Sentences with phrase «first ran for county executive»

When he first ran for county executive back in 2001, Tom Suozzi campaigned on a theme that promised to fix Nassau's problems, proclaiming: «I can do it, because I've done it.»

«We had to make tough decisions early on when I first ran for County Executive in 2011, going into 2012.

Not exact matches

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, who is still Lazio's Conservative running mate, but has agreed to run with Carl Paladino on the GOP line and appeared with him for the first time in Olean Friday night, told me this morning he hasn't heard from his erstwhile Republican ticket mate yet.

At 11 a.m., Duchess County Executive Marc Molinaro holds the first of two events at which he'll announce his run for governor, Tivoli, where he launched his political career as the youngest mayor in the US at the time.

After casting his ballot in Buffalo today (presumably for himself and his running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards), gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino said he found his first political campaign «treacherous, very confusing in many respects,» but insisted he had no regrets.

Joanie Mahoney, the Republican county executive didn't have her party's backing when she first ran for the job.

She was first elected to the county legislature in 2013, but will not seek a third two - year term this fall as she runs for county executive.

At the center of the intrigue was a the bitter slugfest between Lazio, an ex-congressman best known for his bumbling Senate run a decade ago against then - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Levy, the Suffolk County executive.

On the eve of the first — and it appears only — gubernatorial debate, which will take place tomorrow night in Buffalo, the state GOP has released a new TV ad trashing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for running a «mean - spirited» campaign and being «afraid» to debate his Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

Republican Rob Astorino has made little secret of his desire to run for governor once again in 2018, but first he'll have to consider running again for his current job as Westchester county executive.

After the celebration, Mr. Bellone said in an interview that he first met Mr. Wells in 2011, when he was running for county executive.

If he receives the Democratic nomination to move forward in the race for county executive, Latimer would face a tough challenge in Astorino, who has been elected twice, after first running unsuccessfully in 2005, and has held the line on property taxes, keeping them flat for the last six years.

Grant said Collins stopped managing his businesses when he first ran for Erie County executive in 2007.

BEMUS POINT - The first person to announce he will be running for Chautauqua County Executive says he's excited to begin campaigning and meeting with residents throughout the cCounty Executive says he's excited to begin campaigning and meeting with residents throughout the countycounty.

MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — For the first time in 12 years, the Monroe County executive seat had no incumbent in the race as current Executive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and could noCOUNTY, N.Y. — For the first time in 12 years, the Monroe County executive seat had no incumbent in the race as current Executive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and could noCounty executive seat had no incumbent in the race as current Executive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and couldexecutive seat had no incumbent in the race as current Executive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and couldExecutive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and could not run.

Jacobs, who is also Nassau County Democratic chairman, was widely expected to be replaced next month by Charlie King, the party's executive director who was the governor's running mate for lieutenant governor in Cuomo's first attempt to win the state's highest office in 2002.

Two days after becoming the first Republican to announce a campaign to run for governor, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino spent Friday crisscrossing upstate New York from Rochester and Syracuse to Albany, and his message was the same in each city.

Ball has a reputation of being something of a renegade, and he wasn't the SRCC's first choice to run for the seat vacated by soon - to - be former Sen. Vincent Leibell (who will soon be Putnam County executive).

Political observers suggest Gibson's decision not to run opens the door for Molinaro to consider a run for the seat: the County exec says he's dedicated to local issues... for now... «I'm in the final year of my first term as County Executive and in New York State, county governments are facing great challCounty exec says he's dedicated to local issues... for now... «I'm in the final year of my first term as County Executive and in New York State, county governments are facing great challCounty Executive and in New York State, county governments are facing great challcounty governments are facing great challenges.

When Steve first ran for Suffolk County Executive, he was not his party's choice, but won in a tough primary battle and went on to win the general election, appealing to both Republicans and Independents in a famously Republican County.

Vying for the GOP nomination are, former Long Island U.S. Rick Lazio, the front - runner who ran unsuccessfully against then - First Lady Hillary Clinton for the Senate in 2000, Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who is backed by state GOP boss Edward Cox, and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, who has pledged to spend $ 10 million and is strongly identified with the conservative Tea Party movement.