Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial nomination»

It's conceivable that none of the many contenders for the Republican gubernatorial nomination will receive the support of more than 50 percent of the delegates.

The leading candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination have also promised to cap property taxes.

Attorney and commentator Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

(CNN)- One of the Republicans seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination in California is accusing his primary rival of standing with President Obama on the hot button issue of immigration.

The calendar re-shuffling might be good news for Whitman, who is now seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination in California and faces a potentially difficult three - way primary.

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.

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

Former Republican Congressman Rick Lazio is backed by many Republicans for the party's gubernatorial nomination because of his strong party credentials.

Republican Chele Farley called out her Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, for her endorsement of Cuomo on the same day Nixon formally launched her campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with a speech in Brooklyn.

The comments on Scott stood in contrast to Murtaugh's statement praising Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who won her state's GOP gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night.

«His legacy is so big, it's almost unimaginable,» said Zephyr Teachout, a political scholar at Fordham University who lost New York's Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014.

Hutchison unsuccessfully sought the Republican Texas gubernatorial nomination, losing to Gov. Rick Perry last month.

Attorney, small business owner and former Pataki administration official Joe Holland is still vying for the GOP gubernatorial nomination even though it looks like Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has it sewn up.

The New York Democratic Committee on Monday is deriding the shifting field for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as a «soap opera» and an «amazing race to the bottom.»

Kolb and DeFrancisco are vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination along with Joel Giambra, a lobbyist and former Erie County executive.

Levy this year seeks the Republican gubernatorial nomination flops.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) mocked the idea of actress Cynthia Nixon challenging him for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Wednesday, leading local New York anchors to warn him against writing off celebrity candidates.

She also sought the Libertarian gubernatorial nomination in 2010, but the party chose Warren Redlich instead.

King joins Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum in seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination so far.

Governor Paterson also called for the State Senate to act on the 147 gubernatorial nominations currently pending.

Lipton's view is shared by Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor and former Howard Dean aide who nearly won the W.F.P. gubernatorial nomination until party leaders whipped up enough support on the convention floor to put Cuomo over the top.

Joel A. Giambra began traveling around New York last week in hopes of persuading wary Republican leaders to support his bid for the party's gubernatorial nomination next year.

RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN)- The three Democrats who battled, at times bitterly, for their party's gubernatorial nomination came together in Richmond on Wednesday and promised to be unified against Republican Bob McDonnell come November.

That's why Mark Neumann's candidacy for his party's gubernatorial nomination seems sure to help Republican chances in November.

With 99 % of precincts reporting as of 12:00 am ET, the results show state Sen. Ralph Northam defeating Aneesh Chopra 54 - 46 percent for the lieutenant gubernatorial nomination, and attorney general hopeful Mark Herring, Northam's senate colleague, scoring a - slightly narrower 52 - 48 percent - victory over Justin Fairfax.

Molinaro is competing for the GOP gubernatorial nomination against state Sen. John DeFrancisco.

Now, Lazio's ties to Wall Street and his congressional votes to deregulate the nation's banking system - a bill that critics say helped lead to the nation's recent financial crisis - are an issue in his battle for the GOP gubernatorial nomination against Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino.

(CNN)- Republican Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona easily won her party's gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night, according to a CNN projection.

Ned Lamont, a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Connecticut.

Whoever captures the Democratic gubernatorial nomination for 2018 will face incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who has one of the nation's highest approval ratings.

Fedele served under Gov. M. Jodi Rell from 2007 to 2010 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination against Tom Foley in 2010.

Republican activists at the state convention in Boston strongly backed Baker for their party's gubernatorial nomination with 82 percent of the 2,500 delegates voting for him.

When he sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1982, Springer cut a well - known ad to kick off his campaign in which he opened up about the past controversy.

One Republican, Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, is challenging Cuomo and seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination this year.

When Ed Cox was unable to deliver the gubernatorial nomination for Levy, all these deals to help Chris Cox were dead.

DeFrancisco remains undecided on whether he would seek re-election to the state Senate should he fail to get the gubernatorial nomination.

Republican Marc Molinaro's quiet push for the Republican gubernatorial nomination was trumpeted by his campaign in a fundraising email sent Sunday.

In so doing, Lazio is basically conceding there will be a floor fight for the party's gubernatorial nomination — not a great development for a candidate who once believed he would have a lock on Row B (back after his main competition, Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who suffered from a persistent case of foot - in - mouth disease and decided not to run).

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.

There are two months to go until the state Republican convention, but Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro already has enough support to secure the GOP gubernatorial nomination, thanks to the Manhattan Republican Party's endorsement which gave him 50.3 percent of the weighted vote at the convention.

Others floated (in the same Post story): 2010 gubernatorial candidate / former Rep. Rick Lazio, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who unsuccessful sought the GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2006.

As the Republicans prepare to kick off their convention, Rick Lazio is ignoring the intra-party battles and trying to act like as if he already has the gubernatorial nomination in the bag, taking the fight right to the Democratic nominee, Andrew Cuomo.

«Fix Albany» became Suozzi's campaign cry in his quixotic 2006 bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against then - Attorney General Elliot Spitzer.

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.

Many were galvanized in 2014 by Zephyr Teachout, a little - known law professor at the time who ran against Cuomo for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

The former «Sex and the City» star, holding her first capital city news conference since declaring her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, said Cuomo has failed to clean up corruption as promised.

An obviously relieved and elated Rick Lazio took to the stage at the convention to accept his party's gubernatorial nomination and wasted no time in targeting his Democratic foe, calling on voters to «reject the status Cuomo.»

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.

Cuomo himself went the petition route in 2002, when he challenged then - Comptroller H. Carl McCall for the party's gubernatorial nomination.

Flanagan was soon joined in his criticism by Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the leading contender for the GOP's gubernatorial nomination.