Sentences with phrase «running on campaign finance reform»
«This write in candidate who claims to be running on campaign finance reform took close to half of his contributions from lawyers and was the only candidate not considered qualified by the New York Bar Association in the race he lost for DA last month in Brooklyn, where he lives,» the campaign said.
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«I am running because we need universal health care, we need to ensure a quality education for every child, and we need to create real campaign finance reform on the state level,» Brezler wrote in the email.
Funiciello, a bread company owner and political activist from Glens Falls, said his focus will remain on campaign finance reform and on the need for a «single payer» government - run health care system.
Russell supports a 70 percent cut in the military budget; legalization of marijuana; a «single payer,» government - run health care system; campaign finance reform; and tough curbs on greenhouse gas emissions.
Joseph Concannon, a retired NYPD Captain running on the Reform Line for City Council District 23, claims the city's Campaign Finance Board refused to include his picture on their online voter guide because he had an American flag pin on his lapel.
Koppell, if he runs, would be counting on some of the wealthy Democrats to vote against Klein for the failure of comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform, which stalled thanks to a lack of support from Andrew Cuomo and Klein's Republican partners in the Senate, and on Hispanics in the district who are, in Koppell's words, «very disappointed at the way he failed to get the Dream Act through.»
Timothy Wu, a Columbia University law professor, is running against Hochul and is teamed up with Teachout in a campaign focused on what they contend have been Cuomo's failures to follow through on pledges to deal with corruption and campaign finance reform, among other issues.
But at times he has run a discordantly national race in a district deeply protective of its local identity, focusing on issues like the minimum wage, campaign - finance reform and abortion rights.