Prior to that, the last contribution Cuomo gave to a federal candidate, according to the FEC, was a $ 1,000 donation to Kirsten Gillibrand's House committee in 2006, when he was
running for attorney general after a political hiatus.
Not exact matches
Stringer's campaign also noted that Spitzer said in 1996 (two years
after his first failed
run for state
attorney general): «I reveal my tax returns every year.
«I can't imagine that Eliot Spitzer wants to
run for public office again
after what he did while he was in the last two public offices as
attorney general and as governor.»
Tim Wu, a Columbia Law professor credited with coining the term «net neutrality,» is considering a
run for state
attorney general, four years
after he unsuccessfully
ran for lieutenant governor as Teachout's
running mate.
Just hours
after Illinois
Attorney General Lisa Madigan took herself out of the
running for the seat held by Sen. Roland Burris (D), Rep. Mark Kirk (R) has begun telling influential folks in Washington that he will make the race.
She unsuccessfully
ran for state
attorney general in 2006
after dropping out of a U.S. Senate race against Hillary Clinton.
«I'm not
running for attorney general,» Katko told the editorial board of Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard
after reports that he had been approached about
running for the statewide post.
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.
After disappearing from public life
for a couple of years — «that was a personal growth period,» Cuomo says wryly — he lowered his sights and
ran for attorney general in 2006.
Now,
after just
running for another full term in NOvember, she wants to ditch the people of Nassau County to
run for Attorney General.
In fact, when he was
running for governor in 2010, Andrew Cuomo, then the state
attorney general, warned I could be arrested
after I listened in on a campaign meeting when his spokesman tried to send my call into voicemail but instead turned on his phone.
New York's
attorneys general should be barred from
running for governor or other elective position
for at least three years
after leaving office to discourage them from bringing politically motivated cases instead of fairly enforcing the law, says former AIG honcho Maurice «Hank» Greenberg.
«I personally believe that anybody who is
attorney general should not be permitted to
run for public office
after leaving that position
for at least three years, so the office is not used
for political reasons, but to do what it primarily is supposed to be doing: enforcing the law.»
When he
ran for state
attorney general in 2010, Donovan removed his name from consideration
for endorsement by the Independence Party
after his office received «several allegations of misconduct» by MacKay.
State Rep. Ross Spano, a Dover Republican, has announced he will
run for the seat
after initially
running for state
attorney general.
After announcing his intentions to
run for the
attorney general's position, Humbach said New York state residents suffered another blow against their confidence in government.