Sentences with phrase «on running for county executive»

The seat became vacant on September 18, 2017, after John McCaherty (R) resigned to focus on running for county executive.

Not exact matches

Democratic Ulster County Executive Mike Hein announced on Friday he will not run for the Hudson Valley congressional district being vacated next year by Republican Chris Gibson.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has told Republican officials he's running for governor as he won a straw poll of GOP leaders on Friday during a meeting in Saratoga Springs.

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, who is still Lazio's Conservative running mate, but has agreed to run with Carl Paladino on the GOP line and appeared with him for the first time in Olean Friday night, told me this morning he hasn't heard from his erstwhile Republican ticket mate yet.

Others (OK, Lazio supporters) suggested what's really going on here is a recognition by Cox and Levy supporters that county executive won't make it to the 50 percent - plus - one threshold and will need to be tapped to run for some other office as a sort of consolation prize.

Hours after insisting he would continue to run for governor, Sen. John DeFrancisco on Wednesday announced he quit actively campaigning for the post — giving Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro a clear path to the nomination.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano on Tuesday officially announced he's running for the state Senate seat that will be vacated at the end of the month by Westchester County Executive - elect George Latimer.

Ball, of course, went on to win the seat vacated by the now - incarcerated Vinnie Leibell, who made a quixotic run for county executive even though he was under investigation by the federal government at the time.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins repeatedly insisted on Tuesday she is not running for Westchester County executive, though she answered each time in the present tense.

Later yesterday afternoon, the Westchester County Democratic Committee sent out an email informing recipients that a «mini convention» would be called by Chairman Reggie Lafayette for the purpose of selecting a candidate to run for the yet - to - be-called special election to fill the seat of departing state Sen. George Latimer, who will become Westchester County executive on Jan. 1.

Assini's focus on running for Congress means he will not be a candidate for Monroe County Executive, a position he's previously expressed interest in.

Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced he will run candidates for clerk and comptroller on his own ticket, making party primaries in September likely for all three countywide offices.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, who is seeking to run for governor as an independent, is calling on his fellow Republicans in the state Senate to pass the Child Victims Act this year.

Intermediaries for Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, the presumptive GOP gubernatorial candidate, recently reached out to former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, a Democrat, about running for attorney general on a fusion ticket.

In so doing, Lazio is basically conceding there will be a floor fight for the party's gubernatorial nomination — not a great development for a candidate who once believed he would have a lock on Row B (back after his main competition, Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who suffered from a persistent case of foot - in - mouth disease and decided not to run).

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, and his hometown GOP chairman John Jay LaValle, whose Suffolk county committee will have the most votes at the party's nominating convention, disagree on who should run for governor, with Flanagan supporting state Sen. John DeFrancisco and LaValle endorsing Dutchess County Executive Marc Molcounty committee will have the most votes at the party's nominating convention, disagree on who should run for governor, with Flanagan supporting state Sen. John DeFrancisco and LaValle endorsing Dutchess County Executive Marc MolCounty Executive Marc Molinaro.

Staten Island Councilman Joe Borelli is being considered «very seriously» to run with presumptive Republican candidate for governor Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro on the GOP ticket, the chairman of the Conservative Party confirmed.

Among the other Democrats still in the running for the seat vacated on Jan. 1 by Westchester County Executive George Latimer are People for Bernie co-founder Kat Brezler, who received the endorsement yesterday of 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout; and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick.

At 9:30 a.m., Dutchess County Executive and gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro and Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo will provide an update on his campaign's search for an LG running mate, East Ridge Diner and Steakhouse, 765 Ridge Rd., Rochester.

State Sen. George Latimer is the choice of the Westchester Democrats to run for county executive against Republican incumbent Rob Astorino, though County Legislator Ken Jenkins has vowed to fight on in the September prcounty executive against Republican incumbent Rob Astorino, though County Legislator Ken Jenkins has vowed to fight on in the September prCounty Legislator Ken Jenkins has vowed to fight on in the September primary.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who is poised to announce his campaign for governor Monday, is going to run on the premise that he is a good guy, and Cuomo is not.

Also on tap for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner, who is running against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Tuesday gave her most Shermanesque statement yet on the talk that she is considering a run for Westchester County executive.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. >> Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said Thursday he will not run for governor, ending more than a year of speculation about whether the two - term leader might take on Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year for the state's top post.

The subpoena comes after Newsday made inquiries last week about why Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who is considering a run for governor on a third - party line, has filed a different financial disclosure form than the one mandated by countCounty Executive Steve Levy, who is considering a run for governor on a third - party line, has filed a different financial disclosure form than the one mandated by countycounty law.

Ed Cox has been under fire in his role as chairman, drawing pushback over his son's campaign, as well as concerns about his own fundraising performance and decision to recruit the Democratic Suffolk County executive to run on the Republican line for governor.

While insiders cite Hein as an early favorite to win the party nomination should he choose to run, he told the Poughkeepsie Journal last month that for now, he's focused on his own re-election for county executive this November.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro officially confirmed his run for New York Governor in his hometown on Monday, making the announcement at Tivoli Village Hall.

This morning I reached Mermel, who claims to have locked down close to 70 percent of the weighted GOP convention vote for his LG run, but he declined to comment on either Haberman's report or the announcement later today that GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio has tapped Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards as his preferred running mate.

Ulster County Executive Mike Hein will not run for the House seat held by Rep. Chris Gibson, the Democrat said in an interview set to air this evening on Capital Tonight.

Barbour, as you may recall, heads the Republican Governors Association, and backed up state GOP Chairman Ed Cox in his (eventually failed) effort to convince former Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to switch parties and try to run for governor on the GOP line in 2010.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco's fellow Republicans (save for Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a Cuomo ally) weighed in on the possibility that he'll run for governor next year.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano lost one of his last shots at a minor party ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party line, election officials said.

Consider, for example, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who, despite his memory lapse in 2010, ran on five lines in 2007 — R, D, C, Indy and WFP — getting about 96 percent of the vote.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said he thinks his scuttled effort to run for governor on the GOP line was «well worth it» because now the other candidates are «talking about the things they weren't talking about.»

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today announced he is closing the door completely on a potential run for governor, deciding against seeking statewide office on an independent line and throwing his support behind his erstwhile opponent, Rick Lazio.

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While seeking re-election next week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone declined on Monday to rule out the possibility of running for higher office before the end of his hoped - for four - year term.

Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is continuing to stick by his pledge to help candidates running on his newfound party's line by endorsing Staten Island DA Dan Donovan for AG today.

Those were the charges thrown out by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino at the Convservative Party's annual political action conference in Colonie on Monday morning, in which the 2014 candidate for governor reaffirmed his consideration of another run in 2018.

The ad points to Astorino's efforts to crack down on taxes when he ran for county executive, but vetoed legislation to do so.

Republican Rob Astorino in a radio interview on Friday said he expects to run for a third term as the Westchester county executive.

Bob McCarthy hypothesizes Team Cuomo would prefer to see Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul take on — and perhaps defeat — County Executive Chris Collins this fall than run for former Rep. Chris Lee's seat.

On the eve of the first — and it appears only — gubernatorial debate, which will take place tomorrow night in Buffalo, the state GOP has released a new TV ad trashing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for running a «mean - spirited» campaign and being «afraid» to debate his Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is also considering a run for governor on the Republican line.

Noted the National Republican Congressional Committee in its take on Hein's passing of the cup, «Ulster County executive Mike Hein just dropped a huge load of coal into the stockings of local and national Democrats this afternoon by announcing that he would not run for Congress in NY - 19.»

The Erie County Legislature is responding to the high volume of road complaints it is receiving by calling on County Executive to create the «pothole hotline» that he promised to implement when he ran for the position in 2011.

The Erie County Legislature is responding to the high volume of road complaints it is receiving by calling on County Executive Mark Poloncarz to create the «pothole hotline» that he promised to implement when he ran for the position in 2011.

STATEN ISLAND — South Shore Councilman Joe Borelli is being considered «very seriously» to run with presumptive Republican candidate for governor Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro on the GOP ticket, the chairman of the Conservative Party of New York confirmed to the Advance Thursday.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, seen here on May 11, 2017, is officially a lame duck after failing to file nominating petitions to run for re-election on an independent ballot line.