Sentences with phrase «potential primary run»

Aside from Hanks and Rose, 26 - year - old Stapleton resident Philippe - Edner Apostol - Marius also filed campaign paperwork with the BOE for a potential primary run, the Staten Island Advance reported.

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Several names have been mentioned as potential Democratic candidates for Morahan's seat, including Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski Jr., whose late father ran unsuccessfully against Morahan in 1999 (a race that contributed to the repeal of the commuter tax), and Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who is currently running for LG, but says he won't primary whomever AG Andrew Cuomo taps as his No. 2 if it isn't himself.

What's particularly interesting here is the fact that 1) Lanza was briefly mentioned as a potential NY - 13 contender when it looked possible that the WFP and 1199 would run a primary challenger against Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon (that seems unlikely now), and 2) Lanza said yesterday he would support his longtime friend Vito Fossella if he mounts a comeback attempt against McMahon.

St. Lawrence, who has been speculated as a potential state Senate candidate (for Tom Morahan's seat) or Rockland County executive contender if Scott Vanderhoef runs for Morahan's slot, as is expected, has said he won't primary Cuomo's pick if it isn't him.

Already, potential candidates to run in either a Democratic primary or general election have expressed interest.

DeFrancisco, who has never been shy in his criticism of Cuomo, said he won't run in a GOP primary for governor, should one materialize, nor is he particularly interested in facing off against Democratic Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, whom he counts as a friend, and whose name surfaced this week as a potential primary challenger to the governor next year.

He said an appointment could make the convention clearer, but he sees the potential for a multi-candidate primary, not unlike when Schneiderman first ran in 2010.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

Ball has not yet announced his intention to seek another term this fall, and is widely speculated to be eyeing a potential run for Putnam County executive, which would mean he might mount a primary challenge against his fellow Republican and former aide, incumbent County Executive MaryEllen Odell.

The numbers will no doubt come as a relief to City Hall and could, at least for the time being, quiet talk of a potential Democratic primary challenge or third - party challenge to the mayor when he runs for re-election next year.

Now that the WFP has endorsed Cynthia Nixon, she has a potential ballot line to run against Cuomo in November in the likely event that she loses the Democratic primary.

James, who has also moved toward a run for mayor, joined a list of potential candidates to replace Schneiderman, a Democrat, who have said they'll stay out of the imminent political horserace without closing the door to seeking the job in the September primary and November general election.

Those vacancies also lower the total number of potential votes (the denominator) used to determine whether a candidate earns a primary spot (which takes 25 percent of the weighted vote), formal nomination (which takes a majority) or Wilson - Pakula proclamation, the formal document required to let a non-W.F.P. member (an enrolled Democrat, usually) run on the party's line.

Miner had been discussed as a potential candidate to run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo next year in a primary, matching up the incumbent two - term governor against his former state Democratic Committee co-chair.

A number of potential GOP contenders have been mentioned for the NY - 22 seat GOP Rep. Richard Hanna will be vacating at the end of next year, but so far, only Hanna's 2014 primary opponent, Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, has formally announced her intention to run.

«The Republican who I ran against, this is a man who is against a woman's right to choose, this is a man who wants to lock refugees out of this country — it is not a person who I would stand next to,» said Cuomo, who was appearing with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a potential 2017 primary rival to de Blasio.

Obama continued to be amazed that Clinton was touting him as a potential running mate, then won the Mississippi primary handily.

When he wrapped up the nomination, Mondale put out the word that Cuomo was on his list of potential running - mates — a customary way for a nominee to thank a key primary supporter (and a particularly empty gesture from Mondale, who was intent on putting a woman or minority on his ticket).

The remarks could be an appetizer to a potential primary fight that Biden could launch against Hillary Clinton if she runs for president.

A number of other Democrats expressed interest in running after Ackerman's surprise announcement, including Sen. Tony Avella, who was drawn into a potential primary with fellow Democratic Sen. Toby Stavisky by the Senate GOP; and S.J. Jung, a Korean - American district leader who ran a close NYC Council race in 2009.

He'll also benefit from the Republican nature of the district, which went for President Bush by nine points in 2004, and the fact that his main potential primary opponent — Assemblyman Guy Houston — just decided against running on Thursday.

Ball later dropped that bid, opting to run for Senate instead, briefly creating a potential primary between hismelf and former Sen. Vincent Leibell.

But a CNN / WMUR survey conducted by the University of New Hampshire also indicates that the race is far from settled, with nearly nine in ten potential Republican primary voters saying they haven't come close to making up their minds and more than four in ten saying they're not satisfied with the field of GOP candidates running for president.

He would not say, when pressed, whether or not he intends to make a run for mayor in the 2017 Democratic primary, a decision he has discussed with another potential primary challenger to de Blasio, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

His chances: If Walter makes it through a competitive primary against Wendy Rogers, who ran an unsuccessful race for the nomination in 2012, and other potential candidates who are said to be mulling bids, he has a shot of winning the district.

She announced her candidacy even before McSally officially announced her Senate run to ward off potential primary candidates, according to a consultant with her campaign.

Smith was overwhelmingly re-elected last year to his State Senate seat after Republicans redrew his district and helped him avoid a potential primary from James Sanders, a term - limited city councilman who later ran a primary and ousted Shirley Huntley (who was charged and later pled guilty to an unrelated corruption probe launched by the State Attorney General).

Baldwin has expressed an interest in running for office and was mentioned as a potential primary challenger to Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman in 2009.

Last year at this time, Cuomo was gearing up for his gubernatorial run and threw himself a big fundraiser / 52nd B - Day bash at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers that featured an appearance by Jon Bon Jovi and an awkward moment between the then - AG and his potential primary opponent, Gov. David Paterson.

One issue with the strategy at this point, though, is that at least two potential Republican mayoral candidates have not decided whether they will run or not: Queens City Council Member Eric Ulrich and businessman John Catsimatidis, who lost in the 2013 primary to Lhota.

Democrat Ned Lamont, who defeated Sen. Joe Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic Senate primary but lost to him in the general election, is currently exploring a potential gubernatorial run.

«I will be running as a potential candidate in the Democratic Party primary, but at the end of the day, I will be running as Dylan Ratigan from Saranac Lake for every single person in the district,» Ratigan said.

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