Sentences with phrase «general election challenge»

We arrived at these overall rankings by adding up the individual ranks from open seats, primary opposition, and major party general election challenge and then dividing by three.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic Primary or General Election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a news release.

As to those politicians, of the four Republicans that blatantly went against their supporters and constituents, one has already quit, two are in serious danger of losing their primaries, and the last is facing a primary challenge and a general election challenge for the first time in decades.

The AFL - CIO passed on endorsing Cuomo in 2014, when he faced a primary challenge from Zephyr Teachout and a general election challenge from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

The AFL - CIO passed on endorsing Cuomo in 2014, when he faced a primary challenge from Zephyr Teachout and a general election challenge from Rob Astorino.

It is also sitting out the 60th SD race, where GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti faces a primary challenge from attorney Kevin Stocker and a general election challenge from Democratic attorney Marc Panepinto.

He also was facing a general election challenge from Niagara Falls attorney Johnny Destino, who lost to the senator in the 2012 GOP primary.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage, she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement.

Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll, said Nixon is «a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful.»

But with the primary behind him, Cuomo looking past his general election challenge from Republican Rob Astorino toward a second term without signaling any change of course.

The conventional wisdom at this point is that one seat will have to come out of downstate and another will be axed upstate, which could force some interesting primaries or even a general election challenge if a Republican and adjacent Democrat are pushed together.

That makes him potentially vulnerable to either a serious primary or general election challenge.

Yen Chou (c.) may face a general election challenge from S.J. Jung (l.), while John Choe (r.) will head back to work for City Councilman John Liu.

Since first being elected in 2001, Spota, a Democrat, has not faced a general election challenge, picking up the support of other party leaders, including the Conservative Party, in the past three elections.

97th Assembly District — Ellen Jaffee v. Joe Chabot v. Tom Gulla After a heated Democratic primary challenge in the 97th Assembly District from Bloc - backed candidate Thomas Gulla, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee faced a general election challenge from Republican Joe Chabot, and Gulla, who remained on the ballot on the Working Families Party line.

Cuomo faces a Democratic primary challenge from the left by Zephyr Teachout and a general election challenge from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

«At this early stage, only a general election challenge looks to be potential political trouble for the mayor,» pollster Maurice Carroll said in a press release.