The Democratic
hopeful running in the primary against Sen. Simcha Felder said the state party's leadership is «late to the game» in trying to find a candidate to run in the 17th Senate district.
Not exact matches
But political
hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new
primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to
run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the
primary ballot by last Tuesday.
Gubernatorial
hopeful Zephyr Teachout plans to
run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo
in the Democratic
Primary.
GOP US Senate
hopeful Bruce Blakeman was
in Western NY yesterday, and spent some time during an editorial board meeting at The Buffalo News to attack his
primary opponents, casting them as too liberal to
run on the Republican and Conservative lines against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize — winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate,
ran him alongside the other
hopefuls during the
primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news.
«We are still awaiting a response from the other candidates
running in the
primary as well as the incumbent Governor and are
hopeful we will receive favorable responses soon,» added Joyce.