Sentences with phrase «upstaters back»
The upstaters backed Flanagan despite a push by many in the region, including gun rights activists, to install DeFrancisco.
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Back in June, slightly more upstaters had a negative opinion than a positive opinion of Cuomo.
They were eager to see the leadership post in the Senate go to a conservative upstater, and are now vowing to get their revenge by backing primary challengers against some of the more pragmatic GOP members in 2016.
The fact that Brown, who is African American, has decided to back Schneiderman is a not - so - subtle snub to Cuomo, who came under fire from black and Latino leaders after he tapped Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy to be his running mate, effectively ensuring an all - white Democratic statewide ticket with — at this moment, anyway — just one woman and one upstater (Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, on both counts).