Sentences with phrase «27th congressional district»

With 2018 midterm elections approaching, Downtown for Democracy hosted a Take Back The House event for Swing Left to raise awareness about voting in the upcoming elections in Florida's 27th Congressional District (FL - 27) and other swing districts around the country.

New York's 27th Congressional District is located in the western portion of the state and includes Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming counties and areas of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Ontario counties.

The people McMurray emailed included Patrick Whalen, director of the Niagara Global Tourism Institute; Amber Hainey, a progressive activist in the eastern part of the 27th Congressional district; and L. Gordon Flake, an American foreign policy expert who serves as CEO of the Perth USAsia Centre at the University of Western Australia.

One day after the campaign of Republican Rep. Chris Collins blasted his endorsed Democratic opponent for living outside the 27th congressional district, supporters of Nathan McMurray accused Collins of hypocrisy for making a similar run for Congress 20 years ago.

To the west, the 27th Congressional district will see Republican incumbent Chris Collins vying for the seat against Democrat Diana Kastenbaum.

There's the matter of an almost certain GOP primary, but the announcement over the weekend by Chris Collins that he is running for the 27th Congressional District leads to inevitable speculation about a general election showdown with Kathy Hochul.

After a hard fought close race two years ago, Representative Chris Collins sailed to victory in the 27th Congressional district which spans eight counties.

Congressman Chris Collins, New York's 27th congressional district speaks at the New York delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.

«The win in New York really helped set the momentum,» Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican who represents the 27th Congressional District in Western New York and was the first member of Congress to endorse Trump, told State of Politics.

Grand Island Supervisor Nathan D. McMurray said Thursday he is being recruited by Democratic officials to run against Republican Rep. Chris Collins, and he's considering it although he doesn't live in the 27th Congressional District.

Thomas P. Casey, a frequent Democratic candidate over the past several years, will declare Tuesday that he is a candidate for the 27th Congressional District seat.

Miami Democrat Michael Hepburn, who is running in the crowded primary for Florida's 27th Congressional District, filed paperwork Monday to run for state Senate.

One of the top Republican candidates running to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen in Florida's 27th Congressional District withdrew from the race earlier this week, leaving two GOP candidates and a slew of Democrats in the mix for 2018.

Two sources close to the situation said associates of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo placed a flurry of phone calls on Sunday exploring the switch, but McMurray said Monday he is staying in the race against Republican incumbent Chris Collins in the 27th Congressional District.

Frank C. Smierciak II, a 26 - year - old Republican from Lancaster running for public office for the first time, announced in a news release that he plans to challenge Collins in his bid for a fourth term representing New York's 27th congressional district.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo talked at length Thursday about a weekend effort to replace Democratic congressional candidate Nate McMurray with his lieutenant governor in New York's 27th Congressional District.

Two of the original five Democratic candidates remain as potential challengers to Republican Chris Collins in New York's 27th Congressional District.

Chris Collins» victory over David Bellavia in the Republican primary for the newly drawn 27th congressional district was a comeback of sorts for the former Erie County Executive, who lost to Democrat Mark Poloncarz last November.

A representative from the Miami - Dade Young Democrats says Shalala's campaign confirmed this morning she will be there to debate her fellow Democratic candidates for Florida's 27th Congressional District.

That was the takeaway from Saturday's moderator as Democratic candidates for Florida's 27th Congressional District gathered for their second primary debate.

Rosen Gonzalez is one of five Democrats running to replace the retiring Ileana Ros - Lehtinen, a Republican, in Florida's 27th Congressional District.

A recent poll shows a dead heat in the race for the newly - redrawn 27th Congressional District, which links the suburbs and rural areas between Buffalo and Rochester.

The candidates in the feisty race in the 27th Congressional District cast their ballots at their respective polling places Tuesday morning.

Prior to 2013, the county was part of New York's 27th congressional district.

Mike Desmond will report on results in the 27th Congressional District.

Buffalo News Political Reporter Bob McCarthy says Chris Collins showed «great confidence» as he swept aside David Bellavia in the Republican primary in the 27th Congressional District.

27th Congressional District: We interviewed the incumbent, Leroy Comrie, who appeared before us for the first time.

But despite their last - ditch efforts, light voter turnout is expected in the recently reconfigured 27th Congressional district.

Another Democratic challenger in New York's 27th Congressional District will officially enter the fray this weekend.

The field in New York's 27th Congressional District is down to two candidates.

Somehow, comedian Michael Ian Black has become relevant in the race for New York's 27th Congressional District.

Here's what's clear: Conversations definitely took place this past weekend about replacing Democratic candidate Nate McMurray on the ballot with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul in New York's 27th Congressional District.

A campaign adviser for Mr. Collins called Mr. Cuomo's and Ms. Pelosi's efforts against him «laughable,» noting the Democrats» poor performance in the 27th Congressional District, which runs from the Finger Lakes to the Canadian border.

He's penciled in to switch over from Matt Haggman's campaign for Florida's 27th Congressional District, where he serves as finance director, on April 7.

Former Erie County Executive Chris Collins has clearly glided past former Iraq War veteran David Bellavia in the Republican primary for the 27th Congressional District.

McCarthy sees Clinton's popularity in stark contrast with that of President Obama, especially in the 27th Congressional district where Democrat Hochul is trying to fend off Republican challenger Chris Collins.

The race for the 27th Congressional District is a dead heat, that according to a recent poll conducted by the Buffalo News, WGRZ and Sienna College.

The race for the Republican nod in the 27th Congressional District election is heating up, and the challengers are ponying up their own money.

While the polls show a deadlocked race in the 27th Congressional district, campaign finance reports show Democrat Kathy Hochul surging ahead in the always important money race.

Republican former Erie County Executive Chris Collins has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the 27th Congressional District race.

Political lines are being drawn as the Republican candidates battle for their party's nomination in New York's 27th Congressional district.

Miami state Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez announced Wednesday that he would drop out of the crowded Democratic Primary race in Florida's 27th Congressional District.

Five candidates are now competing for the Democratic Party nomination to challenge Chris Collins in the 27th congressional district after Grand Island Town Supervisor Nate McMurray and political activist Joan Elizabeth Seamans announced their candidacy this past week.

McCarthy was among the panelists at the studios of WNED - TV who posed questions to the candidates in the race for the 27th Congressional district.

The Erie County Green Party says Republicans have co-opted their line in New York's 27th Congressional District.

The race for the 27th congressional district could be a very competitive one next year, with the first Democrat eyeing the seat.

Chris Collins (b. May 20, 1950, in Schenectady, N.Y.) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing New York's 27th Congressional District.

During his campaign for New York's newly formed 27th Congressional District, Collins joked about how some people told him he needed to smile more.

Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to former United States Congressman Blake Farenthold demanding that he cover all costs for the upcoming emergency special election for the 27th Congressional District of Texas.

The Texas 27th Congressional District needs a representative.