Sentences with phrase «statewide run»

His last statewide run exhibited not only an understanding of the issues but a desire to take them on.

That would suspend any mayoral run for James until at least 2021, but the DA seat would also open her up for a potential statewide run for attorney general, especially if current AG Eric Schneiderman runs for governor, sources said.

Gillibrand easily defeated her 2010 GOP opponent, former Westchester Rep. Joe DioGuardi, in her first statewide run for the seat she inherited from former Sen. Hillary Clinton, compliments of former Gov. David Paterson.

Campaign finance rules allow city funds to be easily transferred to a state account, and could help Garodnick finance a potential statewide run for attorney general or state comptroller in 2017.

He didn't rule out a future statewide run, and he didn't specifiy which office he might seek, which makes his criticism of Cuomo all the more interesting.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, will be joined by his three statewide running mates on Thursday, August 7 at 7 PM at the Criminal Justice Candidates Forum.

Holtzman said she was so encouraged by the results that she took a leave of absence from her law firm to explore a possible statewide run.

As Democratic State Senate candidates rode toward their doom last year — or rode into the ranks of the Republican - aligned Independent Democratic Conference — the man in charge of filling their collective warchest raked in almost $ 275,000 for his own, as - yet undeclared statewide run.

Unlike his fellow Democratic LG contender, Bill Samuels, St. Lawrence always made it clear he wouldn't primary Cuomo's LG pick, basically making his brief statewide run more of a name recognition - rising exercise than anything else.

But, whatever the results, Wadhams» record of brass tacks would seem to mean that Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed to the Senate by David Paterson in 2009 and elected to a partial term in 2010, may be in for a fierce fight in her second statewide run if Long is the nominee.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn made a special quick trip to Rye to nominate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her first statewide run to keep the seat she inherited from Hillary Clinton, courtesy of Gov. David Paterson.

That would suspend any NYC mayoral run for James until at least 2021, but the DA seat would also open her up for a potential statewide run for state attorney general, especially if current AG Eric Schneiderman runs for governor, sources told the NY Post.

Manhattan Councilman Dan Garodnick, who is term - limited out of the council in 2017, has raised a considerable campaign war chest (almost $ 1.5 million) split among three different accounts for a potential statewide run.

He said Team Cuomo finds the idea intriguing, and Jeffries himself hasn't ruled out the possibility of a statewide run.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson has taken another step toward running for governor, forming a campaign committee to explore a statewide run next year, according to a filing posted Friday at the state Board of Elections.

Long confirmed in the interview that he believes Astorino is making all the moves to lay the groundwork for a statewide run for governor.

But Schneiderman insisted (through a spokesman) to Politics on the Hudson yesterday that he has no intention of giving up his statewide run to seek re-election.

Gibson backed the brief, signed by 300 other Republican office holders and operatives — including fellow upstate GOP Rep. Richard Hanna — as he considers a statewide run for office after his planned departure from Congress in 2016.

Her poll numbers, she's weak in a couple of areas, and a match - up against Harry Wilson, somebody who's a likeable candidate who's got a young family, who's got the business background, very personable, he could do very well in another statewide run here in New York.»

It all started last week, when Molinaro, who announced back in January that he would not be mounting a statewide run against Cuomo this fall, won a straw poll of GOP leaders, who aren't sold on DeFrancisco, and have been casting about for an alternative.

There's also a list called Levy's «10 shades of blue» that details all the things the country executive did to support Democratic candidates and / or positions, noting, for example, his backing of single - payer healthcare and early endorsement of former Long Island Assemblyman - turned - state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's first statewide run this year.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci is still in the race, according to Tony Casale, a former assemblyman, who is advising the upstate lawmaker on his nascent (and longshot) statewide run.

Wilson, who came within spitting distance of ousting Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli last fall during his inaugural run for elected office, is now «seriously considering» another statewide run — this time against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who must run for a full six - year term in 2012.

He's also refusing to be say whether he'll seek re-election to his current post, should a statewide run not be in the cards.

ESDC spokesman Warner Johnston sent me the following statement in response to my query about whether Mullen might be mulling a statewide run:

That's likely to complicate things when he runs for re-election next year, but it's also a good bet that Levy might try for another statewide run now that he has successfully raised his profile with this (short and likely finished) run for governor.

I asked Paladino during a CapTon interview last week whether he would indeed end up spending all the $ 10 million of his own money he said at the outset of this campaign that he would be willing to invest in his first — and he insists only — statewide run.

Had voters backed him in either of his two statewide runs, New York would've been spared the subsequent woes of a corrupt Comptroller Alan Hevesi and / or a venal Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Gibson, meanwhile, announced this month he will not seek a fourth term in Congress and has raised the possibility of a statewide run, which most political observers believe is a signal he will run for governor after representing a district that backed President Obama in 2012.

Astorino is widely believed to be gearing up for another run for governor in 2018, but could face competition for the GOP nomination from Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican who retires from his House seat in 2016 and is also considering a statewide run.

While half a million dollars is nothing to sneeze at, but it's a far cry from the $ 10 million he has pledged to spend on his first statewide run.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Cuomo's 2014 Republican challenger who currently is engaged in a re-election effort, and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who has said he is thinking about a statewide run, are to appear at the conference Monday morning.

Malliotakis didn't directly rule out a statewide run and said she appreciated Cox» confidence but insisted she is solely focused on her goal of ousting the mayor.

Gibson's position on testing puts him closer to the union (which is fighting to keep testing - based evaluations of its members) than many Democrats — including Cuomo — and NYSUT president Karen Magee told the New York Times that Gibson would have a «good chance» at winning it in a statewide run.

Days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo was inaugurated for his second term, Gibson said he was looking into a statewide run in 2018.

He hinted then at a statewide run, but has since said only that he's focusing on strengthening the Republican Party in New York.

Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has formed a new campaign committee that appears geared toward a statewide run for office.

Suozzi ussed the cap proposal to travel the state — a handy vehicle as he was eyeing another statewide run... which arguably distracted him from focusing on his re-election bid and cost him back home.

At the moment, he is perhaps best known as the guy who declined to prosecute former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the wake of the prostitution scandal that forced the now - leading NYC comptroller candidate from office in 2008 — a fact that could come back to bite him should he decide to pull the trigger on a statewide run in 2014.

Gibson, who is retiring from the House after this term and considering a statewide run in 2018, discussed the move with WAMC's Ian Pickus.

City Councilman Dan Garodnick, who is term - limited out of the council in 2017, has raised a considerable campaign war chest split among three different accounts for a potential statewide run.

A three - term Hudson Valley House representative, Gibson retires at the end of the current term this year to focus on a statewide run.

De Blasio isn't eyeing a statewide run — at least not to my knowledge.

Nevertheless, Gillibrand's team released a memo today outlining why former Congressman Joe DioGuardi stands little chance of beating the Senator in her first statewide run.

Gibson said in January that this would be his last term in the House and is exploring a statewide run in 2018.

(Worth noting: Heller still has his eye on a statewide run; he recently said that beleaguered Sen. John Ensign (R) will get a primary challenge in 2012 if Ensign doesn't retire.)

(Production on the next season of «The Celebrity Apprentice» is due to start in April, though Trump has said the show wouldn't be affected by a statewide run, in the same way it would by a potential presidential run.)

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine says he's considering a statewide run.

He is speculated to be willing to spend as much as $ 5 million of his own money on a statewide run.