Sentences with phrase «ran for governor in»

Promising to revamp the Texas education code, Bush ran for governor in 1994 on three education initiatives: charter schools, accountability, and vouchers.

With his brother's help, Paul Vallas ran for Governor in 2002, losing a Democratic primary to Rod Blagojevich by only 25,000 votes.

When he ran for governor in 2007, Jindal, a Catholic convert from Hinduism, was attacked in Democratic Party ads as «anti-Protestant.»

Turns out Shaw is from Chicago, her father was one of Vallas» biggest supporters when Vallas ran for Governor in Illinois and at least one Chicago blogger has reported that Shaw's mother is best friends with Vallas» wife.

Davis, a Democrat, ran for governor in 1998 with education as his top priority, proclaiming, «Local control of California education is a disaster.»

Mr. Silver and the elder Mr. Skelos, as the two Legislative leaders, worked closely with Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who successfully ran for governor in 2010 on a promise to clean up Albany.

I backed Mario when he ran for governor in 1982 and was opposed in the primary by then - Mayor Ed Koch; it was one of the few times I supported a Democrat.

Democrat Zephyr Teachout, who ran for governor in 2014 and the Mid-Hudson Valley's congressional seat in 2016, has formed an exploratory committee regarding a possible run for state attorney general, she said Monday.

Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor now running for Congress, ran for governor in 2014 on a progressive platform with little money and name recognition while managing to rack up more than 30 percent of the vote against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

But Cuomo has come along: When he first ran for governor in 2002, he declared that he supported civil unions over same - sex marriage.

It includes Kathleen Rice, a United States representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Alphonso David, Mr. Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the corruption trial of the former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Samuels supported Cuomo when he first ran for governor in 2002, but has become disenchanted and has begun his own reform group to try to pressure the governor to, in Samuel's words, return to the Democratic Party's progressive roots.

Hawkins received more that 57,000 votes when he ran for governor in 2010, giving the Green Party an automatic spot on this year's ballot.

Barrett served three terms in the House and four terms in the State Senate, and ran for Governor in 1994.

Levy, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2010, made the stunning announcement Thursday afternoon in a press release.

He says no third party candidate has received more than 20 % of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for Governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present Governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re election to a third term.

Astorino, who ran for governor in 2014, has won decisively in a county where Democratic voters outnumber Republicans 2 - to - 1.

Boughton first ran for governor in 2010 but dropped out of the race to become Republican Michael Fedele's running mate.

Hawkins ran for governor in 2010 and received 59,906 votes, which secured an automatic spot on the ballot for the Green Party.

When Hawkins ran for governor in 2010, he received 714 votes in Cayuga County.

As the state's former Democratic State Superintendent of Education, Rex ran for governor in 2010.

Hawkins ran for governor in 2010 and received 59,906 votes, which secured an automatic spot on the ballot for the Green Party for four years.

When Howie Hawkins ran for governor in 2010, his fledgling Green Party scored a significant milestone by netting enough votes to qualify for «permanent» ballot status — barely.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, a Syracuse resident who first ran for governor in 2010, entered the race in April.

Howie Hawkins ran for Governor in 2010, earning 60,000 votes.

She does not count donations Cuomo received when he first ran for governor in 2010.

According to the latest polls, he stands to garner nearly 10 percent of today's vote; the last time Hawkins ran for governor in 2010, he pulled in about 1 percent....

One of the first backers of Gov. Andrew Cuomo when he first ran for Governor in 2002, Pigeon became a key player in Western New York for Cuomo.

The memo, which was first reported by The Daily News this morning, notes that Republican George Pataki released tax returns stretching back five years when he ran for governor in 1994.

Kansas» 2nd District: Paul Davis, the former state House minority leader, carried the district when he ran for governor in 2014 against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

He ran for governor in 2006 and was defeated by Democrat Eliot Spitzer by almost 40 percentage points.

Samuels» father ran for governor in the 1970's with Governor Cuomo's father Mario Cuomo as his running mate.

Teachout, who ran for governor in 2014 and Congress in 2016, said Monday that she would form an exploratory committee as she considers a run.

Greenberg cautions though that no third party candidate has received more than 20 percent of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re-election to a third term.

Astorino, who ran for governor in 2014 and has not ruled out a run in 2018, says he is focused solely on the race for county executive.

Mr. Hawkins ran for governor in 2010 and was able to win more than 50,000 votes, securing ballot status for the Green Party in this year's race.

The Democrat who ran for Governor in 2008 will now head Indiana's economic development efforts.

While an outspoken figure and a major donor, Paladino did not seek elected office until he ran for governor in 2010.

Astorino previously ran for governor in 2014, losing to Andrew Cuomo.

(He ran for governor in 1998 and was one of the candidates to succeed the disgraced Alan Hevesi as state comptroller following Chauffeurgate, losing out to ex-Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli).

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Like Cuomo, who withdrew when he first ran for governor in 2002 after making a blunderous remark about George Pataki, Chris Christie suffered setbacks on his eventual road to success in New Jersey.

She also ran for governor in 2014.

Getting big money out of politics has been a central theme of her campaign to represent the 19th Congressional District, located in New York State's Hudson Valley and Catskills regions, like it was when she ran for governor in 2014.

He planned to take over for Mayor Tom Barrett, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2010 and again in 2012's recall election.

Last year, Cuomo appointed former adversaries Pataki and McCall (all three ran for governor in 2002) to lead a tax relief commission.

John Faso, who once ran for Governor in New York, is now a freshman House member.

Jimmy McMillan, political activist and founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High party, ran for governor in 2010 and is running for mayor next year.

Though he pledged when he first ran for governor in 2010 to clean up Albany, the pace of legislative corruption scandals has not slowed on Cuomo's watch.

This was the strategy of former Westchester County Executive and Republican Rob Astorino when he ran for governor in 2014.