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Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco insisted on Monday he wants to avoid a primary for the GOP nomination for governor as Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is expected to officially enter the race.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson on Wednesday pulled the plug on his long - shot bid for the Democratic primary for governor after advocate and actress Cynthia Nixon entered the race.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson pulled the plug on his long - shot bid in the Democratic primary for governor after Nixon entered the race, but did not immediately endorse her.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon has grabbed a lot of headlines since entering the Democratic primary race for governor, but still lags far behind Cuomo in New York City, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

The general election should be a breeze against David Patterson but Lazio may have a tough time in the GOP primary if former New York City mayor Rudy Guliani enters the race.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson on Wednesday pulled the plug on his long - shot bid in the Democratic primary for governor after Cynthia Nixon entered the race.

Tenney, a three - term member of the State Assembly, enters the primary race with a campaign debt of $ 110,000 from her last congressional bid, according to Federal Election Commission records.

The DCCC designation is a coup for Perez Williams, who entered the race only two weeks ago in a last - minute attempt to make it onto the ballot and force a Democratic primary on June 26.

«There is a lot of focus on the governor's race and that could have an impact,» said Murray, who added it could depend on whether Cuomo decides to run for re-election, or whether any Republicans who enter a primary to run for governor decide to run for Senate instead.

Rep. Charlie Rangel has four Democratic primary opponents: Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, Vince Morgan, Jonathan Tasini and Joyce Johnson, who quietly entered the race last month.

But three days later, on Easter Sunday, Perez Williams changed her mind and decided she would enter the race and challenge Balter in a Democratic primary.

Or, perhaps he doesn't have to run in a primary at all because Linares, Levine and whoever else had entered the race for his seat drop their bids once he returns to the race.

Mr. Levy, the Suffolk County executive, entered the Republican primary race in March after New York Republican Party leaders, including the chairman, Edward F. Cox, recruited him because of their concerns about the lackluster shape of Rick A. Lazio's campaign.

Marius officially entered the race in March to face off against incumbent Councilwoman Debi Rose and community activist Kamillah Hanks in the Sept. 12 primary.

Weiner, who previously ran for mayor in 2005, entered the race less than four months before the Democratic primary and with a $ 4.8 million campaign war chest.

That's when party vice chair Lisa Giovinazzo entered the Mid-Island race, setting up a primary with Oddo chief of staff Steven Matteo, who was already running.

(CNN)- A little more than a month after entering New York City's high - profile mayoral race, Anthony Weiner has inched ahead for the first time in the crowded Democratic primary, a new poll indicates.

Arnold had initially entered the race as a primary challenger to Sen. George Maziarz in the 62nd Senate District.

He'd been a rising star in the 1970s, entering and winning five late primaries and caucuses in the 1976 Democratic race (and nearly preventing Jimmy Carter from clinching the nomination), but had closed out his gubernatorial tenure on a sour note, then disappeared from the political world in the mid -»80s.

Mr. Kicinski, what made you decide to enter this primary race to run against the incumbent, Richard Hanna?

Nixon is reportedly edging closer to entering the race for governor and challenging Cuomo in a Democratic primary.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said she hasn't decided yet if she'll challenge Cuomo in a primary next year, but if she does enter the 2018 race, she would not run as a conventional candidate.

Toulon entered the race after last month's primary, when state Sen. Phil Boyle (R - Bay Shore) dropped out after his defeat by Zacarese in the Republican primary.

It will come down to whether supermarket and oil magnate Catsimatidis, who ran in the 2013 GOP mayoral primary and won Staten Island, decides to enter the race.

But earlier this month, Perez Williams decided she would enter the race and challenge Balter in a Democratic primary.

Massey's campaign spending has been so profligate that he enters the summer with just $ 607,963 on hand at the end of the filing period, as he faces a potentially tough primary contest, with Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis recently joining the race.

If Massachusetts had a top - two open primary, it would be too late for anyone to enter the race this late in the election year.

That means registered Democrats and Republicans turning out for the presidential primary will receive a separate ballot for the Assembly race when they enter the polls.

SCHROON LAKE A Saratoga doctor with a home in Schroon Lake is the latest candidate to enter the crowded Democratic primary race for New York's 21st Congressional District.

On the other hand, with none of the long - declared Democratic candidates running away with the primary so far, former Montgomery County Councilwoman Valerie L. Ervin, who entered the race Thursday under unique circumstances, has little to lose.

Giambra says he is willing to run in a primary, though he stops short of promising to challenge Wilson, who has talked of contributing $ 10 million of his own money should he enter the race.

Operatives from both parties expected the Democratic primary could devolve into ugly infighting when Grayson, a notoriously outspoken congressman, entered the race.

The Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner entered the governor's race last month to challenge two - term incumbent Andrew Cuomo in September's Democratic primary.

In a phone interview Monday, Bass explained that he opted to withdraw from the primary contest after he learned the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is assisting Juanita Perez Williams, a Democrat who entered the race last week.

Jenkins has said since he entered the race in August 2016 that he would take the nomination to a primary election if he did not get the party's backing after the convention.

He's expecting other Democrats will enter the race and force a primary.

But if he enters the race, the May 6 primary will be the first competitive contest Joyce will face in the state's most targeted seat in 2014.

Ball traveled down the path of a congressional run in 2010, but veered off ahead of any primary when Hayworth entered the race.

The Democratic primary to replace Liu, once assumed to be a given for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, has become suddenly competitive after former Gov. Eliot Spitzer entered the race earlier this month.

When discussing his decision to enter a crowded Democratic primary race and challenge City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone), Flushing's Paul Graziano did not hesitate to emphasize his focus on fighting over-development in northeast Queens.

Rubio said he is the same candidate he was when he entered the race in 2009 as an under - funded long - shot primary opponent to Gov. Charlie Crist, then the choice of national Republicans to replace Mel Martinez in the Senate.