Sentences with phrase «to run for higher office»

«I have no thoughts or plans [for running for higher office],» he said.

One asking whether he would ever run for higher office.

So in that regard any person running for high office would be an ideal guest.

The role needed someone who could convey danger in subtle ways, but also suggest the character could one day run for higher office.

Paladino ultimately drew only a third of the vote against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but he has since expressed interest in running for the highest office in the state again.

While seeking re-election next week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone declined on Monday to rule out the possibility of running for higher office before the end of his hoped - for four - year term.

«I have promised the people, I have pledged the people of New York State, that I will not run for higher office as attorney general,» Donovan told me.

He has considered running for higher office before.

While seeking re-election next week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has declined to rule out the possibility of running for higher office before the end of his hoped - for four - year term.

The Onondaga County comptroller flirted with a number of potential runs for higher office in 2010 before settling on a challenge this year to DiNapoli.

The former New York Stock Exchange director and Home Depot co-founder also suggests AGs shouldn't be allowed to run for higher office for two years after they leave their current posts to prevent them from launching politically motivated cases.

Rep. Pete King, the Republican dean of the New York congressional delegation, has flirted on numerous occasions with running for higher office.

With a base of financial and political support in the city and in Albany, Miner has several options if (or when) she chooses to run for higher office next year.

«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.

In countries such as the United States, where running for high office is extremely expensive, and media are very influential, few are elected without support from the rich.

They are the ones who created our government, and I have no doubt that they would be appalled by the Perrys, Bachmanns and Romneys running for our highest office.

Edwards, who was tapped by former Rep. Rick Lazio to be his LG running mate in 2010, and — by a quirk of the state Election Law — ended up running with Lazio's successful primary foe, Carl Paladino, instead, told me this afternoon that he has decided he would rather remain an elected official and perhaps run for higher office than pursue a purely political position.

«We» is also inherently humble, whereas «I» goes it alone, and a little bit of humble wouldn't hurt a confident young guy running for the highest office in the land — real humility would be best, but in politics we can settle for the fake version.

With her youth and history - making run, her candidacy captures the most unmitigated example of a new kind of woman driven to run for higher office after Hillary Clinton's loss.

In many ways, these candidates, not unlike some scandal - tainted characters running for high office in New York City primaries, are about redemption and renewal.

«If Mr. Weprin wants to keep running for higher offices, he ought to read a newspaper,» Turner's campaign said in a statement Monday.

He said he couldn't get a fair hearing with so many of his fellow Democrats running for higher office and thinking about their own political futures.

Recall that Collins, who dropped a 2010 bid for governor following controversial comments about Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, is believed to still have designs on running for higher office in the future.

In 1994, the last time control of the House flipped, 29 Democratic representatives headed for the exits — 22 of those simply retired while the others ran for higher office.

Maybe Democrat Steve Bateman will now run for higher office since he's earned his corruption merit badge.

Of course, if you're a billionaire or just any old politician running for high office, expect calls for the release of your taxpaying history.

There are a few ways you can exude that executive presence, even if you're not running for higher office.

«If taxpayers throughout the state want me to consider running for higher office, I will,» said Molinaro, who has not formed a gubernatorial campaign committee or declared himself a candidate.

When Cuomo was asked by a reporter whether he was setting up for a potential run for higher office, he vigorously denied it.

Community board chair Adrienne Adams entered the Senate race when Sanders was talking about running for that higher office, and party officials are continuing to back her despite Sanders» re-entry.

Miner said she does not plan to comment on whether she is running for a higher office next year until she has decided her plans.

She recently took time out to take a trip to Israel, a move seen in New York as a preface to any kind of run for higher office.

I'm Rich, means it's okay for me to take money from special interests and foreign investors, and then I can run for the highest office in New York State.

With every more - or-less straightforward denial of an intention to run for high office, the idea of Zuck 2020 somehow becomes more real.

Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper!

But those Americans ought not run for high office.

You know or SHOULD know, (you sound pretty stupid so you might not) that politicians make decisions based on their faith, so when people find someone with a different faith than theirs running for the highest office, it makes sense that they are uneasy with it.

Dwayne «the Rock» Johnson, big star, big guy and one of the most likable cusses in Hollywood, is weighing a run for the highest office in the land.

Now their party is led by one who is running for the highest office in the land who has a complicated relationship with the truth, I guess he is a reflection of those who are following him.

To run for high office in the USA with the background of a poor, even a broken, family is clearly counted as a badge of honor.

While the American people certainly don't have a «right» to see the tax returns of any private individual, the public has grown to expect that those running for the highest office in the land will voluntarily allow us to view their filings.

So, President Obama's increase in giving coincident with his running for higher office is to be spun as a crass political move, but Santorum's failure to increase his giving while he runs for higher office is be lauded, because when caught he expresses that he needs to «do better», and thus «takes it seriously».

People that run for the highest office in the US, should be among our brightest and most intelligent.

Some day, Indian Americans will not feel like they need to convert from Hinduism to Christianity (as did Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal) or from Sikhism to Christianity (like Haley) if they want to run for high office.

Speaking in the Upper East Region on Saturday 15 October, at the campaign launch of Tempane MP David Adakudugu, who is also the NDC's parliamentary nominee for the 7 December 2016 elections, Mr Asiedu Nketia said as a result of the NPP's disregard for northerners, no northern member of the party who qualified to be president has ever been given the opportunity to run for the highest office of the land.

Vallone Jr. has been eyeing a run for higher office for some time now.

While the lack of LGBTQ women in Congress is inextricably linked to the dearth of women on Capitol Hill, the story of lesbian candidates includes some close calls, quixotic races, and a movement still evolving to position more qualified LGBTQ women to run for higher office.