Sentences with phrase «voting against governor»

None of the three Senate Democrats who appeared to be contemplating voting against Governor Dannel P. Malloy's ruinous agreement with state public employee unions broke ranks.

«Once hardworking taxpayers learn more about Assemblyman Latimer's disastrous record on taxes, which includes voting against Governor Cuomo's property tax cap and voting for the job - killing MTA payroll tax, we're confident they will choose to send Bob Cohen to the State Senate.»

Cuomo's supporters are voting for him, and Astorino's backers are voting against the governor,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

They've attacked him for raising property taxes by 46 % as a Westchester County Lawmaker and blasted him for voting against Governor Cuomo's 2 % property tax cap.

The Rockland County Times has learned that freshman Assemblyman James Skoufis (D - Stony Point, Orange County) was one of only a handful of Assembly Democrats to vote against Governor Cuomo's NY SAFE gun control act.

-LSB-...] The Courage to Stand (Almost) Alone — The Rockland County Times has learned that freshman Assemblyman James Skoufis (D - Stony Point, Orange County) was one of only a handful of Assembly Democrats to vote against Governor Cuomo's NY SAFE gun control act.

Huntley said she voted against the governor's budget this year because there were too many cuts to those services.

Not exact matches

Some Republican state Senators were recalled in Wisconsin for voting to curb union power, but Republican Governor Scott Walker survived a recall effort against him.

Indeed, the committee has been notorious for voting against the wishes of the current governor, Sir Mervyn King.

Includes an examination of a possible vote of non-confidence against the Conservative minority government; a request to the Governor General to allow a Liberal - New Democratic coalition to form a new government; and the immediate tasks facing a possible coalition government once in power.

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.

It's a little too late for praying, it's Mrs.Clinton's call to be @ the helm; now, with her hubby Mr.Clinton as VP; and one of you out of all of you, need to tell Romney he's committed fraud, for leaving the Post of so - called gov.that theirs a 2 yr.interval that must be met; the same fo Obama; whom is worst off then Bush Jr.then for none of you to have no Allegiance to be nothing but commander of thieves, since April 4th, 1968 to presently; in the killing of Dr.King Jr.must still go under Oath to all you perjurers; that mustn't go unpunished to the array of charges I have stored up against each of yo on every job, on every public premise; that Obama didn't praywhen he lied to GOD ALMIGHTY in perjury; to have left the seat of sen.to jump to the office; knowing he hadn't a clue what to do; so he got Joe, which is Cheney all over; whom should of been out of public; and he knows that and all the fugitives, even in the Italian led court in DC; that will have to answer to what is -LCB- H.R. 7152 -RCB-; and why they let Olsen for Bush Jr.waste the American's People's time, not to mention all the lives that's been lost; for the tyrannies since 1968 to presently has cost; Vote I, Edward Baltimore; to confirm I; Governor of DC; as of 2/16/12; cause DC; has been a State, already; and all you slaves from State to State; need to snap out of your peonage which is prohibited by Federal Laws; on anybody!!!!!!!

«Apparently Governor Cuomo knew that this tactic of divide and conquer could be used with skill to appoint one of his friends, knowing that she is not the most qualified and does not have the necessary experience compared to others, but knowing that any non-Hispanic who would vote against her would create the perception that he or she was Anti-Hispanic,» Diaz Sr. wrote.

Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.

Stewart's campaign for lieutenant governor did not win her party's endorsement but did win enough votes to compete in the primary against Joe Markley.

He needs 15 percent of the delegate vote to force an August primary for governor against fellow Democrat Ned Lamont.

ALBANY — After months of listening to Gov. Andrew Cuomo assail him as responsible for a bill he voted against, U.S. Rep. John Faso closed a letter to the governor on Thursday with an especially cutting observation: He's not the man his late father was.

In 1996, Kerry faced a difficult re-election fight against Governor William Weld, a popular Republican incumbent who had been re-elected in 1994 with 71 % of the vote.

The Governor's father, in his bid for a third term in 1990, tallied just 53 per cent of the vote against an opposition that amounted to a forfeit: Republican Pierre Rinfret, an obscure economist (is there any other kind?)

Malliotakis cast herself as one of the few New York City legislators to have voted against allowing a recent increase in that debt and suggested that the governor should «take some control over the MTA or dismantle it.

In a statement, Zephyr Teachout, who is running against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other women's equality items as separate bills.

But in 2014, something changed: A little - known, poorly funded Constitutional law professor named Zephyr Teachout ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary and captured a third of the vote, proof that not only was a restive progressivism already brewing in the pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era, but that the party's liberals didn't care much for their governor.

This was not the kind of language Democratic primary voters heard when Teachout shocked the Empire State by snagging about a third of the votes against a sitting governor.

we are saying that consolidation should occur in order to save the taxpayers real money rather than as a political vendetta against a few politicians that didn't vote the way our illustrious Governor wanted them to.

But also, conservative Democrats voted around New York state against the governor and his economics and his high taxes.

«Reed, Collins and the rest of the New York congress members who voted against their own constituents can try to deflect from this irresponsible vote, but it's the governor who stood up for New York taxpayers and always will.»

The governor's office on Monday confirmed he would be voting against the convention referendum.

Kolb had said he was going to vote against the measure earlier in the day, but as the governor phoned, the 32 Republicans in the Senate were leading the way to its unanimous approval in that chamber.

«Mr. Kolb expressed to the governor his entire caucus was going to vote against the bill because they opposed raising any revenue for the state,» Vlasto said.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who endeared herself to liberals by voting against the bulk of Trump's Cabinet nominees, seemingly took herself out of presidential contention in February by declaring the governor would make «a great candidate» for the party.

Her running mate, Tim Wu, candidate for lieutenant governor, received 1,938 of the Brookhaven vote against 2,003 for Kathy Hochul.

Speaking while reacting to a statement credited to Governor Wike where he asked the Ogoni to vote against Senator Abe as a matter of priority, at a groundbreaking rally organised by Khana Connected Friends at Bori Police Field, Bori in Khana Local Government Area, Abe queried why who would win Rivers South East Senatorial election was more important to Wike than who would win in his own Senatorial District, the Rivers East.

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.

Many Democrats believe that Cuomo, who is widely disliked in high - level party circles, could be beaten in the 2018 primary by a more popular vote - getter than Zephyr Teachout, the little - known and virtually unfunded leftist Fordham law professor who received a remarkable 34 percent against the governor in 2014.

Since it required a two - thirds vote of delegates to its state convention, the California Labor Federation's backing of de León was a self - conscious protest against Feinstein's habitually centrist instincts, and a sign of a strong leftward breeze in Golden State politics (the CLF also endorsed gubernatorial front - runner, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who has carved out a strong progressive profile in his latest campaign).

He sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, but got just 18 percent of the vote against Eliot Spitzer in the primary.

Republican challenger Tom Foley is running for the second time against Democratic Governor Dannel P. Malloy, who won in 2010 by fewer than 6,500 votes...

The governor's office marshaled its resources in a bid to push back against the provision and the AHCA ultimately failed to gain enough votes for passage in the Republican - led House of Representatives.

Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed the re-election of state Senator Stephen Saland, a Republican who backs gay marriage, prompting harsh criticism from Senator Ruben Diaz, the only Democrat in the New York Senate who voted against a bill legalizing such unions in the state.

The Democrat ran against former GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti, who was the last of the Republicans who voted «yes» on same - sex marriage during Cuomo's first term, earning the governor's support and gratitude.

He is in some ways similar to the Robert Redford politician in «The Candidate» Like most viewers, I would vote for him against Royce in the primary (though we don't see much of the third candidate) but he is a pretty awful Mayor, focused only on becoming Governor.

Indeed, many of the counties the governor lost in 2010 against Republican Carl Paladino appeared poised to vote the amendment down.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio scored a rare win against his longtime frenemy Cuomo when the MTA board decided to delay a vote on the governor's $ 1 billion subway station improvement plan after members appointed by de Blasio objected.

Late last month, Basil Paterson, the governor's father and a longtime Rangel ally, said on New York 1 that Cuomo's 2002 run against McCall had left a «sour taste» among black voters and suggested a repeat performance by the attorney general could cost him the black vote.

The BBC has revealed senior Tory MP Bernard Jenkin wrote to Mr Carney warning him against making any «further public comment» about the EU referendum after the Governor predicted a recession if the UK votes to leave on June 23.

It was only 32 years earlier, by contrast, that another Republican former Governor who narrowly lost the Presidency, Charles Evans Hughes, had won 42.6 % of the Bronx's 1916 vote against Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's 49.8 % and Socialist candidate Allan Benson's 7.3 %.)

The Governor got the Senate Democratic Conference and the Democratic Assembly Members to vote against their own community interests and against themselves, while on the other hand, the Governor created his own, private, HUGE Member Items — or should I say, Governor Items and Governor Capital Funds for his disposal, making everyone believe that he did away with the system — and in the process, using the Democrats as rubber stamps.

Senate Minority Leader John McKinney of Fairfield and Sen. Len Fasano of North Haven — both of whom voted against confirming the Democratic governor's nomination of Schriro — made their comments Tuesday in the wake of a weekend Courant Government Watch column.

(Both had been Governors of New York, but Republican former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey won only 28 % of the Bronx's vote in 1948 against 55 % for Pres. Harry Truman, the winning Democrat, and 17 % for Henry A. Wallace of the Progressives.

A former governor of the state and Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, won the primary, polling 941 votes against another former governor, Segun Oni, who got 481 votes among other 31 aspirants.