Sentences with phrase «run for statewide office as»

AMY GOODMAN: What is it like to run for statewide office as a Green Party candidate, for people who are watching this around the country, and for people outside this country, where more parties are involved in electoral politics in other countries?

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Wilson, a former hedge fund manager who has never before either run for or held elected office, is widely viewed by many Republicans as their best chance at statewide victory this fall.

Schneiderman, who has received quite a bit of play for the bill — never a bad thing when one is running for statewide office (in this case, AG)-- admits it only applies to New York, but also says he hopes it serves as a model for other states and eventually a federal fix.

Gibson backed the brief, signed by 300 other Republican office holders and operatives — including fellow upstate GOP Rep. Richard Hanna — as he considers a statewide run for office after his planned departure from Congress in 2016.

After being sworn in for his fifth term as Rockland County Executive last January, he stated that he was keeping his options open regarding running for statewide office.

Lamont, who is investing his own money in his campaign as well as accepting donations, has twice before run for statewide office.

Although not expected to run this year, Gibson is often mentioned as a candidate for statewide office in New York, and has previously expressed interest in such opportunities.

The «Stop Common Core» party candidates would include Astorino and his running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Chris Moss, as well as other Republican candidates for statewide offices and federal or local contenders who want to run on the line, he said.

Gibson, however, is not running for re-election in the 19th congressional district in the Hudson Valley as he considers a potential bid for statewide office.

Pataki launched Revere America not long after deciding to take a pass on running for statewide office here in New York (GOP leaders hoped he would challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, as polls showed he was the strongest of their would - be competitors).

Mark Green, who served as public advocate in New York City and ran for any number of statewide offices, took on the city's dry cleaners for their pricing discrepancies.

Astorino is expected to make a second run for governor in 2018, while GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, who retires at the end of his current term, has said he is interested in running for an unspecified statewide office as well.

Yet as a line worker for the United Parcel Service (UPS), he has managed to run for office numerous times from local to statewide, in the process helping to make the Green Party of New York State the real left opposition here.

Charles Barron, Freedom Barron is running as a protest because the Democratic Party is running an all - white slate of candidates for statewide office.

Bryan and Van Hillary have both run for statewide office and both lost because they were seen as far too conservative.

Even in New York, where Mr. Cuomo has run for statewide office twice, Ms. Lee is just as likely as he is to show up on television or stroll across a red carpet.

George P. Bush, the eldest son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, filed paperwork in the Lone Star State to run for land commissioner, a post that's seen as a jumping - off point for more prominent statewide office.

Not running for statewide office while serving as Speaker is likely one of the reasons Weatherford has been such an effective legislative leader.