Sentences with phrase «primary field against»

Not exact matches

Bill Samuels joined me on «Capital Tonight» yesterday to explain why he and his New Roosevelt Initiative PAC have endorsed Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in hopes of winnowing the field of primary challengers vying to oust the controversial Bronx Democrat.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio easily defeated a field of longshot Democratic primary opponents Tuesday night, setting up a general election race against Republican Nicole Malliotakis.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly topped the field with 23 % — though winning a general election against whatever Democrat comes out of the primary might be tough, assuming Dems unite around the winner.

Sen. Adriano Espaillat will hire Red Horse Strategies, a prominent left - leaning public relations firm, to manage targeted field operations for his primary campaign against Rep. Charlie Rangel.

The departure from the field by Catsimatidis cleared the way for Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate who will face off in November against de Blasio, who just handily defeated his four Democratic primary opponents earlier this week.

But since he received less than 50 percent of the vote in the nine candidate field, there is a fair chance at least one of his opponents from today's special will run against him in the Democratic primary this September.

The most recent to toss his hat in the ring is former Councilman Sal Albanese, who ran unsuccessful bids for state Assembly in a Brooklyn district in 1978, for Congress against Susan Molinari in 1992 and for mayor twice — first in 1997, then a second time in 2013, coming in eighth place in the crowded field of nine candidates in the Democratic primary.

«Desperate and uninformed political attacks against Elise Stefanik by an anemic field of liberal candidates underscores the rudderless mess that is the Democratic primary,» said Lenny Alcivar, a campaign spokesman for Stefanik.

While it cleared the field, the move may have created a different kind of hurdle for the presumptive GOP nominee, who expects to face off against the winner of the September 12 Democratic primary, likely incumbent mayor Bill de Blasio.

Altschuler won a three - way Republican primary against former SEC attorney George Demos and Richard Nixon grandson Chris Cox, the son of state GOP chairman Ed Cox who joined the field in January in a move that reverberated for Republican politics statewide.

The field of candidates mulling a primary run against Kirsten Gillibrand has thinned out in the past week, with representative Steve Israel and Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer pulling their names from contention.

Instead, the Democratic primary will narrow the field Thursday, with four advancing to the general election to compete against two Green party candidates, Raymond Blackwell and Caleb Duncan, as well as Working Families candidate Latoya Allen.

But he invested heavily and early in two strategic differentiators in the 50 - state primary battle against Clinton: digital and field.

I am strictly against reproductive cloning, at the same time arguing in favour of a certain research field with the primary argument that it will improve the scientific and economic infrastructure in Germany.

The brightest primaries, against the broadest fields of white, form clean curves like galaxies, but in broad daylight.

«TCSW and the Family Rights Group urge Parliament to pause and reflect on the wisdom of including the 26 weeks target in primary legislation, potentially jeopardising children's welfare, against the advice of many professionals in the field.»