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Republican John DeFrancisco on Wednesday in a radio interview said he'd be «surprised» if Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro joined the race for governor after publicly saying last month he would not seek the GOP nomination.

The statement, which simultaneously jeers and criticizes the Republicans and the unsettled field, comes as Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has signaled to Republicans officials that he will enter the race for governor after winning a straw poll on Friday during a meeting of GOP leaders in Saratoga Springs.

Not exact matches

Shortly after Carl Paladino handily won the Republican nomination in the race for governor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated Paladino and welcomed him to the general election fight — and Senate Democrats were quick to pounce.

The DN isn't waiting until after the GOP primary to choose a favorite in the race for governor, dismissing both Carl Paladino and Rick Lazio out of hand and backing the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo in an editorial that appears in today's paper — with more than two months to go until the November general election.

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.

After keeping mum for days about his plan to end his LG run and jump into the governor's race, Republican businessman M. Myers Mermel let loose with both barrels against Democratic gubernatorial contender, Andrew Cuomo, saying the AG should resign immediately because he is «responsible» for the Albany mess.

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.

After saying in January he would not enter the race for New York governor, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro reconsidered.

In December 2017, Governor Cuomo and the Empire State Development Corporation announced that after a competitive selection process, the State would award state land adjacent to the Belmont horse racing track to a real estate development partnership, New York Arena Partners, to build a 18,000 seat arena for the NY Islanders, a hotel, retail mall, public open space and parking lots.

After all, I am the only Senate candidate in my district who supported him in his race for Governor two years ago.»

Lawmakers appeared edging toward a deal on Wednesday, with Senate Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman John Bonacic insisting there was a three - way deal after the Legislature accepted «technical» amendments recommended by the governor's office for the bill, including applying a fee to year - round leagues.

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R — Canandaigua) today announced he is withdrawing from the race for New York governor, less than two months after throwing his hat in the ring.

(Party officials remember the fate of the Liberal Party, which went into political oblivion after its 2002 nominee for governor — one Andrew Cuomo — pulled out of 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.

According to one follower of the race, «After Eldridge lost, the Democrats have gone even farther to the left, recruiting Zephyr Teachout, who ran against Andrew Cuomo for Governor because he wasn't liberal enough.

-LRB-... A day after declining to endorse either Gov. Cuomo or his Democratic challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in the primary, The New York Times has thrown its support to Teachout's running mate, Tim Wu, in the race for lieutenant governor.

His withdrawal, after Mr. Cox amassed the support of a vast majority of the party's county leaders, is a setback for Mr. Giuliani as he considers entering next year's race for governor.

For all but the last year of those, he was a conservative Democrat, but switched sides after being wooed into the governor's race by state GOP Chairman Ed Cox.

Not one poll has shown Gillespie ahead in the race, one year after Clinton won Virginia by 6 percentage points — a closer - than - expected margin in a state with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators and that's voted for the Democratic nominee in three straight presidential contests.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is considering whether to jump into the Republican race for governor, less than two months after he ruled out a bid this year.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for gGovernor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governorgovernor.

Marc Molinaro surged past John DeFrancisco on Friday to become the front - runner in the battle for the Republican nomination for governor, gathering key GOP endorsements only a week after entering the race.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

In 2006, DiNapoli was a candidate for lieutenant governor, but dropped out of the race after Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the party's frontrunner for governor, chose Senate Minority Leader David Paterson as his running mate.

Marc Molinaro, the Hudson Valley politician who jumped into the race for the Republican nomination for New York governor after initially saying he wouldn't run, announced Thursday that he has enough support from county GOP leaders statewide to win the party's nod at next month's state convention.

Spitzer, who resigned as governor in 2008 after revelations he spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes, jumped into the race for New York City comptroller just over a week ago.

The good news for Landrieu is that Republicans don't have a candidate yet and aren't likely to have one until after this fall's governor's race.

Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

But when asked about whether he would like her to run for governor if she loses the mayor's race, Cox paused and after a couple starts and stops, said:

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.

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.

«My only agenda item was to bring a strong, better New York for our children,» said Lazio, who, a decade after losing the U.S. Senate race to Hillary Clinton for Daniel Patrick Moynihan's seat, early last year launched a bid for governor.

After the race, the New York Times noted that she was the «strongest challenge to an incumbent governor since primaries for the office were established in New York in 1970.»

Assemblyman Brian Kolb is speaking out about the reasons he announced last Friday he was pulling out of the race for governor, less than two months after he said he would be a candidate.

Molinaro had at first bowed out of the race for governor at the beginning of the year, a move that came days after businessman Harry Wilson also declined to run.

McMurray noted that the effort to push him out of the congressional race came soon after the Working Families Party endorsed actress Cynthia Nixon for governor, giving Cuomo more reason to worry about his own primary.

Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro won a straw poll Friday after telling state and county party leaders that he is re-entering the race for the Republican nomination for governor.

Because there are so many people in both fields, handicapping the race is tough but Minnesota has trended strongly toward Democrats in recent elections and voters are likely to be looking for a Democrat after eight years of Republican control of the governor's mansion.

Tensions between Cuomo and Kennedy simmered for years while the two were married, and exploded into an ugly divorce battle in 2003 — a year after Cuomo, a former federal housing secretary, lost his first race for governor — following revelations that Kennedy was having an affair with a married and wealthy polo - playing family friend, Bruce Colley.

The governor offered to endorse a Republican Senator, Roy McDonald, who lost a GOP primary after voting for same sex marriage, but McDonald decided to drop out of the race.

After succeeding Spitzer, he announced his intention to run for a full term as governor in the 2010 race, but his poll numbers were so low that the Dems had President Obama intervene to have him withdraw his candidacy in support of Andrew Cuomo.

In Arkansas's Democratic Senate primary, incumbent moderate Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff after basically tying Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter in a three - way race, a performance that fell well below expectations for her.

He was forced to drop out of the race, however, after a September 1 vote of the Alaska Democratic Party central committee merged the Democratic ticket with that of independent candidate Bill Walker, pushing both French and Walker's former running mate for lieutenant governor off the ballot.

After losing a bitter mayoral race to Ed Koch in 1977, and then winning a nearly - as - nasty rematch for governor in 1982, Cuomo became a national liberal star.

Nearly two months after opting not to enter the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro told a group of GOP chairs Friday that he is running for governor.

The New York Times / Siena College survey also indicated Eliot Spitzer, a former governor, maintaining his healthy lead in the race for the city's top financial post, the day after another poll showed a dead heat.

Coming into the homestretch of the governor's race, after what is expected to be a Howie Hawkins debate victory on October 22nd, consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will headline a campaign rally and fundraiser for the Howie Hawkins for Governor campaign in Mgovernor's race, after what is expected to be a Howie Hawkins debate victory on October 22nd, consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will headline a campaign rally and fundraiser for the Howie Hawkins for Governor campaign in MGovernor campaign in Manhattan

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.

State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb recently dropped out of the race for governor, soon after state Senator John DeFranciso launched a bid.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Marc Molinaro, the Hudson Valley politician who jumped into the race for the Republican nomination for New York governor after initially saying he wouldn't run, announced Thursday that he has enough support from county GOP leaders statewide to win the party's nod at next...