Sentences with phrase «governor as a democrat»

In 2014, she was former Gov. Charlie Crist's running mate when he ran for governor as a Democrat.

Since then, he has run for the Senate as an independent and lost, then run for governor as a Democrat and lost.

During a press conference on Dec. 27, while announcing that the county had met the terms of its settlement with HUD to build 750 units of affordable housing before 2017, Astorino commented on Johnson's plans to run for governor as a Democrat.

Bill Curry, the former state comptroller who twice ran for governor as a Democrat, said the rise of candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump has led to a flood of people running on populist platforms.

He is running for governor as a Democrat.

Not exact matches

In the key swing state of Ohio, Ted Strickland was elected governor as a pro-gun Democrats in 2006, but largely reversed his views on guns before challenging incumbent Sen. Rob Portman this year.

As governor of the nation, Trump would need to surround himself with politically experienced people and be willing to work with both Democrats and Republicans who hold different opinions and values than he does in order to get things done.

BOSTON (Reuters)- Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity - filled voicemail last week.

West Virginia overwhelmingly voted Republicans into office — with one big exception being the election of Jim Justice, a pro-coal Democrat, as governor.

Romney was boxed in with Democrats as a governor which seriously hampered his more conservative leanings.

«In some ways the Assembly Democrats have been in this situation before, with George Pataki as governor and the Republicans and Joe Bruno were in charge in the Senate where we have to be the institution that up holds progressive values,» Jeffries told me.

Also joining Morelle were a number of high - profile local Democrats whose names have been in the conversation as the congresswoman's potential successors, including Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, former Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Assemblyman Harry Bronson.

The governor's full - throated endorsement of Gaughran in a battleground Senate district held by longtime incumbent Republican Carl Marcellino comes as Democrats hope for unexpected wins on Long Island next month, helping them to retake control of the Senate.

As we'll mention in the upcoming edition of C&E's Technology Bytes, I heard the same concern from Democrats at December's Rootscamp, where it came up repeatedly that the presidential campaigns (Hillary WO N'T unchallenged) and a couple of dozen competitive Senate races will suck up a lot of talent on the Left, leaving a dearth of experienced staff to work on races for Congress, governor and on down the ballot.

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Now, however, Democrats have been putting the brakes on, citing the prohibitive cost of a special election as the main reason for their reluctance to make good on the governor's pledge.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. devoted his latest «What You Should Know» polemic to the mini dust - up over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first Court of Appeals nominee, CUNY Law Prof. Jenny Rivera, which the Bronx Democrat sees as an effort by the governor to further divide the already divided state Senate.

«Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats proudly endorses Cynthia Nixon as our next Governor,» said the group's president Asher Novek.

In fact as late as Saturday, Christmas Eve, Senate Democrats say the Governor's office reached out to them asking for 16 to 18 votes for the pay raise to pass.

St. Lawrence is, as you may recall, one of two Democrats running for lieutenant governor.

What remains to be seen is if Democrats run primaries against members of the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, something Governor Cuomo does not want to see as he publicly calls for the two warring Democratic factions to come together in a show of party unity.

Spitzer has once again been mentioned as a potential state comptroller candidate in 2014 against incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli, though the former governor shot that possibility down on our sister station NY1.

The poll decline for Schumer comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ratings have also dipped in polls this month, which the governor's office has insisted is tied to the national mood facing Democrats and a reflection of the shutdown politics in Washington, not to the trial of Cuomo's former aide, Joe Percoco.

Cuomo's push to dissolve the IDC comes as he faces pressure from liberals to unite Democrats in the Senate and accusations he's aided Republican control during his time as governor.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is using Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free college tuition plan as yet another example of how much more the governor might be able to accomplish if only his fellow Democrats controlled the upper house.

The Bronx Democrat also denied he felt that Cuomo was undermining or trying to under cut him, even as The Daily News reports the governor believes his scandal - scarred predecessor, Sheldon Silver, is really still in charge of the conference.

Mr. Berman's letter ignores the commitment of the Governor, labor leaders, Congressman Crowley and Senate Democrats in ensuring unity in the state party as laid out in the unity deal.

«I read that he is against marriage equality and that he is against a woman's right to choose, and as a progressive Democrat that troubles me tremendously,» said Melissa DeRosa, the secretary to the governor, in response to a question in an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom, while also noting Williams unsuccessfully ran for City Council president.

Progressive Democrats notched a big victory over their establishment counterparts in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary Tuesday as an insurgent candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) upset the incumbent lieutenant governor.

In 2006, Baker served as deputy communications director on Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's landslide victory that returned the governor's mansion to the Democrats for the first time in 1Governor Ted Strickland's landslide victory that returned the governor's mansion to the Democrats for the first time in 1governor's mansion to the Democrats for the first time in 16 years.

It's unlikely that the legislators and press corps in Albany are aware of this, but it's a history worth reciting as they consider the current proposals from the governor and Senator Jeff Klein, the renegade / independent Democrat who has aligned with the Republican State Senate majority.

Schneiderman hoped to succeed Paterson when he left the Senate to serve as lieutenant governor under Eliot Spitzer, but he lacked support among his fellow members, and by the time Democrats actually won the majority in the Senate in 2008, he was more or less on his way out.

In recent years, Faso, a former Republican leader in the New York State Assembly from Kinderhook, has only served as a political donor, avoiding electoral politics, himself, since his 2006 loss to Democrat Eliot Spitzer in the governor's race.

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On Monday, the New York Republican Party also released a 25 - second Web ad that shows Cuomo, a Democrat seeking re-election in November, standing next to Percoco and blasts him as «the most corrupt governor in 100 years.

Democrats already control the Assembly and hold the offices of governor, comptroller and attorney general, leaving the Senate as the GOP's last bastion in Albany.

But with the Democrat - led Assembly balking, that vote has been viewed as symbolic, with the governor and the two houses likely to discuss a more detailed proposal later.

Andrew Cuomo was slammed in the pages of The New York Times today for his unwillingness to help end the Con Ed lockout of nearly 8,000 workers, with columnist Michael Powell quoting one locked out worker describing the governor as «a Democrat in Republican clothing.»

Expect many Democrats who have been critical of the governor to try to duck the issue for as long as possible.

In office, he has tried to craft a reputation as a pragmatic, Democrat governor who can work with Republicans in a big state with diverse issues.

In 2015, Democrat John Bel Edwards, was elected governor of Louisiana as a conservative Democrat.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has hired Jim Malatras to work as director of state operations, a post occupied until last month by Howard Glaser, according to an email written by the governor's top aide, Larry Schwartz, and provided to The Wall Street Journal.

As he mulls a potential challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo next fall, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb is casting himself as a more mature alternative to the hard - charging governor, suggesting he could work better with Cuomo's long - time frenemy and fellow Democrat, NYC Mayor Bill de BlasiAs he mulls a potential challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo next fall, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb is casting himself as a more mature alternative to the hard - charging governor, suggesting he could work better with Cuomo's long - time frenemy and fellow Democrat, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasias a more mature alternative to the hard - charging governor, suggesting he could work better with Cuomo's long - time frenemy and fellow Democrat, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Clinton became governor again at 34, and Hillary forever stepped into the spotlight as a political wonk in her own right, spearheading efforts on education reform (previously, Hillary's feminist, Midwestern background, lack of accent, and thick - rimmed glasses did not sit well with Southern Democrats).

«Only 11 percent of voters like the Cuomo presidential speculation, while an overwhelming 85 percent, including 79 percent of Democrats, say they don't like the speculation because Cuomo needs to prove he can succeed as governor first.»

During an wide - ranging interview with NY1's Michael Scotto earlier today, Rep. Charlie Rangel admitted the fact that AG Andrew Cuomo appears poised to sail into the governor's office with minimal opposition is probably bad for the voters... but, as a self - professed «staunch partisan Democrat,» it makes him awfully happy.

The former governor, who started out his tenure in 1995 as very conservative (remember that he ran on restoring the death penality and cutting taxes) and then swung toward the middle to get re-elected in the Democrat - dominated state in 1998 and 2002, has again reverted to his old right - leaning days with his Revere America committee and its anti- «Obamacare» message.

So, this seems to be a safer move: Focus on the Senate, which everyone agrees is desperate for improvement, as far as reform and ethics goes, while also preserving a relationship with the Democrat who is widely expected to be the next governor of New York — a guy whose team doesn't truck with disloyalty and is known to hold political grudges.

«Well I would think as the leader of the party, that I'm asking all Democrats to support the winner of these primaries,» the governor explained.

There was one Democrat today that Cuomo lavished praise on today: Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., whom the governor hailed as a champion of economic revitalization in one of the state's poorest provinces.