Sentences with phrase «primary race in favor»

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Cuomo had endorsed or offered to support two Republicans in 2012 who had voted in favor of the measure: Sen. Stephen Saland, who lost a three - way race, and Sen. Roy McDonald, who had retained the Independence Party line after losing his primary, but ultimately declined to compete in the general election.

Maloney was a late entry into the NY - 18 race, but is nevertheless appears to be the DCCC's favored candidate, although the committee is publicly declaring a favorite in the June 26 primary.

Turnout was pegged at 26 percent for the City of Buffalo, a result that was considered relatively strong because the September Democratic primary all but settled the mayoral race in favor of incumbent Democrat Byron W. Brown.

Republican county leaders had hoped that they could rally around a single candidate and avoid the kind of primary that defined the 2013 race, one that they believe will only serve to strengthen the incumbent Democrat, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who already has a strong lead in fundraising and a distinct advantage in the city's lopsided 6 - to - 1 voter registration in favor of Democrats.

She's hardly a GOP sacrificial lamb: Malliotakis jumped in against a well - funded primary opponent favored by the party establishment, driving him from the race.