Sentences with phrase «floated as a possible candidate»

Markowitz's top aide, Carlo Scissura, has been talking about making a run, and City Council Finance Chairman Dominic Recchia's name has been floated as a possible candidate, although he may for comptroller if John Liu decides to run for mayor.

------ The elections are 18 months away, but already one Democratic name is being floated as a possible candidate for Skelos» seat — freshman Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach.

Democratic Assemblyman James Skoufis has been floated as a possible candidate for the Hudson Valley Senate seat, which has been redrawn in recent years to include more Democratic voters.

Diane Ravitch, the education policy expert and advocate who was briefly floated as a possible candidate for governor on the Working Families Party ballot line, has endorsed Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and his running mate, Brian Jones.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro says it's «flattering» that his name is being floated as a possible candidate for governor in 2018 but that's it's too early to say whether he'll run.

After her name was first floated as a possible candidate in August, she talked about the race on NBC's «Today» show.

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Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy also floated former Western New York US Attorney Michael Battle's name as a possible AG candidate last week.

A number of other names have been floated by members of the party as possible attorneys general, including 2014 candidate John Cahill, state Senator Andrew Lanza and former George Pataki aide Joe Holland.

So far, the top potential contender on that side of the aisle appears to be Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, though former Oneida County Legislator David Gordon has also been mentioned as a possible candidate and a handful of others have been floated with varying degrees of seriousness.

Other members being floated as possible Speaker candidates include Manhattan Councilwoman Inez Dickens and Bronx Councilmembers Annabel Palma and Jimmy Vacca.

Progressives on Twitter immediately floated Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York fired by President Donald Trump, as a possible candidate, though he hasn't laid any groundwork to run for office.

Some of the possible candidates whose names have been floated as among the front runners in the most recent polls — including Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and financial frontrunner City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — were not present at Wednesday's event.

He's been floated as a possible congressional candidate in years past, but has declined the entreaties, choosing instead to focus on his responsibilities in Albany and to his family.