Sentences with phrase «shot gubernatorial primary»

Suozzi, meanwhile, went on to lose big in a long - shot gubernatorial primary challenge to then - AG Eliot Spitzer.

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But that doesn't mean McCall has forgotten 2002, when Cuomo drew the wrath of the Democratic establishment to mount a long - shot primary challenge to the then - comptroller — the party favorite and the state's first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

In 2002, he was Andrew Cuomo's running mate in a long - shot primary challenge to the party gubernatorial favorite, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, and his No. 2, Dennis Mehiel.

Cuomo was in the Democratic doghouse after his failed long - shot 2002 primary challenge to then - state Controller Carl McCall - at the time New York's highest - ranking black elected official and first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

For the long - shot gubernatorial campaign of Cynthia Nixon to make headway, the candidate must hit Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hard on issues that resonate with progressive New Yorkers who dominate the Democratic primary.