By the end of the day on Tuesday more than 20 Republicans and Democrats who have
formed gubernatorial campaigns or exploratory campaigns for statewide office filed their third - quarter campaign finance reports.
«If taxpayers throughout the state want me to consider running for higher office, I will,» said Molinaro, who has not
formed a gubernatorial campaign committee or declared himself a candidate.
Not exact matches
The Reform Party, a ballot line
formed last year by Republican
gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, filed its first
campaign finance report since it was rechristened this election season, showing a single, massive donation from a limited liability company.
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.
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.
GOP
gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino will kick off an unusual upstate tour in Albany today, eschewing the old - school
campaign bus for a more unorthodox
form of transportation: A houseboat.
State Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King's latest hit on GOP
gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio comes in the
form of a call to the state Board of Elections to investigate the former congressman's «ongoing relationship» with JPMorgan Chase for potential
campaign finance violations.
The ballot line was
formed during last year's
gubernatorial elections by Cuomo's re-election
campaign as a way to boost women's issues.
Campaign appearances by Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson III, who refused to share the ticket with them and shifted instead to the «Solidarity Party»
formed for the purpose, were interrupted by a trio of singers that included Fairchild and Chicago Mayoral candidate Sheila Jones.