Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial primary challenge»

He employed a Winnebago during his ill - fated — and short - lived — 2002 gubernatorial primary challenge to then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

In fact, he was one of the few Democratic elected / political officials to back Cuomo during his quixotic gubernatorial primary challenge to then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, along with Monroe County Democratic Chairman / Assemblyman Joe Morelle and former Essex County Democratic Chairman Stu Brody.

A Long Island Republican who also heard Cuomo is actively recruiting state Senate candidates suggested it's because the governor is «freaking out» over Cynthia Nixon's Democratic gubernatorial primary challenge from the left.

Carl McCall weathered a failed gubernatorial primary challenge from Cuomo back in 2002 that almost cost the governor - elect his career.

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.

Suozzi, meanwhile, went on to lose big in a long - shot gubernatorial primary challenge to then - AG Eliot Spitzer.

Suozzi has been trying to keep his name in the news, particularly given the increased interest of late in Albany reform — an issue on which the former county executive was somewhat ahead of the curve with his 2006 «Fix Albany» campaign and longshot gubernatorial primary challenge to then - AG Eliot Spitzer.

Not exact matches

There was considerable speculation about whether Cuomo would primary Paterson, particularly in light of his disastrous 2002 primary challenge to the state's first black major party gubernatorial nominee, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

As Cuomo huddled with a group of advisors that included former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (the man he challenged in the 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary, hurting his relationship with the black community), Manhattan Democratic Chairman / Assemblyman Keith Wright and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, Paladino's campaign manager talked to Gerson Borrero about the GOP / Conservative nominee's efforts to woo Latino voters.

Gubernatorial hopeful Zephyr Teachout made Albany corruption a primary campaign issue and garnered 34 percent of the vote, the highest of any primary challenge to a sitting governor since primaries were instituted in 1970.

That remains to be seen, but actress Cynthia Nixon, who starred in the HBO hit show «Sex and the City,» officially announced on Monday that she is launching a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 gubernatorial race in New York.

Cox later accused Steele of being «counterproductive» and breaking the national party's rules by involving himself in New York's gubernatorial primary (Cox didn't elaborate, but Steele reportedly wasn't happy that Cox had recruited a (now former) Democrat, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, to challenge former Rep. Rick Lazio).

But that doesn't mean McCall has forgotten 2002, when Cuomo drew the wrath of the Democratic establishment to mount a long - shot primary challenge to the then - comptroller — the party favorite and the state's first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

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.

Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law school professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a gubernatorial primary in 2014, has been elected to a post on the state Democratic Committee.

Administration officials said David, who has been Cuomo's gubernatorial chief counsel since 2015, would not try to challenge Schneiderman in a primary, but only possibly run if there was a vacancy.

Represented by prominent election lawyer Martin Connor, two New York Democrats challenged the validity of Zephyr Teachout's petition to secure a place on the Democratic gubernatorial primary this week.

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.

Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary; New York law requires any gubernatorial candidate be a state resident for five years prior to the date of the election.

MONTPELIER — Vermont Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman, challenged fellow GOP candidate Lt. Gov. Phil Scott to a series of three one - on - one debates throughout Vermont between now and the Vermont Republican primary election.

The former «Sex and the City» co-star played the gender card one week after announcing she would challenge Cuomo for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the Sept. 13 primary.

In 2002, he was Andrew Cuomo's running mate in a long - shot primary challenge to the party gubernatorial favorite, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, and his No. 2, Dennis Mehiel.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Lively is challenging incumbent Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to debates ahead of the September primary.

He's feeling pretty good, and he has a challenge for another primary winner: GOP gubernatorial nominee, Carl Paladino.

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.

Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor who challenged Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary, has decided to run for Congress.

Nebraska's gubernatorial primary is the marquee race on the ballot today, but the state's voters will also select a GOP nominee to challenge Sen. Ben Nelson (D) in the fall as well as a replacement for Osborne in the state's 3rd District.

«Andrew Cuomo is sort of off his balance right now,» Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who challenged him in the last Democratic gubernatorial primary, recently told The Young Turks.

The two Republican front - runners in the New Jersey gubernatorial primary on Tuesday have the challenging task of pitching a conservative agenda in a state where the GOP incumbent, Gov. Chris Christie, is deeply unpopular.

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.

Pataki should know: He faced a primary challenge in his first gubernatorial campaign, crushing Richard Rosenbaum, who received less than 25 percent of the total vote.

I would move McConnell back to the number 11 spot and replace him with Liddy Dole, who could be seriously challenged by some of the losers from the democratic gubernatorial primary.

Cuomo was in the Democratic doghouse after his failed long - shot 2002 primary challenge to then - state Controller Carl McCall - at the time New York's highest - ranking black elected official and first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

«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).

Schneiderman had played a key role among Democratic state attorneys general in challenging the Trump administration, and the question of who succeeds him will have implications for future mayoral races in the City — and possibly even this year's gubernatorial primary.

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.

Cuomo has been extra sensitive to the diversity question since his disastrous 2002 primary challenge to then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the state's first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

Teachout was the last Democrat to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the gubernatorial primary (the first being Carl McCall, now the SUNY Board of Regents chairman, who would go on to lose to Republican George Pataki in 2002).

The emergent coalition between open democracy advocates, environmentalists, public school proponents, anti-corruption crusaders, trust - busters and net - heads didn't do badly in yesterday's New York Democratic gubernatorial primary, with Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu receiving 34.2 % and 40.1 % of the vote (with 98.3 % of precincts reporting), respectively, in their challenges to sitting governor Andrew Cuomo and his hand - picked running mate former Rep. Kathy Hochul.

But when Cuomo faced a progressive challenge from Zephyr Teachout in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in fall 2014, Weingarten lent her voice to a robocall to voters, encouraging support for Cuomo's rightist running mate, Kathy Hochul (the union didn't dare openly endorse Cuomo himself).

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.

If Cuomo had made a major announcement on a $ 15 minimum wage a year ago, it would have appeared as though he had been dragged to the position kicking and screaming by The Working Families Party and de Blasio, who brokered a deal between the two to prevent a WFP - backed primary challenge to Cuomo in the 2014 gubernatorial race.

Sanders is clearly appealing to the anti-fracking movement, which helped drive support for Zephyr Teachout in her unlikely challenge to Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Zephyr Teachout, the noted progressive who mounted a serious challenge to Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary, announced

Cox's handpicked gubernatorial candidate, Democrat - turned - Republican Steve Levy, failed to muster the 50 percent of the weighted delegate votes needed to get him on a primary ballot, where he would have challenged the rank - and - file's top vote - getter, Rick Lazio.