Sentences with phrase «governor in the country»

The governor also has nearly $ 30 million dollars in his campaign war chest, more than any other governor in the country.

Many governors in this country are my friends, he never knew that.

You had only 21 Republican governors in this country.

The governor also has nearly $ 30 million in his campaign war chest, more than any other governor in the country.

For sure, Cuomo is perhaps the most prominent Democratic governor in the country save for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (a possible 2016 primary contender and the chief of the Democratic Governor's Association).

There are increasingly less ways to write this: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is popular — perhaps one of the most popular governors in the country.

«The greatest governor in this country today!

Last month, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the new 421a bill into law, Gary LaBarbera, the president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, bellowed that Cuomo was «the greatest governor in this country today!

«Fayose is the only governor in the country who disputes allocations received from the Federal Government because he has so many things to hide.

Construction union boss Gary LaBarbera gushed on Thursday that Gov. Cuomo is the best governor in the country.

The cleric called on the governor - elect of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and other state governors in the country to take the issue of activities of herdsmen with all seriousness by emulating the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose by making law on grazing in order to control reckless grazing of animals in the state.

[Although it is valuable to note that New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo is certainly a top contender for being the most anti-teacher governor in the country.]

«Few governors in the country have plotted such an aggressive course... It was a perfect speech because it was populist, progressive, patriotic, pomp and just plain guts.»

«They're taking advantage of a governor who is the most unpopular governor in the country, taking advantage of a political climate where they think if they walk into a crowded field they might have a chance at winning a primary,» he said.

The feeling here is after they screw things up even worse, the brilliant youngest governor in the country, Bobby Jindal will rescue our country.

Abia state governor, Chief Theodore Orji has declared that the history of Nigeria's democratic transition and economic development have imposed on present governors in the country,...

Nor has Cuomo hit the campaign trail for the president like other, higher - profile governors in the country who may be in the running for the White House four years from now.

He added that under Jonathan he wrote open letters and held private talks with the former president on corrupt governors in the country, noting that some of their cases were still pending in various courts.

The Senate has commenced the process of amending section 308 of the 1999 Constitution which gives immunity to president, vice president, governors and deputy governors in the country.

As the effect of recession bites harder governors in the country under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors» Forum have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to bail the country out urgently.

Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima, has told governors in the country to stop looting from the public treasury.

But the near - certain candidacy of Rep. Bobby Jindal (R) makes Blanco the most - vulnerable incumbent governor in the country.

Time to cower in fear, Gillibrand — you may have just lost the support of one of the most unpopular and legally endangered governors in the country.

She knows people are calling her campaign against one of the most well - known governors in the country as «Quixotic,» but Zephyr Teachout says she's in this race to win.

Cuomo, eager to be seen as the first governor in the country to pass stronger gun control laws in the wake of the December 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, pressured Senate Republicans to pass his package of laws, known collectively as the SAFE Act.

Obama was concerned that Paterson, at the time one of just two black governors in the country, was vulnerable because of a number of scandals swirling around his administration.

What makes this tenure debate particularly incredible here in Connecticut is that while the national president of the American Federation of Teachers was standing up for teachers and condemning the California anti-tenure ruling last week, the Connecticut Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers was endorsing the only Democrat governor in the country who proposed doing away with tenure and repealing collective bargaining rights for teachers.

Not only is Indiana Governor Mike Pence the most anti-choice governor in the country, he is nothing short of a puppet for the charter school industry and its corporate education reform allies.

In their case, they refused to allow candidates to fill out a questionnaire, interview with the PAC committee or even address the executive committee before they endorsed Dannel Malloy, the most anti-teacher Democratic governor in the country.

Taft is easily the least popular governor in the country (15 percent job approval in a poll last month), and his taint is trickling down to the candidates running to replace him.

As a former RNC chairman and one of the best governors in the country, no one is better positioned to takeover as RGA chairman than Governor Barbour.»

But neither is his loyalty to Cuomo, whom he's dubbed «the greatest governor in this country today.»

Construction union boss Gary LaBarbera recently described Andrew Cuomo as the «greatest governor in this country today!»

Irrespective of whatever decision of the Supreme Court on the tenure of five state governors in the country, Governor Ibrahim Idris of Kogi State must have commenced the process of his final movement out of the Lugard House in Lokoja.

As one of the few Democratic governors in the country, with experience in federal government to boot, he was well - placed to propose himself as an alternative to the president's destructive policies.

- Dan Malloy of Connecticut remains the most unpopular Democratic governor in the country, although he has bettered his image slightly among his constituents.

Morning Consult released the rankings on Tuesday, assessing the popularity numbers of senators and governors in the country.

«In his eight years in office, no governor in the country has been more responsive to tribes thanGovernor Schweitzer,» Halbritter said.

«We are going through our internal endorsement process at 32BJ but we fully expect that the governor's progressive record of standing with working families — the strongest of any governor in the country — will earn him our members» support,» Figueroa said.

Blake said that Cuomo's endorsement is significant given that he is one of only 16 Democratic governors in the country, the policy chair of the Democratic Governors Association and a former Cabinet official and «his policy and political success that helps Americans in their everyday lives.»

Cuomo, who is currently the most popular governor in the country, was a more active participant in the convention back in 2000, when he was building support for a gubernatorial primary against state comptroller Carl McCall.

However, sitting Gov. Larry Hogan (R), the winner of the 2014 election, had an approval rating of 66 percent according to Morning Consult's Q4 2017 gubernatorial approval poll — the second - highest rating of any governor in the country.

During a visit to New York last week, Biden called New York Governor Andrew Cuomo the best governor in the country.

Including other powers added during the 1920s, the chief executive's authority over each year's budget is among the strongest of any governor in the country.

Cuomo ran behind his ticket - mates, and won over less of the electorate than any governor in the country.

It occurred in February 2011 when Governor Dannel Malloy become the ONLY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR in the country to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for unionized teachers in so - called «turnaround» schools.

As many of us watched in disbelief and disgust, the education reform debate began to take shape last February when Democratic Governor Malloy proposed the most anti-union, anti-teacher, «education reform» bill of any Democratic governor in the country.

It was Governor Malloy, with the help of Pryor and a series of no - bid contracts with out - of - state corporate education reform industry consultants, which produced the most anti-teacher, anti-union, anti-public education bill of any Democratic governor in the country.