Sentences with phrase «lieutenant governor against»

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Gov. Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul.

The governor said he's not concerned about Hochul's prospects in a primary for lieutenant governor against Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane Williams.

In New York, socialists Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones are running on the Green Party ticket for governor and lieutenant governor against Andrew Cuomo....

He said he is not worried about her prospects in a primary for lieutenant governor against Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane Williams.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

Not exact matches

Smith, previously Minnesota's lieutenant governor, was appointed to serve as her state's senator following the resignation of Al Franken, who became embroiled in controversy after several women came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.

A spokesperson for Hochul has since told WBFO the lieutenant governor was not aware of the allegations against Hoyt when she made the comment.

Stewart's campaign for lieutenant governor did not win her party's endorsement but did win enough votes to compete in the primary against Joe Markley.

She is facing a challenge from Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor, as Cuomo deals with his own Democratic primary against Cynthia Nixon.

Her running mate, Tim Wu, candidate for lieutenant governor, received 1,938 of the Brookhaven vote against 2,003 for Kathy Hochul.

He vowed to reinvent the lieutenant governor role into a public advocate position representing the «people's voice in Albany» and that he would take on the «issues that pit a tiny concentrated interest against the broader interest.»

The two - term lieutenant governor faced off in an ugly primary battle against state Attorney General Doug Gansler and state lawmaker Heather Mizeur.

In Montana, businessman and former lieutenant governor candidate Steve Daines is already in the race against Sen. Jon Tester (D), but the big name is Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R - Mont.).

After all, he was running in a primary last year against the sitting lieutenant governor who had the endorsement of the outgoing two - term governor and the rest of the Democratic party establishment.

Kathy Hochul, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, went on the attack against Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino, saying the GOP opponent and his running mate are too conservative and his portrayal of the state as economically troubled and dysfunctional is too pessimistic.

Andrew Barovick has finally departed the city's prestigious bar association after making racist tweets against Chris Moss, the GOP's black candidate for lieutenant governor.

The Buffalo News reported earlier this week that sources indicated the efforts to woo Hochul followed Saturday's vote by the Working Families Party state committee to endorse Cynthia Nixon against Cuomo for governor and New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams over Hochul for lieutenant governor.

King has been close to Cuomo for years, working with Cuomo at HUD, running for lieutenant governor in tandem with Cuomo's brief 2002 bid for the statehouse, then running against Cuomo, unsuccessfully, in the 2006 primary for state attorney general.

The state's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, who is also from Buffalo and who is leading efforts against sexual harassment in the workplace, at first commended Hoyt for his service in government.

He was lieutenant governor under Hugh Carey, and won a Democratic primary against then - New York City Mayor Ed Koch to become governor of New York in 1982.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he wants to keep Kathy Hochul as lieutenant governor, squelching rumors that she is being considered for a congressional campaign against Republican Rep. Chris Collins.

Teachout and her running mate, Tim Wu, are facing a Democratic Primary against Andrew Cuomo and his lieutenant governor candidate, Kathy Hochul, on Sept 9.

Murphy, on the other hand — facing an election against Christie's lieutenant governor — ran an ad in which he stood in front of the George Washington Bridge and used it as a prop for one of his sharpest attacks.

The sources said the calls followed Saturday's vote by the Working Families Party state committee to endorse Cynthia Nixon against Cuomo for governor and New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams over Hochul for lieutenant governor.

Nixon and Williams are also running against Cuomo and Hochul in the September Democratic primary, in which the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are contested separately.

Earlier this year, Clinton went back to his home state of Arkansas to help Sen. Blanche Lincoln win a bruising primary runoff election against the state's lieutenant governor.

Spitzer's resignation more or less cleared the field for Cuomo, with the exception of his haphazardly selected lieutenant governor, David Paterson, who so botched his own short - lived stint in the executive mansion that he didn't really stand much of a chance against the ambitious attorney general.

Rehberg is a former lieutenant governor, but he also has the option of running against Sen. Jon Tester (D - Mont.)

«I haven't seen this mailer, but I'm just telling you, if you're going to run for governor, tell me what you're going to do, and trying to attack Ralph Northam, a VMI graduate and Army doctor, who served our troops who had been injured and was a doctor for them, who has been a great state senator, a great lieutenant governor, and for Enron Ed to come in here and do these divisive ads against Ralph Northam is a disgrace.»

Former Quebec lieutenant - governor Lise Thibault not entitled to royal immunity against fraud charges, Montreal Gazette