Sentences with phrase «former state governor»

Some people have said the National Assembly, especially the Senate, is fast becoming a retirement home of sorts for former state governors.

Eliot Spitzer, a former state governor and attorney general, argued that because New York City is overwhelmingly Democratic, corruption is even more prevalent in local Republican organizations struggling to make an electoral impact with relatively little amounts of money and influence.

As a former state governor told me in the 1990s, test - driven reform would be the lever that would improve the system of public education.

In the 30 years from 1940 to 1970, Meador observed, appointments to the Supreme Court included four former U.S. senators, three former state governors, five former attorneys general, a former secretary of the treasury, a former secretary of labor, and a former chair of the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Also on the commission are a retired four - star general, two former state governors, a Colorado teacher of the year, business leaders and philanthropists to create a pathway for social and emotional skill - building methods to be explored, modified and moved into local classrooms.