But the actual investment of resources is something that is too precious for national organizations to do anything other than place where they need to get wins... there is a question about the nationalization
of gubernatorial races in 2018 and whether the national politics related to the president are going to be something that every governor running is going to have to confront.
Jay DeDapper Yeah, I mean there are on top
of the gubernatorial race, there are two Senate races.
As for the impact
of the gubernatorial race, Democratic standard - nearer Andrew Cuomo is leading his GOP / Conservative challenger, Carl Paladino, 48 - 49.
Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey is upset with some members of his own party after GOP leaders gathered Friday in Saratoga Springs to discuss the state
of the gubernatorial race.
Governor Paterson was forced out
of the Gubernatorial race due to this scandal.
In alphabetical order, here are six states where the impact
of a gubernatorial race could drip down the ballot: Arizona: Republicans hope efforts to turn out the vote for their gubernatorial nominee, Doug Ducey, will help their candidates vying to pick up a pair of House seats held by Democrats.
The last week
of the gubernatorial race has been eye - opening.
Not exact matches
Gillespie faces off with the Democratic
gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam, Virginia's lieutenant governor, in the Tuesday election, which is billed as the premier
race of 2017.
Ralph Northam, a folksy Democrat from the Eastern Shore, beat out Ed Gillespie, former chairman
of the Republican National Committee, in Virginia's heated
gubernatorial race.
In the runup to the
gubernatorial election, the editorial board
of the Martinsville Bulletin wrote that the newspaper wouldn't be making endorsements in state or local
races: «It's not for a lack
of interest.
According to a recent Reuters report, depending on who takes a Senate seat from several
of these battle ground states and who wins certain
gubernatorial races could mean which
of the energy topics — EPA carbon regulations, the Keystone Pipeline XL's approval, relaxing crude oil export rules, developing clean energy technology — will take priority.
She was the Republican nominee in the 2010 California
gubernatorial race, spending much
of her fortune in her unsuccessful campaign.
The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama
gubernatorial primary
race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all
of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.
Many
of the
gubernatorial and senate
races in various states this year are extremely close.
Marist has weighed in with the fourth poll on the
gubernatorial horse
race out this week, and its results fall smack in the middle
of its rivals Siena and Quinnipiac, showing Andrew Cuomo leading Carl Paladino, 52 - 33 among likely voters with Rick Lazio garnering 9 percent and 6 percent unsure.
The
gubernatorial horse
race polls are starting to remind me
of that old joke about the weather: Just wait a day, and they'll change.
Today's Q poll finds GOP
gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino has dramatically reduced the double - digit lead long enjoyed by his Democratic opponent, AG Andrew Cuomo, coming within just six percentage points
of the once - comfortable frontrunner and turning this contest into a real horse
race.
George Demos, one
of three Republicans fighting to take on Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in NY - 1, tried to make yesterday's
gubernatorial vote at the GOP convention into an issue in his own
race, in which he's facing off against state Chairman Ed Cox's son, Chris.
Former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, who lost the 2006 governor's
race to Democrat Eliot Spitzer, is sounding the alarm in a letter to fellow Republicans, urging them to unite behind the GOP
gubernatorial designee, Rick Lazio, or risk «a re-run»
of what happened four years ago.
ConTon's Nick Reisman found this ad for the 2006 state attorney general campaign in which a youthful Andrew Cuomo touts the fact that he had landed the endorsement
of the man whose shoes he was then seeking to fill:
Gubernatorial race golden boy Spitzer.
«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.»
While many precincts have yet to report numbers, the results currently available have Cuomo on pace to finish this election with the 4th largest margin
of victory in a NYS
gubernatorial race since 1800.
(The two Republicans had a bit
of a tiff in the media recently; Cox was speculated to be interested in keeping the AG slot open in hopes
of convincing
gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio to switch
races).
UPDATED with correction: RWDSU, not Local 1500, was in fact the first union to announce its support
of then - AG Cuomo's
gubernatorial run in 2010, making its endorsement even before he had formally entered the
race, and also before then - Gov.
It recently raised the possibility that it won't endorse anyone in the
gubernatorial race due to a considerable difference
of opinion with AG Andrew Cuomo's platform, which includes increasing the number
of charter schools and a property tax cap.
Cox said that outside
of the New Jersey and Virginia
gubernatorial races, there isn't much to draw the attention away from the New York City mayor's
race next year.
In August 2014, The Cook Political Report changed the competitiveness rating
of the Georgia
gubernatorial race from Likely Republican to Toss - Up.
The New York
gubernatorial race has a number
of colorful candidates, including Jimmy McMillan, a former postal worker running as a member
of the «Rent Is 2 Damn High» party.
Bysiewicz dropped out
of the governor's
race and announced she was teaming up with
gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont earlier this week.
(CNN)- Nancy Reagan weighed in on the Senate and
gubernatorial races in her home state on Wednesday, offering her endorsement
of the Republican candidates in both California
races.
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.
Lamont instead teamed up with Bysiewicz, a rival in the
gubernatorial race who served three terms as the secretary
of the state and is from Middletown.
The mayor largely shirked questions about the
gubernatorial race, but did comment on what he believed to be important issues for New Yorkers, including economic fairness, «ensuring people have a decent standard
of living» and other progressive - leaning ideas.
I noted recently that Shaprton has yet to weigh in on the
gubernatorial race, which includes Cuomo and City Councilman Charles Barron, who created the Freedom Party minor - party line out
of protest over the all - white ticket.
Former GOP / Conservative
gubernatorial hopeful and current state Supreme Court candidate Rick Lazio will make his first public appearance tomorrow since dropping out
of the
race almost a month ago following his big primary loss to Carl Paladino.
Siena College is out with another snapshot
of the statewide
races finding Democratic
gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo's lead over Republican Carl Paladino has grown.
Former
gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio joined me on CapTon last night and insisted he has «no regrets» about dropping out
of the
race to cede the Conservative line to Carl Paladino, although he refused to say whether he will be voting today for the Buffalo businessman who trounced him in the GOP primary on Sept. 14.
«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...»
Asked on the «Bill Press Show» for his thoughts on the 2020 White House
race, Rep. Tom Suozzi said that Cuomo — who is gearing up for the 2018
gubernatorial election — «is definitely running for president
of the United States
of America, I think.»
A recent poll for the Kentucky
gubernatorial race of November 2, 2011, shows these results: Democrat Steve Beshear, 52 %; Republican David Williams, 28 %; independent Gatewood Galbraith 9 %; undecided 11 %.
The competitive
gubernatorial race was not the only
race on the November ballot that could have shifted the partisan balance
of power in Colorado.
Republican
gubernatorial candidate, and Westchester County Executive, Rob Astorino has accused Governor, and former HUD Secretary, Andrew Cuomo
of «
race - baiting» in comments related a long running lawsuit between the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Westchester County.
«This kind
of performance does not win Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox Jewish, Tea Party or other conservative voters to the Republican Party, and has led to some
of the splits the party has seen in recent years in the 23rd Congressional District, the 2010
gubernatorial race and most recently the 26th Congressional District.»
Unlike Connecticut's two previous
gubernatorial contests there has been a lack
of public polling about this year's
race.
Just to recap, Cox and Steele have had a difficult relationship since March, when the RNC let the NY GOP know that national officials didn't want to fund
races in New York if then - Democrat Steve Levy was at the top
of the ticket as the
gubernatorial nominee on the GOP line.
Nebraska
gubernatorial race: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the head
of the Republican Governors Association, issued a statement Wednesday congratulating Pete Ricketts on his win for the Cornhusker state's Republican
gubernatorial primary, beating out six other candidates.
There are a handful
of Republicans interested in the 2018
gubernatorial race.
A controversial Republican
gubernatorial candidate in California could cause the GOP headaches in down - ballot House
races in a state crucial to the party's hopes
of increasing its House majority.
After seven weeks
of exploring the idea, New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart officially entered Connecticut's crowded
gubernatorial race Monday, pledging to overcome the year - plus head start
of many
of the other Republicans running for the job.
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.