Sentences with phrase «first endorsement of a candidate»

Not exact matches

Former First Lady / Secretary of State and potential 2016 presidential contender Hillary Clinton was right behind her husband, with 34 percent saying they would view a candidate more favorably if she bestowed her endorsement upon him or her.

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.

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins yesterday received the endorsement of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club — the first time the NYC LGBT club has backed a non-Democrat for governor in its 10 - year history.

During their first round of endorsements, NARAL did back several Democratic State Senate candidates who were not incumbents.

Competing against 16 others, he won 48 % of the votes in the first round of that election, but was given a unanimous endorsement in the second round, making him the party's presidential candidate.

That her first public dealing with Dadey — five days after he took the job — was a major endorsement of the other party's candidate for governor was «unfortunate,» she said.

In theory, by helping winnow the field a party endorsement could help prevent what Politico called the «nightmare scenario» of so many Democratic candidates splitting up the vote that two Republicans finish first and second, shutting Democrats out of the general election.

Castorina, expected to be elected chairman of the Staten Island Republican Party soon, was the first elected official to have endorsed a Republican mayoral candidate (our report from his February 22nd endorsement is available here).

The announcement of TWU, which represents more than 54,000 active and retired members in New York, marks the first major union endorsement for the candidate since announcing his candidacy two weeks ago at the United Palace Theatre.

When a political party defines the organization and composition of its governing units, when it decides what candidates to endorse, and when it decides whether and how to communicate those endorsements to the public, it is engaged in the kind of private expressive associational activity that the First Amendment protects.

Endorsements (announced Sept. 8, 2011) State Senator Richard Colburn State Senator Joe Getty State Senator Allan Kittleman Delegate Kathryn Afzali Delegate John Cluster Delegate Addie Eckardt Delegate Donald Elliott Delegate Michael Hough Delegate Nic Kipke Delegate Steven Schuh Former United States Ambassador to New Zealand Robert Goodwin National Committeeman Louis Pope National Committeewoman Joyce Terhes 2010 Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor and Former Secretary of State Mary Kane Former Maryland Republican Party Chairman John Kane Former Maryland Republican Party Chairman Audrey Scott Former Maryland Republican Party First Vice Chair Chris Cavey Former Maryland Republican Party First Vice Chair Chuck Gast Maryland Republican Party Treasurer Christopher Rosenthal Garrett County Republican Party Chairman Brenda Butcsher Howard County Republican Party Chairman Loretta Shields Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Mark Uncapher Frederick County Councilman Paul Smith Howard County Councilman Greg Fox State Central Committee Member — St. Mary's County Mary Russell

The fact that Cuomo's first endorsement is of a female candidate dovetails nicely with the Women's Equality focus of his re-election campaign.

The New York League of Conservation Voters has announced several legislative endorsements today, and on its list of preferred candidates is Long Island Sen. Jack Martins — the first Republican the organization has backed so far this election cycle.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today bestowed his first general election endorsement on one of the Senate Democrats» candidates, announcing his support of Long Island environmental activist Adrienne Esposito.

Last weekend, Cuomo made his first endorsement of a Senate Democratic candidate, announcing his support for Adrienne Esposito.

Esposito was the first Senate Democratic candidate this year to receive an endorsement from Cuomo, who has pledged to help his party capture full control of the chamber as part of his endorsement deal with the labor - backed Working Families Party.

At 11:15 a.m., Chautauqua County Democrats for Hillary will be kicking off the county campaign for the April 19th presidential primary, and Dunkirk Mayor Willie Rosas, the state's first Hispanic city mayor, will announce his endorsement of the candidate, City Hall steps, 342 Central Ave., Dunkirk.

Sanford gave Haley's campaign its first major endorsement last fall, when Haley, a state representative, was the least known of the four candidates seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Kolb picked up his first endorsement from one of his fellow conference members on Monday, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the party's 2017 candidate for mayor.

«I am honored and humbled by the outpouring of support I have received over the first month of my campaign from the great people of the 10th District and all over Erie County,» said the grassroots candidate who has earned endorsements from the Democratic and Working Families parties.

«As a first time candidate, I'm humbled by the outpouring of support I've received from the Committee,» Zegers said in a statement after her party endorsement.

NARAL Pro-Choice NY is out with its first round of legislative endorsements, and the list of 10 Senate candidates who have won the group's backing includes not a single incumbent.

Director of Queens Community Boards Barry Grodenchik also received the first union endorsement of the race when he was backed by Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the largest union in the borough by the candidate's count.

Citing the attacks on Patrick's defense work, the state's legal newspaper, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, this week made its first - ever endorsement of a political candidate.»

The Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Commission has posted the first of its endorsements of judicial candidates, in preparation for the May 21 primary election.

In a Kentucky case decided July 13, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that judicial candidates have First Amendment rights to personally solicit campaign funds and to announce their party affiliation and receive political party endorsements.

Planned Parenthood's endorsement, which was first reported by CBS, is sure to draw scorn from Republican presidential candidates, many of whom regularly pledge to defund the group is elected president.