Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial campaign said»

Danbury, Connecticut Mayor Mark Boughton's gubernatorial campaign said on Tuesday its collected more than the 8,190 signatures needed to get Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor in the state GOP primary.

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The populace must certainly believe so, for it is no exaggeration to say that many a gubernatorial election in Georgia has been carried by means of votes gained at barbecues, and no campaign for Governor is complete without a series of such popular feasts.

Caputo said Lazio and Paladino have spoken «several times,» and the Buffalo businessman's campaign has «growing confidence that (Lazio) will do the right thing» — particularly in light of today's Q poll, which showed Paladino within spitting distance of Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo.

And, as we all know, Cuomo hasn't yet said what office he plans to seek this fall, although his gubernatorial campaign is all but a fait accompli at this point.

He also said the Legislature missed an opportunity to reach a deal on a property tax cap — one of the signature issues of his gubernatorial campaign platform — after the Assembly departed without passing the measure, leaving the Senate to approve a one - house bill.

One thing you can say about GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino's campaign: It does not lack for creativity.

Sen. John DeFrancisco remained downcast on the chances of his gubernatorial campaign pulling out the nomination against frontrunner Marc Molinaro, saying Wednesday it's unlikely he'll be successful.

«After much thoughtful consideration, we've decided to end our campaign for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary,» he said in an announcement on his campaign website.

After casting his ballot in Buffalo today (presumably for himself and his running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards), gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino said he found his first political campaign «treacherous, very confusing in many respects,» but insisted he had no regrets.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a gubernatorial candidate, criticized Cuomo for accepting campaign contributions from political appointees, saying the governor violated his own executive order.

ALBANY — Sen. John DeFrancisco became the third Republican to jump into the gubernatorial campaign, saying Tuesday «enough is enough» and that it was time for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to go.

Molinaro opened a campaign account with the state Board of Elections in November for a potential gubernatorial bid but said at the time that he had not made a decision about running.

Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the front - runner in the November gubernatorial race, said on his campaign website that he «will not raise and will veto any increase in personal or corporate income taxes or sales tax.»

Buffalo businessman and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino says he plans to support primary campaigns against Senate Republicans.

AG Andrew Cuomo's campaign just released a statement saying his name will not be submitted for the gubernatorial nomination this weekend at the Working Families Party convention in Buffalo.

«These disgraceful comments are beneath the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, who he should be helping,» she said.

Kolb said he'll be traveling around the state to gauge potential interest in his would - be gubernatorial campaign.

Veteran John McCain strategist John Weaver has quit the campaign of Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Timothy Cahill, saying the independent can not beat Republican Charles Baker.

Barney Keller, a spokesman for GOP gubernatorial rival Rick Lazio, said, «The last thing we need in Albany is another liberal Democrat like Steve Levy, who has taken over $ 400,000 in campaign contributions from the very same special interests that are stretching New York's pension system beyond the breaking point.»

Drew also said that he expected no problems as a result of the State Elections Enforcement Commission's decision, also on Oct. 18, to investigate a complaint by Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst's campaign manager that Drew attempted a «shakedown» when he sent gubernatorial campaign fundraising letters to Middletown city employees in September.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has more than $ 30 million in his campaign fund, and a recent poll shows him with a 30 - point - lead over his likely Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, but the Republican says if the past is any indication, he can win the gubernatorial race this year.

Stewart, who formed an exploratory committee in late January, declined to provide an exact total her campaign has raised so far but said she expected it would fall short of the threshold required for her to participate in a Republican gubernatorial debate at New Britain High School next month.

«I would say Cuomo is the one I am most nervous about,» said Michael Caputo, a longtime adviser to Trump who helped put together an aborted Trump gubernatorial run against Cuomo in 2014, and helped lead the campaign for Carl Paladino, Cuomo's 2010 Republican opponent.

The Westchester County Executive and former gubernatorial candidate is pushing his own four - point plan, which he says builds on the governor's current «Enough is Enough» campaign.

Prosecutors say he used taxpayer - funded lottery ads to boost his faltering 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

The spending has become an issue in this year's election campaign, with Republicans including gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino saying they are little more than a taxpayer - funded political boost for Cuomo, a Democrat who is campaigning in part on his work to revive the state economy, particularly upstate.

Mr. D'Amato said in the interview that he had chosen to play a more prominent role this year than in past gubernatorial campaigns because «the problems were not nearly as pronounced as they are today.»

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, a Democrat who left the party to seek the Republican and Conservative gubernatorial endorsements, reacted to the Newsday report by saying his campaign has had specific positions since its January launch.

Mr. D'Amato, who played little role in the 1986 or 1990 gubernatorial campaigns, said in an interview last week that his active participation in this year's race was motivated purely by a desire to improve state government.

During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, then - candidate Cuomo snuffed out the issue, saying, «the dangers of medical marijuana outweigh the benefits.»

Powers said she briefly dated Weiner after meeting him while working as Andrew Cuomo's press secretary in the 2002 gubernatorial campaign.

As two Republicans announced this week they will not seek the party's nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year, state Sen. John DeFrancisco said he will soon decide whether to launch a gubernatorial campaign.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. >> Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has opened a campaign account with the state Board of Elections for a potential gubernatorial bid, but he said Wednesday that he still hasn't decided whether to run for the job next year.

GREENWICH, Conn. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that he does not plan to campaign for Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino because he does not campaign for candidates he doesn't think can win.

«If taxpayers throughout the state want me to consider running for higher office, I will,» said Molinaro, who has not formed a gubernatorial campaign committee or declared himself a candidate.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino, struggling for traction in his uphill fight against Gov. Cuomo, will deliver what some campaign aides see as a make - or - break speech next month outlining his vision for New York, aides said Sunday.

Pro-choice advocates had plenty to say about Carl Paladino's gubernatorial campaign.

STAMFORD — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie campaigned alongside Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley Tuesday, and in his second visit to Connecticut this year Christie said national Republicans have identified the race as one of the most important in the country in 2014.

Langworthy, who is supportive of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's candidacy, said he came away from the meeting thinking Trump was seriously considering a gubernatorial campaign.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon will make public her tax return in the coming weeks, her campaign said Tuesday.

UPDATE: The DiNapoli campaign's response, which seeks to tie Wilson to Carl Paladino — even though Wilson has said he won't endorse the GOP gubernatorial nominee — now appears after the jump, too.

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

He did, however, have a lot of nice things to say about the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who has expressed an interest in seeing the Senate remain under his party's control, but hasn't done much — at least not publicly — to further that (according to Siena, rather uphill) cause so far this campaign cycle.

«Alec Ross certainly wouldn't say Rushern Baker is «prancing around» Prince George's County, or that Krish Vignarajah was «prancing around» while serving on first lady [Michelle] Obama's staff,» the campaign's statement read, referring to two of the other Democratic candidates in the gubernatorial race.

E. O'Brien Murray attacked Astorino for saying he's likely to seek a third term in 2017 as county executive even as he pushed to limit statewide elected officials to two, four - year terms during his gubernatorial campaign.

That is what Gov. Rod Blagojevich said in television ads when he ran his 2002 gubernatorial campaign.

«It's also the right thing for the state Democratic Party to fully cooperate with the state Election Enforcement Commission's investigation of Governor Malloy's and their purposeful, inappropriate and possibly illegal circumvention and outright disregard of state law during the 2014 gubernatorial campaign,» Rell said.

The campaign of Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli said Monday that it's going up with a new TV commercial titled «scandal» that slams Democratic rival Terry McAuliffe over federal investigations of an electric car company that McAuliffe co-founded.

«We returned the money that Harvey donated to my gubernatorial campaign,» Cuomo said at a press conference on Long Island.

Gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams says he didn't want to go the traditional route for his campaign bus tour.