Sentences with phrase «more gubernatorial races»

Not exact matches

«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.»

A political party is granted automatic ballot status — the right to field a candidate in any race in the state without circulating petitions — if its gubernatorial candidate wins more than 50,000 votes in a general election.

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As POLITICO reported in September, it's part of a longer - term effort to build a bigger and more diverse bench for the party to draw on in gubernatorial and Senate races over the next decade.

Gibson, who now teaches at Williams College, said he knows the gubernatorial race is an uphill battle, given Cuomo's $ 30 million war chest and the state's more than two - to - one Democratic enrollment edge.

«Though most political ad dollars traditionally are spent after Labor Day, tight primaries and early spending on House, Senate and gubernatorial races have pushed local TV - ad spending above $ 311 million as of mid-August, up 45 % from the same point in 2004 and more than three times as much as in 2002...»

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has more than $ 30 million in his campaign fund, and a recent poll shows him with a 30 - point - lead over his likely Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, but the Republican says if the past is any indication, he can win the gubernatorial race this year.

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.

Despite his past losses, Hawkins garnered more than 100,000 votes in the 2014 New York gubernatorial race and put the Green Party on the fourth line of the ballot, according to Hawkins» press release.

Also, Hawkins is not alone in his call for the gubernatorial race debate to turn to more substantial matters.

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.

But in statewide races, winning isn't (always) everything: When a party fails to mount competent candidates for long - shot gubernatorial and Senate races, it can doom more competitive candidates down - ballot.

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.

Michigan Governor (R): Aside from the California gubernatorial primary, there is no state where more national Republican consultants are involved than this race in Michigan.

The Republican gubernatorial candidates spent more than $ 20 million on the primary ballot's marquee race.

(CNN)- A reason Democrat Andrew Cuomo's the one to beat in New York's gubernatorial race: the more than $ 19 million dollars he now has on hand.

Though he's never been elected, he received more than 100,000 votes in the 2014 New York gubernatorial race and put the Green Party on the fourth line of the ballot.

«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.

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.

In his 2010 gubernatorial race, Hawkins received 60,000 votes, enough to qualify the Green Party for the New York State ballot for four more years.

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 candidates.

Both committees have a long history of supporting Republicans — they're among a minute number of major political players who gave more money to Republican Rob Astorino than Cuomo in the 2014 gubernatorial race.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about the 2018 gubernatorial race and more.

The Democratic race seems likely to provide more fireworks with polling that suggests 2006 Senate nominee Ned Lamont carries an edge over Malloy who was a close runner - up for the party's gubernatorial nod that same year.

This cycle, Senate and Gubernatorial races hands with popular Senator Max Baucus and even more popular Governor Brian Schweitzer running for reelection, are safely in Democratic hands.

But in 2018, more than half a dozen African - Americans are running in gubernatorial races.

More recently, Schott grantees played a similarly critical role in prioritizing education issues in Pennsylvania's 2014 gubernatorial race and the 2015 Philadelphia mayoral race and in backing candidates committed to addressing educational inequities.

A group of President Trump's supporters had a motor home display in one parking lot, no more than two blocks north of a Democrat running for the nomination for his party in the next Michigan gubernatorial race, handing out bottles of water.

However, this is also a can't - miss opportunity to put that entire enviro - activist notion to the ultimate test, with an outright challenge to billionaire Tom Steyer to consider a far more chancy gamble than the $ 100 million he's pledged toward Senate and gubernatorial races that «attack climate - change deniers» — a gamble that either makes or totally busts the two decade - old accusation that skeptics are paid to lie and spread misinformation.