Sentences with phrase «run a primary campaign»

Four of the women running primary campaigns the members of the Independent Democratic Conference are urging in a letter to have Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins included in the top - level leaders meeting this month.

Two other Democrats who lost out Thursday night said they plan to run primary campaigns to vie for the seat in the heavily Democratic Assembly district.

Nan Hayworth last year — even threatening to run a primary campaign against her — is taking his hat out of the ring.

Mandle confirmed her interest in running in an email Sunday night, saying: «I am seriously considering running a primary campaign against Senator Valesky.

Bronson hasn't had to run a primary campaign since then — until this year when former journalist Rachel Barnhart stepped up to challenge him.

Essex County Undersheriff Michael Badger will not run a primary campaign against David Reynolds.

GOP chairman Peter McGreevy said he likes to open up the discussion among the committee members and that he does not think anyone will look to run a primary campaign this year.

Labor lawyer Arthur Schwartz is running a primary campaign to unseat Deborah Glick, a longtime Silver pal whose downtown district (Tribeca, Greenwich Village, Chelsea) borders Silver's Lower East Side turf.

Bush is running a primary campaign for the Onondaga County Legislature's 13th district against incumbent Republican Derek Shepard.

She's running a primary campaign that's designed to resonate with the more centrist electorate of a general election.

Not exact matches

The Lynch campaign vowed not to bow to threats but seemed stunned that Keystone, a pipeline that runs nowhere near the East Coast state — and a San Franciscan worth $ 1.3 - billion, according to Forbes — were suddenly playing major roles in the primary.

That means the progressive denizens of This Town can't get distracted by the shiny object that is our ideological champion (who, it should be mentioned, hasn't visited Iowa once this campaign cycle, has repeatedly stated she will not run for President in 2016, and signed a letter encouraging Clinton to run) primarying the presumptive nominee.

Reagan ran a more disciplined campaign than his more liberal rivals (both in the GOP primary and the general election), and while he kept faith with his conservative base, he never seemed to be speaking only to his pre-existing conservative supporters.

Himself a candidate for governor of California in 1962 (he lost in a primary to Richard Nixon), Shell worked this year as the state's finance chairman for the Goldwater presidential campaign and ran interference for the GOP just as resolutely as he did when he was captain and a valuable blocking back for the undefeated USC team that shut out Tennessee 14 - 0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl game.

Very rarely will undecided voters hit your site: unless you're running a paid campaign to bring them in, or if it's a contested primary and active Democrats are educating themselves on all the candidates.

This book is a particular favourite of mine because, as a teenager, I keenly followed Robert Kennedy's quixotic run for the presidency, and this account encapsulated the frenetic and sometimes chaotic campaign that ended in the traumatic murder of Kennedy, when he had just won the primary election in the largest state in the Union, California, and in one of the most rural, South Dakota.

Sen. Bill Perkins, whose outspokenness has so angered some fellow Democrats and charter school advocates that they're shopping for a primary challenger to run against him, will formally kick off his campaign this Sunday.

Zephyr Teachout, who is running a Democratic primary campaign against the governor, has not filed her disclosure report.

Then, lawmakers return to their districts to run for re-election and, for a few, campaign in congressional primaries.

I'm not entirely certain where this ad and the last one, which portrayed supporters of Espada's primary opponent, Gustavo Rivera, as puppet masters, are running, since they're not being formally released by his campaign — to the extent that he has one.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

Cuomo has faced little friction in his Democratic primary run for re-election for governor, but his lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, is fending off a liberal insurgent — Brooklyn Councilman Jumaaane Williams, who is winning early support — before she even hits the campaign trail.

Bill Samuels formally kicked off his LG campaign this morning, pledging to fight in a Democratic primary battle against the running mate of presumptive gubernatorial contender, AG Andrew Cuomo, if necessary.

Grimm campaigned for Romney in New Hampshire and Florida and appeared on national TV shows (and Capital Tonight) during the run - up to the Granite State primary to defend the candidate after his «I like be able to fire people» gaffe.

He benefited from a massive field of primary opponents, then was fortunate enough to face an unliked and untrustworthy nominee who ran a dreadful and incompetent campaign.

Oliver Rosenberg's campaign says that days after he filed papers to run in the June 28 primary, he was contacted by a Nadler ally who offered to raise thousands of dollars in campaign funds if Rosenberg instead ran for a City Council seat.

He's taking advantage of the fact that while city law mandates donations for primary and general elections can only be used for lawyers handling non-criminal matters related to a campaign, funds raised for run - off elections face no such restriction.

Di Carlo is a Putnam County Republican who ran a failed primary campaign against now - Rep.

At a general level, coverage of the primary will often stress how Romney's campaign is well - funded and professionally run.

Western New York political operative Michael Caputo ran Carl Paladino's campaign for governor back in 2010 when the mad - as - hell man from Buffalo upended the state GOP by winning a primary for the nomination to take on then - Democratic state AG Andrew Cuomo.

Top Hillary Clinton advisor Joel Benenson repeatedly dodged questions regarding Bernie Sanders» call for scheduling a debate just ahead of the New York primary April 19th, saying it all depends on the Vermont senator's «tone» and whether he continues to run a «negative» campaign.

Kinderhook, NY... October 13, 2016 — Zephyr Teachout, the liberal New York City professor who moved Upstate this year to run for Congress, muted her support for fellow Vermonter and socialist Bernie Sanders ahead of New York's presidential primary in a quid pro quo orchestrated by the Clinton campaign team, leaked emails show.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who's running in the GOP primary against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has recently given his campaign a big boost in the form of a million dollars, he announced at a Sunday event hosted by the Brooklyn Tea Party.

While Mr. Herr, the party chairman, would not go into detail about the primary challenge, Mr. Reisfield, who has been running Mr. Havemeyer's campaign, said the challenges were based on witnesses» signatures missing town and / or county information.

Neil Di Carlo, a Putnam County Republican who ran a failed primary campaign against now - Rep.

Since then, he's run a messy primary campaign against Republican attorney David Trott.

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Arkansas in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests.

Nixon is running a spirited primary campaign, proving to have the momentum and energy of Zephyr Teachout's 2014 campaign combined with the star power of an accomplished actor.

What's fascinating here is that Teachout, who ran a Bernie Sanders - like insurgency primary campaign against sitting governor Andrew Cuomo, is now cast as the choice of the Democratic establishment.

From there, he helped run the campaign in seven different states, culminating in Mr. Obama's primary triumph over front - runner Hillary Clinton.

However, Paladino's campaign still won't commit definitively that the Buffalo businessman will run on the new line in the November general election if he loses the GOP primary to the party's designee, Rick Lazio.

Former President Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife ahead of the June 7 California primary, urged Democrats to «relax» about her general election prospects, even though polls show her running even with, or even slightly behind, Donald Trump.

She was a driving force — albeit as an advisor and not as a paid campaign member — behind his political comeback in 2006 when he ran a successful statewide campaign for AG just four years after a disastrous and short - lived gubernatorial primary challenge against then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

But Clinton is facing a stronger - than - anticipated challenge in New York from her rival for the Democratic nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who said he will run a competitive campaign for the state's primary.

MoveOn, as you'll recall, has been playing an outsized role in former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell's primary challenge to IDC Leader Jeff Klein, running an on - line petition calling on Koppell to get into the race, and then helping him raise campaign cash after he decided to go forward with a challenge.

The WFP has a history with Clinton, supporting both her first 2000 US Senate run (her first attempt at seeking elected office) and her re-election campaign in 2006, though she faced a primary challenge from the left from labor activist Jonathan Tasini.

It ran a hysterical anti-Ken Livingstone campaign in 2008 and 2012, but in a primary wield even more power.

You may remember Suozzi as the guy who ran a quixotic Democratic primary campaign against Eliot Spitzer to be governor of New York.

NYC Campaign Finance Board Disburses Public Funds for Primary Races The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has approved the first round of public funds for 75 qualifying candidates running in citywide and city council races.