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"gubernatorial run" refers to someone's campaign or attempt to become the governor, which is the highest-ranking political position in a state.
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Once upon a time, Cuomo, who won 63 percent of the vote against Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino in 2010, was hoping to best his father's more than 64 percent win in his first
gubernatorial run in 1986.
But the current field pits a state delegate against Corey Stewart — Trump's former state chair who failed in his 2017
gubernatorial run as a defender of Confederate «heritage» — and E.W. Jackson.
Cuomo did very little to help Democrats hold the Senate during his
first gubernatorial run in 2010, betting that he would do better with Republicans — who after 40 years in power knew how to make deals and run a legislative house.
«I would say Cuomo is the one I am most nervous about,» said Michael Caputo, a longtime adviser to Trump who helped put together an aborted Trump
gubernatorial run against Cuomo in 2014, and helped lead the campaign for Carl Paladino, Cuomo's 2010 Republican opponent.
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.
She informally advised Andrew Cuomo as he positioned himself for a
successful gubernatorial run last year, and it was because of her close ties to the governor that the coalition of gay rights groups fighting for marriage equality hired her this spring.
«We're the type of people that like this political revolution that's going to happen,» said Carl Paladino, a Buffalo businessman best known around the state for a
Republican gubernatorial run in 2010.
The Dyms were donors during Andrew Cuomo's
failed gubernatorial run in 2002 — and he thanked the couple for their support in his 2003 book «Crossroads: The Future of American Politics.»
She joins several other Faso ’06 vets, including Josh Hills (communications) and Michael Hook, who was briefly involved with Erie County Executive Chris Collins» never -
realized gubernatorial run.
Sex and the City co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker, says she knew about Cynthia Nixon's
gubernatorial run several weeks before it was made public.
Some believed LaValle's change of heart had something to do with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's party switch and short -
lived gubernatorial run, but he and Ed Cox denied that.
Molinaro, a 40 - year - old Red Hook resident, said he doesn't currently «have a deadline» to decide on a potential
GOP gubernatorial run.
Carl Paladino on a potential Conservative
Party gubernatorial run in 2014: «If they can't pick a good Republican candidate who is qualified and not just another RINO... I may take up (Chairman) Mike Long on his offer.»
The New York Times took a close look at Trump's consideration of a New
York gubernatorial run against Cuomo in 2014, which supporters cast as a potential springboard to his ultimate goal: The White House.
[26] Since neither candidate received a majority, they faced off in the Republican
gubernatorial run off on August 10, 2010.
With his loss to Democratic state Sen. George Latimer, Astorino is no longer considered a viable candidate, though a number of Republican leaders had previously said they would prefer Wilson to a second
Astorino gubernatorial run.
Latino lawmakers and their allies have been speaking out against Levy and his conservative stance on immigration since he announced his
likely gubernatorial run back in January, going so far as to threaten to call for a boycott of any organizations that support the county executive's statewide campaign.
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.
Rick Lazio, a former Republican congressman from Long Island who lost to then - First Lady Hillary Clinton in the 2000 Senate battle in New York, announced his own
gubernatorial run Tuesday.
I interviewed the Journal's editor, Jason Mark, via email on his magazine, how he balances farming and writing, and what it was like to be media mogul Arianna Huffington's press secretary during her failed
California gubernatorial run in 2003.
Gibson plans to leave Congress at the end of next year after three terms as he focuses on growing a statewide reputation ahead of a
possible gubernatorial run in 2018.
In a hallway near the courtroom where he's spent the last five weeks listening to lawyers, witnesses and a judge talk about him, Percoco, who led both of Cuomo's
successful gubernatorial runs, was asked if he believed his trial could politically harm Cuomo.
Mahoney, a Republican who crossed party lines in 2010 to endorse Cuomo's
first gubernatorial run, went so far as to say it would be a conflict of interest for the commission to investigate the executive branch.
UPDATE: Interesting twist: Two WNY Democrats emailed to note that Kearns was a big supporter of Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino's 2010
gubernatorial run against Cuomo.
The field of possible contenders broadened yesterday when Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced he'd created an exploratory committee for a
potential gubernatorial run.
Trump, who is in the midst of a long flirtation with a
Republican gubernatorial run, told the crowd at the Grand Hyatt that Cuomo will support drilling for natural gas «because I mentioned it,» and «because he's going to get his ass kicked if he doesn't.»
Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican who is forgoing a re-election bid this year to prepare for a possible
gubernatorial run in 2018, is filing paperwork tomorrow to establish an exploratory committee for that statewide bid.
State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long told me just now he's had a «turnaround» on Carl Paladino and will «lead the party to endorse» the Buffalo businessman now that Rick Lazio has officially ended
his gubernatorial run.
Cuomo has been calling for campaign finance reform since his 2010
gubernatorial run, and reiterated that call in his recent State of the State address.
2) The fact that LaValle, who is also Rick Lazio's home county chairman and was the first to endorse the former congressman's
gubernatorial run, is now stepping up to protect Levy so publicly demonstrates just how all - in he plans to be when it comes to the Democrat - turned - Republican county executive — both this fall and, potentially, in 2011 if Levy's current statewide experience fails and he seeks re-election.
At the time, as you'll remember, it was Cuomo who was trying to redeem himself after a near career - ending failure of
a gubernatorial run in 2002, when he challenged the party favorite for the Democratic nomination, then state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.
UPDATED with correction: RWDSU, not Local 1500, was in fact the first union to announce its support of then - AG Cuomo's
gubernatorial run in 2010, making its endorsement even before he had formally entered the race, and also before then - Gov.
She raised money for him during the eight years of his tenure in the AG's office and then in 2006 for
his gubernatorial run.
Kolb isn't the only Republican state lawmaker who is exploring
a gubernatorial run in 2018.
Conservative columnist Brandon Ross argues against State Sen. John DeFrancisco's
gubernatorial run in favor of Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.
Senator DeFrancisco joins us in studio to discuss his reasons for considering
a gubernatorial run.
My source said that Levy was in vetting potential LGs with the assistance of the GOP leaders who were backing
his gubernatorial run, explaining:
Langworthy and Collins were early and vocal supporters of the Buffalo businessman's
gubernatorial run, and Ranzenhoefer was one of the first senators to abandon the GOP convention - picked gubernatorial desginee, Rick Lazio, and jump on board with Paladino.
This will certainly fan the flames of speculation still higher about AG Andrew Cuomo's preference for Rice, as Jennings is a longtime Cuomo ally — he was one of the few elected officials to endorse Cuomo during his short - lived 200
gubernatorial run.
Gibson will hang up his spurs at the end of 2016 as he potentially eyes
a gubernatorial run in 2018.
The built - in media infrastructure that surrounds a presidential race wouldn't have materialized for
a gubernatorial run, even for someone of Trump's celebrity.