Sentences with phrase «state primary run»
However, you know, it's (Skelos») perogative not to pass legislative to conform to the judge's decision and have the state primary run in September.»
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
The Lynch campaign vowed not to bow to threats but seemed stunned that Keystone, a pipeline that runs nowhere near the East Coast state — and a San Franciscan worth $ 1.3 - billion, according to Forbes — were suddenly playing major roles in the primary.
Quite interestingly, Norway Post press head John Eckhoff also mentioned the Tesla Semi's capabilities and features as a primary driver for the state - run firm's decision to purchase the electric vehicle.
That means the progressive denizens of This Town can't get distracted by the shiny object that is our ideological champion (who, it should be mentioned, hasn't visited Iowa once this campaign cycle, has repeatedly stated she will not run for President in 2016, and signed a letter encouraging Clinton to run) primarying the presumptive nominee.
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.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a measure that would schedule party primaries for local and state races for June 26, extending a long - running dispute with majority Republicans in the Senate who want an August date.
Ultimately, people will gravitate towards closed rather than open primaries in my view: (i) open primaries would need state involvement so are a deeper proposition (you need to run them concurrently and they would be too costly for the parties if done properly); (ii) vested interests may well prevail if the proposed reform is not building on the current system (as indeed they have in the Tory party where they experimented with this quarter - heartedly).
This book is a particular favourite of mine because, as a teenager, I keenly followed Robert Kennedy's quixotic run for the presidency, and this account encapsulated the frenetic and sometimes chaotic campaign that ended in the traumatic murder of Kennedy, when he had just won the primary election in the largest state in the Union, California, and in one of the most rural, South Dakota.
Kellner lost his Democratic primary for city council last year and did not run for re-election to the state Assembly this year.
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.
Schumer, as reported yesterday by City & State, is lending his support to Queens Democratic Sen. Toby Stavisky, who was drawn by the Democrats into a primary with her colleague, Sen. Tony Avella, and so has opted to run in the new Asian - majority district instead.
The issue is being raised in part by Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running in the Democratic primary for the state's second congressional district on Long Island.
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.
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.
His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).
And of course the state party may be able to help you if there's no primary (if there is, it's even more important to make friends with other local Democrats who have run and won elections in your district — ask for their endorsement and their list).
He was also floated as a primary challenger to either state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and also as a LG running mate for Cuomo — both of which he rejected, although his presence on the ticket would have gone a long way toward adding some racial balance and quelling the concerns of black and Latino leaders.
In the State Senate we already know about Bill Perkins (D - Manhattan) who is running in a February 14 primary.
In the book, he says Clinton referred to Obama as an «amateur» and urged his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to resign and run against the president in a primary.
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.
While running for Leibell's seat (Leibell was seeking to become Putnam County executive in 2010) Ball faced a daunting primary against state GOP favorite Mary Beth Murphy.
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.
Republican Assemblymen Andrew Garbarino and Dean Murray are both testing the waters to run for retiring state Sen. Tom Croci's seat on Long Island, but the two friends say there won't be a primary.
State Sen. George Latimer is the choice of the Westchester Democrats to run for county executive against Republican incumbent Rob Astorino, though County Legislator Ken Jenkins has vowed to fight on in the September primary.
A bill that has begun to move through the state Legislature would extend the period between primary and run - off elections in New York City from two to three weeks.
While polls indicate Hillary Clinton would be the overwhelming frontrunner if she runs for president in 2016, a CNN / ORC International Poll conducted in November shows that if the former Secretary of State passes on a second White House bid, Biden would be the leading contender in the Democratic primary with 43 %, with Cuomo coming in next at 15 %.
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.
At the center of the scandal is a powerful state senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, who bribed Republican GOP county leaders to grant him a waiver to run as Republican in GOP mayoral primaries.
It runs in public and private schools in the state, from primary to tertiary.
Democrats will have a competitive primary between state Rep. Steve Santarsiero and small - business owner Shaughnessy Naughton (who ran a competitive race in last year's primary).
In an already crowded democratic primary to unseat Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino who is running for his third term, Could State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins be next to throw her hat in the ring for the County's Top Seat?
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 election will not be taken for granted by me,» said Koch, who had been elected mayor four years earlier by defeating incumbent Mayor Abe Beame, colorful congresswoman Bella Abzug, and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo in a crowded and bitterly contested Democratic primary and runoff before whipping Republican Roy M. Goodman and Cuomo, who was running on the Liberal Party ticket, in the general election.
ALBANY — A bill that has begun to move through the state Legislature would extend the period between primary and run - off elections in New York City from two to three weeks.
Dole called Reyes, an attorney running in the September 13th Republican Primary for State Senate, «An outstanding leader who will fight for you and your family in Albany.
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.
«I want to lean heavily on the LDS Church,» he said, adding that the «stars have aligned» in that he is on the state's primary ballot running against Romney, a member of the LDS Church.
Murkowski faces a challenge in her primary from Thomas Lamb, who ran for a seat in the state house in 2006 but lost.
The safe - streets political action committee has put its support behind the reelection efforts of Manhattan State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Suffolk County Assemblyman Edward Hennessey, Bay Ridge Senate challenger James Kemmerer, Suffolk County Assembly challenger Tom Schiliro, and Pete Sikora, who's running a primary race for Assembly in Brownstone Brooklyn.
Turner, one of three Republicans running in a June 26 primary for the chance to take on Gillibrand, does not have the backing of the state Conservatives, who are supporting Long, a judicial activist and attorney from Manhattan.
Western New York political operative Michael Caputo ran Carl Paladino's campaign for governor back in 2010 when the mad - as - hell man from Buffalo upended the state GOP by winning a primary for the nomination to take on then - Democratic state AG Andrew Cuomo.
Espaillat's effort to join the Senate Democrats» is a bit more complicated, as he's running in a four - way primary for the seat in the 31st SD (upper Manhattan and the Bronx) that Sen. Eric Schneiderman is giving up to run for state attorney general.
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.
Six Democrats are battling for the party's nomination to run for the lower Manhattan Assembly seat once held by Silver, making it one of the most closely watched and unpredictable contests in Tuesday's slate of state legislative primaries.
There was another primary on Tuesday: Lawrence M. Zacarese won his bid to run as a Republican for Suffolk County sheriff over State Senator Philip M. Boyle of Bay Shore.
Oklahoma's 5th District Like Buck, Republican State Corporation Commissioner Patrice Douglas far outraised the crowded GOP primary field in a race to replace a House member who is running for Senate.
States with elections in 2014 held fewer general elections between partisan candidates, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.
Since 1947, New York state has restricted the ability of outsider candidates to run in party primaries.
In New York State, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor run separate primary elections, but then the winners of the primaries run as one ticket in November.
But political hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the primary ballot by last Tuesday.