Sentences with phrase «for gubernatorial nominations»

There are important races for gubernatorial nominations in California, Iowa and Alabama, a contested Senate primary in Montana and a number of competitive House primary battles.

AG Andrew Cuomo's campaign just released a statement saying his name will not be submitted for the gubernatorial nomination this weekend at the Working Families Party convention in Buffalo.

The speech was of the red meat variety of the Conservative Party and comes as he faces a potential challenge from other Republican candidates for the gubernatorial nomination, including Carl Paladino, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Rep. Chris Gibson and Rockland County Executive Ed Day.

Astorino may have some competition for the gubernatorial nomination in 2018 in the form of Republican Rep. Chris Gibson, who is leaving office at the end of 2016 and is eyeing a statewide campaign.

The Republican race for the gubernatorial nomination is a potentially crowded one next year: The party's 2014 nominee Rob Astorino is expected to run and businessman Harry Wilson, a 2010 candidate for state comptroller, is also weighing a campaign for governor.

He faces Republican state Sen. John DeFrancisco for the gubernatorial nomination.

One of his GOP rivals for the gubernatorial nomination, Brian Kolb, in a separate interview pointed to his opposition to the bridge being named after the former governor.

Democrats say there is no love lost between Murphy and Susan Bysiewicz, a Lamont rival for the gubernatorial nomination who lost to Murphy in the 2012 U.S. Senate primary.

In addition to the potential for a lively battle for the gubernatorial nomination, Independent Party politics are complicated by another factor: control of the party is under dispute, with two factions fighting it out.

And here's the party, left to decide between two contenders for its gubernatorial nomination.

Not exact matches

With all the attention being paid to the GOP battles for the gubernatorial and US Senate nominations, the fact that the party still has no state attorney general candidate has gone largely unmentioned, but that might be able to change.

At the time, as you'll remember, it was Cuomo who was trying to redeem himself after a near career - ending failure of a gubernatorial run in 2002, when he challenged the party favorite for the Democratic nomination, then state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

When Ed Cox was unable to deliver the gubernatorial nomination for Levy, all these deals to help Chris Cox were dead.

Republican Chele Farley called out her Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, for her endorsement of Cuomo on the same day Nixon formally launched her campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with a speech in Brooklyn.

Republican Marc Molinaro's quiet push for the Republican gubernatorial nomination was trumpeted by his campaign in a fundraising email sent Sunday.

In so doing, Lazio is basically conceding there will be a floor fight for the party's gubernatorial nomination — not a great development for a candidate who once believed he would have a lock on Row B (back after his main competition, Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who suffered from a persistent case of foot - in - mouth disease and decided not to run).

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.

Attorney, small business owner and former Pataki administration official Joe Holland is still vying for the GOP gubernatorial nomination even though it looks like Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has it sewn up.

The governor and lieutenant governor run separately in party primaries and their have been instances in which a gubernatorial candidate's preferred nominee for lieutenant governor fails to win the nomination.

Nixon's bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against incumbent Andrew Cuomo has been buoyed last month by the WFP's endorsement.

The New York Democratic Committee on Monday is deriding the shifting field for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as a «soap opera» and an «amazing race to the bottom.»

Kolb and DeFrancisco are vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination along with Joel Giambra, a lobbyist and former Erie County executive.

«Fix Albany» became Suozzi's campaign cry in his quixotic 2006 bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against then - Attorney General Elliot Spitzer.

Many were galvanized in 2014 by Zephyr Teachout, a little - known law professor at the time who ran against Cuomo for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

The former «Sex and the City» star, holding her first capital city news conference since declaring her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, said Cuomo has failed to clean up corruption as promised.

ALBANY — Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination.

Three Republican gubernatorial candidates pitched their candidacies to the Manhattan Republican Executive Committee Wednesday night, seeking the Committee's endorsement in the developing race for the party's 2018 nomination.

Ned Lamont, a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Connecticut.

Cuomo himself went the petition route in 2002, when he challenged then - Comptroller H. Carl McCall for the party's gubernatorial nomination.

• And now some Luxenberg text messages, obtained by Government Watch and confirmed by Luxenberg as genuine, raise questions about Drew's recent denial that Luxenberg made donations to Democrats around the state on his behalf, as the mayor seeks support for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Malorino received the New York Republicans» nomination for the November gubernatorial elections, which is based on a

Flanagan was soon joined in his criticism by Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the leading contender for the GOP's gubernatorial nomination.

For now, the Republican contenders being talked about for the gubernatorial race this year include Assembly Minority Leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb who has already declared he will seek the nomination, as well as possible contenders State Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and former Erie County Executive Joel GiambFor now, the Republican contenders being talked about for the gubernatorial race this year include Assembly Minority Leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb who has already declared he will seek the nomination, as well as possible contenders State Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambfor the gubernatorial race this year include Assembly Minority Leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb who has already declared he will seek the nomination, as well as possible contenders State Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra.

The newly - recharged New York State Democratic Party is seizing on the news, first reported by POLITICO, that NYS GOP Chairman Ed Cox was discussing a fourth entrant into the gubernatorial contest and melding it with Vito Fossella's bizarre nomination to a seat he's not (yet, if ever) running for.

Michigan, too, has already seen considerable jockeying, as state Attorney General Mike Cox, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, 2006 Senate nominee Mike Bouchard and 2006 gubernatorial nominee Dick DeVos are already circling one another for the GOP nomination.

She leaves office in January because of term limits, and she has spoken openly about a possible challenge to Cuomo for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker turns in his nomination papers July 6 to qualify for the ballot at the Government Accountability Board office in Madison.

Before President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway once worked for former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy in his unsuccessful 2010 bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Attorney and commentator Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

But some Latinos are pressing for Democrats for greater inclusion, noting that contenders for the party's gubernatorial nomination are all non-Hispanic whites.

It's conceivable that none of the many contenders for the Republican gubernatorial nomination will receive the support of more than 50 percent of the delegates.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) mocked the idea of actress Cynthia Nixon challenging him for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Wednesday, leading local New York anchors to warn him against writing off celebrity candidates.

Earlier this month Paladino, a Buffalo businessman and developer, defeated Lazio 62 to 38 percent in New York's primary contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

Giambra's recent campaign contributions and his past support for Democrats, including Cuomo, could complicate his attempt to secure the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

The former «Sex and the City» co-star played the gender card one week after announcing she would challenge Cuomo for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the Sept. 13 primary.

Interviews with several tea - party organizers indicate that Mr. Paladino's bid for the Republican nomination, while drawing more favorable reviews than his gubernatorial rivals», has been received with skepticism.

Former Republican Congressman Rick Lazio is backed by many Republicans for the party's gubernatorial nomination because of his strong party credentials.

Astorino is widely expected to be a front - runner for his party's gubernatorial nomination, and it's likely his opponents will bring up his loss in the 2014 general election for that office to argue he shouldn't get a second shot.

Molinaro is competing for the GOP gubernatorial nomination against state Sen. John DeFrancisco.