Sentences with phrase «on running for reelection»

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has been mentioned by some party leaders as a potential candidate, but Wednesday in Rochester Hochul said her focus is on running for reelection.

He also said that data from recent elections disproves the argument that legislators focus too much on running for reelection and not enough time on actual county business.

When asked at a Wednesday event in Rochester, Hochul said she is focused on running for reelection.

Not exact matches

Losing Ryan could open the floodgates and prompt more Republicans on the fence about running for reelection to retire, said Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

The governor runs for reelection this year, and is widely rumored to have his eye on the 1992 Democratic nomination.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined members of the Working Families Party on Sunday to accept the group's endorsement of her reelection bid and voice support for numerous progressive causes, as the state's junior senator eyes a possible 2020 presidential run.

«Kasich is kind of in limbo — his time as governor will end when he's termed out, he doesn't have a path toward any other office in Ohio, and if Trump runs for reelection, I doubt he'll challenge him,» said Ryan Williams, a former aide on 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

On a personal level, Leifeld reiterated his decision, announced recently, that he would not be running for reelection in November after 24 years as town supervisor and 11 years before that as a town board member.

Chazy Supervisor Mark Henry will not run for reelection, the town clerk confirmed to the Sun on Monday.

Ortiz Jones is one of several Democrats running to take on Hurd, a former undercover CIA officer who narrowly won reelection to his Texas swing seat in 2016 and ranks as a top Democratic target for 2018.

I'm calling you on behalf of my nephew; actually my great nephew, Todd Kaminsky, who is running for reelection as your State Senator,» Brooks says in the call.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, who's running for reelection this fall and knows storm response can make or break an incumbent, was put on the defensive for being over preprepared for the storm.

[27] On September 12, 2006, in the Republican Primary for New York's 99th District, Ball defeated Stephens in a landslide with 70.4 % (5,165 votes) to 29.6 % (2,176 votes) for Stephens, the lowest vote total for any incumbent running for reelection to the State Assembly that day.

A consultant to Levy, who ran for reelection in 2007 on the Democratic, Republican, Independence and Conservative lines, said the county executive would «seriously consider» cross-endorsements if he runs.

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

It started with a poll showing that most New Yorkers think he shouldn't run for reelection; by midweek, the head of a state - employees union, angry over threatened layoffs, said Paterson «needs a good psychiatrist, or at least he should share the drugs he's on.»

Incumbent councilwoman Karen DuRose is seeking to remain on the town board, while Al Muench, Larry Turcotte, and John Shafer are seeking either her seat or the seat of Edna Wells, who has opted not to run for reelection.

With Crist expected to cruise to reelection (if he decides not to run for the Senate), the focus for national Democrats is on the seat being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez (R).

Mayor de Blasio, who is running for reelection, votes in the 2017 primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at the Park Slope Library in Brooklyn.

ALBANY — State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, confirming a long - rumored decision, announced on Monday she will not run for reelection when her term ends in March.

Mayor de Blasio, a Democrat, will still be able to run for reelection on the Working Families Party line, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

After volunteering on various local political campaigns, such as her mother's, Ms. Shorenstein went national: volunteering on Bill Clinton's reelection campaign and working for Al Gore's presidential run at age 21 (by 29, she had attended five Democratic National Conventions).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for reelection and faces a Democratic primary challenge from actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, promised to grant 35,000 felons currently on parole in New York State the right to vote.

During his club pitch to D.I.D., he said he chose not to run for reelection as city comptroller four years ago because he thought it would have been wrong — in an unstated but obvious dig at opponent Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who backed Bloomberg's push to extend term limits on city officials.

Rick Perry holds his granddaughter, Ella, as he stands with his daughter Sydney (second from right), daughter - in - law Meredith (second from left) and wife, Anita Thigpen Perry, after announcing in San Antonio on July 8 that he is not running for reelection as governor of Texas in 2014.

«In the context of all that's going on, as reported in the Times, I don't think that the governor should be running for reelection,» said tate Sen. Bill Perkins, an early Obama backer who is the first prominent African - American official to call for Paterson to end his bid, in an interview.

Two seats are coming up on the Olive Town Board in November... LaMonda's, which he is retiring from, and that held by incumbent Linda Burkhardt, who is running for reelection.

«I am considering a reelection bid and should have information within 48 hours,» he told reporters in Spanish on Monday, three days before the filing deadline for state Senate to represent the district, which runs along Manhattan's west side, from the Upper West Side through Washington Heights and Inwood.

Three of the four Republican state senators who voted «yes» on same - sex marriage chose to run for reelection.

«One of the arguments that we hear quite often is that with two year terms legislators are running for reelection and with four - year terms they can concentrate more on their legislative duties, but actually this argument runs contrary to facts,» Niebel said.

Mele currently serves on the Town Board, but has declined to run for reelection in order to pursue the seat of town justice.

Oswego Mayor Tom Gillen is running for reelection next week, but you won't see his name on the ballot.

The attacks come on the eve of Cuomo's 2018 reelection campaign launch and amid speculation that he might run for president in 2020.

For his part, Cuomo has said he is not interested in running for President in 2020 and is instead focused on his reelection in 2018 so he can see through building projects like the reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport that he has startFor his part, Cuomo has said he is not interested in running for President in 2020 and is instead focused on his reelection in 2018 so he can see through building projects like the reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport that he has startfor President in 2020 and is instead focused on his reelection in 2018 so he can see through building projects like the reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport that he has started.

[2] After serving only two years, Astorino opted not to run for reelection, instead focusing on a challenge to incumbent County Executive Andy Spano.

A new face joined the Rosendale Town Board at its first meeting of 2016, on January 6: Stacy Lipari, a professional educator and currently director of the Creative Co-Op, took the seat formerly held by Bob Ryan, who did not run for reelection.

Still, he did not formally commit to the idea of a run for governor, saying at the end of the meeting that he would think over the possibility of taking on Cuomo in his reelection bid.

Public Advocate Letitia James, a Democrat running for reelection, squared off against her Republican opponent, J.C. Polanco, in a friendly yet competitive debate on Monday that highlighted substantive differences, and some shared opinions, between the two candidates on a range of policy issues.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday spoke publicly for the first time since his former closest aide was convicted of running two bribery schemes while working for the Democrat and managing Cuomo's reelection campaign.

John Hughes, who was elected to fill out the final year of Bob Gallagher's term on the Town Board when Gallagher became highway superintendent, is now running for reelection to a full two - year term.

«We're all here because it is our hope,» he said and hinted at a run for Assembly or Congress, or a reelection to City Council pending on how the district lines are redrawn.

On May 5, 2009, Rubio announced on his website that he planned to run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martínez, who had announced that he would not seek reelectioOn May 5, 2009, Rubio announced on his website that he planned to run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martínez, who had announced that he would not seek reelectioon his website that he planned to run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martínez, who had announced that he would not seek reelection.

After speaking on the radio, De Blasio, who is running for reelection, held several campaign events later Sunday, delivering remarks at Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem and greeting voters in Harlem and the Bronx.

John Hughes, who was elected to fill out the final year of Bob Gallagher's term on the Rosendale Town Board when Gallagher became highway superintendent, is now running for reelection to a full two - year term.

ALBANY — Even as actress Cynthia Nixon weighs a run for governor, a leading women's organization on Thursday backed Gov. Cuomo for reelection.

Five - term incumbent Bruce Blatchly is running for reelection to the post of Gardiner town justice on the Democratic line.

Before joining Lincoln, Matt worked for the RNC on the Chris Christie Reelection campaign in New Jersey, worked with ballot access and voter registration efforts and ran for Mayor of Greenville, North Carolina.

Comptroller Scott Stringer has said definitively he is running for reelection, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said it's time to move on to

Bannon, who is recruiting primary challengers to GOP incumbents, told Fox News on Monday that Corker «doesn't have the guts» to run again for reelection and that he's a «total disgrace.»

My decision to run for reelection was based on the same premise I originally ran on for councilman four years ago.