Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial primary of»

Ojougboh also described Wednesday's exercise as the only authentic gubernatorial primary of the party.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, gave certificates of clearance to seven aspirants to contest in the gubernatorial primary of Bayelsa State, on Saturday, with a warning that they should play by the rules during the exercise.

Even The Fix finds it hard to believe that we're just about 6 weeks away from the first gubernatorial primary of the 2007 - 2008 election cycle.

Not exact matches

The Democratic gubernatorial primary is so competitive this year, The Sun's Erin Cox reports, that campaigns and strategists think they may need the support of no more than a quarter of the electorate to win — maybe as few as 125,000 votes.

These teams included PhD - caliber data scientists, seasoned strategists with experience of presidential primary, congressional, gubernatorial, and international election campaigns, expert researchers, digital marketing strategists, and content creators.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Rachel Maddow last night profiled the GOP gubernatorial primary battle between Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino, a revisited the Buffalo businessman's e-mail scandal, even displaying some of the racist videos and photos he forwarded to a long list of friends and contacts (albeit none of the porn).

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo is trying to grab onto the wave of voter anger that has carried his GOP opponent, Carl Paladino, through the Republican primary and helped him whittle the AG's double - digit lead to just six percentage points.

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.

Most of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Zephyr Teachout's more than 45,000 signatures to get on the September primary ballot came from the New York City area.

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).

He's convinced this plan was, as he put it, «born on the floor of the (GOP) convention to punish or get even with the Conservative Party» for holding its convention first, tapping Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate and helping him to block Cox's preferred candidate, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, from getting on the GOP primary ballot.

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.

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.

Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who managed to get himself onto the ballot to force a gubernatorial primary with former Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio, is having a fundraiser today at the home of Paladino's brother, Joseph, and is also being assisted by the father of Carl Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo.

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.

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.

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.

So far this week, endorsements and fundraising appeals have been sent out on behalf of GOP US Senate candidate Wendy Long from surrogates who hold sway with certain elements of the primary electorate — Grover Norquist, Steve Forbes, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, and the latest: Former Assembly Minority Leader / 2006 GOP gubernatorial candidate John Faso.

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.

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.

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.

«The results of the GOP State Convention Gubernatorial voting represent a personal disappointment, as we did not achieve the required 15 percent of delegate support for primary ballot access.

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...

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.

Former GOP / Conservative gubernatorial hopeful and current state Supreme Court candidate Rick Lazio will make his first public appearance tomorrow since dropping out of the race almost a month ago following his big primary loss to Carl Paladino.

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).

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.

The man who disdained debating back when he was the perceived frontrunner of the GOP gubernatorial primary — even when dogged by a woman (as it turns out) in a duck suit and heckled by Carl Paladino supporters — is now anxious to go mano - a-mano-a-mano with the Buffalo businessman and the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo.

During the upheaval of the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary, in which Cox unsuccessfully pushed for DEmocrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to get the nod (he was blocked from getting onto the ballot by former Rep. Rick Lazio, who lost in the primary to Carl Paladino), some called for Basile to be fired.

Former gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio joined me on CapTon last night and insisted he has «no regrets» about dropping out of the race to cede the Conservative line to Carl Paladino, although he refused to say whether he will be voting today for the Buffalo businessman who trounced him in the GOP primary on Sept. 14.

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.

«Though most political ad dollars traditionally are spent after Labor Day, tight primaries and early spending on House, Senate and gubernatorial races have pushed local TV - ad spending above $ 311 million as of mid-August, up 45 % from the same point in 2004 and more than three times as much as in 2002...»

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.

H / T to Maggie Haberman, who notes GOTV has taken on a whole new meaning for the Democrats since Carl Paladino won the GOP gubernatorial primary last week — particularly when it comes to upstate, where the Buffalo businessman dominated on Sept. 14, winning some 90 percent of the vote on his home turf, Erie County.

A reader flagged an interesting, yet overlooked, aspect of Jacob Gershman's very interesting WSJ story about the lack of consensus among New York Tea Partiers on GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who's banking in no small part on the support of disaffected Republicans to fuel his hoped - for primary victory over Rick Lazio.

Two other potential GOP gubernatorial candidates — Harry Wilson and Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco — have been meeting with state party leaders in hopes of avoiding a bruising primary.

Adding additional intrigue to the primary, Lopez called Rice the preferred candidate of the presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, my source said.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who this week will start submitting petitions to qualify for the GOP line in the hopes of primarying Rick Lazio, told The Post's Fred Dicker on Talk 1300 last week that he expected to show almost nothing raised from outside sources when he submits his financial filings.

The New York Observer's Will Bredderman reports that comedian and political gadfly Randy Credico, who finished third in the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary, campaigned yesterday at the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan with the Green Party's Howie Hawkins.

Nebraska gubernatorial race: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the head of the Republican Governors Association, issued a statement Wednesday congratulating Pete Ricketts on his win for the Cornhusker state's Republican gubernatorial primary, beating out six other candidates.