Sentences with phrase «multimillion dollar war chest»
They have been contributing generously to... a multimillion dollar war chest to lobby... for a bill to raise [the cap].»
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Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over a third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multimillion dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.
Fundraising will undoubtedly be an issue, in comparison his democratic opponents have amassed multimillion dollar war chests but Arcabascio doesn't think it will be a problem.
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There's one bank account that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara can't get his asset - freezing fingers on as he plans a likely multimillion - dollar restitution order against Sheldon Silver: the pol's campaign war chest, which Silver can continue to use to pay legal fees.
It's helped Cuomo amass a multimillion - dollar war chest that has served to ward off all but the boldest gubernatorial challengers.
Republicans also face the likelihood that the Skelos - seat battle will be a multimillion - dollar drain on their campaign war chest that will, should the Democrat win, leave them with reduced prospects of raising large sums for the November elections.
Hawkins blasted Cuomo's big money contributors, saying that less than 1 percent of the governor's multimillion dollar campaign war chest actually comes from donations of less than $ 1,000.