Sentences with phrase «one's first run for public office»

When Abe Lincoln first ran for public office in Illinois, surely it was not with the ambition of being the Great Emancipator.

Erin Cole, a former Army intelligence officer who went on to work in the Cuomo administration, is seeking to challenge Mr. Collins in her first run for public office.

Ms. Cole, making her first run for public office, says she has never met the governor, and faults Mr. Collins for his pursuit of fame in Washington — he's a regular on national talk shows — rather than concerns in his district.

Kemmerer, who is making his first run for public office, said a vote for him would be a vote to help get rid of corruption in Albany.

This is his first run for public office, but he has vast experience and social network in the political realm.

Barkan, a political journalist making his first run for public office, said he would fight for the disabled if elected.

Smith's campaign committee has had problems meeting disclosure requirements since he first ran for public office in 2005.

Balter, making her first run for public office, defeated three other challengers to win the Democratic Party designation in February from county committees in the 24th Congressional District.

Avery, 36, the lead counsel to Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D - Flushing) and vice president of the Adlai Stevenson Regular Democratic Club, will be making his first run for public office against the disgraced pol.

Kingson, who has served as a professor of social work at SU for 17 years, is making his first run for public office.

The Rev. Michael Walrond is a Harlem - based minister in his first run for public office.

At the GOP open house, Cerini explained his reasons for making his first run for public office.

This is Hines's first run for public office.

Before making her first run for public office, Deacon served for six years as director of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's regional office in Syracuse.

But the Gray Lady egged on Democrats who want to «send a powerful message» to Cuomo by voting for his foe, a Fordham University law professor making her first run for public office.

Trump, a real estate tycoon making his first run for public office, said Clinton's long years of service represented «bad experience» with few results and suggested her disavowal of a...

Osborne, a lawyer specializing in family law who lives in Simsbury, was making her first run for public office.

The Fulton City Republican Committee voted Wednesday night to back Doheny, an investment banker making his first run for public office.

In 1974, Cuomo made his first run for public office, losing a Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.

This would be her first run for public office.

The pressure in labor ranks comes as the W.F.P. is expected to meet in Albany on Saturday to consider endorsing Ms. Nixon, an educational advocate and actress who is making her first run for public office.

Like most incumbents, Mr. Rivera enjoys a bigger campaign fund — he has more than $ 53,000 compared with Mr. Sepulveda's $ 15,500 — but Mr. Sepulveda, in his first run for public office, raised more money from January to July, according to the latest campaign filings.

In 2003, Flynn decided to make his first run for public office.

Hoffman, a Lake Placid accountant, made his first run for public office last year and came within 4,000 votes of defeating U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh, in a three - way special election.

Prior to running for state Senate, Mr. Zeldin opposed Mr. Bishop in 2008, his first run for public office, and Mr. Zeldin was defeated by a 58 - 42 percentage margin.

Reporters have been writing about Smith's chronic violation of state election laws since shortly after he first ran for public office.

The Oakland Gardens attorney and former city Public Economic Development Corp. — now the Economic Development Corp. — employee attracted a good showing in his first run for public office by injecting hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money into his campaign and keeping a level head during debates.

This is his first run for public office.

Tom Brokaw has spent his entire distinguished journalism career with NBC News beginning in 1966 in the Los Angeles bureau where he covered Ronald Reagan's first run for public office, the rise of the Sixties counter culture, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy and the 1968 presidential campaign.