Bill Carey, who will run on the Democratic line in November, said he's been flirting with the
idea of running for office for a few years now.
In Obama's case, we'll need to get more subtle — he and his people have the mechanics
of running for office pretty much down, and I bet they could write their own Online Politics 101.
They note the complexities
of running for office in New York and Bharara's past statements on the subject — including on his podcast last week in which he said the AG post is a «very important job» but that «politics is not my cup of tea.»
The Fderal Election Commission ruled Thursday that child care expenses incurred because of the
demands of running for office could be paid out of campaign funds.
She addressed the
rumors of a run for office while speaking about education funding during an interview on NBC's «Today» show in August.
Campaign finance regulations should be accessible and not a barrier to those unfamiliar to the law, and there should be robust resources available to candidates on the procedural and legal
requirements of running for office.
Jackson has a long
history of running for office, including a failed 2013 bid for Manhattan Borough President against Gale Brewer, and a successful 2015 run for the District Leader of the 71st Assembly District.
I was as confident then as I am today that what I stood for as a candidate would resonate with voters and I did not wish to engage in the further deterioration of the
discourse of running for office.
For his part, Mr. Sementilli denies wanting to run for the City Council, saying in a statement, «I have no
plans of running for office and just want to fight for our Community.»
Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had
aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.
There's hardly an incumbent officeholder anywhere in the country who doesn't need to weigh the corrupting influence of money in politics against the very real need to raise cash to pay the obscenely expensive
price of running for office.
Alcantara said she reached out to «everyone you can think of» when she was mulling a Senate run, and the «one person who was receptive» to the
idea of her running for office was Sen. Diane Savino, a Staten Island Democrat and former labor organizer herself, who is currently the IDC's lone female member.
«Unfortunately, the
cost of running for office is extraordinary, and I do not see a path to raising the necessary funds to beat an incumbent mayor,» Massey said in a statement Wednesday.
Tabone countered by saying he has served Bayside for all eight years since he moved to the community for its superior schools, and that his
record of running for office will not sway voters who believe in his policies.
I met with a bunch of students this weekend, one of them had been thinking
of running for office, and she was really shaken by Trump.
«Unfortunately, the cost
of running for office is extraordinary, and I do not see a path to raising the necessary funds to beat an incumbent mayor,» he said in a statement sent to the media at noon on Wednesday.
«I always resisted the idea
of running for office, almost as a defense mechanism,» he said.