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Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco insisted on Monday he wants to avoid a primary for the GOP nomination for governor as Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is expected to officially enter the race.
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In his remarks, Tillerson repeated the genocide designation for ISIS and also referenced the nomination of Governor Sam Brownback as the department's ambassador - at - large for international religious freedom.
So here's the manual: 1) Create a party that exploits a legitimate fear: STOP COMMON CORE 2) Get petition signatures and 50,000 votes under that banner 3) CHANGE the name to Reform Party so can you dupe some progressives into voting for your pals 4) Use the line as leverage to get the GOP nomination for Governor but making local friends statewide Classic bait - and - switch Except, Little Lord Rob would get creamed again for Governor.
The vote for governor will still take place on Wednesday, as planned, and the WP vote will immediately follow the nomination.
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The lawmaker, first elected to the Senate in 1992, announced earlier this week that he was suspending his campaign for governor after Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro emerged as the front runner for the GOP nomination.
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro vowed Monday to fix what he called Albany's climate of corruption and backroom dealmaking as he announced his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor...
Jon Huntsman, who has served as governor of Utah and was ambassador to China under Obama, has been nominated as the U.S. envoy to Russia by Trump, whom Hunstman challenged for the 2016 GOP nomination.
Western New York political operative Michael Caputo ran Carl Paladino's campaign for governor back in 2010 when the mad - as - hell man from Buffalo upended the state GOP by winning a primary for the nomination to take on then - Democratic state AG Andrew Cuomo.
After failing to secure support for the GOP nomination for governor, Giambra said he would seek the Reform Party line in the November election, as voters were no longer interested in polarized two - party system.
A well - liked, respected, hard - charging attorney general who talks tough about cleaning up the scandal - plagued, lobbyist - run institution known as New York state government has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.
Cuomo aides made a point of rolling out a diverse team over the course of the two - day convention, starting with the announcement that former Governor David Paterson, who quietly rivaled with Cuomo in 2009 and 2010 as Cuomo edged him out for the Democratic Party's nomination, would take over the Democratic State Committee.
If Andrew Cuomo seeks the Democratic nomination for governor, as expected, he would be a force to be reckoned with.
This month, the governor hoped to capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment and emerge as an early frontrunner for the nomination by hiring prominent former Clinton staff and fundraisers, taking well - publicized trips abroad, and asserting himself as a national voice against RyanCare.
ALBANY — Former three - term New York governor George Pataki, who also served two years in the state Senate, eight in the Assembly, and four as Peekskill's mayor, introduced himself at Thursday's «undercard» debate for the Republican presidential nomination as a candidate who is «not a career politician.»
In sharp contrast, the smaller state Republican party convenes Tuesday with schisms on display, deciding for example if wild - card party - switcher Steve Levy advances another step for governor, or if Rick Lazio locks up the nomination as once presumed, or if a sudden prospect named Myers Mermel mounts a major miracle.
Since her husband, Carl, won the Republican nomination for governor of New York last week, the only story in the race as compelling as his upset victory has been their personal back story: that her husband not only had an affair, not only fathered a child with that other woman, but also told his wife of 40 years about it all the same week that their 29 - year - old son, Patrick, was killed in a car accident.
First, Beth DeFalco, a spokeswoman for Cuomo, said the governor submitted all of de Blasio's nominations to the Senate, as required by law: «We nominated them all,» she emailed.
«No responsible candidate for governor can accept the nomination of the Working Families Party and be taking seriously as a fiscal reformer.»
Cynthia Nixon took Gov. Andrew Cuomo to task on corruption, big money, the state Senate and, yes, the subway, as she launched her bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.
Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter introduced Brian Schweitzer this morning at the United South and Eastern Tribes Conference in Washington, D.C., lavishing praise on the former Montana governor who has been touted as a «dark horse» candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
Spitzer resigned his role as the Empire State's governor in 2008 after he was ensnared in a prostitution scandal, and remained out of politics until announcing Sunday he would seek the Democratic nomination for New York City's top fiscal officer.
Three other Democrats let it be known that they were looking at the race: L. Douglas Wilder, who had been elected governor of Virginia in 1989, George McGovern, the man who'd lost 49 states to Nixon in 1972 (and waged a hopeless bid for the 1984 Democratic nomination), and John Silber, the Boston University president who had nearly won Massachusetts» governorship the previous fall by running as a conservative culture warrior.
This announcement comes just as former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer announced his candidacy for the party's nomination.
Under a scenario conjured by my perhaps too - lively imagination, if not premature expectations — I'd be the first to buy Hein a ticket to Albany — Hein's statewide summer speaking campaign was seen by me as a launching pad for a possible nomination for lieutenant governor, assuming Slaughter retires to allow the present second banana, Bob Duffy of Rochester, to run for Congress.
RYE BROOK, N.Y. — As Andrew Cuomo prepared to accept the Democratic nomination for governor, Republicans outside the convention today started their assault on the attorney general, calling him «Prince Andrew» and saying he let Albany slip into a «culture of corruption.»
[113] Romney's position as the leader of the moderate Republicans at the constitutional convention helped gain him the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan.
As CBS 2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, it was believed to be a foregone conclusion that Cuomo would secure the Democratic nomination for governor with Teachout largely unknown to many voters.
Fred Malek, the self - made billionaire who serves as finance chairman for the Republican Governors Association, said Tuesday he believes both Romney and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will seek the GOP nomination next year.
Murphy would run for the Democratic nomination, and Jolly would join him on the ticket as the lieutenant governor candidate.
DeFrancisco, the second - ranking member of the state Senate, has set out on a 20 - county tour of New York state as he measures support for a potential campaign for the Republican nomination for governor.
Mario Cuomo beams yesterday as son Andrew accepts the Democratic nomination for governor in Rye Brook.
In politics, timing is everything and no one could have timed it better than Cynthia Nixon with her announcement this week that she will be challenging Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination as governor of New York.
Other names being mentioned as possible Gillibrand challengers are former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who sought the GOP nomination for New York governor in 2006; little - known Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has already «announced» his candidacy; state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, President Richard Nixon's son - in - law; and former US Rep. Rick Lazio, who suffered an embarrassing loss to Carl Paladino in the gubernatorial primary last year and was defeated by Mrs. Clinton in 2000.
Astorino is indeed in the mix for the Republican nomination for governor again next year after losing to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014, but he demurred as to whether he'll definitively launch another statewide campaign.
Multiple labor groups left the WFP last month as it moved to endorse Cuomo's rival for the Democratic nomination for governor, Cynthia Nixon.
Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra announced Thursday he would no longer seek the Republican nomination for governor and will instead run as an independent.
Campaign finance records show that the contacts and friends Lazio made in those years are coming through for him as he seeks the GOP nomination for governor.
The final day of the New York State Democratic Convention had only one official item: the nomination of Andrew Cuomo as the party's candidate for governor.
Weiner, the former congressman who is one of Quinn's chief rivals for the Democratic mayoral nomination, and Spitzer, the former governor who is now attempting to run for comptroller, both sought refuge in the private sector following what Quinn describes as their «fall from grace.»
Onondaga County Legislator Chris Ryan says he won't run for the 50th Senate District seat that will likely open this year as 25 - year - incumbent John DeFrancisco seeks the Republican nomination for governor.
ALBANY — State Sen. John DeFrancisco's bid for the Republican nomination for governor dimmed this week as the leaders of eight county GOP committees shifted their endorsements to Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.
Republican Rob Astorino, who is expected to receive the GOP's nomination for governor Thursday, called an Albany radio station to respond to a new Democratic ad that labeled him as an extremist and «so far right, he's wrong.»
The Syracuse state senator announced that he's running for the GOP nomination for governor and slammed Cuomo as no longer a «friend of the taxpayer.»
The lawmaker, first elected to the Senate in 1992, announced earlier this week that he was suspending his campaign for governor after Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro emerged as the front - runner for the GOP nomination.
Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, 42, locked up the GOP nomination for governor last week, infusing a youthful vigor and adding a renewed sense of hope to a race that only three months ago party leaders were expecting to write off as a Faso / Spitzer redux.
Governor Andrew Mark Cuomo accepted his party's nomination for the second time as he now officially is matched up against GOP Nominee Rob Astorino this November.
Washington (CNN)- As Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels mulls whether to run for the GOP presidential nomination, he will be making a trip to Washington, DC next week to boost Republican coffers.
Within minutes of Paladino's nomination as the Republican candidate for governor, Dean Skelos jumped on the Paladino bandwagon and embraced him with open arms.
ALBANY — Fresh off an announcement that jolted the New York political world, Steve Levy, the Long Island Democrat who abandoned his party to run for governor as a Republican, is working to secure endorsements as he tries to gain an edge in the contest for the nomination.