Sentences with phrase «formed exploratory»

ALBANY — Nine months before Election Day, New York Republicans have inched closer to finding a potential candidate for governor, with word that Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive, has formed an exploratory committee.

In January, Williams — a two - time City Council speaker candidate — formed an exploratory committee to challenge Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat.

Joe Ganim, the Democratic mayor of Bridgeport, formed an exploratory committee in April and formally entered the governor's race the first week of January.

Bronin, a Democrat who formed an exploratory committee for governor in December, and Bysiewicz, a Middletown Democrat and former three - term secretary of the state, both showed significant fundraising prowess in their recent reports.

Democrat Zephyr Teachout, who ran for governor in 2014 and the Mid-Hudson Valley's congressional seat in 2016, has formed an exploratory committee regarding a possible run for state attorney general, she said Monday.

Abercrombie's decision is prompted by his concerns that he may well lose the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann who has formed an exploratory committee to look at the race.

First, he's formed an exploratory committee to run for governor.

The announcement by Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who formed an exploratory committee for statewide office earlier this year with an eye toward next year's gubernatorial election, came a week after Attorney General George Jepsen said he would not seek a third term.

The announcement by Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who formed an exploratory committee for statewide office...

The mass email was sent Thursday afternoon to announce that Bronin had formed an exploratory committee for statewide office with an eye toward the governor's race.

On the Republican side candidates who have formed exploratory or candidate committees include Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, state Rep. Prasad Srinivasan of Glastonbury and state Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has formed an exploratory committee and has expressed interest in what most believe will be an uphill climb, against Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is seeking re-election.

She formed an exploratory committee in May called Terry For CT..

On Monday, Fordham Law School professor and 2014 gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout announced she had formed an exploratory committee to run for attorney general.

Gibson formed an exploratory committee on Monday as he takes another step toward a full - blown campaign for governor in 2018.

Astorino has not officially announced, but he recently formed an exploratory committee.

«We have formed an exploratory team to assess the company's options to relocate corporate headquarters,» said Dominic McMullan, a company spokesman.

«GE made it quite clear that they have formed an exploratory committee, and they do not bluff.»

Ganim has formed an exploratory committee and raised about $ 150,000.

Mr. Wright has formed an exploratory committee as a precursor to possibly seeking the retiring Mr. Rangel's seat in 2016 — which reportedly left many of his Assembly colleagues reluctant to support him for speaker, since they do not wish to go through a succession process again in two years.

Gibson formed an exploratory committee to consider a run for governor last year, but seems more interested in federal office.

Dutchess County Exec Marc Molinaro has formed an exploratory committee pursuant to a run for governor, as has former state senator Terry Gipson.

Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford has formed an exploratory committee, but isn't formally committed to the race.

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams announced that he has formed an exploratory committee for a bid against Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Another Republican, David Gurfein, a retired U.S. Marine from Manhasset, formed an exploratory committee last year and campaign aides say he has raised $ 250,000.

Stewart, who formed an exploratory committee in late January, declined to provide an exact total her campaign has raised so far but said she expected it would fall short of the threshold required for her to participate in a Republican gubernatorial debate at New Britain High School next month.

Lesser last year formed an exploratory committee to run for secretary of the state if Denise Merrill decided not to run, but she said she will seek another term.

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D - Ariz., has formed an exploratory committee to challenge Rep. Martha McSally, R - Ariz.

The fun started early on Saturday with a «Special to The Washington Post» article by Zachary A. Goldfarb about Barak Obama and social networking: at his first rally since he formed an exploratory committee, Obama spoke Friday to a group of thousands of students assembled through Facebook (via SmartMobs).

Following revelations that Louisiana Sen. David Vitter hired sex workers, Daniels, a Louisiana native, in 2009 formed an exploratory committee to run against him the following year.

In separate announcements, the two companies said their boards formed exploratory committees to discuss a merger, but that the talks were no guarantee of a deal.

Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, a fiscally conservative, socially liberal lawmaker from Queens, is taking the first step toward running against de Blasio in 2017, filing paperwork with the Board of Elections to form an exploratory committee.

Chad Lupinacci of Huntington Station and David Gurfein of Manhasset in forming exploratory committees for the race.

In a speech marking Martin Luther King Day, Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams announced he's forming an exploratory committee to eye a challenge to Gov. Cuomo's number two, LG Kathy Hochul.

Former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, a Democrat who is looking anew at a political comeback, said he is forming an exploratory committee and will begin raising money for a possible run for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's Gold Coast House seat.

He turned aside a primary challenge from Rep. Robert Andrews in 2008, and state Senate President Steve Sweeney has already moved to form an exploratory committee for the 2014 race.

Astorino has said he will either pull the trigger or not by the end of next week, but he's taken every action — forming an exploratory committee, hiring a campaign team, attending rubber chicken dinners in places like Fulton County — to indicate he's marching forward.

Teachout is currently an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University, she said that she will form an exploratory committee to consider running for Attorney General, She will make a final decision in the next few weeks.

Teachout, who ran for governor in 2014 and Congress in 2016, said Monday that she would form an exploratory committee as she considers a run.

«Today, I will be forming an exploratory committee for statewide office, with a focus on Attorney General, because Connecticut needs an attorney general who will stand up for all of us,» said Tong, a state representative from Stamford.

Today we learn that he's forming an exploratory committee for a potential 2013 run.

Three other Republicans have filed paperwork forming exploratory committees for statewide office: state Sen. Tony Hwang of Fairfield, state Sen. Rob Kane of Watertown and Peter Lumaj, a Fairfield attorney who sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012 and ran for Connecticut secretary of the state in 2014.

French had said the purpose of forming an exploratory committee was to determine whether a campaign for governor would be financially viable.

After forming an exploratory committee for statewide office in April Ganim has held several campaign fundraisers.

Apparently counting on Andrew Cuomo having worn out his welcome after only two terms, Chris Gibson took his first formal step toward running for governor in 2018 in forming an exploratory committee last week to raise funds.

Not exact matches

In recent months Romney's beefed up his campaign staff, and last month he formed a presidential exploratory committee.

What galls me most about Any government connected enterprise is the five hundred requisition forms, the three thousand government lawyers, the two hundred appropriations bills and tax riders with the endless meetings, environmental and feasibility studies, the exploratory congressional junkets, along with all the absolutely necessary secretaries, congressional assistants, cocktail parties, ground breaking ceremonies, news briefs and conferences it takes for the government to so much as buy a damn paper clip.

Gibson, a three - term congressman from Kinderhook, formed his own exploratory committee to consider a campaign for governor in 2016.

Donald Trump announced plans to form a presidential exploratory committee.

Although Gibson officially just formed an «exploratory» committee, he sounded in the airport press conference — and in his emails to potential donors — like he's already begun his campaign.