Sentences with phrase «primary against former governor»
He attributed his successful campaign, including a tight primary against former Governor Eliot Spitzer, to the Big Apple's small - donor matching system.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 former governor of the state and Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, won the primary, polling 941 votes against another former governor, Segun Oni, who got 481 votes among other 31 aspirants.
«Pennsylvania has dozens of forgotten cities and communities,» says Fetterman, who's an underdog in the Democratic primary against 2010 Senate nominee Joe Sestak and Katie McGinty, former chief of staff to Governor Tom Wolf.
State GOP Chairman Ed Cox suggested the recent call for a review by Cuomo into the handling of the Weinstein case was driven by politics as it came the same day actress Cynthia Nixon announced a Democratic primary challenge against the governor and at a time when his office is being sued over its handling of a sexual harassment claim against a former aide.
On Monday, former «Sex and the City» actress Cynthia Nixon announced that she would be running in the Democratic primary for New York governor in September against Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
Even former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, whom Cuomo challenged in the 2002 gubernatorial primary, earning him the long - standing ire of many in the black community, has stepped in to act as a surrogate for the AG against Paladino and also defended him when it looked like he might primary the state's first black governor, David Paterson.
A year later, Mr. Jeffries campaigned hard for Mr. Stringer in his bid for comptroller, appearing with him at churches and subway stations in an uphill primary fight against Eliot Spitzer, the former governor.