Sentences with phrase «primary against governor»

DiNapoli, a favorite among many state Democrats, especially in the party's left leaning base, says he has no interest in running in a primary against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

He just pulled off enough votes to make into the Top Two open primary against Governor Brown.

Credico ran in a Democratic gubernatorial primary against Governor Andrew Cuomo, and upon losing endorsed Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate.

«We will not be a spoiler,» said Bill Lipton, the WFP's political director, indicating that the WFP will take Nixon off its ballot line if she loses the Democratic primary against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

During his press conference, meanwhile, de Blasio also blasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly threatening unions whose affiliates were lining up with Cynthia Nixon, who is running in the Democratic primary against the governor.

There have been only two other major - party primaries against governors seeking re-election since then: Fulani's challenge to Mario Como, and LG Mary Anne Krupsak's 1978 challenge to her previous partner, Gov. Hugh Carey, in which she received 33.7 percent of the vote.

Not exact matches

Lisa Fritsch, who ran against Greg Abbott in the Republican Primary for Governor of Texas in 2014, discussed the importance -LSB-...]

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.

This is potentially helpful for the governor in a possible primary campaign against Cynthia Nixon, an actress known for her advocacy on pubic education issues.

Zephyr Teachout, who is running a Democratic primary campaign against the governor, has not filed her disclosure report.

Although Sean Patrick Maloney is the favorite of a number of unions, he played a key role in the fallout of the Troopergate scandal, which Cuomo investigated as AG, and also ran against the governor in the 2006 AG primary.

His role in the so - called Troopergate scandal (he acted as the former governor's in - house attorney during the investigation, conducted by none other than then - AG Andrew Cuomo, against whom Maloney ran in the 2006 Democratic AG primary), cost him the New York Times endorsement.

Put a million dollars into a primary against Shelly Silver, and if you beat him, you are more important than the Governor just like that!

McCall is now a frequent Cuomo surrogate, and even spoke out in Cuomo's favor when it looked like the AG might mount a primary challenge against the state's first black governor: David Paterson.

But the primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon against Governor Cuomo prompted him to take immediate action.

What remains to be seen is if Democrats run primaries against members of the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, something Governor Cuomo does not want to see as he publicly calls for the two warring Democratic factions to come together in a show of party unity.

Actress Cynthia Nixon started the Democratic primary campaign against Cuomo with a huge fund - raising disadvantage, but her ability to use her celebrity to attract free media can help her counteract the powerful benefits of the governor's incumbency, political experts agree.

Candidate for Governor of New York Cynthia Nixon delivered a blistering speech against Governor Andrew Cuomo, whom she hopes to challenge in a Democratic primary.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running in a Democratic primary against Nixon, dropped out of contention for the party's nomination Friday night, after delegates were leaning toward Nixon.

Stewart's campaign for lieutenant governor did not win her party's endorsement but did win enough votes to compete in the primary against Joe Markley.

He needs 15 percent of the delegate vote to force an August primary for governor against fellow Democrat Ned Lamont.

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.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

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.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson in a radio interview on Monday said it would take a grassroots effort to win a Democratic primary for governor against incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

He said he is not worried about her prospects in a primary for lieutenant governor against Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane Williams.

In a statement, Zephyr Teachout, who is running against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other women's equality items as separate bills.

Gipson briefly flirted with another run against Serino and a primary for governor, but has abandoned both.

A couple days ago, the New York Daily News reported former Governor Eliot Spitzer «is being talked about» as a potential primary candidate against incumbent Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a move he had reportedly seriously considered in 2010.

What's fascinating here is that Teachout, who ran a Bernie Sanders - like insurgency primary campaign against sitting governor Andrew Cuomo, is now cast as the choice of the Democratic establishment.

But in 2014, something changed: A little - known, poorly funded Constitutional law professor named Zephyr Teachout ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary and captured a third of the vote, proof that not only was a restive progressivism already brewing in the pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era, but that the party's liberals didn't care much for their governor.

Some important Democrats are contending that Cuomo's apparent decision against debating Zephyr Teachout, the leftist Fordham Law professor who beat the governor in court twice to win a spot on the Sept. 9 primary ballot, will damage his reputation nationally.

Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins on Friday questioned how effective Zephyr Teachout's likely Democratic primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and whether she would even make it on the September ballot.

This was not the kind of language Democratic primary voters heard when Teachout shocked the Empire State by snagging about a third of the votes against a sitting governor.

She is facing a challenge from Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor, as Cuomo deals with his own Democratic primary against Cynthia Nixon.

Clinton was a factor in the 2014 race for governor, recording a robocall on behalf of the Cuomo - Hochul ticket during the Democratic primary against Zephyr Teachout.

He and Hochul made a strong showing there in the September primary, even as the governor did not do terribly well in other upstate counties against his opponent, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout.

Which would have meant a primary contest for Andrew Cuomo against New York's first African - American governor.

You may remember Suozzi as the guy who ran a quixotic Democratic primary campaign against Eliot Spitzer to be governor of New York.

The attorney general has worked hard to recover from his failed 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary against H. Carl McCall, who was seeking to become the first black governor.

Rangel was a big David Paterson fan and ally, and he had some choice words for Cuomo back when the then - AG was headed toward a possible primary challenge against the state's first black governor.

The WFP backed the actress Cynthia Nixon's Democratic primary campaign against the governor, who effectively controls the state Democratic Party.

Republicans» first choice is state Sen. Tom Kean Jr., the son of the revered former governor, and a second place finisher in the 2000 Republican primary against Ferguson.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who is seeking to win the primary against Rep. Rick Lazio for the GOP nomination for governor.

Governor Cuomo won the Democratic primary, but more than one third of Democrats who participated voted against him, and he lost more than half of the counties upstate, where fracking is a controversial issue.

Either Thomas Foley or John McKinney, Republican candidates for governor competing in the Aug. 12 party primary, would enter the fall campaign against incumbent Democrat Dannel P. Malloy with a strong chance of victory.

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.

The two - term lieutenant governor faced off in an ugly primary battle against state Attorney General Doug Gansler and state lawmaker Heather Mizeur.

Though McCall and Cuomo ran against each other in the 2002 Democratic primary for governor — Cuomo dropped out — McCall has recently worked closely with the governor on both the tuition and budget battles.

He sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, but got just 18 percent of the vote against Eliot Spitzer in the primary.