Sentences with phrase «primary against zephyr»

He turned left after a 2014 Democratic primary against Zephyr Teachout, a law professor, and in his second term has raised the minimum wage, expanded tuition subsidies at public colleges, enacted a system of paid family leave and raised the age of criminal responsibility.

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.

Not exact matches

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

Zephyr Teachout and Timothy Wu announce their intent run a primary race against incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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.

Zephyr Teachout, a political unknown just a month or two ago, outperformed expectations to garner 35 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Gubernatorial hopeful Zephyr Teachout plans to run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Primary.

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.

The left - wing actor, an avid supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders «unsuccessful bid for president and Fordham Professor Zephyr Teachout «s primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, then echoed de Blasio's favorite re-election pitch: that he is uniquely positioned to push back on Trump's proposed policies.

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.

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.

Perhaps rattled by his relatively anemic win in last year's Democratic primary against liberal long shot Zephyr Teachout, he has quelled key camps of left - wing opposition by unilaterally banning fracking, raising wages for fast - food workers and endorsing a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran an unsuccessful primary race against Cuomo in 2014, warned there could still be primaries against IDC members.

Insurgent Zephyr Teachout said Thursday she will submit 45,000 petition signatures to enter a Democrat primary against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Though not yet able to crack double digits in any statewide polling, the 61 - year - old Hawkins — one of the party's most prolific vote - getters — believes he has «a fighting chance» this fall against Wall Street - funded incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his hapless Republican rival, as evidenced by the surprisingly strong showing of underfunded challenger Zephyr Teachout in the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout, meanwhile, is collecting signatures to run against Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

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.

Zephyr Teachout came out swinging against Republican John Faso after winning the 19th Congressional District's Democratic primary.

He'll have to get past some issues with the Democratic base (see: Zephyr Teachout's surprisingly strong 2014 primary challenge against him), but Cuomo could be a real pragmatic pick.

Which means Cuomo has his own Democratic gubernatorial primary (against Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who gave him a scare by lining up support from a substantial chunk of Working Families membership before the party's convention) and Hochul her own, against Wu.

Cuomo and New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany shared a number of common donors, according to a report published in December by Zephyr Teachout, who ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

At least one of those close races includes Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the 19th congressional district battleground who ran against Cuomo in a Democratic primary in 2014.

Panepinto has received the nod of Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat who runs for re-election in 2016, and would likely want to be seen as helping Democrats in any capacity least he should face a primary challenger similar to Cuomo's experience this year against Zephyr Teachout.

Leftist Fordham law prof Zephyr Teachout says she has rounded up more than enough signatures to run against Gov. Cuomo in the September Democratic primary.

But with less than three weeks until the Sept. 9 primary, none of the polls have bothered to try to measure Cuomo's standing against his Democratic opponent, Zephyr Teachout.

Zephyr Teachout showed the breadth of gubernatorial discontent, carrying 23 upstate counties in her primary challenge against Cuomo in 2014 but falling far short in the five boroughs.

Law professor Zephyr Teachout on Thursday defended her campaign to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo against claims that she hasn't lived in New York long enough to be on next month's Democratic Primary ballot.

During the Democratic primary, longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout — whom the WFP briefly entertained running against the governor — slammed the WEP as a «sham party,» noting that 11 of the 17 candidates on the line are male.

During Kent's tenure, PEF endorsed Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who mounted a spirited primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014.

As Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout is poised to launch a Democratic primary bid against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Working Families Party is urging liberals and progressives to back the incumbent.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout attributed her strong showing in September's Democratic primary against Cuomo to anti-fracking supporters upstate, where she won dozens of counties.

They endorsed charismatic upstart Zephyr Teachout against Andrew Cuomo in the September Democratic primary.

Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout launched an unexpectedly strong Democratic primary challenge against him in 2014.

It's a left - flank strategy that has had success against Cuomo in the past — nearly unknown liberal activist and law professor Zephyr Teachout garnered a surprising 34 percent of the vote in the 2014 Democratic primary.

Zephyr Teachout, the former Howard Dean aide and law professor, who submitted petitions to run against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, is still unknown to 86 percent of the voters.

ALBANY — As the Democratic presidential candidates turn their attention to New York, the campaigns of both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton say they're looking to the 2014 gubernatorial bid of Zephyr Teachout, who performed surprisingly well in a primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as a model that Sanders might follow to exceed expectations in the state Clinton represented in the Senate for eight years.

Zephyr Teachout, a progressive activist and law professor who did surprisingly well in the 2014 gubernatorial primary against Andrew Cuomo, just announced on Monday that she plans to run for the open seat in Hudson Valley's District 19.

In 2014 many fracking opponents voted for Zephyr Teachout against Governor Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and Teachout won several upstate counties where fracking had been proposed.

In her losing 2014 primary against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Zephyr Teachout, then a little - known law professor, ran as a populist Democrat to the left of Mr. Cuomo.

ALBANY — The second - largest union of New York State government workers has endorsed Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor, in her insurgent Democratic primary bid against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

This followed Mr. Cuomo's poor showing here and statewide against Zephyr Teachout in the September Democratic primary.

«The governor is hiding how he wants to spend tax dollars — that's totally unacceptable,» said Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor who ran against Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic primary for governor.

Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who attributed her impressive showing against Cuomo in the September Democratic primary to support from anti-fracking activists, said she was «bowled over» at Cuomo's decision.

Working Families endorsed Cuomo in 2014 in a similar contest against Zephyr Teachout, who was also challenging the incumbent governor in the Democratic primary.

We take a look back at primary day across the state, specifically the unexpected strong showing of Zephyr Teachout who garnered 34 % of the vote against incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed 19th Congressional District Democratic candidate Zephyr Teachout, who ran against him in a spirited 2014 gubernatorial primary.

More recently, the populist progressive Zephyr Teachout performed well and garnered a dedicated local following in her 2014 insurgent primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo has refused to participate in televised debates in past, including one against primary challenger (and current Nixon campaign treasurer) Zephyr Teachout in 2014.

Yandik, 38, a Columbia County farmer, part - time journalist and Town of Livingston councilman, is running in the New York 19th Congressional District Democratic Party primary, which includes all of Ulster County and a large swath of Dutchess, against Zephyr Teachout of Dover Plains.