Filing deadline review: New York state executives primary 2014
July 16, 2014
By Garrett Fortin
Albany, New York: Four statewide executive office are up for election in 2014 in the state of New York: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller.
The primary election is scheduled for September 9, 2014. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
One incumbent, Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, is not running for re-election. The three incumbents running are:
On Friday, July 11, the filing period for primary candidates came to a close. The following list of candidates is current as of July 16, 2014.
There are four contested primaries, all on the Democratic side, with 12 candidates total. The Republican, Green and Libertarian parties have four candidates each, one in each race.
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Governor
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Lieutenant Governor
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Attorney General
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Comptroller
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See also
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- New York elections, 2014
- New York state executive elections (overview):
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 8, 2024
- ↑ New York State Senate, "Consolidated Laws of New York § 17-17-102," accessed October 8, 2024
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 New York State Board of Elections, "Candidate Petition List," accessed July 10, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ New York Daily News, "Zephyr Teachout confirms plans for a Democratic primary against Gov. Cuomo," June 13, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Candidate Petition List," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Rob Astorino's Potential Governor Run Gets Encouragement, No Promises, From Chris Christie (UPDATED)," November 25, 2013
- ↑ HowieHawkins.org, "Hawkins steps up to take on Cuomo, Governor 1%," January 16, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Michael McDermott New York Governor 2014, "About," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ New York Post, "Cuomo’s pick for Lt. Gov. facing challenge from left," May 26, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Zephyr Teachout confirms plans for a Democratic primary against Gov. Cuomo," June 13, 2014
- ↑ SocialistWorker.org, "Offering New Yorkers a choice," May 8, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The Libertarian Perty of Suffolk County, NY, "Michael McDermott to Lead Libertarian Team in Drive for Governor’s Race," April 27, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "John Cahill takes major step toward NY attorney general run by creating campaign committee," APril 26, 2014
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Antonacci announces run for New York State comptroller against DiNapoli," May 7, 2014
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