Sentences with phrase «failed bid for governor»

As for the GOP primary, it was widely believed that Ed Cox's support of Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's party switch and subsequent failed bid for governor was the result of some sort of deal with local GOP Chair John Jay LaValle in exchange for his support of Chris Cox in the NY - 1 race against Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop.

«John McKinney in his failed bid for governor would never have qualified for public financing had Dave Walker not agreed to merge with him in 2014,» the pair wrote.

There was a very different reception for Cuomo at the Democratic Rural Conference on Friday evening, where Cuomo spoke behind closed doors to a group upstate Democrats who have historically supported him, including in 2002 during his first failed bid for governor.

Interestingly, the Club for Growth's new press person is now Barney Keller — a native of the Massachusetts who worked for Rick Lazio during his failed bid for Governor.

The DRC is a group that has been allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the past, having endorsed his failed bid for governor in 2002 and remains part of a key constituency of upstate Democratic elected officials and activists for him.

I covered those multi-candidate debates, which also included then - Independence Party contender Tom Golisano (on his third failed bid for governor and being advised by none other than Roger Stone, who is now helping Paladino.)

Not exact matches

Prosecutors had recommended a light suspended sentence for Jakarta governor Basuki Purnama (popularly known as Ahok) after blasphemy charges led to his failed bid for re-election last month.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, who failed in his bid to get the GOP nomination for governor, blames state conservatives who he says is dragging down the Republican party in New York.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that billions of state funds remain at risk for bid rigging and pay to play.

The governor's office marshaled its resources in a bid to push back against the provision and the AHCA ultimately failed to gain enough votes for passage in the Republican - led House of Representatives.

But he did win, and he held the seat of governor until 1994, when he failed in his bid for re-election, losing to George Pataki.

The younger Cuomo worked as his father's campaign manager, and called his own ascendance to governor vindication for his father's failed bid for a fourth term in 1994.

If Teachout and others fail in their bid to topple Cuomo in the September primary, then the job falls to Hawkins, of Syracuse, who also ran for governor four years ago.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco is considering whether to drop his bid for governor after failing to win the endorsement of Conservative Party leaders over the weekend, according to Spectrum News.

Quinn also said that WIN is «very grateful to Governor Cuomo» — her return to public service after her failed bid for mayor was as an advisor to Cuomo and she serves on a state homelessness task force — and she praised him for finally giving his OK to release $ 2 billion in funding for the creation of more than 100,000 affordable and supportive housing units in the state over the next five years.

Levy recently switched from Democrat to Republican in a failed bid to run for governor as a Republican.

Mulgrew also blasted the governor for being behind «corporate bonus - style merit pay,» claimed that his «education agenda isn't about education at all — it is political payback» (because the unions did not support his reelection bid) and that «it is poverty and inequality and lack of funding, not «failing schools» or «bad teachers,» that are at the root of our education system's struggles.»

It's being speculated that this could be a re-election budget for the governor, who may be considering another term since his failed presidential bid.

Those testy teachers in the cheesehead state who were furious at Governor Scott Walker and the Republicans in the state legislature for curtailing collective bargaining and keeping the state from insolvency, failed in their bid to recall the offending legislators.

During his failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Governor John Kasich said, «I think we can seriously look at an idea of where you can... pay off some of that debt through the public service that you do.»