Sentences with phrase «upstate counties against»
He and Hochul made a strong showing there in the September primary, even as the governor did not do terribly well in other upstate counties against his opponent, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout.
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Turner, one of three Republicans who will face off in the June 26 primary for the right to run on Row B against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall, is making his first return upstate since last month's GOP convention in Rochester when he, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos were all voted onto the ballot.
A host of other special interests — ranging from upstate mayors and county executives to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the NAACP — all lauded Cuomo's plan, pointing to everything from ride - sharing that gets drunks off the road to transit efforts that will help inner - city workers get to jobs.
He voted against seven bills that would either lengthen hunting seasons or in upstate counties or expand the variety of firearms that can be legally used, and opposed a measure that would let Cornell students older than 21 take a handgun safety course designed for minors.
Supporters said recent controversies involving prosecutors, including a reported federal probe of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and allegations of wrongdoing against upstate St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain, have given the measure new momentum.
The Republican - primary contenders — one - time gubernatorial candidate John Faso of upstate Kinderhook and Dutchess County businessman Andrew Heaney — have also said they are prepared to make BDS a major issue in a race against Teachout.
Governor Cuomo won the Democratic primary, but more than one third of Democrats who participated voted against him, and he lost more than half of the counties upstate, where fracking is a controversial issue.
Years later in her 2006 race against Republican unknown John Spencer, the only upstate jurisdiction she lost was sparsely - populated Hamilton County in the Adirondacks.
Zephyr Teachout showed the breadth of gubernatorial discontent, carrying 23 upstate counties in her primary challenge against Cuomo in 2014 but falling far short in the five boroughs.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout attributed her strong showing in September's Democratic primary against Cuomo to anti-fracking supporters upstate, where she won dozens of counties.
In 2014 many fracking opponents voted for Zephyr Teachout against Governor Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and Teachout won several upstate counties where fracking had been proposed.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared all - out combat against the state's GOP congressional delegation after members endorsed a last minute amendment that would have banned the state from collecting Medicaid shares from upstate counties.