Sentences with phrase «opponent against the governor»
A DeFrancisco nomination would be a dream for any Republican who wants a pugnacious, take - no - prisoners opponent against the governor.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
A guy who invested in downtown buffalo when everyone else gave up on the inner city while his opponent was carefully reinventing himself as a calm, aloof, controlled and experienced outsider, who just happened to have a former governor (a crappy one at that), married a Kennedy for her name and got cuckolded in the process, wasted billions on bad sub-prime mortgages and canal money, ran against Carl McCall earning the everlasting respect of the African - Americans in NYS, and now sounds suspiciously like Elliot Spitzer.
He says he considers his true opponent to be The Buffalo News and that he's excited at the prospect of campaigning with the Republican nominee for governor — whoever it is — against Cuomo.
Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.
A new poll finds New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a double - digit lead against his republican opponent for the fall elections.
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.
He and Hochul made a strong showing there in the September primary, even as the governor did not do terribly well in other upstate counties against his opponent, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout.
Democratic candidate for governor, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy greets supporters in a rally prior to a debate against Republican opponent Tom Foley, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in Norwich, Conn.)
The governor and de Blasio have feuded repeatedly, with Cuomo's administration second - guessing the mayor and de Blasio complaining of Cuomo's retaliation against his political opponents.
Meanwhile, the governor's extensive campaign fund has paid for relentless, negative ads against his Republican opponent Rob Astorino, which were on the air before the GOP challenger had money to introduce himself on TV to voters.
Kathy Hochul, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, went on the attack against Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino, saying the GOP opponent and his running mate are too conservative and his portrayal of the state as economically troubled and dysfunctional is too pessimistic.
As for the newspaper, which has endorsed his bid for governor in 2010 and his re-election in 2014 (but declined to endorse in a September primary against his little known and liberal opponent) Cuomo said the Times has an historic aversion to his family.
Here's an analytical look at Governor Cuomo's campaign speech today and a recent evolution in his attacks against Republican opponent Rob Astorino.
Demos worked on Pataki's 1998 re-election campaign — the one in which Pataki cruised to victory against his Democratic opponent, former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone, after coming from pretty much nowhere (the back bench of the state Senate) to oust liberal icon Mario Cuomo from the governor's office four years earlier.
The governor was on tap to skip ESPA's big dinner, but ended up make an last - minute decision to attend the cocktail hour after his GOP opponent, Carl Paladino, stunned the LGBT community by warning against the perils of children being «brainwashed» about homosexuality.
As WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne reports, the governor only recently began campaigning against his upstart opponent.
Six months ago, on Election Day, the Democratic comptroller won 163,577 more votes statewide than the Democratic governor — and a wider victory margin against his opponent.
Two of the major Republican opponents to Cuomo spoke out against the guilty charges against Percoco, who the governor called «the third Cuomo son» of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.
Going into the general election, Hawkins is calling for a series of debates against the governor and Republican opponent Rob Astorino.
The appellate court sitting in Abuja had on Monday struck out the application for stay of court proceedings filed by the governor against his opponent at the APC primary in 2016.
Abortion is also a political wedge issue against the Governor's republican opponent Rob Astorino who Cuomo has attempted to portrayed as an «ultra conservative».
A new poll finds that six weeks before elections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintains a double - digit lead against his Republican opponent, but the governor's job performance rating has hit an all - time low.
Abortion is also a political wedge issue against the governor's Republican opponent, Rob Astorino, who Cuomo has attempted to portray as an ultra-conservative.
In 2014 many fracking opponents voted for Zephyr Teachout against Governor Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and Teachout won several upstate counties where fracking had been proposed.
A new poll finds Governor Cuomo in a double digit lead against his Republican opponent for the fall elections.
Former governor David Paterson said some of Rangel's opponents are running, basically, «to get a lot of notoriety,» and «There are some who running against the congressman out of vanity.»
He said, «The truth is that Captain Iheanacho for obvious political reasons has continued to sustain his media attacks against the governor and the few opponents of the government in the state have leveraged on that to be giving the impression that Okorocha and Iheanacho are at war, when they are not.»
The governor, in his final pitch to voters, defined his GOP opponent Astorino as an «ultra conservative» who he says is against many social issues that Democrats are for, including a woman's right to choose abortion.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State disclosed on Friday that the corporate existence of Nigeria is being threatened by selective administration of justice, marginalization, and vendetta against perceived political opponents.
In the final weeks of the race, the governor has spent from his hefty campaign war chest at the rate of nearly $ 500,000 a week on television advertising, some featuring his daughters and partner Sandra Lee, but much of it negative against his Republican opponent Rob Astorino.
His chief opponent was the governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles, who had also lost the previous presidential race against Chávez last October.
The success of the charter school movement in most of the country undercuts the claims leveled by opponents to turn Washington voters against a proposal for change, one which had bipartisan approval of the Legislature and Democratic governor Gary Locke.