Sentences with phrase «white upstaters»

It was difficult to bridge the partisan divides between a Senate Republican conference dominated by white upstaters and an Assembly Democratic conference dominated by downstate Democrats of color.

But since that person doesn't exist, the next best thing would be a white upstater.

Not exact matches

Black leaders started voicing their concern about this state of affairs almost immediately after Cuomo picked Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy — a white male upstater — to be his preferred LG running mate.

The Black and Latino MEN who controlled the Senate for two years didn't give a sh*t about appointing any Upstaters of Caucasian persuasion to leadership positions — let alone a * gasp * white WOMAN from ANYWHERE — until they had royally effed everything up.

«Similarly, large majorities of Democrats, New York City voters, blacks, Latinos and younger voters want the Feds to bring civil rights charges, while Republicans are opposed, and upstaters, suburbanites, white and older voters are closely divided,» Greenberg said.

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).

«Morelle is a white centrist upstater — not someone New York City labor unions would support,» the Democrat added.