Sentences with phrase «assembly seat she held»

He'll face Republican nominee Chris Tague, 47, Schoharie town supervisor, to fill the Assembly seat held for 11 years by Republican Pete Lopez.

The Republican candidate to replace Nettie Mayersohn, who retired in April from the 27th District state Assembly seat she held for 28 years, contends that the Queens Democratic Party manipulated the timing of the special election to replace her.

From left, Democrats Jean Kessner, David Stott and Pamela Hunter have all shown an interest in running for the Assembly seat held by Sam Roberts, who was nominated today as commissioner of the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

Not exact matches

The by - election will test whether the PCs have the ability and appeal to hold on to one of their nine remaining seats in the Legislative Assembly.

It is expected that any cabinet ministers appointed from outside the Assembly would be required to run in by - elections alongside Mr. Prentice, who currently does not hold a seat in the Alberta Legislature.

In state politics, Shepparton is located in the Legislative Assembly district of Shepparton which had been safely held by the National / Country Party since the seat was created in 1945.

Hiram Monserrate, has already seen his return to the Senate rebuffed, although now he might become Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's problem, unless Francisco Moya can defeat him today for the seat formerly held by Assemblyman Jose Peralta, who replaced Monserrate in the Senate.

Assembly Democrats have a large 100 - plus member majority in the 150 - seat Assembly and have held power since the post-Watergate scandal era.

The vacancies include six seats in the Democratic - controlled Assembly and the Senate seat held by Democrat Eric Adams, who is leaving the chamber to take ofice as the next Brooklyn borough president.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

Eve, the well - known Buffalo Democrat, held that Assembly Seat before Peoples - Stokes.

Earlier this month, it came to our attention that the New York City Board of Election might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is April 19.

City of Yonkers business owner Joe Pinion, who has worked on presidential campaigns and made appearances on CNN, announced his candidacy for the 90th state Assembly District seat that was held by newly - elected Democratic Sen. Shelley Mayer.

The Nassau County Democratic Party are using Trump to raise campaign cash for teacher Christine Pellegrino, who is running for a vacant state Assembly seat that Republicans have held for more than 20 years.

Because the selection will the made by the full Legislature, the overwhelming Democratic majority in the 150 - seat Assembly has far more influence over the process than the 63 - seat state Senate, where Republicans hold a bare majority along with Brooklyn's Sen. Simcha Felder.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of President Donald Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

He plans to hold his Assembly seat — at least for now — while he fights the charges made by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Powers, a former Chief of Staff in the Assembly, is running for the East Side Council seat held currently by the term - limited Daniel Garodnick.

Those are the two conflicting viewpoints following a surprise win by a Bernie Sanders supporting candidate in a special election this week for an Assembly seat that went overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 and has traditionally been easily held by Republicans.

Rodriguez, who has been a member of the State Assembly since 2011, is running for the open seat held by the City Council's term - limited Speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Steve Stern handily won a Suffolk County Assembly seat long held by Republicans, and Mayer's wide margin of victory indicated strong Democratic turnout.

City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens), whose district represents the entire area, used to hold the 24th District Assembly seat.

Killian and Mayer will face off in a special election April 24, when elections will be held for one other Senate seat and nine vacant Assembly seats.

The outspending to Democrats reflects the party's dominance in both the city council (where it now has 48 of the 51 seats), as well as the state assembly (where Democrats hold 102 of the 150 seats), Mr. Sheinkopf said.

Even Assembly Democrats, who hold more than two - thirds of the seats in that chamber, managed to approve the measure by just a few votes.

On April 24, Doran will face off against Republican county legislator Jake Ashby, with both looking to fill the empty assembly seat that was formerly held by Republican Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin.

My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.

Republican Chris McGrath, who lost his bid in April for the Senate seat held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is calling for first passage of the amendment, which is mired in legislative gridlock in the Assembly and Senate.

Six Democrats are battling for the party's nomination to run for the lower Manhattan Assembly seat once held by Silver, making it one of the most closely watched and unpredictable contests in Tuesday's slate of state legislative primaries.

With 105 out of 213 seats in the full Legislature, the Assembly holds close to a majority, but Heastie still needs Flanagan's cooperation to just convene a joint meeting of the Legislature.

Ms. Crowley is locked in a tight three - way race with Assembly members Grace Meng and Rory Lancman — who has also been rolling out some union endorsements of his own for a seat currently held by Congressman Gary Ackerman, who is retiring.

Assemblyman Herman «Denny» Farrell, 85, said that on Sept. 5 he will resign the seat he's held the past 42 years, citing age, health, and the demands of the job as chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee as key reasons for his decision.

It is a marginal seat between Plaid and the Labour Party, and until the 2016 Assembly election, had never been held by the same party for more than one consecutive term.

«This is a thunderbolt of resistance,» said Pellegrino, who becomes the first Democrat to hold the Assembly seat.

Mr. Weprin's potential candidacy comes after a head - spinning couple of hours yesterday when Assembly member Rory Lancman announced that he would not seek a seat in Congress currently held by fellow Democrat Gary Ackerman.

With the verdict, Silver immediately lost the Assembly seat he'd held for nearly 40 years.

Schaffer came under fire from progressive activists for failing to back Pellegrino in her successful Assembly bid and for taking a hands - off approach to elections for Republican - held state Senate seats in Suffolk.

DeCroce faced a special election to determine if she would continue to hold the Assembly District 26 seat.

Democrats kept their strong hold on the Assembly and held both Senate seats up for grabs.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

He also failed in a 1996 bid for the New York State Assembly seat that was held by Democrat Paul A. Tokasz.

The state Assembly seats formerly held by Steve McLaughlin and Peter Lopez are almost certain to remain in Republican hands, as Chris Tague and Jake Ashby held narrow but significant leads.

In the Buffalo area, Democrat Erik Bohen, who ran on the Republican line, won an Assembly seat that Democrats previously held.

Elsewhere in New York, Democrats held on to three Assembly seats in New York City, Democrat Steve Stern pulled of an upset in an Assembly seat on Long Island that Republicans held for more than three decades, and the GOP Republicans defended two other Assembly seats on Long Island.

Peralta formerly held the Assembly seat for which Moya and Monserrate are now battling.

Linares, a former Bloomberg administration official, is currently holding Espaillat's old Assembly seat.

STATEN ISLAND — A Democrat who supports Donald Trump is tossing his hat into the ring for the state Assembly seat currently held by Nicole Malliotakis.

The operative, Sigfredo Gonzalez, who in 2008 lost an election for the 79th District Assembly seat now held by Mr. Stevenson, had begun cooperating with authorities after he was caught trying to bribe Mr. Castro, who was already assisting the government.

Mr. LaValle said Governor Andrew Cuomo put in a certificate of necessity for a special election in New York City, but not on Long Island, so it would seem that there will be no special date for the Assembly seat and the election will be held in November.

Pinon's announcement is for the Assembly seat currently held by Assembly member Shelley Mayer, who is currently running for the State Senate seat in the 37th District, which includes East Yonkers.