Sentences with phrase «to run for the post»

Meanwhile, former Riverhead supervisor Phil Cardinale, a Democrat, said he has interest in running for the post.

Regular attacks on civilians last month throughout this Beni - Butembo route have been said to be the activity of bandits placed there by Mbusa Nyamwisi, a local politician (also former warlord) running for the post of president.

She has been leading in the public opinion polls, and was believed to be Mayor Bloomberg's preferred successor — that is, until the New York Times reported the mayor had asked Hillary Clinton to consider running for his post after she leaves the State Department.

Joshua Lafazan became one of the youngest officeholders in the state when he was elected to his local school board, now he's running for a post on the county Legislature.

On the same day she told reporters she was not running for Westchester County executive, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins informed one of her members who is already running for the post — Sen. George Latimer — that she is indeed considering getting in the race.

Outside of the Legislature, former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout may consider running for the post, as could New York City Public Advocate Tish James.

Blake, a Bronx lawmaker and former aide to President Barack Obama, is running for the post for the first time.

Several calculations may be taking place: Will the Assembly pick a placeholder who would not run for post?

Queens Sen. Tony Avella on Wednesday announced plans to introduce a bill that would seek to curb so - called «ballot switching» after an outgoing member of the city Council announced abruptly he would not seek re-election, only to have his political ally run for the post.

Mr. Kellner is already a Democratic district leader and won't have to run for that post again until next year.

Mr. Lentol was also a proud Silver loyalist until the very end, stipulating he would only run for the post if Mr. Silver stepped down.

One poll seems to agree with Spitzer's assessment, quickly putting him at the top of the race for comptroller, ahead of the only other major Democrat running for the post, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

Once off the bench, Rosen, who ran for both posts as a Democrat, served as a criminal justice adviser to then - state Senate Minority Leader David Paterson.

Ritz says she felt compelled to run for the post because of the growing prevalence of standardized testing in the schools, specifically citing the IREAD - 3 reading exam as what drove her into the race.

Mr. Tillman said some of the vacancies on the ballot have to due with a lack of people interested in running for the posts.

Boyle had been endorsed in March by the county Conservative Party committee to run for the post after members there were upset when the incumbent sheriff, Vincent DeMarco, testified in a case that ultimately resulted in the conviction of a party functionary, Ed Walsh.

Stephen Ruth, a prominent anti-red light camera activists on Long Island, is running for a post on the Suffolk County board of legislators.

ALBANY — On the same day she told reporters she was not running for Westchester County executive, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins informed one of her members who is already running for the post that she is considering getting in the race, the Daily News has learned.

On his new blog he has announced that he intends to run for the post of Labour Party Treasurer, currently held by Jack Dromey, Harriet Harman's husband and now Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington.

He later added, «I really don't think personally he should» continue in the running for the post «but it's totally his, I would stand behind him, totally his decision.»

On the Democratic side, word has been Assemblyman Sean Ryan of Buffalo was being encouraged to run for the post, but is yet to jump in.

Schneiderman is yet to officially draw a Republican challenger, but GOP candidate Manny Alicandro has filed to run for the post.

Republican Joe Carni, a Syracuse Common councilor, is running for the post, with an announcement expected on Tuesday.

«He has been leveraging those partnerships to effectively go after those gangs,» Bellone said of Sini, who recently announced his intent to run for the post being vacated by District Attorney Thomas Spota, who is retiring after 16 years in office.

A bid for attorney general is a much riskier bet, especially considering state election law is fuzzy about whether a congressional candidate can run for the post this late in the midterm election cycle.

The Working Families Party on Saturday backed a placeholder for attorney general, while also insisting its ballot line this fall would be open to either Tish James or Zephyr Teachout to run for the post.

Others believed to be in the running for the post are county legislative aide Jeremy Zellner, Cheektowaga party chair Frank Max and NFTA Commissioner James Eagan.

Maloney says he will decide soon on whether to run for the post in a November election.

In January, Catsimatidis told The Real Deal in an interview at the Ritz - Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., that if Hillary Clinton decided to run for the post, he would not.

Martins is a former state senator who is running for the post after unsuccessfully seeking the congressional seat vacated by Democrat Steve Israel.

According to him, even though the governor has the credentials to be president, given his outstanding performance as governor which earned him a re-election in the face of Muhammadu Buhari's «tsunami» in the north, he has not told anybody that he would run for the post in 2019.

National Democratic Party officials in Washington, D.C., consider the 24th District one of their top priorities in the 2018 mid-term election and have tried to recruit former Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner and former mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams to run for the post.

Rolison, who was the county GOP's pick to run for the post, was one of four Republicans seeking the party line in what was shaping up to be a contentious primary.

CapCon's Rick Karlin reported some time ago that Martens was in the running for the post that took on a heightened importance following the firing of former Assemblyman Pete Grannis by ex-Gov.

Dahlkemper ultimately settled in running for a post that hardly smacks of glamour: Erie County executive.

-- Bharara said he might be interested in running for the post — «we'll see» — but wouldn't seek appointment by the Legislature.

Flaherty, a registered Democrat, says he plans on running for the post in the 2016 election.

Democratic Rensselaer County executive Andrea Smyth called on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the resignation of a judge that helped pave the way for a former GOP candidate defeated by Steve McLaughlin to run for the post.

COLONIE — U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, popular with northern New Yorkers and considered a strong candidate for governor of New York State, announced May 2 that he would not be running for the post in 2018, and that he was exiting politics.

A perennial candidate, Wells earned 400,000 votes when she ran for the post in 2002.

Bharara said he doesn't see himself either being appointed or running for posts in Washington, D.C., or Albany, but he didn't rule out City Hall.

Marshall Tuck, a former Green Dot executive who is running for the post of state superintendent of public instruction, has also praised Ford.

Other education reform leaders, including former D.C. schools Chief Michelle Rhee and Center for Education Reform director Jeanne Allen, are reportedly still in the running for the post.

Indeed, proving that officials in smaller municipalities do not have a pecuniary interest can be troublesome, because there is a smaller pool of volunteers willing to run for posts, he suggests.