Sentences with phrase «floated as a potential candidate»

He was one of the betting favorites at Miami and South Carolina, and fans of Missouri, Minnesota and Maryland all floated him as a potential candidate.

Spitzer has repeatedly expressed a longing to return to politics, and his name has been floated as a potential candidate in the 2013 NYC mayor's race.

Paterson, who was at one time floated as a potential candidate for Rangel's seat, is now returning the favor, saying in the wake of Obama's comments about Rangel last week that the congressman deserves a chance to defend himself against the 13 ethics charges he now faces.

He has been floated as a potential candidate himself on several occasions — including by some people inside the Working Families Party, who worry AG Andrew Cuomo will ultimately reject their ballot line, leaving them in need of a candidate who can attract 50,000 votes.

Carl Paladino isn't really interested in running as Donald Trump's VP candidate, though he briefly floated himself as a potential candidate.

Baldwin, who has been involved in various progressive causes for years (including gay marriage), has been repeatedly floated as a potential candidate for office in both Connecticut and New York — most recently as an opponent to Republican Randy Altschuler if he succeeds at knocking out Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in NY - 1.

Earlier this year, Astorino was floated as a potential candidate to challenge Cuomo in the 2014 election.

Actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon is also being floated as a potential candidate for the governorship.

Five names were recently floated as potential candidates to challenge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 election.

Cuomo himself is floated as a potential candidate for president in 2016, but he insisted Tuesday he's focused on running for a 3rd term next year.

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The actor has a long history of political activism and has been floated on several occasions as a potential candidate — perhaps even as a primary challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand or Rep. Tim Bishop.

Jeffries and Maloney were both present at Thursday's meeting but neither floated their names as potential candidates.

Three members of the congressional delegation have been floated as potential attorney general candidates when the state holds its election later this year: Democratic Reps. Kathleen Rice, Sean Patrick Maloney and Hakeem Jeffries.

A couple dozen names have been floated as potential Democratic candidates, including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Kamala Harris (Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), as well as former Vice President Joe Biden.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y), who has been floated as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, is facing backlash from prominent female Democratic donors in Los Angeles after she called for then - Sen.

DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, said in an interview Friday that he began traveling around the state to attend Republican events and float his name as a potential gubernatorial candidate.

Both Cuomo and Gillibrand have been floated as potential 2020 presidential candidates, though both have insisted they hope to seek only another term when they come up for re-election next year.

A well - spoken former prosecutor, she has been floated several times as a potential congressional candidate.

Last February, he floated his name as a potential candidate in the 44th NYC Council race to fill the Brooklyn seat vacated by Simcha Felder (now a deputy comptroller in NYC Comptroller John Liu's office), but decided against a run for family reasons.

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.

Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - Brooklyn) have been floated as potential 2021 candidates.

Now a lobbyist, Mr. McMahon is quietly floating himself as a candidate for a potential special election in the Staten Island and Brooklyn - based district if Mr. Grimm is found guilty on tax evasion charges and steps aside next year.

Cuomo, whose name has been floated as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, is favored to win reelection and has so far raised more than $ 30 million for his reelection effort.

All three politicians» names have been floated as potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.

Former Congressman Scott Murphy, who used to represent a neighboring district, is among the Democrats pundits have floated as a potential Democratic candidate.

Syracuse Republicans have not yet announced a candidate for mayor this year, but have floated some names as potential candidates.