Sentences with phrase «independent gubernatorial»

Weeks after the primary, the state Democratic Party's central committee voted 89 - 2 to reject the Mallott - led Democratic gubernatorial ticket and instead supported an alternative «fusion» ticket pairing Mallott with independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is moving up in several recent surveys of Maine voters, topping 20 % in a poll out today from the Portland firm Pan Atlantic / SMS.

Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado and Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania were putting on strong showings in their Senate races; Independent gubernatorial candidates Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island and Eliot Cutler in Maine were also hanging tough.

Florida independent gubernatorial candidate Max Linn has been vocal about Crist's closeted gay lifestyle.

On July 21, independent gubernatorial candidate Gatewood Galbraith submitted his ballot access petition in Kentucky.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Former Erie County Executive and independent gubernatorial candidate Joel Giambra announced his marijuana infrastructure program on Wednesday afternoon.

Under cross examination Friday, prosecutor Jim O'Brien pressed Cahill repeatedly about why he authorized ads for the state lottery as his 2010 independent gubernatorial campaign faltered.

In July Rasmussen Reports had Republican - turned - Independent Gubernatorial Candidate Lincoln Chafee slightly leading his putative Republican and Democratic challengers, putting him in good position to become Rhode Island's first independent governor in recent memory.

New York's Independent gubernatorial candidate Kristin Davis is calling out Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo for not doing enough for gay rights — and she's coined a clever slogan in doing so.

This article outlines the petition signature requirements for independent gubernatorial candidates in 2018.

Not exact matches

Oddly, it forwarded to me by GOP consultant Roger Stone, who has a Golisano connection — he worked on the billionaire's third and final gubernatorial bid in 2002 — but is backing his own independent White House contender, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox insisted following the failure of his preferred candidate, Steve Levy, to make it onto the ballot at the convention today that the party - switching Suffolk County executive's gubernatorial campaign is finished and he will not be trying to launch a petition drive for an independent bid.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, a supporter of GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio, weighed in to express «reservations» with state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox's plan to establish an independent party, which has added to the perception that the idea is all - but dead.

He said Sharpton made an analogy about his decision to stick with an ally being much along the lines of President Obama's snub to Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio out of loyalty to his opponent, independent candidate Lincoln Chafee, who (as a Republican) crossed party lines to endorse Obama over GOP Sen. John McCain in 2008.

This can be seen in gubernatorial elections, for instance, where the Republican or the independent candidate is selected locally and may be a better fit for Rhode Island moderates.

In September 2006, Ventura endorsed and campaigned with independent Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, and Independence Party of Minnesota's gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson and Team Minnesota.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino's last - minute campaign video pushes his candidacy on the independent Taxpayers Party line, and deems the Democrats a «threat» to the solvency of New York and accuses them of «playing games» with public funds.

Now that he has secured a pledge in support of independent, nonpartisan redistricting from all four gubernatorial hopefuls, former Mayor Ed Koch is looking for the same from New York's congressional delegation, who, along with members of the state Legislature, would be directly impacted by that reform.

Failed GOP / Conservative gubernatorial contender Carl Paladino is inserting himself into the NY - 26 race, slamming independent candidate Jack Davis for «claiming to be a Tea Party candidate, while supporting Nancy Pelosi, endorsing Barack Obama and supporting radical liberal policies like partial birth abortion.»

A recent poll for the Kentucky gubernatorial race of November 2, 2011, shows these results: Democrat Steve Beshear, 52 %; Republican David Williams, 28 %; independent Gatewood Galbraith 9 %; undecided 11 %.

Veteran John McCain strategist John Weaver has quit the campaign of Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Timothy Cahill, saying the independent can not beat Republican Charles Baker.

An internal poll released late yesterday suggests that independent candidate Eliot Cutler might be picking up momentum in his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Paul LePage in Maine's three - cornered gubernatorial contest.

Gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino and his fellow members of the GOP statewide slate will be announcing the results of their very successful petition drive to create the independent «Stop Common Core» ballot line for the November general election.

As for the GOP gubernatorial primary, Long — a big Rick Lazio supporter — admitted he's «concerned» with the idea of a Carl Paladino victory — but not, as Paladino's camp has insisted, because he fears the Buffalo businessman will try to take out the Conservative Party with his new independent Taxpayers Party line.

[83][84] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,037 votes (51.7 % vs. 45.8 % countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,663 votes (42.2 % vs. 48.0 %), Independent Chris Daggett with 181 votes (4.6 % vs. 4.7 %) and other candidates with 24 votes (0.6 % vs. 0.5 %), among the 3,937 ballots cast by the borough's 7,449 registered voters, yielding a 52.9 % turnout (vs. 50.0 % in the county).

[94][95] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 2,204 ballots cast (47.2 % vs. 48.0 % countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2,116 votes (45.3 % vs. 45.8 %), Independent Chris Daggett with 299 votes (6.4 % vs. 4.7 %) and other candidates with 11 votes (0.2 % vs. 0.5 %), among the 4,666 ballots cast by the borough's 8,203 registered voters, yielding a 56.9 % turnout (vs. 50.0 % in the county).

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has congratulated the Bayelsa State Governor who also doubles as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson for been able won the the support of the people of Bayelsa who stood behind him during the exercise, which was on Monday, declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The bill lowers the number of signatures for newly - qualifying parties, and statewide independent candidates, from 2 % of the last gubernatorial vote cast, to one - fourth of 1 % of that same base.

Independent candidates in New Mexico face a severe petition burden, 3 % of the last gubernatorial vote.

Alternatively, I do not think the Republicans are dead in NYS, instead I think New York's GOP must learn to pick their spots as they have in state's like Massachusetts (Romney and Baker) and Maryland (Hogan) with pitch perfect gubernatorial candidates, capable of at once fostering and pouncing upon Democratic divisions while consolidating support from independent voters, in order to win gubernatorial elections.

Assuming that a registered Democrat or independent who wants to vote in the Republican gubernatorial primary can do so merely by asking for a Republican ballot, the Republican Party's constitutional right «not to associate» is pretty feeble if the only cost it imposes on that Democrat or independent is a loss of his right to vote for non-Republican candidates for other offices.

Stone is running the gubernatorial campaign of «Manhattan Madam» Kristin Davis, who is running on the Anti-Prohibition Party line (an independent line of her own creation).

Paladino is attempting to petition his way into the GOP gubernatorial primary against the party's designee, Rick Lazio, and also plans to petition to create an independent «Taxpayers» line to run on in November.

[155][156] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 62.3 % of the vote here (9,095 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 29.5 % (4,307 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 4.6 % (673 votes) and other candidates with 0.9 % (138 votes), among the 14,593 ballots cast by the city's 34,844 registered voters, yielding a 41.9 % turnout.

I got four gubernatorial candidates to say they'll veto legislation that does not provide for an independent commission.

That would be the highest vote for an independent progressive gubernatorial candidate in New York history.

ALBANY — After a report last week that gubernatorial aides were involving themselves with a supposedly independent anti-corruption panel, a major good - government group has written a letter voicing concern that such interference would be «a shocking waste of the momentum for meaningful change which its appointment created.»

Currently Bill Walker of Alaska is the only independent Governor in the United States, having defeated incumbent Republican Sean Parnell in the 2014 gubernatorial election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has insisted that the gubernatorial election it conducted in Abia State which saw to the emergence of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the election is sacrosanct.

The former congressional and gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday evening released a fundraising email for the political action committee The Anti-Corruption League, pointing to what she said was a «bad faith» deal for uniting the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline Democrats.

Last week, Downtown Independent Democrats followed suit, backing the Green gubernatorial candidate.

Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

The New York gubernatorial race is one example of many that shows the value of minor party and independent candidate activity.

Under the leadership of Astorino and his appointees the county jail has become a state of confusion and danger for officers, civilians and prisoners, a local Westchester blog «Independent Democrats «reported, during Astorino's fail bid for the gubernatorial seat.

A poll of the 2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election shows these results: Democrat Steve Beshear 51 %, Republican David Williams 30 %, independent Gatewood Galbraith 6 %, undecided 14 %.

Last year, Mercer contributed $ 1.55 million to Rescue New York, an independent expenditure committee that supported Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino.

MA gubernatorial candidates Kerry Healey (R) and Thomas Reilly (D), with independent candidate and wealthy businessman Christy Mihos making things much more interesting.

In his first general election television ad, Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg makes subtle jabs at incumbent Mike Pence's job creation record and also makes an appeal to Republican and independent voters.

WATERTOWN — Tom Foley, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, secured another line on the November ballot on Tuesday by winning the endorsement of the Independent Party over Trinity College professor and party activist John Mertens.

With seven weeks remaining until election day, independent groups have spent $ 3.7 million on the Connecticut gubernatorial race, already surpassing the amount of outside spending in the 2010 race between Republican Tom Foley and Democratic Governor Dannel P. Malloy.