Sentences with phrase «successful run for governor»

Cuomo, elected to his current post in 2006, has spent a lifetime in politics and public service including stints as a top advisor during his father's 1977 failed run for mayor as well as his successful run for governor in 1982, after which he came his father's special assistant, and, later, federal housing secretary under President Clinton.

Not exact matches

Following Paladino's successful primary win over Rick Lazio, Buffalo has been an important area for anyone considering a run for governor.

Joseph Holland, a Republican who served as co-chairman of former Gov. George Pataki's successful 1994 campaign, said he is formally running for governor, making his intentions clear in an email to Republican county chairmen.

Interesting aside: The RGA, unlike the RNC, was supposedly once supportive of state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's successful wooing of Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to switch parties and run for governor.

Cuomo's successful first session as governor has fueled speculation he would run for president in 2016, when either Obama is term limited out of office or a Republican incumbent is running for a second term.

She informally advised Andrew Cuomo as he positioned himself for a successful gubernatorial run last year, and it was because of her close ties to the governor that the coalition of gay rights groups fighting for marriage equality hired her this spring.

Lieutenant governors have often run for governor, but few have been successful.

Westcott, who helped engineer Gibson's first successful campaign for Congress and has remained an advisor, said Gibson would likely receive broad support if he ran for Governor.

Those efforts have not appeared successful, either: Ms. Miner announced last month that she was «seriously considering» running against Mr. Cuomo for governor this fall.

A successful Dallas businessman pledging to spend in the seven figures out of his own bank account to run for governor in 2018 should be a great get for Texas Democrats.

The unions won't be asking their members to think about why billionaire David Koch and his wife gave more than $ 50,000 more to Mr. Cuomo's 2010 campaign than he and his fellow anti-labor brother Charles gave to Scott Walker in his successful run that same year for Governor of Wisconsin, and how much that may have influenced Mr. Cuomo's policies.

Leno's show has provided a stage before for candidates launching unexpected campaigns: Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his ultimately successful run for California governor on Leno's set in 2003.

Spitzer later used a perch at Constantine's successful anti-trust litigation firm to run for governor, and brought Constantine into his administration as a senior adviser with a special responsibility for a cherished project, higher education.

That's the case with various successful GOP governors who are running for president.

When the movie adaptation premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February, critics loved the caustic, complex performances of the film — the superb cast includes Richard Gere as Stan, a congressman running for governor; Rebecca Hall as his wife, Katelyn; Steve Coogan as his less successful brother, Paul; and acclaimed actress Laura Linney as Paul's wife, Claire.