Sentences with phrase «race for governor»

In the short - term, the party knows it needs to land 50,000 votes on its line in races for governor to maintain its ballot status.

The known winners in the 36 races for governor during last week's general elections are highlighted in red.

Winning his own race for governor, he said, was redemption.

Education is becoming a top issue in this year's wide - open race for governor.

Today Tuesday, September 9th, in the Democratic Primary race for Governor of New York, we have two options.

As the Washington Post reported in late April, the Democratic primary races for governor in several states are «emerging as central battlegrounds in the broader struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party.»

Bergman also was the press spokesman in losing Democratic races for governor in Pennsylvania and U.S. Senate in New Hampshire.

Yet, Bruce A. Blakeman, a former Nassau County legislator; Joseph J. DioGuardi, a former member of the House from Westchester County; and David Malpass, a former chief economist at Bear Stearns, are gamely vying for the nomination at the same time as a two - way Republican race for governor in which the winner will face even longer odds against the Democrat, Andrew M. Cuomo.

DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, emerged over the weekend as the frontrunner in the GOP race for governor after his chief rival, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, abruptly dropped out of the race.

Flanagan had been considered a potential candidate for the 2014 race for governor as well as Suffolk County executive.

When Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb surprisingly dropped out of the GOP race for governor Friday, the assumption was Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco was now the front - runner to take on Cuomo.

The Buffalo Billion is expected to be a frequent target of Republican leaders and strategists as this year's race for governor heats up.

«Cuomo is very sensitive to communities of color and African American communities specifically,» he said, referencing the 2002 racially - charged brouhaha surrounding Cuomo's first race for governor against former State Comptroller Carl McCall, who is black.

New York State residents will consider a number of candidates and issues in Tuesday's elections, including statewide races for Governor, State Comptroller and Attorney General.

Robert Sarvis won 6.5 percent of the vote in a hotly contested three - way race for governor of Virginia, easily surpassing the previous high won by a Libertarian for governor (0.8 percent in 2001) in the state.

-- Former Georgia congressman Phil Gingrey endorses Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a former state Senate colleague, in the GOP race for governor.

Sarvis was the Libertarian Party's breakout star of 2013, when he captured 6.5 % of the vote in the hotly contested race for governor of Virginia.

And in what could be a challenge to his potential 2018 opponents in next years race for governor, Cuomo's property tax plan puts the onus on county executives to develop a proposal for shared services.

Cuomo has been considering a second race for governor almost since taking office as attorney general in 2007 and last fall, after it was learned that President Obama favored Cuomo over Gov. Paterson, his announcement was widely expected in January.

Former President Bill Clinton says polls may show a tight race for governor in Connecticut.

Republicans are widely expected to make major gains in the 2010 congressional elections, and they appear poised to pick up seats in many competitive state races for governor and other offices.

He says while Republicans have lost the past several races for governor, the Democrats» margin of victory has been shrinking.

MOTORBOATING Guy Lombardo's Tempo VII, piloted by Danny Foster, nipped Gale V in season «slast unlimited hydroplane race for Governor's Trophy at Madison, Ind..

The contours of the Georgia race for governor are beginning to get a little more definition.

ALBANY — Rick Lazio dealt a bitter blow to Steve Levy and Ed Cox at yesterday's Republican nominating convention, but he handed Andrew Cuomo another big boost in his seemingly unstoppable race for governor.

Brodsky suggests that Cuomo could voluntarily impose a public campaign finance system on his own reelection race for governor, which he says would be a «game changer.»

GOP candidate Carl Paladino leverages upstate - downstate electoral rift in race for governor [NYDN]

Tedisco thought it only appropriate that a champion candidate like Astorino should receive mementos commemorating local champions because, despite the so - called odds, he'll win by 10 lengths when the November race for Governor is over.»

A number of national political figures, including President Barack Obama, are coming to Connecticut this week to help in the state's close race for governor.

Two potential GOP challengers to Cuomo in this fall's race for governor used the verdict to slap at Cuomo; Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said the verdict shows «the rich and powerful get special treatment in the Cuomo administration.»

Murphy's ascendance as a party standardbearer coincides with an open seat race for governor — incumbent Democrat Dannel P. Malloy is exiting after two terms and low job approval ratings.

His black and orange «I'm Mad as Hell, Too, Carl» lawn signs in his 2010 insurgent race for governor struck the right chord in a region that feels betrayed by time and by politics.

More polls will come out after Percoco's walk out of a federal courthouse in Manhattan as a guilty felon, which will indicate one way or the other if Cuomo's political hopes not only this year in his re-election race for governor, but perhaps a future run for president in 2020, will be stopped, or even stalled a bit by Percoco

The civil service group had supported Mr. Cuomo in his last three successful races for governor, while the Public Employees Federation backed him in 1982 and 1986 and remained neutral in 1990.

Two days after this year's votes were counted, Virginia's 1997 race for governor seemed to begin in earnest, when James S. Gilmore III, the state attorney general and the early Republican favorite for the top job, proposed a plan to provide millions of dollars in college scholarships to high school students.

Christine Quinn, left, is walking back her slam of former «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon (right) as an «unqualified lesbian» after Nixon jumped into the Democratic race for governor of New York on Tuesday.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he's dropping out of the Republican race for governor and will run as an independent instead, because the two major parties are too interested in preserving the status quo.

The campaign contributions that fossil fuel and electric utility interests have made in Ohio's race for governor during the first four months of 2018 have largely gone to Republican candidate Mike DeWine.

She famously endorsed Cuomo in his first race for governor.

Republicans look at tight statewide races for governor and Senate as a potential harbinger of a backlash against Democrats that could trickle down to the legislative level.

It is an important election year in California, with fiercely contested races for governor, U.S. senator, and state superintendent of public instruction.

Libertarian John Babiarz is running in a 3 - way race for governor of NH against former majority state Senate leader Maggie Hassan and Republican attorney Ovide Lamontagne for the open seat vacated by 8 - year Democratic incumbent Governor John Lynch.

Christine Quinn, the openly gay former speaker of the New York City Council, is walking back her slam of former «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon as an «unqualified lesbian» after Nixon jumped into the Democratic race for governor of New York.

The Post says a reported plea deal between the AG's office and ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi gives Cuomo «justified bragging rights as an anti-corruption crusader in his own race for governor.»

With the conclusion of the 2018 General Assembly session, Maryland's race for governor is about to kick into a higher gear, and political analysts say Democratic voters can expect a contest unlike any in state history.