Sentences with phrase «mounting primaries against»

But the Democrats» decision to capitulate enraged liberals, who accused the lawmakers of betrayal and threatened to mount primaries against some of those who voted «yes.»

These are pretty harsh words, especially from a fellow Republican, and likely to lead to speculation that Ball is considering mounting a primary against Hayworth.

Not exact matches

In the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan wonders if a string of failures for the Obama administration counts as mounting evidence not only against his primary claim to rule, executive competence, but also against the undergirding premises of liberal political philosophy.

What's particularly interesting here is the fact that 1) Lanza was briefly mentioned as a potential NY - 13 contender when it looked possible that the WFP and 1199 would run a primary challenger against Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon (that seems unlikely now), and 2) Lanza said yesterday he would support his longtime friend Vito Fossella if he mounts a comeback attempt against McMahon.

With an early primary date the winner will have plenty of time to mount an effective campaign against «Queen» Gillibrand.

NY Democrats need to mount primary challenges against IDC members, and send them home.

McCall is now a frequent Cuomo surrogate, and even spoke out in Cuomo's favor when it looked like the AG might mount a primary challenge against the state's first black governor: David Paterson.

Pigeon and several other disgruntled democrats recently formed a Political Action Committee to support several candidates mounting primary challenges against a number of party endorsed democrats.

Consider what Cuomo's done since the news broke a week ago that former «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon may mount a primary challenge against him.

As Azi Paybarah points out, Bloomberg is also expected to support his 2009 campaign consultant and charter school supporter, Basil Smikle, who is mounting a primary challenge against an anti-charter Democrat, Sen. Bill Perkins.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

In 2006, he mounted an unsuccessful long - shot primary against Gillibrand's predecessor, then - Sen.

Ball has not yet announced his intention to seek another term this fall, and is widely speculated to be eyeing a potential run for Putnam County executive, which would mean he might mount a primary challenge against his fellow Republican and former aide, incumbent County Executive MaryEllen Odell.

Both Kessner and Stott said they are collecting the signatures they will need to mount a primary run against Hunter.

Lovely Warren is mounting a Democratic Primary against party - backed Tom Richards for mayor of Rochester.

Teachout, accused by fellow Democrats of being anti-Israel when she mounted a surprisingly strong primary challenge against Cuomo in 2014, refused last week in a debate with her long - shot primary opponent to say whether she backed Cuomo's anti-BDS order, prompting a tough attack from national Republicans.

But Hunter dropped out of the race last week to assist Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, who is mounting a primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R - Barneveld, in the 22nd Congressional District.

Rumor has it that former Republican Grant Valentine is preparing to mount a Democratic Party primary challenge against incumbent Senator David Carlucci.

Gillibrand and Schumer offered late - in - the game endorsements for Warren after she defeated incumbent Mayor Tom Richards in the September Democratic primary, but then found herself running against him again in the general election, thanks to a grassroots campaign mounted on his behalf by Independence Party members and others.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said that Democrats are trying to be united at every level of government, and do not intend to mount primary challenges against members of the IDC, unlike 2014, when they ran candidates against some IDC members.

During Kent's tenure, PEF endorsed Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who mounted a spirited primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014.

Mr. Newell had mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge against Mr. Silver in 2008, when he gained attention for raising questions about Mr. Silver's considerable outside income.

(CNN)- A Republican state senator in Mississippi, who has mounted a primary challenge against U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, touts his conservative credentials in first campaign television commercial.

Powell recently hired strategist Michael Oliva, who previously told POLITICO New York that the winning message in this race will be about delivering services, not railing against a broken political establishment (which is currently fueling Donald Trump's rise in the Republican presidential primary, and helping Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders mount a surprisingly strong challenge to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.)

He needs to win big to be seen as viable nationally, which is why de Blasio appears to be encouraging actress Cynthia Nixon to mount a primary race against the governor.

He pledged to mount a primary campaign against the designated Republican candidate.

But other prominent Republicans expressed concern that Ms. Scozzafava's decision seemed likely to encourage conservatives going into next year's midterm elections to mount primary challenges against Republican candidates whom they consider too moderate, particularly if Mr. Hoffman wins on Tuesday.

In December 1994, two - thirds of Democrats wanted to see a primary challenge mounted against Bill Clinton.

Last week, Mr. Silver mounted a campaign against a move to hold New York's 2016 presidential primary on a date that falls during Passover, recruiting colleagues to sign a letter to the Democratic National Committee stating their opposition.