Sentences with phrase «running primary candidates»
He's intent on running primary candidates against key WNY Republican senators and on ousting Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
But while the RNC's new recommendations may not be directly aimed at quashing another Paul's White House run, conservative activists argue that the changes to the primary process would inevitably benefit candidates who are well - funded and have high - name recognition, to the detriment of those who draw their support from the GOP's activist base.
A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia is running an ad showing his primary opponent shaking hands with Hillary Clinton — something that never happened.
Excepting being so out of touch with the average American which is terminal for a presidential candidate, Romney could have been a formidable candidate if the RNC had let him run on his record as a moderate Governor of Massachusetts instead of being pushed to the far right by the primary process.
Ramesh Ponnuru wrote about how Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill influenced the Republican primaries by attacking the candidate she wanted to run against in the general election as a «true conservative» with a «pro-family agenda.»
Himself a candidate for governor of California in 1962 (he lost in a primary to Richard Nixon), Shell worked this year as the state's finance chairman for the Goldwater presidential campaign and ran interference for the GOP just as resolutely as he did when he was captain and a valuable blocking back for the undefeated USC team that shut out Tennessee 14 - 0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl game.
One of the two announced Democratic LG candidates, Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence took some subtle swipes at his opponent, Bill Samuels, who has pledged to primary whomever the presumptive gubernatorial nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, picks as his running mate.
@Sparhawk I'm not sure who runs that site, but putting Bernie Sanders as the most «libertarian» candidate in the 2016 primaries doesn't lend their classifications a lot of credence...
Very rarely will undecided voters hit your site: unless you're running a paid campaign to bring them in, or if it's a contested primary and active Democrats are educating themselves on all the candidates.
How can I register as a candidate to run in the Republican primary against a sitting Republican congressman?
Trump calls Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders «crazy Bernie,» but that has not stopped the Republican candidate from borrowing from Clinton's Democratic primary rival, whom he also frequently praises from the stump, on how to run against Clinton — his likely opponent in the general election.
Is it BS to ask a candidate running in a NY primary to release their tax returns?
Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo has fired back at state Conservative Chairman Mike Long for suggesting he should stop running for governor or resign his party post, saying Long himself should resign if his preferred gubernatorial candidate (and Lorigo's primary opponent), Rick Lazio loses.
He defeated the SRCC's preferred candidate, Somers Town Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy, in the Sept. 14 primary, and is running against Democratic Westchester County Legislator Mike Kaplowitz for the seat being vacated by Sen. Vincent Leibell.
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.
Find candidates to run Primaries against Democrats and fund the hell out of em.
The Democratic hopeful running in the primary against Sen. Simcha Felder said the state party's leadership is «late to the game» in trying to find a candidate to run in the 17th Senate district.
That candidate could still be Felder's declared primary opponent, Blake Morris, but Democrats are open to finding other candidates who could competitively run in the district.
Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.
St. Lawrence, who has been speculated as a potential state Senate candidate (for Tom Morahan's seat) or Rockland County executive contender if Scott Vanderhoef runs for Morahan's slot, as is expected, has said he won't primary Cuomo's pick if it isn't him.
Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced he will run candidates for clerk and comptroller on his own ticket, making party primaries in September likely for all three countywide offices.
Long's small business focus is interesting, considering the fact that Ulrich is one of just two GOP Senate candidates (the other being Bob Cohen, who is running for retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat, is also facing a primary challenge and, like Ulrich, is repped by Bill O'Reilly) to proclaim support for raising the state's hourly minimum wage.
Just the idea of an open Democratic primary had two other candidates reconsidering a run.
Grimm campaigned for Romney in New Hampshire and Florida and appeared on national TV shows (and Capital Tonight) during the run - up to the Granite State primary to defend the candidate after his «I like be able to fire people» gaffe.
However, he said he would still consider running a primary if he is not endorsed because he believes he is the best candidate.
Failed Syracuse mayoral candidate Democrat Juanita Perez Williams has changed her mind and plans to run for Congress in NY - 24 challenging Republican Rep. John Katko, according to the Democratic Party chairman, though she has to make it through a primary first.
In his ruling, Justice Okon Abang, said that on the account of fake tax returns during the primaries, Dr. Ikpeazu was never qualified to run in the PDP primaries as a governorship candidate.
The governor and lieutenant governor run separately in party primaries and their have been instances in which a gubernatorial candidate's preferred nominee for lieutenant governor fails to win the nomination.
They have selected Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky as their candidate to run for the Skelos seat, and as Jimmy Vielkind astutely pointed out, Democrats have fretted that a fluid national Republican Primary could boost Republican turnout on Strong Island.
For women candidates, many of them seeking elected office for the first time, the success of women in early primary states has provided them with confidence that their sometimes - unexpected runs aren't so far - fetched.
The bill, if enacted, would allow anyone to run in any party's primary, regardless of whether the candidate is a member of that party or not, and regardless of what party officers think Read more»
Smith did not run in the primary, but he ran as an independent («Send Mr. Smith») candidate in the general.
The Sept. 10 Democratic primary field has two candidates who seem most qualified to run the city — Christine Quinn and Bill de -LSB-...]
If he can be guaranteed that no other candidate will receive enough backing at this month's Republican state convention to qualify for a primary, he said he will abandon his hopes of running on the Reform minor party line for governor.
The date of the primary is fixed at the fourth Saturday in July; a majority is required for nomination, and if no candidate receives a majority, a run - off primary between the two highest standing candidates is held on the fourth Saturday in August.
He generated bad press for the administration by offering a job to Colorado Democratic Senate primary candidate Andrew Romanoff when the administration was trying to get him not to run against incumbent Michael Bennet in 2010.
Already, potential candidates to run in either a Democratic primary or general election have expressed interest.
Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election.
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Sanders» top consultants have also signed on to two Senate contenders who are running in primaries against candidates endorsed by national Democrats.
Lerner said when Cuomo was running for his first term as governor in 2010, he did not endorse an AG candidate, and the contest was decided in a five - way primary that Schneiderman won.
Two of the three candidates running in the Democratic primary for Albany mayor sought support Saturday from the union for city blue collar workers, but incumbent Mayor Kathy Sheehan passed, claiming the union already backs an opponent.
«We're going to run some candidates against some key people, alright, and primary them,» Paladino said.
Michael Barone is one of seven candidates running to fill three Albany City Court vacancies in a Democratic primary — but the only one to possess a police lieutenant's badge along with a law degree.
Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield has tapped his ally Kalman Yeger to run for his City Council seat, in a deal criticized by good government groups who say it deprives Democrats of the chance to choose a candidate in an open primary.
Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis brushed aside rival candidate Bo Dietl's recent complaints on not being granted a waiver allowing him to run in the Republican mayoral primary and his assertion that the New York State Republican chairman and New York County Republican chairwoman quashed his prospects in order to boost Malliotakis.
In addition, over 1/4 of possible primaries will not be held, since no candidate is running.
The 5th Ward councilman, who is running for council president in the upcoming Democratic Primary in September, is the only candidate running for elected office who is behind on taxes, according to a Times Union analysis of property tax records for all 45 candidates — from Democrats to Conservatives — seeking various city offices this year.
(Under New York election law, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, even if they're informally allied as Cuomo and Hochul are, run in separate primaries.)