And in what could be a challenge to his potential 2018 opponents in next
years race for governor, Cuomo's property tax plan puts the onus on county executives to develop a proposal for shared services.
Not exact matches
Latimer, a state senator, is running in what amounts to a key
race this
year given the incumbent, Republican Rob Astorino, is considering a second bid
for governor in 2018.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday prodded his rivals in the
race for governor to release their tax returns dating back multiple
years.
The
race is being closely watched this
year, given Astorino's potential second run
for governor next
year.
The party needs to receive at lest 50,000 votes on its line in the
race for governor in order to maintain ballot status
for the next four
years.
Also affecting the math this
year are the 36
races for governor this
year.
Senator Fred Akshar turned down an offer, to run
for the Lieutenant
Governor... in this
year's
race for Governor of New York State.
Though Election Day is fast approaching, much of the political news that revolves around speculation on a
race for next
year: the
governor's
race.
After all, I am the only Senate candidate in my district who supported him in his
race for Governor two
years ago.»
Lawmakers appeared edging toward a deal on Wednesday, with Senate
Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman John Bonacic insisting there was a three - way deal after the Legislature accepted «technical» amendments recommended by the
governor's office
for the bill, including applying a fee to
year - round leagues.
But it remains to be seen what will happen in the only contest that really matters
for the WFP this
year: The
race for governor.
CNN's current 2014 analysis shows that half of this
year's 36
races for governor could be competitive.
Astorino is seeking a third term and is considering a second run
for governor, making the county executive
race in the northern suburban county a
race with potential statewide implications in an off -
year election cycle.
The pragmatists in the WFP argue the party needs to run as high a profile a candidate
for governor as possible to ensure receiving 50,000 votes in that
race this fall and preserving its ballot line
for another four
years.
It has become an issue in the
race for New York
governor, with incumbent Cuomo pushing challengers Cynthia Nixon and Marc Molinaro to release tax returns
for the last 10
years.
And even
for Governor Andrew Cuomo, who might get the
race of his life in next
year's reelection bid.
His withdrawal, after Mr. Cox amassed the support of a vast majority of the party's county leaders, is a setback
for Mr. Giuliani as he considers entering next
year's
race for governor.
For all but the last
year of those, he was a conservative Democrat, but switched sides after being wooed into the
governor's
race by state GOP Chairman Ed Cox.
Four
years ago, the state Business Council broke with tradition and made an endorsement in the
governor's
race for the first time in its 30 -
year history, backing then - state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic frontrunner, over his Republican challenger, Carl Paladino.
Not one poll has shown Gillespie ahead in the
race, one
year after Clinton won Virginia by 6 percentage points — a closer - than - expected margin in a state with a Democratic
governor and two Democratic senators and that's voted
for the Democratic nominee in three straight presidential contests.
Astorino was re-elected to his second term as Westchester's county executive in 2013 and would need to run again in 2017 — a
year before the next
race for governor.
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is considering whether to jump into the Republican
race for governor, less than two months after he ruled out a bid this
year.
Brian Fitzherbert and Robert Turkavage are running on the Republican side, and politics blogger David Wildstein reports that Hirsh Singh, a Republican and a software engineer who ran
for governor last
year, will jump in the 2nd District
race as well.
Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of
Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for g
Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this
year's state - level elections, including the
race for governorgovernor.
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Rep. - elect Anthony Brown, who lost a
governor's
race in Maryland two
years ago, walks down the House steps
for the 115th Congress freshman class group photo during the first week of orientation on Nov. 15.
The
governor and legislators agreed to try out a system of public campaign financing with this
year's
race for state comptroller.
Since her husband, Carl, won the Republican nomination
for governor of New York last week, the only story in the
race as compelling as his upset victory has been their personal back story: that her husband not only had an affair, not only fathered a child with that other woman, but also told his wife of 40
years about it all the same week that their 29 -
year - old son, Patrick, was killed in a car accident.
They discuss how this
year's legislative session worked out, the tendency
for governors to wrap legislation into the annual budget, ethics and public confidence in government, as well as the Syracuse mayoral
race.
The third person in this
year's
race for governor, Joseph Visconti, chose to self - fund his independent campaign and has criticized the major party candidates
for using taxpayer money.
Four
years ago, a
governor's
race debate included nearly a dozen candidates, including «Manhattan madam» Kristin Davis
for the Anti-Prohibition Party and activist Jimmy McMillan
for the Rent is Too Damn High Party.
In the 1994 mayor's
race (almost twenty
years ago, if you want to feel old) then - mayor Rudy Giuliani crossed party lines to endorse Democrat Mario Cuomo
for governor against Republican George Pataki.
Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has been considering whether to jump into the
race, launch a Democratic primary bid
for governor, or stay out of political
races this
year.
Trichter worked
for Harry Wilson, a Republican businessman who ran
for comptroller in 2010 against DiNapoli and bowed out of the
race for governor this
year.
Funiciello, who also isn't interested in running
for any other office next
year — including
governor — said the Greens will definitely have a candidate running in NY - 21
race, and most likely will see a primary battle
for the line.
Senator - elect Gustavo Rivera is the latest Democrat to express concern over
Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's call
for an expedited process to declare winners in the three cliffhanger
races that will determine who controls the chamber
for the next four
years.
The state Business Council, which endorsed then - AG Cuomo
for governor in 2010 — the first gubernatorial endorsement in its 30 -
year history — has also yet to endorse a candidate in this
year's
race, and might very well remain neutral.
Asked about the party's plans
for this
year's
governor's
race, a party spokesman declined to comment.
Mr. Hawkins ran
for governor in 2010 and was able to win more than 50,000 votes, securing ballot status
for the Green Party in this
year's
race.
ANDREW CUOMO, who died politically two
years ago when he quit the
race for governor, is the early favorite to win the Democratic nomination
for attorney general in 2006, a...
For DeFrancisco, the leap into the GOP
governor's
race and a potential matchup with Cuomo in November will culminate a 40 -
year career in public office in which he has never lost an election.
This
year Blackwell will count the votes in his own
race for governor, in the crucial U.S. Senate
race between GOP incumbant Mike DeWine versus Congressman Sherrod Brown, and in a number of critical House
races hotly contested
for the first time in
years.
Total spending from the state's coffers not only
for the
governor's
race but
for all state legislative
races and statewide offices reached more than $ 33 million this
year, according to state totals.
In a
year where it seems Republican
governor's are running
for US Senate seats, I think George Pataki will enter the
race against Senator Gillbrand.
Sources say Peters is interested in making a second bid
for Brooklyn district attorney in four
years, depending on how the
race shakes out this
year, and is also considering a run
for state attorney general if Eric Schneiderman makes a bid
for governor.
Nixon will not change that by herself, but the entry of a true progressive in the
race empowers those in the Assembly who have waited
for many
years for the
governor to become the progressive he occasionally pretends to be.
«My only agenda item was to bring a strong, better New York
for our children,» said Lazio, who, a decade after losing the U.S. Senate
race to Hillary Clinton
for Daniel Patrick Moynihan's seat, early last
year launched a bid
for governor.
For months, GOP Sen. David Vitter has been the front - runner in this
year's
race to succeed term - limited
governor / Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal.
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has injected himself into the
governor's
race — giving a plug to Cynthia Nixon
for promising to convene a new commission to combat public corruption, while rapping Gov. Cuomo
for disbanding the anti-corruption panel he created
years earlier.
There were a lot of endorsements by press release during last
year's political
races, and a few in - person appearances by the
governor (on behalf of Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, who defeated Republican incumbent Chris Collins, widely viewed as a potential Cuomo opponent in 2014, and also
for Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone).