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Two billionaire charter school advocates stirred up California's gubernatorial race by pouring $ 8.5 million into an independent expenditure campaign supporting Antonio Villaraigosa.
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Two billionaire charter school advocates stirred up California's gubernatorial race by pouring a total of $ 8.5 million into an independent expenditure campaign supporting former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz may be a Democrat, but he feels like he has a lot in comment with Republican Carl Paladino — the Tea Party darling and mad - as - hell Buffalo businessman who was defeated in the 2010 gubernatorial race by now - Gov.
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I bet it is rehashed in the next gubernatorial race and other occasions until it gets passed and subsequently slapped down by the US Supreme Court, upon which not a single atheist has ever sat.
Today's Q poll finds GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino has dramatically reduced the double - digit lead long enjoyed by his Democratic opponent, AG Andrew Cuomo, coming within just six percentage points of the once - comfortable frontrunner and turning this contest into a real horse race.
«In the gubernatorial race, they'll choose between Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has served as a strong voice for New Yorkers and consistently taken on corruption in both government and the private sector, and Carl Paladino, a radical Republican candidate who is out of touch with New Yorkers — and whose positions appear to be growing more extreme by the day.»
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).
It doesn't include big spending by the New York State Democratic Committee — the state party, which Ms. Teachout unsuccessfully tried to stop from running pro-Cuomo ads — which has dropped just under $ 5 million on air time in the gubernatorial race across the state, according to the figures, including more than $ 368,000 the week of the primary and almost $ 459,000 this week.
Empire State Democrats fared just fine in the top - of - the - ticket races: Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer coasted with more than 60 percent of the vote, and despite the national media attention lavished on upstart Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, Democrat Andrew Cuomo sailed to victory by a margin of 27 points.
Mr. D'Amato, who played little role in the 1986 or 1990 gubernatorial campaigns, said in an interview last week that his active participation in this year's race was motivated purely by a desire to improve state government.
Now, McCall is Chair of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, and he was put there by his former primary rival in the gubernatorial race nine years ago, current Governor Andrew Cuomo.
In another dead - heat race, Malloy defeated Foley by less than 1 percentage point in 2010 in the closest gubernatorial election in Connecticut in more than 50 years.
A former North Carolina Supreme Court judge has filed complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and a New York state ethics panel alleging that taxpayer - funded ads Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has run in North Carolina violated the Hatch Act by interfering with the gubernatorial and legislative races...
David Axelrod said the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia were «impacted by state issues.»
Headlining the initiative is the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a venture led by former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and backed by President Barack Obama that — in addition to gearing up for legal battles and gubernatorial contests — will also focus prominently on state legislative races.
In Oregon's 2010 gubernatorial race, Knight contributed $ 400,000 to Republican candidate Chris Dudley, followed by a $ 250,000 donation to former Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber.
Broken down by gender, religion and race: women are 53 percent of the gubernatorial electorate, white Catholics are at a 33 - 35 percent share, Jewish voters cast a 12 - 13 percent of the total vote, with minority voters (the aggregate of black, Hispanic, Asian and bi-racial New Yorkers) at between a 27 - 30 percent share in gubernatorial elections.
Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.
The election commission's now - settled lawsuit against the state Democratic Party, and lawsuits by the party against the SEEC, came after the state Republican Party chairman filed a complaint that the Democrats funneled state contractors» money into the 2014 gubernatorial race through a back door.
The crisis that derailed ranked choice in 2017 began all the way back on Election Day 1879, when Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Davis missed an outright majority by three - tenths of a percent in a three - way race.
Despite the buzz surrounding a potential gubernatorial bid by education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon and negative headlines amid a corruption trial for one of his former aides, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still the frontrunner in the 2018 New York governor's race, according to a new poll.
In alphabetical order, here are six states where the impact of a gubernatorial race could drip down the ballot: Arizona: Republicans hope efforts to turn out the vote for their gubernatorial nominee, Doug Ducey, will help their candidates vying to pick up a pair of House seats held by Democrats.
«With less than two weeks until Election Day, it's going to take more than a minor miracle by the Paladino campaign to turn the gubernatorial race around,» Greenberg said in a statement.
Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy has recommended the state party require all potential gubernatorial candidates to officially enter the race by the NYGOP Federal Convention on March 2.
With an emphasis on the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, the environmental advocacy nonprofit and political action committee created by San Francisco philanthropist Tom Steyer announced Wednesday it will also focus on key congressional districts currently held by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Central Florida, Republican Brian Mast in the Treasure Coast, and two competitive seats in South Florida — CD 26 and 27.
The Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE - UFT) voted unanimously at our last General Body meeting to propose that the United Federation of Teachers, instead of sitting out this gubernatorial race, endorse the pro-public education platform presented by Howie Hawkins for Governor and Brian Jones for Lieutenant Governor.
By Paul Snyder High - speed rail advocates are racing the state's gubernatorial election cycle to line up support for an expanded track network to Green Bay and Minneapolis.
By contrast, when Eliot Spitzer was cross-endorsed by WFP in the 2006 gubernatorial race, he garnered more votes on the WFP line than the party's lower - level candidateBy contrast, when Eliot Spitzer was cross-endorsed by WFP in the 2006 gubernatorial race, he garnered more votes on the WFP line than the party's lower - level candidateby WFP in the 2006 gubernatorial race, he garnered more votes on the WFP line than the party's lower - level candidates.
Meanwhile, a recent Quinnipiac University has Cuomo ahead by 20 points in the New York gubernatorial race.
The president of one of the state's most influential labor unions offered conditional support to the notion of wage freezes on Thursday, an idea supported by Andrew Cuomo, the front - runner in New York's upcoming gubernatorial race.
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.
Rep. Charlie Stallworth, a black minister from Bridgeport drafted by Democratic gubernatorial petitioner Guy Smith this week to be his running mate, finished with less than 2 percent of the vote in the lieutenant governor race.
Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Nussle (R) continues to cement his status as the frontrunner in his race against the GOP's 2002 gubernatorial candidate — Bob Vander Plaats — by launching a television ad campaign in western Iowa (Vander Plaats's base) earlier this month.
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.»
His two attempts at statewide office ended in defeat at the hands of two Democrats who would ultimately resign their offices in disgrace: State Comptroller Alan Hevesi beat him in 2002, while then - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer crushed Faso by a historic margin in the 2006 gubernatorial race.
Abercrombie's decision is prompted by his concerns that he may well lose the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann who has formed an exploratory committee to look at the race.
The election was named by Politico as one of the top 10 gubernatorial races to watch in 2018.
The Green Party's flyer [front and back] features their slate of candidates, led by gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins, who «finished third out of seven candidates» in the 2010 gubernatorial race, an impressive showing which, if repeated, could establish them as New York's pre-eminent progressive party.
O'Malley (D), who has said he is seriously considering a 2016 White House bid, plans to meet Friday with members of the group, who will be sent by his political action committee to states with gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races in the fall, aides said.
Six races for gubernatorial seats held by a Republican are rated «toss - up.»
Republicans, by contrast, seem set to nominate state Attorney General Tom Corbett and former Rep. Pat Toomey in the gubernatorial and Senate races, respectively, without much fanfare.
«With 37 governors races in 2010, this $ 10 million commitment — confirmed by Steve «Majors» Levy himself to the New York Post - must come as a serious shock to every single Republican gubernatorial candidate who is not 30 points down,» he said, alluding to the «Six Million Dollar Man» character portrayed by actor Lee Majors.
Here in Syracuse, by day, he's pushing to win a gubernatorial race that has yet to welcome the Green Party to office.
The latest poll in the Virginia gubernatorial race shows former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie ahead by one percentage point over Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D.), who has previously led in the polls.
Paladino lost the 2010 election by the third largest margin in a gubernatorial race since the Civil War, and lost Nassau and Suffolk by over 20 points.
Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, was expected to have a sleepy race for the job once held by his father, three - term governor Mario Cuomo, the culmination of a longstanding plan that included a stint as state attorney general and as President Bill Clinton's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
In contrast to the Congressional races, in which almost all incumbents were re-elected, the nation's 36 gubernatorial elections were marked by considerable turmoil.
Midwestern gubernatorial races have been dominated by the dismal state of the region's economy — which has cost the region's public schools millions of dollars in state aid in the past few years.
Out of 12 gubernatorial races across the nation, at least five candidate maintaining A, B, and C ratings in the Center for Education Reform's education innovation and opportunity ranking system will be joining the other 31 states also let by high performing governors.
(By contrast, 2014 will bring 36 gubernatorial races, and all but four states will hold state legislative elections next year.)