Sentences with phrase «congressional election contests»

International election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, who were invited to observe and report on the 2004 national elections, expressed criticism of the U.S. congressional redistricting process and made a recommendation that the procedures be reviewed to ensure genuine competitiveness of Congressional election contests.

Not exact matches

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TPM Media's PollTracker App provides users with an essential tool to track the 2012 Election in real time — from the presidential race to each and every congressional contest.

Now that the congressional primaries have passed and the general election battles are set, (for the most part), candidates in contested races across the state and their respective supporters have turned their attention to the opponents against whom they'll be facing off in November.

Zellner told Ryan he's currently focused on the November elections, which he expects will set the tone for next year's congressional midterm contests.

The scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus on yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media «trolls» were connected to Trump's election efforts.

«We note that 2016 is a particularly appropriate year to fund much - needed election administration reforms, with important election contests at the presidential, gubernatorial, congressional level and legislative levels,» they wrote.

In fact, because congressional elections look likely to have a separate primary election date from other elections this year, Mr. Jeffries» election may very well be the only contested race on the ballot in the district.

And in some cases, one congressional district with an active general election contest encompasses several state Senate districts where Democrats and Republicans are fighting for dominance.

Recent elections, including the Congressional contest between Rep. Charles Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, have seen election night totals come in drastically different from the eventual official count.

Or he could be the first Democrat to seriously contest Republican Denny's Rehberg's at - large congressional seat since the 1992 election.

The New York State Assembly has introduced a bill to hold all of the state's primary elections on June 26th, to correspond with a court order requiring that congressional primary contests be held then.

NEW YORK CITY — As voters begin to head to the polls Tuesday, the city's hotly contested Congressional elections remain neck and neck.

(CNN)- As the race in New York's 20th congressional district continues to tighten, the Republican National Committee is sending another $ 100,000 to the state party in New York - the second time in less than a week it's spent that sum on the special election contest there.

National Republicans fear they've got a problem on their hands in an upcoming New York City special congressional election, as the party is poised to nominate a figure who could thrust the contest into the heated debate over race and police tactics.

The NRCC today unleashed a trio of ads in three hotly contested congressional districts — NY - 19, NY - 22, and NY - 24 — slamming the Democratic (and in one case, independent) contenders in hopes of bolstering the chances of the GOP contenders as the general election draws closer.

(CNN)- The Republican National Committee said Thursday it is pumping more cash into the March 31 special election contest in New York's 20th congressional district, transferring $ 100,000 to the New York State Republican Committee, as a new poll shows sliding support for the GOP candidate in that race.

The primary contests will be August 28 and the general election for Byrd's successor will take place as part of the congressional mid-term contests on November 2.

This year's U.S. presidential and congressional contests are expected to be the most expensive elections in the nation's history.

Recent reports filed with the Federal Election Commission showed that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spent nearly $ 900,000 on the contest; the majority of that money ($ 600,000 or so) has gone into television ads and direct mail ($ 200,000).

And in 1996 Massachusetts eliminated punch cards after officials contested and then recounted the results of a primary election in the 10th Congressional District.

It's too early to predict just how significant a role the convergence of students enraged by a plague of school shootings and teachers enraged by that and a lot of other things will play in the election cycle that culminates in November's midterm congressional contests.