Sentences with phrase «1st congressional district»

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham currently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's 1st congressional district, where she has continuously supported reproductive health care access.

Before becoming head of the Heartland Institute, Huelskamp was a representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2017.

Before becoming head of the Heartland Institute, Huelskamp was a representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2017.

Now she's running for the 1st Congressional District of New York on Long Island.

President Trump's proposed cuts to science funding propelled Wadkins, a Democrat, to run for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District seat despite the strong Republican demographics of his district.

The Democrats have another measure in place to balance delegates by gender, beginning with New York's 1st Congressional District.

David Calone and Anna Throne - Holst, the candidates in the Democratic primary in the 1st congressional district, girded Wednesday for a paper ballot count, with only 29 votes separating them after Tuesday's vote.

Incumbent Rep. Frank Guinta answers a question during a debate with Rich Ashooh for New Hampshire's Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District seat in Manchester, N.H. on July 20, 2016.

An excerpt from a Hartford Courant Editorial Board interview with Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson in the 1st Congressional District race.

On Friday, McCarthy will headline a fundraiser for GOP candidate Lee Zeldin, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop in New York's 1st Congressional District.

I wish the Republican candidates running for 1st Congressional District would show some character and respect for the voters.

While in New York, Walden, an Oregon Republican, held an event with GOP candidate Lee Zeldin, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop, a Democrat, in the 1st Congressional District.

Mr. Calone said, «Virtually all of the elected Democrats in the 1st Congressional District support me,» pointing out people like Legislator Bridget Fleming and former Southampton councilwoman Sally Pope, who worked with Ms. Throne - Holst, are supporting him.

However, Mr. Pechefsky, 49, said in an interview this week that he plans to move into the 1st Congressional District.

Ms. Viloria - Fisher has established a campaign website and has posted a notice on her Facebook site saying, «Join us for a Taste of Diversity as we kick off Vivian's Campaign for US Representative for the 1st Congressional District of New York.»

Samuel Aanestad was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of California.

Gordon decided to run as a Republican for Rhode Island's 71st house district, based in Jamestown, Portsmouth, and Little Compton; when Republican State Representative John J. Loughlin, Jr. retired from that position to run for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district, which had been vacated by retiring Democrat U.S. Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.

In 2000, the most recent Democratic primary in the 1st Congressional District, Regina Seltzer held just a 39 - vote lead on primary night and was declared the winner days later over Republican incumbent Michael Forbes, who was attempting to switch parties after three terms in office.

In 2008, Zeldin challenged incumbent Democratic Congressman Tim Bishop in New York's 1st congressional district.

While the 1st Congressional District has traditionally been flipped in mid-term election years, the current political climate makes it difficult to predict whether it could turn Democrat again without the boost in voter turnout typically seen in a presidential election year, when the party benefits from increased participation by minority and female voters.

A former state Republican chairwoman in New Jersey has weighed in on the combative 1st Congressional District primary fray, claiming millionaire contender Randy Altschuler, who is backed by the Conservative Party, has backed abortion rights in the past.

It was certainly no different here in New York's 1st Congressional District, where a Republican will be sworn in to office next year for the first time since 2002.

Incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop opened up a 235 - vote lead over the GOP's Randy Altschuler as the counting of absentee and affidavit ballots in New York's 1st Congressional District race wound down Tuesday.

Not long after the story broke, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced it was pulling out of the race - and national Democratic groups announced they were throwing more money into the contest for the 1st Congressional District, a longtime Republican stronghold.

«The 1st Congressional District race is too close to call,» said campaign spokesman Rob Ryan in a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon.

Notably for East Enders, Lee Zeldin knocked off six - term incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop in the 1st Congressional District race.

Israel ran through a handful of contested congressional races in New York, as in the 1st Congressional District, where Cantor immediately became an issue in a close Republican primary.

David Calone, a former Suffolk Planning Commission chairman who lost a Democratic primary in the 1st Congressional District, loaned his campaign $ 250,000.

The 1st Congressional District was the last undecided House seat in the nation.

Randy Altschuler, Republican / Conservative candidate, this morning conceded the hard - fought race for New York's 1st Congressional District seat.

David Calone and Anna Throne - Holst, the candidates in the Democratic primary in the 1st congressional district, girded for a paper ballot count, with only 29 votes separating them after Tuesday's vote.

In the next most expensive race, Rep. Tim Bishop (D - Southampton) and Republican Randy Altschuler spent a combined $ 6 million last year in their rematch in the 1st Congressional District in Suffolk County.

Former Gov. George Pataki appears to have turned his back on a former campaign aide — not to mention two key members of his own political team — by backing Long Island businessman Randy Altschuler's second attempt to unseat Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in the 2012 1st Congressional District race.

The Independence Party endorsed Democrat Dave Calone in the race for the 1st congressional district on Long Island.

Dave Calone, who is battling in a Democratic primary for the right to face Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in Long Island's 1st Congressional District this fall, released a TV ad highlighting his work as a former federal prosecutor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued what I believe is his first endorsement of this general election campaign, announcing his support for Anna Throne - Holst, who is challenging Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in the 1st Congressional District on Long Island.

Freshman Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley) easily won re-election in Suffolk County's 1st Congressional District over Democratic challenger Anna Throne - Holst.

His Democratic opponent for the 1st Congressional District seat, Anna Throne - Holst, tweeted a jab at Zeldin based on the DCCC charge.

Perry Gershon of East Hampton filed paperwork July 15 to run against Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin for New York's 1st Congressional District in 2018.

Browning joins an already crowded field of Democrats vying to defeat Zeldin, who is serving his second term in the 1st Congressional District, which covers eastern Long Island, Brookhaven and portions of Smithtown and Islip.

Browning, a longtime Working Families Party member from Shirley who registered as a Democrat in May, said her working - class background gives her an advantage over Zeldin and others seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1st Congressional District.

Also, a petition was filed at the Suffolk County Board of Elections to create an opportunity to ballot for the Women's Equality party line in the 1st Congressional District on the East End, where Democrat Anna Throne - Holst has gotten the minor party's nod.

Outside groups were also active in the 1st Congressional district Republican primary race between Lee Zeldin and George Demos, where independent expenditures hit $ 1.8 million.

Only the 1st Congressional District in Arizona had a chance to match the Syracuse - based district's four consecutive swings.

In the 1st Congressional District, George Demos and Lee Zeldin are vying for the Republican nomination to face incumbent Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop.

Several Democrats are gearing up to challenge Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin in New York's 1st Congressional District.

Mr. Blass ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for New York's 1st Congressional District seat in 1986, losing to Democratic candidate George Hochbrueckner.

«(A) lifelong academic professional, serving Southampton College for 29 years and leaving the position of provost in 2002 to make his first - ever run for office, when he was elected to represent New York's 1st Congressional District in one of the closest elections in the nation.»

Freshman Rep. Lee Zeldin of the 1st Congressional District will endorse later Monday John Faso amid what Zeldin says are «the same disturbing tactics and smears that I had to face in my own run for Congress two years ago.»

He noted the parties agreed to name Republican Lee Zeldin of Shirley, now a congressman, to take back the 1st Congressional District seat in 2010.