Sentences with phrase «party than the governor»

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While describing it as a political witch - hunt, The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who spoke while briefing journalists in Benin, the state capital, said that the state government's move was a clear sign of political desperation and persecution of the former governor, rather than addressing the numerous challenges facing the state.

I covered those multi-candidate debates, which also included then - Independence Party contender Tom Golisano (on his third failed bid for governor and being advised by none other than Roger Stone, who is now helping Paladino.)

Needless it say, it's alot easier for a well - known major party candidate like Andrew Cuomo to his that threshold than some no - name challenger — unless, of course, that challenger is really controversial (like Carl Paladino) or really rich (like Tom Golisano, whose self - funded and unsuccessful quest to win the governor's office created the Independence Paparty candidate like Andrew Cuomo to his that threshold than some no - name challenger — unless, of course, that challenger is really controversial (like Carl Paladino) or really rich (like Tom Golisano, whose self - funded and unsuccessful quest to win the governor's office created the Independence PartyParty).

Gibson told The Daily News on Monday that Astorino, the party's nominee for governor last year, should begin fundraising more than a year out.

The governor who said Nigerians should remove party, ethnic and religious sentiments and ask themselves what they have benefitted in the last one year, reminded Nigerians that, «Foreign Reserve was $ 28.6 billion, Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $ 2.07 billion, dollars was less than N200, petrol was N87 per litre and most importantly, one bag of rice was N8, 500 and power generation was over 5,000 MW when Buhari assumed office.

The subpoena comes after Newsday made inquiries last week about why Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who is considering a run for governor on a third - party line, has filed a different financial disclosure form than the one mandated by county law.

The absence of a Democratic candidate in this race meant that the third - party candidates running for Vermont Lieutenant Governor, Dean Corren of the Vermont Progressive Party and Democratic Party and Marina Brown of the Liberty Union Party, had a better chance than usual of winning a statewide ofparty candidates running for Vermont Lieutenant Governor, Dean Corren of the Vermont Progressive Party and Democratic Party and Marina Brown of the Liberty Union Party, had a better chance than usual of winning a statewide ofParty and Democratic Party and Marina Brown of the Liberty Union Party, had a better chance than usual of winning a statewide ofParty and Marina Brown of the Liberty Union Party, had a better chance than usual of winning a statewide ofParty, had a better chance than usual of winning a statewide office.

But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for CParty follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cparty line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

Governor Aregbesola who is a member of the Committee said the party made the concerted effort of robust discussion in moving the country forward rather than imposing on Nigerians.

Rather than stand up to the governor, my state senator — like most politicians in this city, in both parties — has taken the coward's way out, doing nothing for straphangers who pay escalating fares for service that is nothing short of catastrophic.

A letter calling on Rep. Rick Nolan, D - Minn., to run for governor next year is being circulated to more than 1,000 members of Minnesota's Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party.

And to the everlasting frustration of the party, the state's Democratic governor, the aloof and enigmatic Andrew Cuomo, appears more than happy to live with this arrangement — all while telegraphing his presidential ambitions.

The left - wing Working Families Party (WFP) endorsed Cynthia Nixon in the governor's race rather than siding with Andrew Cuomo, the powerful incumbent.

I don't know how to appreciate the good work of the governor than to join his party to move the state forward.»

Although minor party or independent candidates for Governor have been elected since the end of World War II in the midwest, the west, and the east, no one other than a Democrat or a Republican has been elected Governor in a southern state since 1916, when the Prohibition Party nominee for Florida Governor, Sidney J. Catts, was eleparty or independent candidates for Governor have been elected since the end of World War II in the midwest, the west, and the east, no one other than a Democrat or a Republican has been elected Governor in a southern state since 1916, when the Prohibition Party nominee for Florida Governor, Sidney J. Catts, was eleParty nominee for Florida Governor, Sidney J. Catts, was elected.

Paterson also spoke of the need to unify the Democratic Party, and he praised the IDC, saying that its members «understood the budget crisis better» than their fellow conference members back when he was in the governor's office.

«It kinds of reminds me of the party and Big Brother — when they want people to be confused, they tell them something totally other than what reality is; there is a crisis,» the governor said.

The APC candidate noted that the activities of all the aspirants in the past few months had further strengthened the party, adding that any of the aspirants would have made a better governor than any candidate the PDP could present.

The current governor's policies are closer in line with the GOP than with our Democratic Party values,» said PHDR's President Raul Rothblatt.

Governor Fayose also congratulated the Bayelsa State Governor and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Seriake Dickson for having the people of Bayelsa behind him, adding that «the people of Bayelsa have shown that their power is more than that of the Abuja political oppressors.»

Much to the audible chagrin of the more than 200 state committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hands.

The 30 - second ad, which features no fewer than three images of the Democratic governor and the Republican senator together, makes no mention of political party at all.

Two polls in upstate Congressional Districts conducted just before the primary showed Hawkins at 12 % — higher than third party candidate Jessie Ventura was when he was allowed to debate and ended up being elected Governor of Minnesota.

Says the Democrats and Republicans are scared to publicly debate the Green Party (New York) Brian Jones, the Green Party candidate for Lt. Governor, called today for his opponents to have more courage than Cuomo and Astorino and to agree to a series of open debates.

The truth is that Gov. Cuomo has played a slight of hand game with both parties since becoming Governor and now with the election season drawing nearer his base will show they have a longer memory than he might have counted on when he failed to back Democratic Senate candidates and let if not openly encouraged the IDC Coalition to come into being by acting like Party didn't count at all in his game plain to win re-election and then possibly run for President in 2016.

Totals reported by the state Democratic Party and its housekeeping account fell by more than half from 2013, when the party funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 milParty and its housekeeping account fell by more than half from 2013, when the party funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 milparty funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 million.

The County Committee shall be constituted by the election biennially in each Election District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at said time.

Many Democrats believe that Cuomo, who is widely disliked in high - level party circles, could be beaten in the 2018 primary by a more popular vote - getter than Zephyr Teachout, the little - known and virtually unfunded leftist Fordham law professor who received a remarkable 34 percent against the governor in 2014.

This year, both major party candidates for governor, incumbent Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley, qualified for public financing and each has received more than $ 6.5 million to spend on the general election.

Speaking to reporters after an event in Rochester, Cuomo said that governors from both parties have upheld the practice for more than 20 years in the name of «basic transparency.»

Republican party star gets boost for potential 2016 presidential bid as he takes more than 60 % of the vote over his Democratic rival in New Jersey governor election

«So, covering three states within this short time will be the right step in the right direction because we have come to realise in the South - East that we are better off in APC than any other party in the Federal Republic of Nigeria,» the governor said.

If the governor has done something illegal than the attorney general should investigate and charge him with a crime as well as all other parties involved.

The party broke into factions over the weekend as 12 of its former governors and no fewer than 14 former ministers led the breakaway group, which is labelled, Concerned PDP Stakeholders Steering Committee.

Rob is more interested in getting some media coverage than he is in debating issues and letting voters know where the candidates stand,» said Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor.

As former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul gathered with a cadre of elected officials at City Hall to tout more than 100,000 petition signatures for a new Women's Equality Party, her long - shot primary challenger for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, blasted the party as a «sham.&rParty, her long - shot primary challenger for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, blasted the party as a «sham.&rparty as a «sham.»

But when it came time to choose a keynote speaker for the San Francisco convention's opening night, Mondale thought of Cuomo right away: Who better to set the tone for the convention and shore up the party's traditional blue - collar base than the eloquent and emphatically liberal Italian - American governor of New York?

Mr. Hawkins ran for governor in 2010 and was able to win more than 50,000 votes, securing ballot status for the Green Party in this year's race.

Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, from budget talks.

The Tea Party Express, a leading Tea Party organization, endorsed O'Donnell on July 21 and spent more than $ 250,000 to help the once long shot candidate defeat Castle, a brand name in Delaware thanks to two terms as governor and the past 18 years as the statewide congressman.

Under GOP rules, the party's designation for governor is given to the candidate who receives more than 50 percent of the weighted vote.

Cuomo's address — far shorter than his father's in order to fit into a jam - packed program, and delivered to a distracted room that at times forced him to bellow — offered a reprise of a concept that the governor had been field - testing all week: that New York, the home state of both 2016 major - party candidates, was the laboratory and proving ground of progressive ideas.

No more than four of the seven members appointed by the Governor can belong to the same political party.

Greenberg cautions though that no third party candidate has received more than 20 percent of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re-election to a third term.

As the New York Republican Party prepares to gather in Manhattan this week to designate its candidate for governor, the final outcome is more unpredictable than ever.

With less than 24 hours to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primary election for National Assembly positions, Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State appears to have...

Today, a Siena College poll of New York State found that most New Yorkers are aware of Governor Cuomo's email policy, and Siena's press release further notes that «by an overwhelming margin, 80 - 16 percent, voters say state emails should be retained significantly longer than 90 days, including more than three - quarters of voters from every region, party, gender, race, religion, age.»

The result is that among the most energized wing of the Democratic Party, there's wariness rather than passion for the governor.

Make no mistake, the gravity of this agenda has shifted away from the majority party; one need not look any further than the Governor's riff on charter schools and their importance to the minority community.

Nixon, the Working Families Party candidate for governor and Cuomo's Democratic primary foe, made the anti-corruption vow after it was revealed that the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office has launched a probe into an Orange County health care company, Crystal Run, that received more than $ 25 million in state grants after officers and family members contributed $ 400,000 to Cuomo's re-election campaign.