Sentences with phrase «29th district seat»

The 29th District seat once held by scandal - scarred Eric Massa, a Democrat who resigned in disgrace earlier this year amid a scandal about inappropriate touching of male staffers, was called for Republican Tom Reed late in the evening.

Chain is one of six candidates running for the 29th District seat, which covers Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and parts of Richmond Hill, Maspeth and Elmhurst.

The 29th District seat of former Rep. Eric Massa (D) had been held by two Republicans before Massa and was considered by both parties to be a shoo - in for the GOP, but other Democratic - held upstate seats such as the 20th District (Rep. Scott Murphy), the 24th District (Arcuri) and the 25th District (Rep. Dan Maffei's race, which remains too close to call) had only recently shifted toward the Democrats.

Not exact matches

Ten of New York's Democratic - held House seats were ranked as competitive by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report prior to the election; the 4th District was ranked likely Democratic; the 13th, 22nd and 25th Districts were ranked as lean Democratic; the 1st, 19th, 20th, 23rd and 24th were ranked as toss - ups; and the 29th District was ranked as likely Republican.

He won the seat again in 1986 for a full term representing the 29th District in the New York State Senate, and served as senator until assuming the office of Lieutenant Governor on January 1, 2007.

The Captains Endowment Association, Lieutenants Benevolent Association, and Sergeants Benevolent Association have thrown their weight behind Chain, a Democrat running for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat representing the 29th District.

Quinn and Lavine, both of whom have endorsed Koslowitz, said the candidate running for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat representing the 29th District has already proven herself to be an effective legislator.

For the seats being vacated, the group endorsed Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece, a Democratic candidate for the 19th CD; John Choe, Liu's chief of staff, for the 20th CD; Deirdre Feerick for the 26th District seat now held by Gioia; Karen Koslowitz for the 29th CD, which she represented for 11 years until 2001; and Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Galluscio for the 32nd District seat now held by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R?Ozone Park.)

State Sen. Thomas K. Duane, the first openly gay and openly HIV - positive member of the legislative body, announced today he will not be running for re-election this year, opening up his seat in the important 29th State Senatorial District that runs from the Upper West Side to Greenwich Village.

Earlier this week, the New York State AFL - CIO announced the «early endorsement» of Eric Massa, who is running for the seat in the 29th Congressional District.

New York's 29th district (R): Rep. Randy Kuhl (R) has never had a strong hold on this Southern Tier seat since he won it in 2004 when longtime Rep. Amo Houghton (R) stepped aside.

The city Conflicts of Interest Board ruled in March that Koslowitz would face no issues running for the 29th District Council seat if she switched her position from deputy borough president to director of community boards.

The Elmhurst native has knocked on thousands of doors since January and he believes it is this effort and not landing endorsements from groups like the Queens County Democrats, which backed Koslowitz, or the Working Families Party, which supported candidate Lynn Schulman, that will help to usher him into the 29th Council District seat.

For the elections for the seats left vacated by current Council members, the union endorsed Democrat Jerry Iannece for Democratic Councilman Tony Avella's seat in the 19th District, Democrat S.J. Jung for Democratic Councilman John Liu's seat in the 20th District, state Assemblyman Mark Weprin (D - Little Neck) for the 23rd District seat vacated by his brother David Weprin, Democrat Jimmy van Bramer for the District 26 seat vacated by Councilman Eric Gioia and former Queens Deputy Borough President Karen Koslowitz (D) for her run for the 29th Council District seat that will be vacated by Melinda Katz (D).

Democrats said they held the seat of first - term Sen. Mae Flexer of Killingly, who was locked in a tight rematch with Republican John French in the 29th District in eastern Connecticut.

The Democrats are also likely to lose four open seats that the committee has yet to invest in: Tennessee's 6th district, Arkansas's 2nd district, Louisiana's 3rd district and New York's 29th district.

When redistricting eliminated the 29th district, Reed successfully ran in 2012 for the 23rd district, a seat he has held since then.