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But the large slate of elections this year, including gubernatorial contests in 36 states and legislative races in 46, could tamp down many lawmakers» enthusiasm for bold policy proposals, Mr. Anderson said.

(CNN)- Today, gubernatorial contests in Virginia and New Jersey and the race for mayor in New York will be settled.

(CNN)- Voters head to the polls in West Virginia on Tuesday in a gubernatorial contest in which national Republicans are trying to tie the Democratic governor to President Barack Obama.

The gubernatorial contest in 2014 is expected to be crowded and unpredictable.

Not exact matches

Virginia and New Jersey will hold gubernatorial elections later this year, and all 435 seats in the House and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested in the 2018 midterm elections.

A story was told of how in Anambra state, some youths in their resolve to stop a particular candidate from winning the recent gubernatorial contest, decided not to participate in the electoral exercise.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.

While in Washington, D.C. today, gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon encouraged the Democratic Party's progressive wing not to «settle» for a Democratic candidate but to fight for the right candidate, in an echo of a battle being seen in the party's primary contests across the country.

ALBANY — Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination.

«It would have been a different race for sure,» Lazio said when I asked him if he wished he had stuck it out in the gubernatorial contest.

«As you are aware, we conducted about 35 primaries for the 35 political parties that are contesting for the November 18 gubernatorial election in the state.

Wharton noted that he was speaking at an upcoming conference about Connecticut's gubernatorial race and was expected to break down the contest in about five or 10 minutes.

The two wealthy candidates running outside the duopoly in the Massachusetts gubernatorial contest this autumn have failed to catch fire, according to a Boston Globe survey released Friday.

An internal poll released late yesterday suggests that independent candidate Eliot Cutler might be picking up momentum in his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Paul LePage in Maine's three - cornered gubernatorial contest.

Having challenged New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a 2014 gubernatorial primary, Teachout came into the Democratic contest in the 19th District with more money and name recognition than her primary opponent, Will Yandik.

Saturday voters in the state head to the polls to cast ballots, and the hottest contest appears to be the Democratic gubernatorial battle.

Earlier this month Paladino, a Buffalo businessman and developer, defeated Lazio 62 to 38 percent in New York's primary contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Obama will begin the Western campaign swing on October 20 in Portland, Oregon, to help support Democrat John Kitzhaber in the hotly contested, open - seat gubernatorial race.

Headlining the initiative is the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a venture led by former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and backed by President Barack Obama that — in addition to gearing up for legal battles and gubernatorial contests — will also focus prominently on state legislative races.

He said the probes into Cuomo and de Blasio should help the Republicans in the 2017 mayoral elections and the 2018 gubernatorial contest.

The perceptions of where the votes come from in gubernatorial contests is far removed from the reality.

According to Election Oracle, the statewide race that has witnessed the most online conversation on gay marriage in recent weeks, for example, is Maine's gubernatorial contest.

* It's another night of high - stakes debates, with candidates facing off in the Ohio and Connecticut Senate races and in the California, Colorado, Minnesota and Hawaii gubernatorial contests.

Mimiko, who is a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and who picked his political son, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, to contest against Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the November 26, 2016, gubernatorial election was said to have been determining, who and who should be in the new governor's cabinet.

Navy veteran Mary Buzuma is polling the difference between Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Mark Schauer, a former congressman and ex-Minority Leader of the State Senate, in Michigan's tightly - contested gubernatorial contest.

Last week's unexpected exit of Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb from the Republican gubernatorial field has muddied, not clarified, the contest for the right to take on Gov. Andrew Cuomo in November.

Republicans also picked up six congressional seats — more than in any other state — although they failed to win even a single statewide contest (many blame gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino for dragging down the party's best hope, state comptroller contender Harry Wilson).

He wants the Green Party to keep not only its ballot status, but potentially even poll in double digits for the first time in a gubernatorial contest.

Earlier this month, Buffalo businessman and developer Carl Paladino defeated Lazio 62 to 38 percent in New York's primary contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Incumbents on both sides of the aisle prevailed in their contested races, as Tuesday's Illinois primaries set the stage for competitive House and gubernatorial races this fall that could be key to Democratic comeback efforts in 2018.

But in his reaction to businessman's Rick Scott's victory over Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Sunshine state's Republican gubernatorial primary, Murtaugh barely mentioned Scott in his statement, only saying that «Intraparty struggles are often difficult to watch, and the contest in Florida has been a good example of that.

Turnout is likely to be lower in 2014 — without a presidential campaign or a contested New York gubernatorial election — which could also hurt Eldridge's chances.

The long and protracted contest ended Friday when the state's top elections officials met to certify the results of the February 2 gubernatorial primary, in which Brady narrowly beat Dillard by a margin of 193 votes.

Spending in the hotly contested gubernatorial primary has passed $ 20 million and is Tuesday's marquee race.

Spending in the hotly contested gubernatorial primary has passed $ 20 million.

(CNN)-- The Lone Star state held its primary contests Tuesday, kicking off the 2014 election season with two top Republicans guarding their seats in Congress against conservative challengers and gubernatorial candidates Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott ready to square off in November.

There are important races for gubernatorial nominations in California, Iowa and Alabama, a contested Senate primary in Montana and a number of competitive House primary battles.

With no public polling to date in Connecticut's hotly contested gubernatorial election, political observers are closely examining the reports to determine who is ahead in the crowded Republican and Democratic fields.

«As the unexpectedly contested Florida Republican gubernatorial primary enters its final month, a winner has started to emerge after the millions in negative TV ads plastered across the state by state Attorney General Bill McCollum and wealthy businessman Rick Scott — and that lucky candidate is Democratic candidate Alex Sink.

(One potential benefit for Busby in the runoff will be the hotly contested Democratic gubernatorial primary between state Treasurer Phil Angelides and state Controller Steve Westly, which should help to drive Democratic turnout statewide.)

Republicans have had a dismal track record in Colorado over the past decade, losing three U.S. Senate races, two presidential contests and one gubernatorial election.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, gave certificates of clearance to seven aspirants to contest in the gubernatorial primary of Bayelsa State, on Saturday, with a warning that they should play by the rules during the exercise.

But the Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday also indicates that seven out of 10 New York state voters would vote for someone other than Paterson in next year's gubernatorial contest.

APC in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday by its Director of Media, Research and Strategy, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde said that it would have been more interesting to have Senator Ladoja among the gubernatorial candidates for the 2019 election, noting that the path towed by the former governor not to contest was also an honourable one being an elder statesman.

Actress and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon took aim at her ally Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo due to their feuding over New York City's public housing system (NYCHA), vowing not to engage in such a «pissing contest» if she were to become governor.

In the Republican gubernatorial contest, the poll indicates business man Rick Scott leading Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum 43 to 32 percent among likely GOP primary voters, with more than one in five undecideIn the Republican gubernatorial contest, the poll indicates business man Rick Scott leading Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum 43 to 32 percent among likely GOP primary voters, with more than one in five undecidein five undecided.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN)- In an energetic and positive address to his supporters, former state legislator Brian Moran conceded Tuesday night in Virginia's first contested Democratic gubernatorial primary in nearly 30 yearIn an energetic and positive address to his supporters, former state legislator Brian Moran conceded Tuesday night in Virginia's first contested Democratic gubernatorial primary in nearly 30 yearin Virginia's first contested Democratic gubernatorial primary in nearly 30 yearin nearly 30 years.

As of last Thursday, Republican Thomas H. Kean apparently had won a narrow victory over Democratic candidate James J. Florio in the New Jersey gubernatorial contest.

While voters in other states prepare to decide gubernatorial and other contests next week, candidates in Kentucky are already readying their campaigns for their state's November 1991 elections.

The outcomes of the three dozen gubernatorial contests Nov. 7 put a majority of the states» highest offices, 28, in Democratic hands for the first time since the banner Republican year of 1994.