Sentences with phrase «to run for a third term»

The governor has said in the past he's running for a third term as governor.

The 22nd amendment is the only law preventing him from running for a third term.

He has denied the allegations and is no longer running for a third term.

He has also indicated plans to run for a third term as county executive.

When Mr. Bloomberg ran for a third term in 2009 against Bill Thompson, who is black, his performance in minority communities was staggeringly low: just 22 and 23 percent of black male and female voters supported Mr. Bloomberg, exit polls showed.

Presidents normally didn't run for a third term as it was deemed that after 8 years, either out of respect for Washington's dedication to the nature of the office, or because they died in office, or they were just so unpopular they wouldn't have been elected.

Cuomo himself has been named as a potential candidate for president in 2016, but he insisted Tuesday he's focused on running for a third term next year.

If Gov. Andrew Cuomo is serious about running for president in 2020, would he be better off not running for a third term of his own next year?

I wonder when the Democratic governor of Wyoming, Dave Freudenthal, will decide on running for a third term.

But it was not quite as low as 2009, when Mayor Mike Bloomberg ran for a third term.

There are four candidates seeking to unseat Councilman Alan Gerson, who was only able to run for a third term after the Council voted to extend term limits this year.

I am now running for my third term on the school board and I have in the meantime gone back to serving my legislative district in the state House.

State Comptroller Kevin Lembo had no challenger and won the Democratic endorsement to run for a third term by acclamation.

America Rising, a pro-Republican PAC, is preparing to ramp up efforts to oppose Gov. Andrew Cuomo — not in expectation of his likely run for a third term next year, but with an eye to his potentially seeking the presidency in 2020.

Council Member Maria Baez, currently running for a third term in office, could face her strongest challenge from Yesenia Polanco, the chief - of - staff to Council Member Annabel Palma.

«I've said this in many different interviews: I have every intention of running for a third term for re-election next year.

«I think everyone feels good about the direction Tennessee education is going, and it looks like we will continue in that direction,» said Beth Fortune, the press secretary for Don Sundquist, the Republican who will succeed Mr. McWherter, a Democrat who could not run for a third term under state law.

In 2017, Astorino ran for a third term as Westchester County Executive, but was defeated by Democratic challenger George Latimer.

The commission was established after Bloomberg successfully pushed a term limits extension through the NYC Council, enabling his successful run for a third term.

I'll leave off counter-examples like Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley as being rather trivial (they didn't run for third terms because they were dead).

The first President to buck this trend was Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) who successfully ran for a third term... followed by a fourth term, which he died during the course of.

Margaret Chin, Council District 1, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Chin, who's running for a third term representing Lower Manhattan, has been an outspoken advocate for pedestrian safety and placard reform.

Astorino was the Republican nominee for governor in 2014 and is considering a second run statewide in 2018, but is also running for a third term as county executive this year.

«When you have incumbent running for a third term, it's anyone but that incumbent and his record is on the line.

Nevertheless, Astorino refused to close the door on running again in 2018 or even running for a third term as county executive in 2017.

It's a three term limit, so I could run for a third term if I run for it.»

«I have no clue what's going to happen, whether I'll run for a third term here, whether I run for statewide or I just bow out and go make money in life.»

But then Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced he would not run for a third term following an agreement with investigators looking into campaign fundraising irregularities.

The Siena College / NY1 / Capital New York poll, released on Sept. 16, showed Grimm, a Republican - Conservative running for a third term, with 44 percent of the vote to the Democratic Recchia's 40 percent among likely voters.

And as Cuomo prepares to run for a third term with a massive $ 30 million war chest and against what are expected to be little - known Republican rivals, 55 percent of voters are prepared to re-elect him, compared with 36 percent who prefer a generic «someone else.»

Cuomo has not formally announced plans to run for a third term just yet, but a close former associate, Larry Schwartz, expects him to run again.

Mayor's right about the horrible turnout numbers, but did he forget that he gamed the election system more by getting to run for a third term???

Mr. Cuomo has amassed a $ 25 million campaign war chest and hired Maria Comella, who worked on several Republican presidential campaigns, as his chief of staff, but he has tried to play down any ambitions beyond running for a third term next year.

Davis was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits after the recall election.

Democrat incumbent Mark Suben is running for his third term against Republican challenger Pat Perfetti.

Mr. Weiner did take a jab at the front - runner Council Speaker Christine Quinn, however, for extending term limits in 2009 and enabling Michael Bloomberg to run for a third term atop City Hall.

He is essentially running for his third term unopposed, even though former Riverhead Town GOP chairman Remy Bell is a placeholder on the ballot.

Mangano, who has yet to say if he will run for a third term without the party's support, declined to comment for this story.

Mangano, county executive since 2010, questioned the loyalty of some GOP officials and said he would make a decision about running for a third term in «due time.»

«New Yorkers are making a distinction between Governor Andrew Cuomo's possible run for a third term and any future national ambitions,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

In the next few months, while Franklin Roosevelt runs for his third term and Britain seems ever more likely to succumb to a Nazi invasion, Ned feverishly works on the Radar project in

Michael Winter, barred from running for a third term under Labour rules, announced he was forming a new party earlier this month, along with two other councillors, and sacked the rest of his cabinet.

A national pro-Republican political action committee is preparing to ramp up efforts to oppose Gov. Andrew Cuomo — not in expectation of his likely run for a third term next year, but with an eye to his potentially seeking the presidency in 2020.

Hope noted that running for a third term by any official is «always more difficult for sure... what we want to avoid is a divisive primary.»

If Cuomo is serious about running for president in 2020, as many in New York political circles think, would he be better off not running for a third term of his own next year?

The Labour deputy leader singled out Mr McCluskey, who is currently running for a third term as Unite general secretary, for failing to be more vocal in his defence of Mr Corbyn.

He is running for a third term for the 15th Senate District, which covers Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Glendale, Middle Village, Woodhaven, Maspeth and parts of South Ozone Park, Rego Park, Ridgewood and Sunnyside.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's trip to Puerto Rico, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vs. the state GOP, and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino running for a third term.