Sentences with phrase «whether running a candidate»

Later, Louis and Crowley returned to the question of whether running a candidate with the goal of splitting a specific group of voters (in this case, Jews, but in the case of NYC Councilwoman Liz Crowley — another candidate whose campaign speculated to be the work of the Queens Party to hurt Assemblyman Rory Lancman and benefit Meng — whites).

Not exact matches

The Paladino campaign has been mulling whether to ditch both Ognibene and Edwards in favor of running a woman or a minority LG to highlight the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket, which right now includes just one woman — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — and no candidates of color.

Samuels said his ideal candidates include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — who has given no indication he plans to run — and former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, who is considering a run for Congress in addition to weighing whether to take on Cuomo.

I promised to make a quick decision on whether to run for the Senate out of respect for the Republican and Conservative Parties and the other candidates pursuing this race, and I fulfill that promise today.

With two top GOP potential candidates for governor recently deciding to forgo a run, longtime state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long admits to worries over whether the remaining possibilities have the right stuff.

While Republicans continue to bicker over whether DeFrancisco should head the GOP ticket in November, they have yet to find candidates to run for state attorney general or controller.

UPDATE: Maggie Haberman caught up with Fossella, who declined to endorse either of the Republican candidates and also wouldn't comment on whether he'll look to run again for something in the future.

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 bill, if enacted, would allow anyone to run in any party's primary, regardless of whether the candidate is a member of that party or not, and regardless of what party officers think Read more»

Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.

Working Families has not yet decided whether to run its own candidate for governor.

But Gyory also wondered whether how Nixon will hold up as a first - time candidate running statewide.

Whether it becomes an issue for suburban and upstate Democratic Assembly candidates running for re-election will be a true test of Silver's staying power in the Assembly.

Democratic state Senate candidate Jermaine Bagnall - Graham, who is running against Sen. Jim Seward, framed his statement as questioning whether Seward supports Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who continues to back Trump even after calling his 2005 comments «deplorable and inexcusable.»

Following the formal announcement, Pataki parried questions from the press, including whether, following his brief, non-threatening flirtation with a run for president, he had chosen a presidential candidate to endorse.

Neither Mr. Cuomo nor his aides have approached any potential candidates, and much could change depending on which Republicans run and whether Mr. Paterson stays in the race.

Caucus members say individual candidates should decide whether to run on calls for a leadership change

Whether DeFrancisco runs or not, he wants a strong Republican candidate for governor.

But members of the state's congressional delegation from Baltimore are still quietly considering whether there is a path to victory for a candidate such as them to run as a voice for the state's less affluent urban core against those from the wealthy suburbs.

Although Log Cabin Republicans say that Romney has discussed «actual tangibles» in terms of pro-LGBT positions in announcing their endorsement of Romney and though GOProud already had endorsed the Republican earlier this year, the biggest question facing LGBT voters in deciding whether to vote for Romney is if the candidate LCR and GOProud describe will be running the country or if the candidate who the National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown said «was strong the whole way through» the marriage fight in Massachusetts will be running the show.

Those vacancies also lower the total number of potential votes (the denominator) used to determine whether a candidate earns a primary spot (which takes 25 percent of the weighted vote), formal nomination (which takes a majority) or Wilson - Pakula proclamation, the formal document required to let a non-W.F.P. member (an enrolled Democrat, usually) run on the party's line.

Over the weekend, the network's website ran a piece asking whether D.C. would see the election of its first openly gay mayor by electing independent candidate David Catania to office.

As they draw closer to deciding whether to run for governor in 2018, two of four potential GOP candidates — Harry Wilson and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb — traveled last week to Texas for a meeting of the Republican Governors Association.

Kathy Kiely, the Washington news director for Bloomberg News, resigned over concerns the company could not adequately cover owner Bloomberg's considerations about whether to run for president as an independent candidate.

Lowell said Garcia did not tip his hand as to whether he will indeed challenge Democratic AG Eric Schneiderman next fall, but the chairman said he joked to the potential candidate that if he does run, Livingston County Republicans will be claiming that it all started with them.

Former Vice President Joe Biden let slip in a speech Hillary Clinton was «never a great candidate» and hedged on whether he would run for president himself in 2020.

The candidates were also in agreement on legalizing recreational marijuana, split on whether the governor should run for president in 2020, during the «lightning round» questions.

He indicates that he is still considering whether to have a run at being the Tory candidate for mayor.

Assemblyman Sean Ryan says he'll decide in two weeks whether to give up his safe seat in the lower house and run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Marc Panepinto among considerable turmoil and a strong GOP candidate (Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs).

Democrats were far more interested in whether Cuomo would run than in what any of the candidates who actually were running had to say.

One should also consider whether a candidate is sharing office space with a Super PAC working on his or her behalf, whether the committee is run by the candidate's former staffers or family members, and whether they share vendors or donors.

Labour MP, Chuka Umunna, a possible candidate to replace Ed Miliband, is asked by Andrew Marr whether he will run for the Labour leadership.

The controversial party chairman, who has yet to determine whether he will run for another term, is a hot topic in Republican circles, where concern over his stewardship of the party has led to upwards of a dozen candidates to consider running against him.

The bill, if enacted, would allow anyone to run in any party's primary, regardless of whether the candidate is a member of that party or not, and regardless of what party officers think about the candidate.

Prosecutors are looking at whether de Blasio's donors received favorable city action, after giving to his campaign, and also whether de Blasio may have bent the state's campaign finance laws when he solicited donations on behalf of Democratic candidates running for the State Senate, in 2014.

The councilman, who is running for his third term and speaker of the city council, filled out a questionnaire prior to receiving his endorsement from the club in June 2017, where he replied «no» to whether he had or will «in the future endorse or financially support any candidate for public office or current elected official with a track record of working against LGBT equality.»

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro says it's «flattering» that his name is being floated as a possible candidate for governor in 2018 but that's it's too early to say whether he'll run.

This promise — along with others that Cuomo has so far neglected in his new term — won him the endorsement of the Working Families Party, which at the time was split over whether to endorse Cuomo or run law professor Zephyr Teachout as its gubernatorial candidate.

Other Democratic candidates looking to replace Rangel (whether or not he runs) include onetime Rangel aide and local banker Vince Morgan, and businesswoman Joyce Johnson, whom the Times endorsed in 2010.

That said, there are some in the WFP who are so disturbed with Cuomo's centrist approach that they would like to run a candidate to his left, regardless of whether he would accept Row E.

(CNN)- Two of the three candidates running for U.S. Senate in Florida said Sunday that they support the revival of an $ 8,000 first - time homebuyer tax credit, but the Obama administration's housing chief said «it's too early to say» whether it will be offered again.

In September, Trump was the only Republican at the first primary debate to raise his hand when the candidates were asked whether any would consider an independent run.

One of the big questions that emerged from the 2012 White House race is whether down - ballot candidates running on shoestring budgets would ever have access to the same data and technology President Barack Obama used to target voters.

Congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running in a Democratic primary to face Rep. Peter King (R - Seaford), has asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion about whether she can use campaign funds for childcare.

Discuss whether it is wiser for your state to first build the local chapters and establish a presence, or whether obtaining ballot status and running candidates will be the tool you need in order to build your locals.

Whether it is working hand - in - hand with community leaders to empower minority candidates running for office or working to ensure that African - Americans have access to quality health care, schools and employment, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to lift up our communities and work with and for African - Americans in the Bronx and across New York.

Schaffer also said Sini would be a great candidate for county executive or district attorney, but he's already told the police commissioner that if District Attorney Thomas Spota runs for re-election this year, Spota — who is being investigated by federal prosecutors over whether he had a role in the Burke cover - up — will have the party's «strong support.»

Moskowitz answered about a dozen questions, with topics including whether there is any potential mayoral candidate who embodies what she wants in a candidate, whether she plans on being involved in the 2017 election, why she is «such a lightning rod» for criticism, obstacles ahead, the City's pre-K program, whether she'll run for office at another time, whether she reflexively criticizes all education - related actions of Mayor de Blasio, whether she's concerned that her influence on state government will diminish because of her decision, discipline and suspension polices at Success Academy schools, her plans for other projects and her view on potential mayoral candidacies of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

If you look at the top issues, whether it's tax reform, whether it's our increasing debt, whether it's healthcare reform, our incumbents in Congress are continuing to kick the can down the road, and these are generational issues, so the fact that I'm running as a new generation candidate with an independent voice, I think that's why you're seeing so much support out - pouring across the district for the campaign.

One issue with the strategy at this point, though, is that at least two potential Republican mayoral candidates have not decided whether they will run or not: Queens City Council Member Eric Ulrich and businessman John Catsimatidis, who lost in the 2013 primary to Lhota.