Sentences with phrase «second race for governor»

Cuomo has been considering a second race for governor almost since taking office as attorney general in 2007 and last fall, after it was learned that President Obama favored Cuomo over Gov. Paterson, his announcement was widely expected in January.

Green Party candidates Matt Funciello, in New York's 21st Congressional District race here in the North Country, and Howie Hawkins, in his second race for governor, have shown historic potential this election year.

Not exact matches

That's how an economic development official in Tucson, Ariz., the governor of Delaware and the mayor of Detroit, respectively, are vying for position in a crowded race to attract Amazon's second headquarters in what one site selection consultant describes as a «once in a generation opportunity.»

According to the Wesleyan Media Project, the race for governor in New York has been one of the most negative in the country, second only to the close battle in Wisconsin and ahead of a similarly close race in Connecticut.

Latimer, a state senator, is running in what amounts to a key race this year given the incumbent, Republican Rob Astorino, is considering a second bid for governor in 2018.

The race is being closely watched this year, given Astorino's potential second run for governor next year.

(I'm told the vote on the governor's race is now tentatively sceduled for the second day of what is supposed to be a three - day event at the Sheraton in Manhattan).

Astorino is seeking a third term and is considering a second run for governor, making the county executive race in the northern suburban county a race with potential statewide implications in an off - year election cycle.

Astorino was re-elected to his second term as Westchester's county executive in 2013 and would need to run again in 2017 — a year before the next race for governor.

Manhattan GOP Chairwoman Andrea Catsimatidis last Wednesday held a meeting with more than 15 GOP operatives for the second time in recent weeks to discuss the governor's race.

Sources say Peters is interested in making a second bid for Brooklyn district attorney in four years, depending on how the race shakes out this year, and is also considering a run for state attorney general if Eric Schneiderman makes a bid for governor.

Mr. Levy's best chance could come in the second of two rounds of voting for the governor's race at the state convention this week.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra has launched a bid for the Republican nomination for governor, becoming the second GOP candidate to jump into the 2018 race.

As opposed to 2014, Cox sees a clear path for a Republican victory this year — with the governor's mounting scandals, his second - term swing to the left that has created resentment upstate, and his use of the race as a springboard for a presidential bid, which Cox said would rub voters the wrong way.

Seneca is the second county GOP committee to endorse Kolb in the race for governor.

Howie Hawkins, whose run for governor in 2014 gave the Green Party ballot access in New York, placed second with 35 % of the vote for City Auditor in Syracuse, in another race watched closely by Greens.

Rick Perry's imminent entry into the 2012 GOP presidential race suggests that, for the second time in less than a dozen years, we could see a Texas governor try to make the federal role in education conform to his own preconceptions and lessons learned in Austin.

The governor's push for the bill comes as the cash - strapped state is also making a second attempt to win Race to the Top dollars.