Sentences with phrase «to run for governor this year»

Reports indicate he will not run for governor this year.

He was elected as a Republican in 2009 and, as the article describes, he is thinking seriously about running for Governor this year as an independent.

But the interview turned into a chance to rip into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose former campaign aides are working with actress and advocate Cynthia Nixon on a possible run for governor this year as Cuomo seeks a third term.

For some weeks, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling has allowed speculation about his possible run for Governor this year to percolate.

Of all the House members running for governor this year, Hawaii Rep. Colleen Hanabusa may have the best shot.

The Working Families Party has had a tough time getting many of their key issues, such as paid family and medical leave, across the finish line in the General Assembly but most of the Democrats running for governor this year have come out strongly in favor of those types of progressive policies.

Many Democratic voters statewide — 60 % — do not want Paterson to run for governor this year while only one - third does.

Trump, of course, had flirted with the possibility of running for governor this year before ultimately declining.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco said Friday he's leaning toward running for governor this year, and plans to announce his final decision next week.

Sen. John DeFrancisco insisted Monday there was no panic over finding a Republican to run for governor this year against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo and that there is «plenty of time» to find the right nominee.

Republicans and Democrats said they expect the comment to become an ad against Astorino, who is considering a Republican run for governor this year.

If Virginians weren't foggy - headed enough from last year's barrage of political ads and robo - calls, now comes a race that's producing double vision — the two men running for governor this year are each running two campaigns featuring different issues, calendars and strategies.

Attorney General Cuomo, the son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo and the former federal housing secretary who tried and failed in a run for governor in 2002, made his long - expected announcement that he's running for governor this year at an unexpected time — early this morning — via a prerecorded announcement posted at his campaign web site on the internet.

Another Republican, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, also announced he will not run for governor this year.

Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino told members of the state Conservative Party on Sunday that real - estate mogul Donald Trump is serious about running for governor this year, but remains leery of a Republican primary.

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump will be in the Buffalo area Friday night as he continues to explore a run for governor this year.

Both Marc Molinaro and Harry Wislon, who dropped bids to run for governor this year, are also slated to attend.

(I'd vote for the dog catcher, if he ran for governor this year.)

Astorino, a Republican, said he will make a decision by the end of February about whether to run for governor this year.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican who is considering a run for governor this year, said, too, that Cuomo should apologize for his «divisive» and «unacceptable» comments.

The Democratic attorney general — who is widely believed to be planning a run for governor this year — revealed for the first time yesterday that his office and federal prosecutors from New York's Southern District had launched a joint criminal probe into Espada.

ALBANY — Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro will not run for governor this year.

Agriculture Commissioner Putnam, in the running for Governor this year, will speak during the Polk State College commencement ceremony.

, in the running for Governor this year, will speak during the Polk State College commencement ceremony.

Upstate New York legislator John DeFrancisco is sewing up Republican support in his bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo as other GOP rivals drop out or decline to run for governor this year.

Included in the video is a photo of Molinaro with former Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican who considered a run for governor this year, but pulled plug.

«I find it disingenuous to demonize my family simply for working for a business that I founded,» Mr. Espada said, taking a swipe at Mr. Cuomo, who is expected to run for governor this year, and his father, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.

Levy, the Suffolk County executive who was a Democrat until switching parties to run for governor this year, is competing with former Rep. Rick Lazio for the Republican Party nomination.

Since February, he has attended nine events for senatorial candidates, appeared at more than a dozen rallies or fundraisers for those running for governor this year or next, and spoken at almost two dozen meetings of Republican Party groups or conservative organizations.

Herseth Sandlin has long been considered a rising star for South Dakota Democrats but she passed on a run for governor this year, a decision that could come back to haunt her.

Molinaro said in January he would forgo a run for governor this year, but changed his mind in early March when he told state and county party leaders during a private meeting that he would indeed enter the race.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli — a climate skeptic who's running for governor this year — teamed up with Dominion Virginia Power, the state's largest utility, and Appalachian Power earlier this year power to craft RPS legislation.

Corcoran, who is expected to run for governor this year, called Friday for the legislative investigation due to an «abject breakdowns at all levels.»