Sentences with phrase «congressional seat in»

Successfully helped retain democratic control of Connecticut's fifth congressional seat in the US House of Representatives

More from the Washington Post: A Democratic candidate hoping to flip a hotly contested congressional seat in Kansas has dropped out of the race after allegations that she sexually harassed a male subordinate resurfaced during her campaign.

In case you haven't seen any of the trailers, TV spots, or, if you live in Hollywood like me, the hilarious billboards, The Campaign, arriving in theaters August 10, centers on a four - term incumbent, Cam Brady (Will Ferrell), who finds himself running against the eccentric Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) for the Congressional seat in a small North Carolina district.

(CNN)- Jenny Sanford, former first lady of South Carolina, said she has decided against running for an open Congressional seat in the Palmetto State, a move that could have positioned her in a bitter Republican primary battle against her ex-husband.

The only Democrat to hold the Island congressional seat in the last 30 years, McMahon recently told Roll Call that he's not ruling out a run.

Democrat Zephyr Teachout, who ran for governor in 2014 and the Mid-Hudson Valley's congressional seat in 2016, has formed an exploratory committee regarding a possible run for state attorney general, she said Monday.

Running for an open Congressional seat in a presidential year was an opportunity Yandik said he could not resist.

The state is slated to lose two of its 29 congressional seat in this year's redistrictring process.

The Post-Standard reported Monday that the 24th Congressional District race between Maffei, Buerkle and Green candidate Ursula Rozum has turned into the most expensive race for a congressional seat in Central New York history because of spending by super PACs.

He was elected to the 1st District congressional seat in 2004 and has spent much of the last several years preparing for a rematch.

Lindblad was a candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party for the 24th US Congressional Seat in 1992.

State Assemblyman Rory Lancman says he wants to take on U.S. Rep. Bob Turner for Queen's 9th Congressional Seat in the upcoming elections.

The «Hillary for New York Leadership Council» also includes Rhea Jezer, of Preble, a longtime Clinton friend and environmental advocate who ran for the Syracuse - area congressional seat in the 1990s.

A retired ophthalmologist who spent her own money to win a Congressional seat in the suburbs north of New York City, she is unknown in Albany.

Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner resigned from his congressional seat in June, but he still controls a mountain of money amassed from donations from his multiple mayoral runs.

Although he has said nothing formally, many note that Lanza (R - Staten Island) could run for district attorney to replace Donovan should the DA win the congressional seat in a special election.

State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D - Flushing) hopes to bring jobs back to America from abroad if she is elected to the new Queens congressional seat in September, she told TimesLedger Newspapers in a sit - down interview last week.

The special election for the congressional seat in New York's 20th district on March 31 was too close to call for weeks, but on Friday, Republican Jim Tedisco conceded and Murphy was declared the winner.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The top Republican in the House said Monday that he regretted endorsing Dede Scozzafava, the former GOP candidate who dropped out of a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York.

New York (CNN)- The special election for an empty Congressional seat in upstate New York has now turned into a dead heat with only a few votes separating the candidates on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In the final hours before the special election to fill the congressional seat in New York's 20th district, Democratic candidate Scott Murphy is using controversial Republican figures to get voters to come out to the polls on Tuesday.

«At a meeting between Queens County Republican Party Chairman Phil Ragusa and Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton, Bob Turner was officially chosen to be the Republican Party's candidate to run for the vacant congressional seat in New York's 9th district.

(CNN)- Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman told CNN on Monday that battle over the congressional seat in New York's 23rd district that led to the withdrawal of the Republican candidate isn't evidence of a split within the GOP.

Miner leaves office this year and earlier this month said she would not run for a congressional seat in central New York held by Republican Rep. John Katko.

It is a virtual certainty that the candidate who wins the Democratic primary will win the congressional seat in the general election this November.

Beals is a member of the Woodstock Democratic Committee, and has been working on the grassroots level since last November's election, when he joined with Swing Left, a new national activist movement, to throw a gathering in Woodstock in March, with the aim of winning back the 19th district congressional seat in the 2018 elections.

«And he's in a strong position despite being both an incumbent — incumbents have lost the last three elections — and a Republican, when Democrats have won the congressional seat in the last two presidential elections.

Michael Grimm: A felon who has admitted to hiring undocumented workers, tax evasion and lying under oath, is running for a congressional seat in New York.

New York State Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney will represent Republicans in the race for Richard Hanna's 22nd Congressional seat in November.

The Fresh Meadows Democrat, who is competing for a newly - created congressional seat in Queens, accused his opponents, Assemblywoman Grace Meng of Flushing and City councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley of Middle Village, of «sticking their heads in the sand» on the issue.

Here's a campaign flier from State Senator Adriano Espaillat attacking his Democratic primary challenger and fellow Dominican lawmaker, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, for endorsing Rep. Charlie Rangel in the newly drawn, majority - Latino congressional seat in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

BREAKING... CLAY AIKEN PRIMARY OPPONENT DIES... Keith Crisco, who was locked in a primary runoff for a Democratic congressional seat in North Carolina with Clay Aiken, has died, according to the company he co-founded and a Democratic source.

Democratic former Rep. Tim Bishop this weekend endorsed Anna Throne - Holst in her bid to win his old congressional seat in Suffolk County.

We won't be sidetracked from this mission by those who want to keep this Congressional seat in Democrat hands.

The Senate district was formerly represented by Republican Lee Zeldino, who was elected to a congressional seat in 2014.

When Hinchey won a congressional seat in 1992, allegiance from his Democratic supporters never wavered even when Washington kept him away more often from local political activities than Albany did.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan is not seeking the Reform Party nomination in his bid for a congressional seat in a special election.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

Weiner, who was forced to resign his congressional seat in 2011 amid a sexting scandal, shook up a Democratic field that had long been led by the City Council speaker, Christine Quinn.

Former Rep. Michael McMahon: A shot at redemption could appeal to the only Democrat to hold the Island congressional seat in the last three decades.

They are vying for the 24th congressional seat in New York.

They're vying for the 24th congressional seat in New York.

The WFP was an early backer of the campaign for a $ 15 minimum wage and the paid family leave law and helped recruit iron worker Randy Bryce to run for retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan's congressional seat in Wisconsin.

Former Rep. Vito Fossella has issued one of those infamous «not yes, not no» statements in response to his endorsement last night by the Staten Island GOP to run for his old congressional seat in NY - 13.

The latest flare up in the will - she - or - won't - she drama of Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul happened Monday amid a Buffalo News report that Democrats were moving to take Nate McMurray out of the running for a congressional seat in western New York and replace him with Hochul.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is set to receive the endorsement of the Uniformed Firefighters Association in her bid for an open Congressional seat in Queens.

On a night when the GOP retained a congressional seat in an Arizona special election, the race in Western New York was also being watched and trumpeted by Republicans looking for signs of momentum heading into November.

He previously ran for a U.S. Congressional seat in the 6th District but lost to Democrat Rev. Floyd Flake.

Four years after an unsuccessful bid to be the Democratic nominee for an open - congressional seat in the Capital Region, Phil Steck was victorious in an effort to be his party's representative in a race for the 110th Assembly District (Spoiler Alert: He still has that seat).

Maffei, who was first elected to the Syracuse - area congressional seat in 2008 with the Obama wave, lost the seat to Buerkle in 2010 by 648 votes.