Sentences with phrase «one's statewide candidates»

It has been a tradition for statewide candidates to release their tax returns.

The line could be of particular help to county chairs — an important constituency for any potential statewide candidate — who contend with Democratic - heavy enrollment.

The only statewide candidate participating in the pilot public campaign finance program says it's been slow going.

She is also this year's only female statewide candidate from a major party.

The mayor's worst showing was among statewide candidates on his home turf.

I had thought the former congressman would make a better statewide candidate.

He earned strong reviews for his work, setting him up as the next big Democratic statewide candidate.

Full disclosure has gained traction among good - government groups and many statewide candidates.

Now statewide candidates are seeking to capitalize on the advances, with varying degrees of success.

Without statewide candidates or ballot statements, minor parties can't attract voters.

The only statewide candidate who is participating in a pilot public campaign finance program in New York says it's been slow going, but Republican candidate for comptroller Bob Antonacci expects to collect enough individual donors to qualify for the state matching funds.

The Green Party will hold its nominating convention for statewide candidates in Albany on Saturday May 19.

Following her nomination, in open session, GOP delegates gathered behind closed doors to discuss and conduct a straw poll for other statewide candidates, including someone to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Clearly the Republican State Senators who voted in favor of a gun ban have no future running as Statewide Candidates.

This conversation between the two warring chairmen took place last week after a fundraiser for GOP state comptroller designee Harry Wilson, who, along with DA contender Dan Donovan, are the only Republican statewide candidates not facing primary challenges.

He'll be the first statewide candidate in New York to rely on public financing to pay for his campaign.

A statewide public financing system to elevate average New Yorkers» voices in our elections, buttressed by other comprehensive reforms — like lower limits on how much one person can contribute to a political candidate (now at an outrageous $ 60,800 for statewide candidates per election cycle) and strong independent enforcement of campaign finance laws — will reduce the power of big money special interests.

This is the tabloid's third endorsement of a GOP statewide candidate in as many days.

With an army of campaign aides, Perez countermanded a request by California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton that statewide candidates not seek the party's endorsement.

There's only one female statewide candidate at this point, and that's Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, one of the five Democratic AG contenders.

Of course Ed Cox has failed to come up with any credible statewide candidates, failed to work with Skelos on developing a GOP «brand» that means anything, failed to get rid of the county chairs who are deadwood, and is a RINO himself on most social issues, so why not just keep him where he is?

North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson, who's frequently talked about as a potential future statewide candidate, «won't be at the convention.»

A recent NYPIRG analysis found that in the first half of 2013, LLC contributions accounted for 14 % of all money raised by statewide candidates and parties, more than three times the amount contributed by donors who gave $ 1,000 or less.

Minor parties say that high filing fee is forcing them to pick and choose statewide candidates.

The 54 - year - old joins a field that also includes former statewide candidate John Faso.

Neither DeFrancisco nor Miner confirmed speculation about their interest, but both talked at length about the challenges facing statewide candidates form north of Westchester County, and the need for elected leaders who work for both upstate and downstate.

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It also lowers the petition signature requirements for unaffiliated statewide candidates from 2 percent to 0.25 percent of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial or presidential race.

David Staples, candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission 5th District, won 1,082,481 votes, blowing by the 58,049 votes (1 percent of registered voters) needed to enable Libertarian statewide candidates to run for office without petitioning for the next two years.

The best way to achieve this is through competitive statewide candidates.»

And the Republicans ain't exactly picking from a roster of all - star alternatives when it comes to fielding statewide candidates.

He is the first black statewide candidate in New York GOP history.

Traditionally, the covnentions start with the nomination of down ballot statewide candidates — state comptroller and state attorney general — on Day One, and build up to the main event — nomination of the governor and his running mate (the identity of whom we still don't know, thanks to LG Bob Duffy's recent announcement that he won't be on the ballot)-- on Day Two.

Democrats wasted no time in trying to use the overturning of California's Prop. 8 against GOP statewide candidates here in New York.

Astorino, a first - time statewide candidate, continues to show a high negative rating: 41 percent of voters have an unfavorable view of him, compared to 32 percent who view him favorably.

«Joe Carvin the most electable statewide candidate in the Republican field and Westchester County overwhelmingly endorses his candidacy,» said Westchester County GOP Chairman Doug Colety.

Hopefully none of the top line statewide candidates will be redfaced by not knowing the number of homes they actually have, like happened to poor John McCain...

To call state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long upset over the news that the state GOP is moving forward with its plan to establish a third party line for its designated statewide candidates is a vast understatement.

NOTE: A reader with Democratic leanings points out that no pro-life statewide candidate has won since Dennis Vacco was elected to the state AG's office in 1994.

When Virginia Republicans decided to pick their 2013 statewide candidates via a convention instead of a primary election, they lit the fuse on a political bomb.

Observers would have long ago discounted Paladino due to his lack of institutional support and e-mail scandal, which would have discounted any normal aspiring statewide candidate.

An astute reader notes a slightly more subtle omission from the Democratic ticket (as it stands at the moment) that I missed amid all the talk of lack of a minority statewide candidate.

The addition of the Stop Common Core line allowed Astorino and fellow statewide candidates to run as Republican Party, Conservative Party, and Stop Common Core candidates.

Onondaga Comptroller Bob Antonacci, the Republican who run for state comptroller last year, also received some appointments on the temporary committee after signing off on the formation of the party (Astorino running mate Chris Moss was the third statewide candidate to back the new Reform Party, Republican attorney general candidate John Cahill declined to participate).

A Capital review of donors to the major parties and statewide candidates suggests that there is something to that.

It's time for California Democrats to do what we do best again: Step up for our endorsed statewide candidates.

In a cheery sign the darkened economic cloud is lifting in New York, 127 donors gave $ 50,000 or more to various statewide candidates or campaign committees in 2011, according to a report from NYPIRG this morning.