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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 years.

The Democratic Party did not hold a gubernatorial primary in the 2001 and 2005 election cycles as Mark Warner and Tim Kaine ran unopposed.

The Republican gubernatorial primary in Georgia will decide which Republican will compete in the general election to replace term - limited Gov. Nathan Deal (R).

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Could one secret to Creigh Deeds» stunning triumph over his better - known and better - funded opponents Terry McAuliffe and Jim Moran in yesterday's Democratic gubernatorial primary in Virginia have been a tactical Google ad buy aimed at voters in that state's Washington DC suburbs?

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).

In 2010, the barn jacket wasn't enough to get Republican Buz Mills to the gubernatorial primary in Arizona.

Washington (CNN)-- Republican Brian Murphy is heading into Tuesday's GOP gubernatorial primary in Maryland with a last minute robocall from conservative star Sarah Palin.

Cuomo, who had faced Teachout in a gubernatorial primary in 2014, did not endorse in the 19th congressional district race last year, a swing district race that sent Faso to Congress.

So of all the candidates in the Republican gubernatorial primary in the Lone Star State, it would be fair to think of him as the least likely to run an unconventional campaign.

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.

Political satirist Randy Credico, who finished a distant third in last Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary in New York, has thrown his support to the Green Party's Howie Hawkins in the general election.

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.

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus says the successful conduct of hitch free and transparent gubernatorial primaries in Ekiti state on...

«Based on the above, I wrote to notify the chairman of my protest and intention to withdraw from the 2017 gubernatorial primaries in Anambra if the party fails to address the issues presented.

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.

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.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino went on a spending spree in the final weeks of the primary, dropping nearly $ 1.2 million — most of it his own cash — in his successful quest to defeat former Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio for Row B.

Here's AG Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner, making his first public comments — such as they are — on Carl Paladino since the Buffalo businessman's big victory in Tuesday's GOP primary.

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).

GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is gearing up for a shock - and - awe style spending spree over the next two weeks in hopes of raising his name recognition and capitalizing on his momentum to defeat frontrunner Rick Lazio in the Sept. 14 primary.

Recall that Paladino won some 94 percent of the vote in Erie County in the GOP gubernatorial primary and is banking on strong numbers in WNY to fuel his longshot effort to defeat Cuomo in the Democrat - dominated state.

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).

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.

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.

«After much thoughtful consideration, we've decided to end our campaign for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary,» he said in an announcement on his campaign website.

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.

Samuels also made the «that which does not kill us» argument, insisting (much like state GOP Chairman Ed Cox has in connection with his party's gubernatorial fight), saying Duffy will be stronger, better known to voters and more fully vetted if he wins a primary fight.

DiCarlo launched his primary with the backing of 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman Carl Paladino, who has pledged to unseat incumbent Republicans and install a new, more conservative leadership team in the state Senate.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky notes that policy actually is taking a front seat in the Democratic gubernatorial primary this year, which isn't a bad thing.

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

Mario Cuomo got a lesson in the power of LG primaries long before his own gubernatorial run in 1982 during a moment he shared with Samuels» father, Howard.

In a brief telephone interview yesterday, the Queens lawmaker said he was urged to get into the already - crowded race by numerous advisors (including his father, former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., who won the 1998 Democratic gubernatorial primary).

But a number of those chairs have already said they won't support him in a primary if he's not selected as a running mate by the party's gubernatorial nominee — whoever that might be.

The governor and lieutenant governor run separately in party primaries and their have been instances in which a gubernatorial candidate's preferred nominee for lieutenant governor fails to win the nomination.

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.

Today's Siena poll finds GOP gubernatorial primary opponents Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino locked in a statistical dead heat (43 - 42), while Sen. Eric Schniederman and Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice are battling it out (25 - 23) in the five - way Democratic AG primary, with 29 percent of voters still undecided just three days before heading to the polls.

Cox said the remaining potential GOP gubernatorial candidates have agreed not to participate in a primary this September.

There's plenty of time to go, of course, but the first indication of how the June Democratic gubernatorial primary may turn out is now in.

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.

Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic National Committee and gubernatorial candidate in the 2009 Democratic gubernatorial primary, says that he is hearing from sources on the ground that the lines are being slowed down by Republican poll watchers who are demanding excessive proof, such as extra forms of identification, for many voters.

[71] In the concurrent gubernatorial primary, former Governor Michael Dukakis defeated incumbent Governor Edward J. King.

The last time a Republican gubernatorial candidate won the party's endorsement at the convention but dropped the primary was in 1986, when Watertown's Richard Buzzuto was the delegates» pick but fell to then - state Rep. Julie Belaga of...

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.

Zephyr Teachout quotes this description in Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United (Harvard University Press), a book that merits the large readership it may get thanks to the author's recent appearance on «The Daily Show,» even if much of that interview concerned her remarkable dark - horse gubernatorial campaign in New York state's Democratic primary, in which anti-corruption was one of her major themes.

Since Grisanti is the senator in Paladino's home base, it stands to reason that he would be the failed 2010 gubernatorial candidate's primary target.

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).

Asked during the lightning round whether they would be willing to vote for Carl Paladino over Rick Lazio in the Sept. 14 GOP gubernatorial primary, Gary Berntsen punted, saying repeatedly that he will be voting for whoever wins and gets onto the November ballot.

The Albany County GOP, whose chairman, John Graziano, initially supported Suffolk County Steve Levy for governor and voted in favor of a primary at the convention last week, will feature gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio at a «meet the candidates» fundraiser later this month.

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.