Sentences with phrase «of primary challenges against»

Trump's decision Saturday to intervene in the Alabama special election followed weeks of pleas from senior Republicans who fear that a loss will invite a wave of primary challenges against GOP incumbents and damage the party in the 2018 midterms.

Not exact matches

Nixon may not succeed in her primary challenge against Cuomo, but her platform's popularity among progressives may wind up shifting Cuomo on the issue of marijuana legalization.

Part of that deal is for each side to not fund or support primary challenges against each others» members, while also working together to win two special elections to fill upcoming vacancies in the chamber.

Elmont civic leader and NYPD Det. Carl Achille will run a Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Gregory Meeks, whose district includes parts of Queens and Nassau County.

UFCW Local 1500 also will be announcing its endorsement of LG Kathy Hochul, who is facing a primary challenge from Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, who enjoys support from groups that were active in backing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» 2016 presidential primary bid against Hillary Clinton.

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.

Even though Democrats have pledged not to support primary challenges against members of the IDC, candidates in each of those districts are pushing forward anyway, including against IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

A Primary is expected against Senator David Valesky, former City Council Member Robert Jackson is challenging Senator Marisol Alcanatara in a rematch of 2016 minus Micah Lasher, and Attorney Zellnor Myrie is forging ahead with his challenge of Senator Jesse Hamilton.

Candidate for Governor of New York Cynthia Nixon delivered a blistering speech against Governor Andrew Cuomo, whom she hopes to challenge in a Democratic primary.

Teachout won 34 percent of the vote in her 2014 primary challenge against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014.

Several key unions, including SEIU 1199, are backing the insurgent candidacies of Oliver Koppell (challenging Klein) and John Liu (challenging Tony Avella), and primary challengers are against the remaining I.D.C. senators have begun to circulate petitions.

This is a potentially potent line of attack against Teachout, especially when it comes to her opposition of the popular property tax cap, which she first expressed in 2014 when she was challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

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.

Green Party congressional candidate Matt Funiciello said Tuesday he has secured enough signatures to get on June 24 primary ballot, but his campaign will continue to circulate petitions as a safeguard against any signatures that might be challenged and to show the strength of the campaign.

Bush had alienated many of the conservatives in his party by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes, but he fended off a primary challenge from conservative commentator Pat Buchanan.

The Southampton Town Democratic Committee has challenged almost all the signatures on Fred Havemeyer's petition to force a primary in September against Supervisor Jay Schneiderman — 95 percent of them.

He initiated the high court action against her on January 19, 2016 challenging Zanetor's eligibility to contest the primary on the ticket of the NDC.

As to those politicians, of the four Republicans that blatantly went against their supporters and constituents, one has already quit, two are in serious danger of losing their primaries, and the last is facing a primary challenge and a general election challenge for the first time in decades.

A wrinkle for the battleground House race has been the campaign of Republican Philip Pidot, who a federal court on Wednesday ruled will compete against Martins in an October primary following a lengthy ballot challenge.

His main focus when he ran an unsuccessful primary challenge against then - US Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2000 was his opposition to the Iraq War and the fact that she had voted in favor of it.

De Blasio is also being challenged in the Democratic primary by Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn City Councilman Sal Albanese, who previously ran against de Blasio in 2013 and failed to get one percent of the votes.

Stringer said he will give the $ 4,500 he received in 2011 from Loeb and donate it to former City Councilman Robert Jackson, who says he will run a primary challenge next year against one of the breakaway Democrats — Sen. Marisol Alcantara, of Upper Manhattan.

After three weeks of fighting for his chance to make it to City Hall, Lynn Nunes ended his challenge Tuesday against incumbent Councilman Thomas White (D - South Ozone Park) for his slim Democratic Primary victory.

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.

Rangel, 87, claims he gave a legal personal loan of $ 100,000 to his campaign in June 2014 when he was fighting to overturn his 2010 censure by the House of Representatives and facing a tough primary challenge against fellow Harlem Democrat Adriano Espaillat.

In a City Hall news conference on Tuesday afternoon (which is posted at the end of this story), Richards, who lost last week's Democratic primary against City Council President Lovely Warren, said his decision is a personal one, because his family has been dealing with a difficult health challenge for one of their family members.

Manhattan State Senator Marisol Alcantara, if not yet the target of the type of wrath Peralta endured in Queens, could struggle against a single, strong primary challenge.

Though the Senate Democrats were reportedly encouraging of Oliver Koppell's primary challenge against their erstwhile colleague, IDC Leader Jeff Klein, now that the former Bronx councilman is officially a candidate, not a single of them has come forward to publicly endorse him.

The umbrella labor group also gave its nod to former city Comptroller John Liu, who is running a primary challenge against Queens Sen. Tony Avella, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference.

One of the radio spots features former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, against whom Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a primary challenge during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign — a move that angered the African - American community and very nearly cost Cuomo his political career.

Sanders today challenged Clinton to a debate ahead of New York's April 19 primary, and said she might not be willing to face off against him now that she is far ahead in the race to win the Democratic nomination.

Nixon's campaign said she received 2,214 contributions of less than $ 200 in the day after she officially launched her Democratic primary challenge against Cuomo on Monday.

One of the city's best - known labor leaders said «the majority of the unions would try to build a coalition quickly and push against» any primary challenge.

The pressure on the five breakaway Democrats is getting more politically intense, with a primary challenge to IDC leader Jeff Klein and talk of primaries against other members, including Valesky.

Zephyr Teachout showed the breadth of gubernatorial discontent, carrying 23 upstate counties in her primary challenge against Cuomo in 2014 but falling far short in the five boroughs.

Two - term senator James Sanders has a long history of breaking with the Queens party establishment, most recently by flirting with a primary challenge against Rep. Gregory Meeks.

In the months since, a number of insurgents have announced primary challenges against IDC members.

Barring a successful challenge, each of the seven candidates will now square off at a Democratic primary on June 26, with the winner going on to run against Stefanik in November.

Upstate New Yorkers are skeptical of Nixon's Democratic primary challenge against Gov. Cuomo — if they even know who the actress and liberal activist is at all.

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.

As for whether Democrats would launch a primary against members of the IDC — and rumors have swirled that various challenges may come to Klein or fellow IDCer Sen. Diane Savino — Stewart - Cousins demurred.

There have been only two other major - party primaries against governors seeking re-election since then: Fulani's challenge to Mario Como, and LG Mary Anne Krupsak's 1978 challenge to her previous partner, Gov. Hugh Carey, in which she received 33.7 percent of the vote.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox suggested the recent call for a review by Cuomo into the handling of the Weinstein case was driven by politics as it came the same day actress Cynthia Nixon announced a Democratic primary challenge against the governor and at a time when his office is being sued over its handling of a sexual harassment claim against a former aide.

Cuomo has taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward the IDC of late, using the «co-conspirator» line during a political rally this weekend and meeting with presumptive next mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss primary challenges against IDC senators.

Even former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, whom Cuomo challenged in the 2002 gubernatorial primary, earning him the long - standing ire of many in the black community, has stepped in to act as a surrogate for the AG against Paladino and also defended him when it looked like he might primary the state's first black governor, David Paterson.

Mr. Cuomo faced a primary challenge in September, winning 62 percent of the vote against a little - known and underfunded candidate.

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.)

On Thursday morning, I sat in Judge John W. Carter's courtroom as he listened to lawyers» rebuttal of the special referee's report recommending denial of Petitioner's motion in Jones v Blake, a residency challenge filed against Michael Blake, a Bronx Assembly candidate running in the upcoming Democratic Primary.

It's unclear if Mr. Golden was referring to the April 1 meeting or another meeting, but a host of The Jewish View, Marc Gronich, suggested Agudath Israel and Orthodox Union, another influential Jewish organization, were willing to indirectly back primary challenges against lawmakers.