Sentences with phrase «party gubernatorial bid»

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State GOP Chairman Ed Cox insisted following the failure of his preferred candidate, Steve Levy, to make it onto the ballot at the convention today that the party - switching Suffolk County executive's gubernatorial campaign is finished and he will not be trying to launch a petition drive for an independent bid.

RGA Chair Haley Barbour, whose organization party - switching Suffolk County Steve Levy once insisted was firmly in his corner and would spend millions to help his gubernatorial bid, released a statement today welcoming the party's newest candidate for governor: M. Myers Mermel.

Here's what Cuomo said when asked about Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr.'s investigation on the day he stood with state Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay in Troy and accepted the executive committee's endorsement of his gubernatorial bid:

ALBANY — Mounting his latest gubernatorial bid under the Green Party banner, Howie Hawkins knows its unlikely the third time will be the charm on Election Day.

Ed Cox was responsible for Levy's failed gubernatorial bid, wooing the county executive into the race and convincing him to switch parties — although a bit too late to provide enough time for rank - and - file Republicans to get comfortable with the idea of his candidacy.

Mr. Astorino has disavowed the Independence Party, refusing their endorsement in his gubernatorial bid against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat.

In 2014, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino won 250,634 votes on the Conservative Party line, amassing a total of about 1.5 million votes in his losing bid to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Interviews with several tea - party organizers indicate that Mr. Paladino's bid for the Republican nomination, while drawing more favorable reviews than his gubernatorial rivals», has been received with skepticism.

One leader of the 2nd Amendment Coalition just so happens to be Rus Thompson, a controversial Tea Party figure who worked on Carl Paladino's failed 2010 gubernatorial bid.

Kimball's win came after he and several other tea - party - backed candidates had come up short in recent races: last year, Kimball placed second in the GOP's gubernatorial primary and another tea - party favorite, Ovide Lamontagne, came up short in his bid for the GOP Senate nod.

Barron ran a longshot gubernatorial bid last year, falling short of his goal of landing 50,000 votes to start a new third party focused on getting candidates of color elected.

But Lazio did capture the Conservative Party's endorsement, and could have continued his bid for governor, running November's general election against Paladino and New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins announced late last night that his 2014 fundraising has already surpassed the entire amount he raised for his 2012 bid, which garnered more than 50,000 votes and won his party automatic ballot status for four yParty gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins announced late last night that his 2014 fundraising has already surpassed the entire amount he raised for his 2012 bid, which garnered more than 50,000 votes and won his party automatic ballot status for four yparty automatic ballot status for four years.

Hawkins, an upstate New York UPS worker who has known Sanders since handing out leaflets for the Vermonter's 1972 gubernatorial campaign on the Liberty Union Party ticket, calls Sanders» bid to move the Democrats to the left a «fool's errand.»

Gubernatorial front - runner Andrew Cuomo yesterday made a tentative bid toward establishing himself as a genuine Albany reformer — serving notice that he will not accept the nomination of the union - controlled, ethically challenged, under - federal - investigation Working Families Party.

In a recent radio interview, the now - gubernatorial candidate insisted those voters were doing what Zephyr Teachout is doing in her primary bid — «running petitions to support a campaign that is not supported by the party bosses,» who he blasted as corrupt and despised.