Other elected Republicans balked at
running for county executive against Bellone, who a year ago had been sitting on a $ 2 million campaign war chest with a well - organized Suffolk County Democratic Committee and politically influential police unions firmly in his corner.
Giuliani has also endorsed Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter, who is
running for county executive against Democrat Steve Bellone.
Cuomo, through intermediaries like former top aides Larry Schwartz and Drew Zambelli, reached out to several Westchester County Democrats and encouraged them to
run for county executive against GOP incumbent Rob Astorino.
State Sen. George Latimer is the choice of the Westchester Democrats to
run for county executive against Republican incumbent Rob Astorino, though County Legislator Ken Jenkins has vowed to fight on in the September primary.
Husband Len is off the couch (more on that later), and wife Terry has not one but three party lines in hand to
run for county executive against Democrat Mike Hein.
Not exact matches
While
running for Leibell's seat (Leibell was seeking to become Putnam
County executive in 2010) Ball faced a daunting primary
against state GOP favorite Mary Beth Murphy.
Bob McCarthy says the prospect of
running Duchess
County Executive Marc Molinaro
for governor
against Cuomo has given New York Republicans new «optimism.»
Latimer is a declared candidate in the race
for the nomination to
run against incumbent
County Executive Rob Astorino this fall.
Also on tap
for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner, who is
running against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.
At the top of the ballot,
County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a Republican, is
running for re-election
against Toby Shelley, a Democrat.
Suffolk
County Executive Steve Levy today announced he is closing the door completely on a potential
run for governor, deciding
against seeking statewide office on an independent line and throwing his support behind his erstwhile opponent, Rick Lazio.
At the center of the intrigue was a the bitter slugfest between Lazio, an ex-congressman best known
for his bumbling Senate
run a decade ago
against then - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Levy, the Suffolk
County executive.
Ball has not yet announced his intention to seek another term this fall, and is widely speculated to be eyeing a potential
run for Putnam
County executive, which would mean he might mount a primary challenge against his fellow Republican and former aide, incumbent County Executive MaryEll
executive, which would mean he might mount a primary challenge
against his fellow Republican and former aide, incumbent
County Executive MaryEll
Executive MaryEllen Odell.
Orange
County Executive Ed Diana discusses a potential
run for US Senate
against Kirsten Gillibrand.
It's the second time in a month that Justice Roger D. McDonough ruled
against the state party's attempt to grant Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, R - Troy, authorization to
run for the
county executive nomination.
Three years ago, she defied the party by
running a primary
against the chosen candidate
for county executive, Dale Sweetland, and she scraped by with a victory.
Bill O'Reilly, a spokesman
for Astorino's campaign, said the
county executive is prepared to take on whichever Democrat is picked to
run against him.
Lawler
ran former Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino's 2014 campaign
for governor
against Andrew Cuomo.
In Orange
County, incumbent Republican
County Executive Steve Neuhaus is
running for a second term
against a political newcomer, Democrat Patrick Davis.
Martins, a state senator, is
running for the third congressional district
against Democratic former Nassau
County Executive Tom Suozzi.
In Nassau
County, Democrat Tom Suozzi is
running for his old job
against County Executive Ed Mangano.
Former Erie
County Executive Joel Giambra says he is
running be the Republican candidate
for governor
against Andrew Cuomo.
The jobs agenda from the state Republicans comes as the GOP is publicly trying to woo Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino to
run for governor
against Demcorat Andrew Cuomo next year.
Former NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene, who was also briefly the 2010
running mate
for gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (until he lost the GOP primary to former Chautauqua
County Executive Greg Edwards), circulated petitions to
run against Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo, but then declined the nomination.
Notable among those in attendance at the bridge opening was Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino, the 2014 Republican candidate
for governor who is considering a second
run against Cuomo next year.
Former Erie
County Executive Joel Giambra formally announced he will
run for governor
against Cuomo this fall.
Smyth of Rensselaer is
running against Republican Assemblyman Steven McLaughlin of Troy
for the $ 121,300
county executive's post.
The Democratic governor and mayor — self - described «friends» who have been openly sniping at each other
for months — traded barbs on Tuesday after Cuomo faulted de Blasio
for appearing alongside Astorino, the Westchester
County executive who
ran on the Republican line
against Cuomo, during a rally calling
for transportation funding.
-- The 40th SD, where Sen. Vincent Leibell is leaving to
run for county executive and Assemblyman Greg Ball defeated the preferred SRCC challenger, Somers Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy, to face off against Westcheser County Legislator Mike Kapl
county executive and Assemblyman Greg Ball defeated the preferred SRCC challenger, Somers Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy, to face off
against Westcheser
County Legislator Mike Kapl
County Legislator Mike Kaplowitz.
Vince Tabone, the
Executive Vice Chair of The Queens
County Republican Party
ran for Assembly
against Ed Braunstein in 2010 and lost, but the defeat wasn't enough
for the Democrats in charge of the Assembly LATFOR process.
The New York state senator is
running against Democrat Tom Souzzi, a former Nassau
County executive,
for the open Long Island seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.
Paterson that election season was deployed as a foil
for the Democratic governor, who at the time was
running against Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino.
Laura Curran, the Democrat
running for Nassau
County executive against Republican Jack Martins, has hired the same team behind NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign operation: consulting firm BerlinRosen and ad company AKPD Message + Media.
Cuomo backed Curran during her successful Democratic primary
against Nassau
County Controller George Maragos, a Republican who switched parties to run for county exec
County Controller George Maragos, a Republican who switched parties to
run for county exec
county executive.
Latino lawmakers and their allies have been speaking out
against Levy and his conservative stance on immigration since he announced his likely gubernatorial
run back in January, going so far as to threaten to call
for a boycott of any organizations that support the
county executive's statewide campaign.
Ten days before the 2013 election, Cuomo offered a party - line endorsement of all Nassau and Suffolk Democrats, but his speech offered only a passing mention of Thomas Suozzi as he
ran for his old seat
against the Republican
County Executive Edward Mangano.
A former
county executive who
ran unsuccessfully
against Mario Cuomo
for governor of New York in the 1980s, has died after a long illness.
Dutchess
County Executive Marc Molinaro announced that he will not seek the Republican Party Nomination to
run against Incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo
for Governor this year.
Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino decided against making a second run for governor, two days after he lost a re-election bid for county executive to Democratic state Sen. George La
County Executive Rob Astorino decided against making a second run for governor, two days after he lost a re-election bid for county executive to Democratic state Sen. George
Executive Rob Astorino decided
against making a second
run for governor, two days after he lost a re-election bid
for county executive to Democratic state Sen. George La
county executive to Democratic state Sen. George
executive to Democratic state Sen. George Latimer.
Day, who is
running against David Fried, D - Spring Valley, in the Nov. 5 election to succeed C. Scott Vanderhoef, R - Orangetown, as Rockland's
county executive, called
for standardizing fines
for violations and
for creating a new
county court that would handle such cases.
But Maragos, a Democrat
running for county executive, said auditors discovered that Legal Aid had inadequate financial controls to guard
against potential fraud.
Martins is
running for the open seat
against Democrat Tom Suozzi, the former Nassau
County executive from Glen Cove who attended the Democratic convention and supports his party's presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.
He
ran an aggressive campaign as a candidate
for County Executive in 2005
against Andrew Spano.
Collins, who briefly contemplated a
run for governor while serving as Erie
County executive in 2010, said he was «absolutely not» planning to
run against Cuomo next year.
For county executive, incumbent Democrat Steve Bellone is running for re-election against Jim O'Connor of Great Riv
For county executive, incumbent Democrat Steve Bellone is
running for re-election against Jim O'Connor of Great Riv
for re-election
against Jim O'Connor of Great River.
Vying
for the GOP nomination are, former Long Island U.S. Rick Lazio, the front - runner who
ran unsuccessfully
against then - First Lady Hillary Clinton
for the Senate in 2000, Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk
County Executive Steve Levy, who is backed by state GOP boss Edward Cox, and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, who has pledged to spend $ 10 million and is strongly identified with the conservative Tea Party movement.
In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau
County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk
County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to
run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case
against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number of political associates of Suffolk
County Executive Steve Bellone.
Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino gathered petition signatures to create the Stop Common Core ballot line while
running against Andrew Cuomo
for governor.
Monroe
County Executive Maggie Brooks says she is
running for Congress
against long - time Democrat incumbent Representative Louise Slaughter Monday.
Congresswoman Slaughter is
running for re-election this fall
against Monroe
County Executive Maggie Brooks.