The safe - streets political action committee has put its support behind the reelection efforts of Manhattan State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Suffolk County Assemblyman Edward Hennessey, Bay Ridge Senate challenger James Kemmerer, Suffolk County Assembly challenger Tom Schiliro, and Pete Sikora, who's
running a primary race for Assembly in Brownstone Brooklyn.
Zephyr Teachout and Timothy Wu announce their intent
run a primary race against incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Not exact matches
Reshma Saujani is a former hedge fund lawyer, New York City deputy public advocate and the first Indian - American woman to
run for Congress (she lost a
primary race in 2010).
It's commonplace these days, with the high cost of
running a 36 -
race schedule plus the Daytona preliminary and Sprint All - Star
races, for cars to share
primary sponsors.
Jarrett led or
ran second behind Mark Martin most of the afternoon until upstart Johnny Benson, who didn't have a
primary sponsor for his Pontiac Grand Prix until the day before the
race, gambled and took on only two new tires when most of the 43 - car field pitted for a four - tire change on Lap 157.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a measure that would schedule party
primaries for local and state
races for June 26, extending a long -
running dispute with majority Republicans in the Senate who want an August date.
Several names have been mentioned as potential Democratic candidates for Morahan's seat, including Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski Jr., whose late father
ran unsuccessfully against Morahan in 1999 (a
race that contributed to the repeal of the commuter tax), and Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who is currently
running for LG, but says he won't
primary whomever AG Andrew Cuomo taps as his No. 2 if it isn't himself.
Many
races are essentially formalities (e.g. it really doesn't matter who gets nominated /
runs / wins in Republican
primaries in many areas of NYC - the winner of DNC
primary is 100 % assured to be elected.
DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican, is yet to formally drop out of the
race, but has pledged to not
run a
primary bid against Molinaro.
All ten are
running strong
races — and all three who've had
primaries have advanced.
The United Monroe line is unusually potent for those purposes; Dan Castricone, who lost a Republican
primary to Brabenec and then
ran on the United Monroe line in the 2014 Assembly
race, won more than 9,000 votes on that line alone.
Democrats will have a competitive
primary between state Rep. Steve Santarsiero and small - business owner Shaughnessy Naughton (who
ran a competitive
race in last year's
primary).
For a citywide
race like this, the five Republican county leaders (each borough is also a county) come together to decide whether to let Dietl, a non-Republican,
run in the Republican
primary.
An overwhelming majority of incumbents
ran for re-election in 2014 and competed in a
primary race.
It is not a sure thing, however, as Chris Banks, the man who
ran a tough
primary race against Inez Barron in 2012, is seeking the Council seat this year.
Gupta is
running in a multi-candidate Democratic
primary race in Michigan's 11th District.
Small vowed to remain in the
race and
run in a
primary against the senator
Oklahoma's 5th District Like Buck, Republican State Corporation Commissioner Patrice Douglas far outraised the crowded GOP
primary field in a
race to replace a House member who is
running for Senate.
In another
primary race, Julie Evans, a registered Independence Party member who is
running for town trustee on the Republican ticket, appears to have won one of the nine trustee spots on the Independence party ticket.
Community Board 6 member Lynn Schulman gave Queens Democratic Party - supported Karen Koslowitz a
run for her money in the
race for City Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat last month in the
primary.
Renee and guest Ronnie Ellis with CNHI News Service
run down the key state legislative
races in this year's
primary contest, the top - tier candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the 6th congressional district, the impact of recent educator activism in response to pension legislation and education funding, and more.
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.
It doesn't include big spending by the New York State Democratic Committee — the state party, which Ms. Teachout unsuccessfully tried to stop from
running pro-Cuomo ads — which has dropped just under $ 5 million on air time in the gubernatorial
race across the state, according to the figures, including more than $ 368,000 the week of the
primary and almost $ 459,000 this week.
Although Dietl remains in the
race as an independent candidate on a self - created line his effort at getting a Wilson - Pakula and
running in the Republican
primary failed, with Queens the only county to support his effort.
-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.
He also was then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall's
running mate in the 2002 gubernatorial
race in which the duo's
primary opponents were none other than AG Andrew Cuomo and Charlie King.
«There is a lot of focus on the governor's
race and that could have an impact,» said Murray, who added it could depend on whether Cuomo decides to
run for re-election, or whether any Republicans who enter a
primary to
run for governor decide to
run for Senate instead.
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.
Here's the trouble: If legislators don't agree on a bill to move their own
primary date to correspond with the one that US District Court Judge Gary Sharpe ordered for the federal
races, then Assembly members and senators could theoretically challenge sitting House members and then, if that doesn't work out, fall back to
run for their own seats.
He was expected to face opposition in a Democratic
primary from Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Maria Whyte, but she withdrew from the
race to instead
run in a special election for Erie County Clerk.
The former mayor told the patriotic crowd — who raised big bucks at the Grand Hyatt for the families of fallen FBI, Secret Service, ICE and Border Patrol agents — that Catsimatidis was a worthy candidate who
ran «an honorable
race» in the Republican
primary.
«One of the
primary reasons, not to be using any puns, that I have considered
running in this
race was my unhappiness with the fact that my representative in the Senate was caucusing with the Republicans and denying the Democrats a majority,» Cappelli said.
Or, perhaps he doesn't have to
run in a
primary at all because Linares, Levine and whoever else had entered the
race for his seat drop their bids once he returns to the
race.
-- Sen. Greg Ball reconsiders his decision not to
primary Rep. Nan Hayworth in NY - 19 because he has little to lose, given his ability to
run for his Senate seat if the House
race doesn't go his way.
Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who
ran an unsuccessful
primary race against Cuomo in 2014, warned there could still be
primaries against IDC members.
The only seat the G.O.P. lost was in Buffalo's 60th Senate district, in a four - way
race in which the incumbent lost the
primary and
ran on a third - party line.
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 r
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
racesraces.
In the clerk's
race to fill the unexpired term of Christopher L. Jacobs, the former clerk who is now a Republican state senator, Kearns» victory remains one of the more unusual in Erie County politics after he declined
running in his own Democratic
primary against Cichon in order to continue as a Democrat on the GOP line.
In 1982, Koch had a failed
run for governor and was beaten by Mario Cuomo, in what was a contentious Democratic
primary race.
Moore, who is from Schenectady, said she plans to concentrate on local
races, including supporting Cuomo's 2014 gubernatorial
primary challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in her
run for Congress, and candidates hoping to retake the state Senate for Democrats.
Weiner, who previously
ran for mayor in 2005, entered the
race less than four months before the Democratic
primary and with a $ 4.8 million campaign war chest.
The following chart shows how many candidates
ran for State Senate in California in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in State Senate
races, including contributions in both
primary and general election contests.
Catsimatidis last
ran for mayor, unsuccessfully, in 2013, losing the Republican
primary race to Joe Lhota.
Former Senate candidate Pat Flynn is already in the
race and state GOP sources expect state Treasurer Don Stenberg, who
ran unsuccessfully against Sen. Ben Nelson (D) in 2000, to
run, meaning Bruning could be in for wide - open
primary.
Dietl unambiguously asserted that he'll stay in
race through November, even if he does not get a Wilson - Pakula allowing him to
run in the Republican
primary.
There are no viable Republicans
running in the California Senate
race, so thanks to the the state's top - two
primary system, the two Democrats will face each other both in the June
primary and again in the November general election.
This chart shows how many candidates
ran for state senate in California in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate
races, including contributions in both
primary and general election contests.
That's when party vice chair Lisa Giovinazzo entered the Mid-Island
race, setting up a
primary with Oddo chief of staff Steven Matteo, who was already
running.
«Ultimately, the goal will be to make sure we have all of the pieces in place to
run a competitive
race in a lot of counties and be ready to face a
primary.»
At least one of those close
races includes Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the 19th congressional district battleground who
ran against Cuomo in a Democratic
primary in 2014.