Sentences with phrase «own race for governor»

Phil Murphy, a former banker with a double - digit lead in New Jersey's race for governor, has made a state - owned bank a centerpiece of his platform.

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation and NBC Bay Area will host «Decision 2018: The Race for Governor,» a debate among candidates running for California governor, on May 8.

Math supplants ambition in the race for governor as party nominating conventions approach.

Shortly after Carl Paladino handily won the Republican nomination in the race for governor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated Paladino and welcomed him to the general election fight — and Senate Democrats were quick to pounce.

Rick Lazio's decision to bow out of the race for Governor puts added pressure on the Conservative party chairman.

In the week - plus since Dutchess County Executie Marcus Molinaro told Republicans he's in the race for governor, the previous GOP front - runner for the nomiatnion, John DeFrancisco, has been a mix of defiance and resignation.

A regional Republican chairman in a letter to GOP county chairs on Monday called for a «unified front» to back Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro in the race for governor.

According to the Wesleyan Media Project, the race for governor in New York has been one of the most negative in the country, second only to the close battle in Wisconsin and ahead of a similarly close race in Connecticut.

«Today's Qunnipiac poll showing Carl Paladino just six points down to Andrew Cuomo in the race for Governor proves the taxpayers of New York are fed up, plain and simple, and they're climbing on board with Carl.

Ed's track record on the races for Governor, U.S. Senate (including his own) and the 1st Congressional District, along with his relationship with the National Party, has been a disaster.

Cuomo looks unbeatable at this point... wondering aloud if the race for Governor may shape up later this Fall to become a sprint to the finish line?

«When I left the race for Governor I said this race needed to be about ideas and policies to grow the economy and bring jobs back to New York,» Lazio said in a statement forwarded by his former campaign spokesman David James.

Despite Trump bowing out of the race for governor Friday night, Paladino isn't giving up on his candidacy.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to lead his rivals in the race for governor, topping both Republican Marc Molinaro and fellow Democrat Cynthia Nixon, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found.

Cuomo, noting that the state teachers union didn't endorse him in either of his two races for governor, said overhauling the education system would be as important to his legacy for him as winning approval of gay marriage and enacting strict gun - control laws.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday prodded his rivals in the race for governor to release their tax returns dating back multiple years.

The ad is a sign the transit problems in New York City won't be confined to just the race for governor, but also down - ballot races that will be closely watched this September.

A progressive advocacy group on Wednesday endorsed Cynthia Nixon's bid in the Democratic primary race for governor.

The DN isn't waiting until after the GOP primary to choose a favorite in the race for governor, dismissing both Carl Paladino and Rick Lazio out of hand and backing the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo in an editorial that appears in today's paper — with more than two months to go until the November general election.

The statement, which simultaneously jeers and criticizes the Republicans and the unsettled field, comes as Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has signaled to Republicans officials that he will enter the race for governor after winning a straw poll on Friday during a meeting of GOP leaders in Saratoga Springs.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson released a statement a short time ago congratulating Andrew Cuomo on his projected win in the race for governor.

, Molinaro said Nixon's entry into the race for governor is «great news for our campaign,» because Cuomo «will be forced to take on a high profile challenge from a celebrity - activist who is guaranteed the spotlight from the state and national media.»

«I would like to welcome my friend Myers Mermel to the race for Governor of New York,» Barbour said in the statement, which was disseminated by Mermel's campaign.

The party needs to receive at lest 50,000 votes on its line in the race for governor in order to maintain ballot status for the next four years.

The contours of the Georgia race for governor are beginning to get a little more definition.

A group of Democrats in Brooklyn on Friday announced the endorsement of Cynthia Nixon in the primary race for governor.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon has grabbed a lot of headlines since entering the Democratic primary race for governor, but still lags far behind Cuomo in New York City, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

She famously endorsed Cuomo in his first race for governor.

Also affecting the math this year are the 36 races for governor this year.

Wednesday was supposed to be Cuomo's day as he picked up the endorsement of New York City's notoriously independent mayor, Michael Bloomberg, in the race for governor.

Senator Fred Akshar turned down an offer, to run for the Lieutenant Governor... in this year's race for Governor of New York State.

The poll also found that Cuomo is still as popular as ever, with a 69 percent approval rating and a 2 - to - 1 lead over either Republican challenger in his race for Governor.

Cuomo — who noted that the state teachers union didn't endorse him in either of his two races for governor — said overhauling the education system would be as important to his legacy for him as winning approval of gay marriage and enacting strict gun - control laws.

The governor says the bills range from banning LLC money just for the race for governor, to extending it to all contests for state political office.

Cynthia Nixon has narrowed Andrew Cuomo's lead in the race for Governor, while picking up some key endorsements along the way...

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about the race for governor.

Sean Connolly, the former state veterans affairs commissioner from Hebron who brought a centerist perspective to the Democratic race for governor, will drop his bid and endorse Ned Lamont.

Molinaro won support from the leaders of several large county Republican organizations when he told party officials last week that he was re-entering the race for governor.

After all, I am the only Senate candidate in my district who supported him in his race for Governor two years ago.»

But it remains to be seen what will happen in the only contest that really matters for the WFP this year: The race for governor.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he's dropping out of the Republican race for governor and will run as an independent instead, because the two major parties are too interested in preserving the status quo.

Much like a previous radio ad on this subject, this spot casts the race for governor as a two - person contest between «two major candidates» — Paladino and Cuomo — making no mention of the third contender, Republican Rick Lazio, whom Paladino must first defeat in a primary before facing off against the AG.

Lazio spokesman David James said the former candidate will be discussing «the decisions he went through when he left the race for governor, and what at the time he thought was the plan to fix the state's economic issues and high unemployment.»

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb is speaking for the first time about his decision to pull out of the race for governor.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra said Thursday he will exit the Republican race for governor and seek to become the Reform Party's nominee in the November election.

CNN's current 2014 analysis shows that half of this year's 36 races for governor could be competitive.

New York state has among the lowest voter turn out rate in the country, ranking 46th out of 50th in the 2014 statewide elections, which included the race for governor.

But it remains to be seen how deeply the controversy will affect the race for governor, where Cuomo is still the front - runner by a wide margin.

Republicans look at tight statewide races for governor and Senate as a potential harbinger of a backlash against Democrats that could trickle down to the legislative level.

Republicans had expected Cuomo to attempt to brand the pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and pro-gun rights Astorino as an «extreme conservative» if he entered the race for governor — but, because of his own remark, that's now become «impossible,» the adviser said.