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Washington (CNN)-- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made an endorsement Saturday in the race for the office once held by his father, throwing his weight behind Rick Snyder, the Michigan Republican gubernatorial nominee who bills himself as «one tough nerd.»
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One of the two announced Democratic LG candidates, Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence took some subtle swipes at his opponent, Bill Samuels, who has pledged to primary whomever the presumptive gubernatorial nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, picks as his running mate.
New Roosevelt Initiative founder reiterated his challenge to GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino (first issued on CapTon Wednesday) that the Buffalo businessman prove his dedication to reforming Albany by taking on five veteran senators who are members of his own party.
Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, who is one of the few Republicans to whole - heartedly embrace GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, just called to do a pro-Paladino push, rejecting the Democrats» argument that the controversial Buffalo businessman will hurt the Republicans effort to regain control of the majority.
GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino is trying to embarrass his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, into a freewheeling debate that, in the Buffalo businessman's opinion, should include every single candidate who got on the ballot — from the Anti-Prohibition Party Manhattan Madam to the Freedom Party's Charles Barron.
NY1's intrepid political director Bob Hardt is otherwise indisposed (no word on whether he has been taken hostage by allies of a certain gubernatorial nominee as a result of sparking Lasagnagate), and so I will be live blogging the leaders meeting from the studio with the assistance of input from CapTon's Mike Whittemore and Kaitlyn Ross, who are in the Red Room.
At 8:30 a.m. Carl Paladino, who has been under pressure to drop his pledge to petition his way into a primary against the GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Lazio, will hold a press conference to discuss his next move.
Susan Del Percio, who handled media for Faso and was part of the team that helped him become the party's gubernatorial nominee at the convention four years ago, has signed on as a consultant to Levy's campaign in the run - up to this year's GOP confab, a source familiar with her hiring confirmed.
He has the support of 2006 GOP gubernatorial nominee John Faso, who carries some weight among party members, but it's unclear if that will be enough to put Malpass onto the ballot.
I have spoken to at least one of Mermel's backers, Rochester's Bill Reilich, who says his support won't last if the party's gubernatorial nominee — assuming there is one — picks someone other than Mermel as his running mate.
Gov. David Paterson, who is no stranger to scandal, expressed sympathy for embattled GOP / Conservative gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, who is under fire for lashing out at the press for scrutinizing his personal life and accusing his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, of having extramarital affairs.
Silver also sent a subtle message to the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, who right now has wide double - digit leads over all his would - be GOP opponents: The Legislature is a co-equal branch of government.
Asked to respond to GOP / Conservative gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino's anti-gay comments to ultra-Orthodox rabbis, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is an Orthodox Jew, said:
GOP / Conservative gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino did not take kindly reports about the spotty personal histories of his campaign staffers and the coverage of the daughter he fathered outside his marriage, accusing the Democrats who have sought to capitalize on these stories of playing dirty.
The state GOP launched a new ad today that lambastes the one party Democratic rule in Albany and highlights a series of scandals on the other side of the aisle, ending up with gubernatorial nominee, who is cast as «more of the same.»
«A rules change would be a disaster,» Giuliani told Politico in a sit - down before he headlined a fundraiser for Rick Lazio, who is beating back a challenge from Levy to be the Republican gubernatorial nominee.
Buerkle was recently among six in - state House candidates for whom Dan Senor, who almost ran for U.S. Senate against Kirsten GIllibrand, raised funds along with former gubernatorial nominee John Faso and Conservative Party chairman Mike Long.
Politico's Maggie Haberman reports on some new numbers in the NY gubernatorial election, which show Tea Party extremist Carl Paladino to be a growing threat: «Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo, who had led the GOP field by thirty... Read
According to CNN / Time / Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday, 51 percent of likely voters in Washington State back the three term senator, with 43 percent supporting Rossi, who was the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2004 and 2008, with two percent undecided.
Jolly is facing Democrat Alex Sink, Florida's former chief financial officer and the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, in the March 11th election to fill the remainder of the term of Rep. Bill Young, who died last October.
But Carl Paladino, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2010 who ran against Andrew Cuomo, says the party is being hypocritical.
Koch, who was joined at today's event by Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey and former city Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, who heads the good government group New York Civic, said he received signed pledges from all three GOP gubernatorial candidates and a letter from presumptive Democratic nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, agreeing to veto any redistricting plan that is conducted in the traditional, politically - driven manner.
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.
New Hampshire (R): Conventional wisdom in the Republican primary race is that 1996 gubernatorial nominee Ovide Lamontagne presents the bigger challenge to former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte who enjoys much of the establishment support in the race.
«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).
Randy Stufflebeam, the Constitution Party's 2006 nominee for Illinois Governor who received the highest number of write - in votes for a gubernatorial candidate in state history, is currently the National Vice-Chairman of the Constitution Party.
(CNN)-- Controversial 65 - year - old rock star Ted Nugent is campaigning Tuesday with likely Texas GOP gubernatorial nominee Greg Abbott, the state's current attorney general who makes no apologies for inviting Nugent on the trail with him.
For Cuomo, it will be hard to say «no» to the Green Party nominee, since four years ago, polling much lower, Hawkins was on the stage with a phalanx of gubernatorial candidates, including Cuomo, who was running for a first term.
But among the activists in the party's state committee, who vote to determine the party's gubernatorial nominee, there's apparently still considerable doubt about the governor.
Senator Oppenheimer should follow the example of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo and all of the other candidates for governor who refused to accept the Party's nomination.»
The Democratic race seems likely to provide more fireworks with polling that suggests 2006 Senate nominee Ned Lamont carries an edge over Malloy who was a close runner - up for the party's gubernatorial nod that same year.
O'Malley, who has maintained a busy travel schedule campaigning for Democratic gubernatorial candidates this election cycle, will be in South Carolina later this week, attending his daughter's college graduation and holding a campaign event with Vincent Sheheen, the state's Democratic nominee for governor.
According to CNN / Time / Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday, 53 percent of likely voters in Washington State back the three term senator, with 44 percent supporting Rossi, who was the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2004 and 2008.
Meanwhile, the Journal reports this morning that Cuomo, the presumptive gubernatorial nominee, has been making it clear to fellow Democrats that «if he's elected lawmakers who resist his agenda will be punished.»
[1] The spontaneous formation of the Walker / Mallott «Alaska First Unity Ticket» caused a dramatic shakeup of the general election tickets for both governor and lieutenant governor, since it necessitated the withdrawal of two qualified candidates, Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nominee Hollis French and Walker's original running mate Craig Fleener, who resigned from his post as state deputy fish and game commissioner to run with Walker.
A source close to Republican presumptive gubernatorial nominee Marcus Molinaro said the panel he created to screen potential lieutenant governor candidates has 11 possibilities who could serve as his runningmate.
Tuition tax credits and changes in the state's teacher - pension system are among the issues that divide New York's gubernatorial candidates, Lieut. Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, the nominee of the Democratic and Liberal parties, and Lewis Lehrman, who will be on the ballot as a Republican, a Conservative, and an independent.