary.

MILWAUKEE (AP)-- U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a Republican, won the endorsement of her state party Saturday, besting a better - financed opponent who's running as an outsider and close ally of President Donald Trump.

There's also the possibility, he noted, that Cuomo will lose votes in the general to third party candidates — Nixon won the endorsement of the Working Families Party, which would allow her to be on the general election ballot even if she loses the Democratic primary; and Howie Hawkins is running for governor for a third time on the Green Party line, on which he came in third with more than 180,000 votes in 2014.

Ayariga had over the weekend challenged the endorsement of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Nana Akufo Addo, by the APC» General Secretary, Razak Opoku and his running mate, Carl Bartels.

In other endorsement news, State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who earlier backed Mr. Wilkinson in his bid for re-election and the Independence Party candidate for town board, Bill Mott, has announced his support of Mr. Mott's running mate, Marilyn Behan.

Zumbluskas, a longtime Independence Party activist running with the Republicans» endorsement and support, is a perennial candidate with little chance of besting the seven - term Krueger.