Wu has waged a surprisingly strong challenge, winning endorsements from the New York Times and others, and the Sunday rally was as much to lift Hochul's prospects of becoming
the next lieutenant governor as it was to re-elect Klein, who led a group of breakaway Democrats that allied with Republicans, and is facing his own liberal primary challenger.
Now she's ready to work with Governor Cuomo to keep New York moving forward as
our next lieutenant governor.»
«Some of the thinking that's going into the picking of
the next lieutenant governor is will that person be able to govern just in case.»
Cuomo chose former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, of Buffalo, to be New York's
next lieutenant governor.
The latest name to emerge on the Democratic side is Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who is running now running a longshot bid to be
the next lieutenant governor.
Not exact matches
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Governor Andrew Cuomo will nominate former lieutenant governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York Dai
Governor Andrew Cuomo will nominate former
lieutenant governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York Dai
governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's
next chairman, according to the New York Daily News.
While the debates of the
lieutenant governor candidates may not be sexiest, Moss in a statement said the post is important, considering it's
next - in - line to the Executive Mansion.
But Hochul is not well - known statewide — she's running to replace Cuomo's current
lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy — and will appear on a separate ballot line from Cuomo in
next month's primary, making her uniquely vulnerable to the protest ticket being led by Zephyr Teachout.
Senator Skelos and Senator Klein also take turns as temporary president of the Senate, a position defined in the State Constitution that is
next in the gubernatorial line of succession after the
lieutenant governor.
Jacobs, who is also Nassau County Democratic chairman, was widely expected to be replaced
next month by Charlie King, the party's executive director who was the
governor's running mate for
lieutenant governor in Cuomo's first attempt to win the state's highest office in 2002.
After all,
next in line for the job of
lieutenant governor is the Senate president, a position that is shared by Republican Dean Skelos and Democrat Jeff Klein under an unusual power - sharing agreement.
It's not clear who will be on the top of the ticket or who will be slotted for
lieutenant governor, but Marc Molinaro and Brian Kolb are eager to work together
next year in some form ahead of the gubernatorial election.
Should the rumors prove true and Duffy is actually interested in the job, this sets up a far neater transition
next year for Cuomo to select a new runningmate and have the sitting
lieutenant governor pass the torch.
DeRosa said Duffy, the former mayor of Rochester, committed to staying as
lieutenant governor until his term ends
next year.
First, his
lieutenant governor, Mario Cuomo, and then Mayor Koch proclaimed that they would seek to become the
next governor of New York.
A vacancy occurring before September twentieth of any year in any office authorized to be filled at a general election, except in the offices of
governor or
lieutenant -
governor, shall be filled at the general election held
next thereafter, unless otherwise provided by the constitution, or unless previously filled at a special election.
Eliot Spitzer's former
lieutenant governor is up for election in his own right in November of
next year.
You know,
lieutenant governor, you can wake up the
next morning and you're
governor of the State of New York.
So it was a long time from 1970 to 2006, when I ran for
lieutenant governor with Eliot Spitzer and he had me in every picture in everything he did and had me right
next to him every place he went.
Last week Andre Bauer, the
lieutenant governor of South Carolina and a candidate to become the state's
next governor, compared providing government assistance to those in need — including school kids eligible for free or reduced price lunches — to feeding stray animals.
Maybe Georgia can be his
next stop, as the
lieutenant governor of that state has threatened one of its largest employers, Delta airlines, with increased taxes if it does not restore its relationship with the NRA, the Associated Press's R.J. Rico and Ben Nadler report.