Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial primary against»

Katz said Nixon voted for Zephyr Teachout in that year's Democratic gubernatorial primary against Cuomo as he sought a second term.

Zephyr Teachout, a progressive activist and law professor who did surprisingly well in the 2014 gubernatorial primary against Andrew Cuomo, just announced on Monday that she plans to run for the open seat in Hudson Valley's District 19.

The point here, clearly, is to demonstrate that Paladino doesn't have the market cornered on either upstaters or Republicans, some of whom have been distancing themselves from the Buffalo businessman since he won last week's gubernatorial primary against Rick Lazio.

New York City Mayor Ed Koch famously was slammed for an interview with Playboy magazine during his gubernatorial primary against Mario Cuomo, calling rural America «a joke.»

«Ron DeSantis: Sorry Adam Putnam, but Trump is solidly behind me» via Adam Smith of the Tampa Bay Times — DeSantis, banking on Trump's endorsement to help him win Florida's Republican gubernatorial primary against Agriculture Commissioner Putnam, is not worried that Trump could wind up staying on the sidelines.

Credico ran in a Democratic gubernatorial primary against Governor Andrew Cuomo, and upon losing endorsed Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate.

Paladino is attempting to petition his way into the GOP gubernatorial primary against the party's designee, Rick Lazio, and also plans to petition to create an independent «Taxpayers» line to run on in November.

The attorney general has worked hard to recover from his failed 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary against H. Carl McCall, who was seeking to become the first black governor.

Not exact matches

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.

This is Koch's first campaign - like upstate swing since his failed 1982 gubernatorial bid during which his anti-upstate statements are now widely viwed as having cost him the primary race against Mario Cuomo.

Bellavia predicted victory in today's GOP primary, despite facing off against a better - funded and better - known candidate who has the support of the Republican establishment (along with 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino).

Stachowski also had the added benefit in 2008 of the Conservative Party line, but this year that went to Kennedy (which is sort of amusing, when you consider that the Erie County Conservative chairman, Ralph Lorigo, has launched a primary against GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio for Row D, complaining that he's too liberal).

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.

Bill Samuels formally kicked off his LG campaign this morning, pledging to fight in a Democratic primary battle against the running mate of presumptive gubernatorial contender, AG Andrew Cuomo, if necessary.

The Broadway Democrats, a party club on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, voted last night by a wide margin to endorse insurgent gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon against her primary target, incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

During a news conference, on her first trip to Albany since announcing her gubernatorial campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, actress Cynthia Nixon repeatedly called her Democratic primary...

But Coffey is hoping to tap into upstate support, particularly in WNY, much like Mario Cuomo managed to do in his successful 1982 gubernatorial primary battle against now - former NYC Mayor Ed Koch.

Paladino, the Republican gubernatorial candidate who surged to a surprise primary victory two years ago against Lazio, endorsed Long on Sunday.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

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

Gubernatorial hopeful Zephyr Teachout plans to run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Primary.

Yet another Western NY Republican is siding with GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino against Rick Lazio in advance of next week's primary.

She was a driving force — albeit as an advisor and not as a paid campaign member — behind his political comeback in 2006 when he ran a successful statewide campaign for AG just four years after a disastrous and short - lived gubernatorial primary challenge against then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

Carl Paladino is on the defensive in the wake of an AP report about a 10 - year - old felony charge against his company, accusing his GOP gubernatorial primary opponent, Rick Lazio, of planting the story.

Here's a surprise: Heading into a tough primary against right - of - center Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, GOP / Conservative gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio is saying nice things about Democratic President Barack Obama.

Though not yet able to crack double digits in any statewide polling, the 61 - year - old Hawkins — one of the party's most prolific vote - getters — believes he has «a fighting chance» this fall against Wall Street - funded incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his hapless Republican rival, as evidenced by the surprisingly strong showing of underfunded challenger Zephyr Teachout in the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary.

The Republican - primary contenders — one - time gubernatorial candidate John Faso of upstate Kinderhook and Dutchess County businessman Andrew Heaney — have also said they are prepared to make BDS a major issue in a race against Teachout.

A Fordham Law School professor who lives in Clinton in Dutchess County, Teachout surprised many when she carried Ulster County and captured more than a third of the statewide vote when running against incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

While it's unlikely Nixon would continue to campaign against Cuomo if he defeats her in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in September, there's a chance she'd continue to use her WFP ballot line to go after the incumbent and provide an opening for some yet - to - be-identified strong GOP candidate.

Which means Cuomo has his own Democratic gubernatorial primary (against Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who gave him a scare by lining up support from a substantial chunk of Working Families membership before the party's convention) and Hochul her own, against Wu.

Turnout actually dipped below 2002's Democratic gubernatorial primary, when Cuomo took himself out of the race against then - state comptroller Carl McCall shortly before the vote to avoid an expected hiding, and remained on the ballot in name only.

One of the radio spots features former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, against whom Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a primary challenge during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign — a move that angered the African - American community and very nearly cost Cuomo his political career.

Former NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene, who was also briefly the 2010 running mate for gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (until he lost the GOP primary to former Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards), circulated petitions to run against Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo, but then declined the nomination.

«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).

Kirby has lost two high - profile Republican gubernatorial primaries; he came up short in 1994 against Gov. Bill Janklow and in 2002 lost a bitter three - way race to Gov. Mike Rounds.

«It's all about race,» Wimes said, noting the difference in EMILY's List's involvement in this race compared to its neutrality in the 2014 gubernatorial Democratic primary when longtime abortion - rights liberal, former state Sen. Nan Rich, ran against former Gov. Charlie Crist, who had been a self - styled «pro-life» Republican before leaving the GOP.

Murphy, who will likely run against Fulop for the North and Central Jersey vote in a crowded Democratic gubernatorial primary, is accusing him of using his mayoral campaign as a war chest for that race.

Zephyr Teachout showed the breadth of gubernatorial discontent, carrying 23 upstate counties in her primary challenge against Cuomo in 2014 but falling far short in the five boroughs.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout attributed her strong showing in September's Democratic primary against Cuomo to anti-fracking supporters upstate, where she won dozens of counties.

During an interview in a nearby pizza parlor afterward, Teachout downplayed outside factors, such as her quixotic clean - government 2014 gubernatorial primary campaign against entrenched Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

The Alabama gubernatorial primary will probably get more analysis than any of Tuesday night's other votes (save, perhaps, Dale Peterson's devastating defeat), for the fact that Artur Davis appears to have been punished by African - American voters for taking their traditional leadership for granted — and even at times running openly against the older generation — in a way Obama never did.

Even former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, whom Cuomo challenged in the 2002 gubernatorial primary, earning him the long - standing ire of many in the black community, has stepped in to act as a surrogate for the AG against Paladino and also defended him when it looked like he might primary the state's first black governor, David Paterson.

(Recall that the paper endorsed then - Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi against then - AG Eliot Spitzer in the 2006 Democratic gubernatorial primary).

Gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman bounced back from a Republican primary scare against state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner a few weeks ago.

ALBANY — As the Democratic presidential candidates turn their attention to New York, the campaigns of both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton say they're looking to the 2014 gubernatorial bid of Zephyr Teachout, who performed surprisingly well in a primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as a model that Sanders might follow to exceed expectations in the state Clinton represented in the Senate for eight years.

At the time, Cuomo, who was finishing his service as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was already positioning himself for a gubernatorial primary two years later against Carl McCall.

Cuomo ran against McCall in a Democratic primary in 2002 during his first, failed gubernatorial run marred by an infamous gaffe aimed at Gov. George Pataki's handling of Sept. 11 and created strained tensions with the state's African - American community.

Nussle will face a primary against 2002 gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats.

Cuomo told stories about how Farrell, 85, helped the late Gov. Mario Cuomo in his uphill 1982 Democratic gubernatorial primary campaign against then - Mayor Ed Koch.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed 19th Congressional District Democratic candidate Zephyr Teachout, who ran against him in a spirited 2014 gubernatorial primary.