Sentences with phrase «preferred running mate»

The governor was able to bring together his coalition of labor unions and establishment Democrats to help drive turnout for both himself and for his preferred running mate, Kathy Hochul.

Rick Lazio will introduce the NY political world to his preferred running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, today.

Both Teachout and her running mate, Tim Wu, have agreed to televised debates next month with Cuomo and his preferred running mate, Kathy Hochul.

In an exclusive interview on Capital Tonight, Carl Paladino told Liz Benjamin that he's tapped former New York City Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene to be his preferred running mate.

St. Lawrence dropped out of the running at the Democratic convention in Rye after gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo tapped Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy as his preferred running mate.

First: While the Indys backed Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo for governor (who stood with party leaders in Troy two weeks ago, but accepted their nod via teleconference today) and his preferred running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, they crossed over to the GOP line to back Harry Wilson for state comptroller.

This morning I reached Mermel, who claims to have locked down close to 70 percent of the weighted GOP convention vote for his LG run, but he declined to comment on either Haberman's report or the announcement later today that GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio has tapped Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards as his preferred running mate.

Williams on Friday announced his campaign for lieutenant governor, taking on incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's preferred running mate.

I'm using the phrase «preferred running mate,» because the ticket isn't set in New York until after the primary.

Asked for his reaction to Democratic gubernatorial designee Andrew Cuomo's selection of the mayor as his preferred running mate, Paterson replied:

Democratic LG hopeful Bill Samuels said today he won't seek to be nominated at the convention, but will petition his way onto the ballot to primary whomever AG Andrew Cuomo picks as his preferred running mate.

The candidate dropped the name of his preferred running mate one day before his or her name will appear next to Paladino's on petitions.

So far, two of the gubernatorial candidates — the Democrat and one of the four Republicans — have announced their preferred running mates in advance of their respective nomination at major party conventions.

Cuomo faces a challenge from the left for the Democratic primary from actor Cynthia Nixon, and there's been speculation that he might prefer a running mate who is more progressive.

Not exact matches

Last month, another Gershman story — this time on the pension collected by Cuomo's running mate, Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy — provided fodder for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio to question the AG's judgment in selecting a preferred LG who, according to Lazio, was engaged in «double - dipping.»

AG Andrew Cuomo is Catholic and, as Maggie Haberman noted, picked a Catholic (Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy) as his preferred LG running mate.

AG Andrew Cuomo will announce today that he has selected Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy as his preferred LG running mate, according to a press release from the Cuomo campaign.

Vanderhoef, who was 2006 gubernatorial candidate John Faso's LG running mate, told me earlier today that he hopes to go it alone in terms of fundraising, even though he is the SRCC's preferred candidate.

It's also worth noting that Paladino's preferred LG running mate, former NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene, is still on the ballot, too.

Edwards was actually the original running mate of Lazio, but in a quirk won his primary against Paladino's preferred bottom half of the ticket, Tom Ognibene.

Should Cuomo win his primary next month, but Wu defeat Hochul, the Democratic ticket would feature the incumbent governor and a running mate he doesn't prefer — an unusual, but not uncommon thing to happen in state politics.

Black leaders started voicing their concern about this state of affairs almost immediately after Cuomo picked Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy — a white male upstater — to be his preferred LG running mate.

Lazio's running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, defeated Paladino's preferred No. 2, former City Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene, in the GOP primary.

Perez — once a rumored running mate for Hillary Clinton — was the preferred candidate of former President Barack Obama, in whose administration he served.

I remember Baba Akande responded to his aversions that he would still have preferred that Asiwaju should be the running mate since it had been done before.

President John Mahama has presented Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah - Arthur, as his preferred choice for the position of running mate to the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

It's been widely reported, including here, that Eliot Spitzer chose David Paterson as his running mate in no small part to stick a thumb in the eye of a Harlem Establishment who preferred another candidate, and with whom he had rocky relations.