Republicans also picked up six congressional seats — more than in any other state — although they failed to win even a single statewide contest (many blame gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino for dragging down the party's best hope,
state comptroller contender Harry Wilson).
Siena also noted that Mr. Cahill is considerably outperforming Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino and
state comptroller contender Bob Antonacci, who both respectively trail Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli by 29 points.
He was not, however, included on the list of potential Gillibrand challengers in this morning's NY Post, which floated a new name: Failed Republican 2010
state comptroller contender Harry Wilson.
Westchester is Lazio's home county, and Colety (who also nominated another of the county's hometown favorites,
state comptroller contender Harry Wilson) was present at a meeting early on in the whole Levy - Lazio mess where some fellow county chairs called for state GOP Chairman Ed Cox to resign.
Not exact matches
He also has backed two Republican
contenders — Staten Island DA Dan Donovan for AG and Harry Wilson for
state comptroller.
A number of Democratic Senate candidates have been calling on GOP incumbents to declare whether they're formally supporting Paladino — something two of his fellow statewide
contenders, Dan Donovan (AG) and Harry Wilson (
state comptroller), have refused to do.
Not only is Thompson black — a subtle acknowledgement about the concern about the Democrats» all - white statewide ticket — but he also was briefly touted as a possible statewide
contender himself, either as LG or a primary challenger to
state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
A number of GOP hopefuls, including two statewide
contenders — Harry Wilson (
state comptroller) and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan (AG)-- have already done so, refusing to endorse Paladino and denouncing his most recent anti-gay comments.
The night is being held to highlight the GOP's «2010 Team,» which, in this case includes Lazio, Bruce Blakeman (US Senate), Harry Wilson (
state comptroller), Dan Donovan (AG), Ted Danz (Congress), and several
state legislative and judicial
contenders.
Over the next several days, some 200 union volunteers will start a lit drop to get 200,000 pieces for
state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and other Dem statewide
contenders out to NYC public housing developments.
Lazio did take a swipe at
state GOP Chairman Ed Cox for candidate shopping and failing to unite early behind
contenders who had no significant primary opposition (actually, only
comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson falls into that category).
Ed Cox has now embraced Carl Paladino as the party's gubernatorial nominee, even as other Republicans — including both
state comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson and AG
contender Dan Donovan — have refused to do so.
This campaign cycle, Bloomberg has backed two statewide
contenders (after saying he would likely back no one but Donovan): Republican Harry Wilson for
state comptroller and Democrat Andrew Cuomo for governor.
We caught up with
state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in Buffalo earlier today and asked him whether he's put out about the fact that he's now the odd man out when it comes to endorsements by Democratic gubernatorial candidate of his fellow statewide
contenders.