Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial bid by»

Despite the buzz surrounding a potential gubernatorial bid by education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon and negative headlines amid a corruption trial for one of his former aides, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still the frontrunner in the 2018 New York governor's race, according to a new poll.

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Oddly, it forwarded to me by GOP consultant Roger Stone, who has a Golisano connection — he worked on the billionaire's third and final gubernatorial bid in 2002 — but is backing his own independent White House contender, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson.

Democrats in Onondaga County have designated John Mannion to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by John DeFrancisco, who isn't seeking re-electin after ending his gubernatorial bid.

An analysis of Andrew Cuomo's 27 - day post-general election filing by NYPIRG's Bill Mahoney found that while the Democratic governor - elect spent less overall on his successful campaign than previous gubernatorial contenders, he spent more in the final days of his bid than all but self - funding candidate Tom Golisano.

Nixon's bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against incumbent Andrew Cuomo has been buoyed last month by the WFP's endorsement.

Inspired by Saturday's address by Pope Francis at the third World Meeting of Popular Movements — a meeting hosted by the Vatican that brought together delegates representing the poor, unemployed and others struggling at the margins of society — longtime antiwar activist and former gubernatorial candidate Brian P. Moore of Florida yesterday endorsed Rocky De La Fuente's longshot bid for the presidency.

The six - figure ad buy, announced by Cuomo on Monday, comes less than a week after news broke that actress Cynthia Nixon is in discussions with operatives tied to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio about a possible gubernatorial bid on Cuomo's left flank.

But, as you'll recall, Levy dropped his gubernatorial bid early this summer after he was was out - maneuvered by former Rep. Rick Lazio and failed to get onto the ballot at the state GOP convention.

Back in 2010, then - gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo declined to endorse Tom DiNapoli's bid for a full term as comptroller, a position he gained after being elected by the state Assembly to fill the vacancy created by the scandal - scarred Alan Hevesi.

But, Ovide LaMontagne, who was the GOP's gubernatorial nominee in 1996, seems to be moving toward a bid and could find traction among New Hampshire Republicans by running to the ideological right of Ayotte in a primary.

«The longer things lay out there and people don't close ranks — just ask Mitt Romney about this — and when you're going through a primary where the appeal is to the hard right to win, there's the potential for more mischief,» said Rick Lazio, a former Republican congressman and U.S. Senate nominee who struggled through a 2010 gubernatorial bid against challenges by then - Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy (who he beat) and Paladino (who he did not).

According to a preview chapter of an upcoming book by Sassha Issenberg, available on Amazon.com as «Rick Perry and His Eggheads,» campaign manager Dave Carney brought in four social scientists (including two from Yale) during the candidate's 2006 gubernatorial reelection bid in Texas.

Harry Wilson, the 2010 Republican state comptroller candidate, is «seriously exploring» a gubernatorial bid in 2018, and plans to make a final decision by late fall.

But Perry fundraising for the DCCC chairman's opponent, as well as helping out a gubernatorial candidate being spurned by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, could only help the Texas governor as he is expected to make a second bid for the presidency.

O'Malley (D), who has said he is seriously considering a 2016 White House bid, plans to meet Friday with members of the group, who will be sent by his political action committee to states with gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races in the fall, aides said.

Asked by CNN's John Roberts on American Morning if he's seriously considering a gubernatorial bid, Giuliani said «I'm thinking about it but I don't know if I'm at the point of seriously considering it.

When asked by Observer why he opted to run for lieutenant governor instead of governor, he denied ever entertaining a gubernatorial bid.

In a recent radio interview, the now - gubernatorial candidate insisted those voters were doing what Zephyr Teachout is doing in her primary bid — «running petitions to support a campaign that is not supported by the party bosses,» who he blasted as corrupt and despised.