Sentences with phrase «who run for statewide office»

Now Mr. Ganim believes he should qualify for public grants given to candidates who run for statewide office.

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Wilson, a former hedge fund manager who has never before either run for or held elected office, is widely viewed by many Republicans as their best chance at statewide victory this fall.

Schneiderman, who has received quite a bit of play for the bill — never a bad thing when one is running for statewide office (in this case, AG)-- admits it only applies to New York, but also says he hopes it serves as a model for other states and eventually a federal fix.

Faso, the 2002 Republican candidate for comptroller and 2006 nominee for governor, is vying for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Chris Gibson, who is weighing a run for statewide office in 2018.

On February 17, 2010, Rice announced her candidacy for the statewide office of attorney general, the seat vacated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo, who ran for governor in November.

A reader, (who is quite clearly close to Espaillat's opponent, District leader Mark Levine), forwarded this mailer for Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, who is running for the Manhattan Senate seat Eric Schneiderman is vacating to seek statewide office (AG).

Lamont, who is investing his own money in his campaign as well as accepting donations, has twice before run for statewide office.

Rob Astorino has made little secret of wanting to make another run for governor in 2018, but he may need to reconcile that with Rep. Chris Gibson, who has been making noise about running for statewide office after his third and final term concludes in 2016.

AMY GOODMAN: What is it like to run for statewide office as a Green Party candidate, for people who are watching this around the country, and for people outside this country, where more parties are involved in electoral politics in other countries?

«I don't think it's right that 30 percent of our population [consists of] people of color yet our ticket doesn't reflect that,» said Zimmerman, a union organizer who lives in Newtown and recently opened an exploratory committee for a possible run for statewide office.

«When I ran for statewide office, I met people in every part of our state who were fed up with the status quo, who were calling out for change, who felt that their voices were not being heard and their needs not addressed,» Teachout said.

The «Stop Common Core» party candidates would include Astorino and his running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Chris Moss, as well as other Republican candidates for statewide offices and federal or local contenders who want to run on the line, he said.

«When I ran for statewide office, I met people in every part of our state who were fed up with the status quo, who were calling out for change, who felt their that their voices were not being heard and their needs not addressed.

Asked why a Democrat was seeking the GOP's line for a statewide office, Faso said: «Maybe because there isn't anybody else who wants to run.»

Democratic Sen. Theresa Gerratana, who was considering a run for statewide office last year, is not declaring one way or the other.

The current county executive is, of course, Republican Chris Collins, who himself passed up an opportunity to run for higher office (governor) last year after a number of verbal gaffes hampered his ability to gain traction for a statewide bid.

Mark Green, who served as public advocate in New York City and ran for any number of statewide offices, took on the city's dry cleaners for their pricing discrepancies.

Moss, who ran for lieutenant governor on Rob Astorino's gubernatorial ticket last year, has made little secret of his desire to run for statewide office again.

Astorino is expected to make a second run for governor in 2018, while GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, who retires at the end of his current term, has said he is interested in running for an unspecified statewide office as well.

Nearly three - quarters of the 44 who opposed the bill either are on House Republicans» target list or are running for statewide office in a conservative leaning state in 2010 — a classic bifurcation between those who are on the ballot in a midterm election and a president who doesn't stand in front of voters for another three plus years.

and Martin Heinrich (D - N.M.)-- or even for candidates who have previously run for statewide office (and may do so again), like Reps. Baron Hill (D - Ind.)

Those in the know say to keep an eye on state Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, a rising star in the party who may well run for some statewide office in 2010.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Republicans who plan to run for statewide office on a ballot line called «Stop Common Core» are spreading «mythology» that the academic standards represent a power - grab by the federal government.

Three other Republicans have filed paperwork forming exploratory committees for statewide office: state Sen. Tony Hwang of Fairfield, state Sen. Rob Kane of Watertown and Peter Lumaj, a Fairfield attorney who sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012 and ran for Connecticut secretary of the state in 2014.

The longtime lawmaker who spearheaded the creation of Florida Polytechnic University had been the subject of rumors that industry heads were pushing him to consider running for the statewide office.

Unlike Crist, a telegenic sitting governor and former attorney general who first ran for statewide office in 1986, Meek entered the race last year without much of a profile beyond of his Miami - area congressional district.