Sentences with phrase «congressional seats»

Republicans believe in preferences [in the form of gerry - mandered redistricing] to allow a lifetime's worth of GOP stranglehold on as many Congressional seats as possible.

My quess is, if Ms. Clinton is nominated, the Green Party will pick up 30 % of the popular vote in Oregon and cost the Democrats any chance at Senator Gordon's seat AND will cause them to loose two Congressional seats.

As a historical example, in 1854 it took 9 weeks and over 130 votes before a new Speaker was elected - prompting a change in rules to make winning easier (The winner only has to receive the most votes regardless of the number of ballots cast rather than an absolute majority of > 50 % of the congressional seats).

According to NYPIRG's analysis of today's Census data, downstate New York could lose two congressional seats, due to proportionately strong growth in the Hudson Valley.

According to new Census Bureau estimates, tt's likely that New York will lose one of its 27 congressional seats in the 2022 reapportionment because its small growth in population hasn't kept pace with the nation as a whole.

The wave is still going to wipe out 4 - 8 congressional seats, the ag race and the state senate.

To the contrary (and certainly to the contrary of what the Albany pay - for - play consultants and their friend LB say), Ed Cox has reinvigorated the GOP rank - and - file statewide, given us back control of the state senate and won back a number of congressional seats.

This time around, New York state lost two congressional seats after new lines were -LSB-...]

The failure of Prop 15 in California will have a major impact for the redistricting for Congressional seats.

Your $ 24 monthly donation will help flip 24 Congressional seats and give Democrats the Majority so they can ACT.

New York is due to lose two congressional seats next year during the coming round of redistricting.

A trump run would also ensure a clear GOP victory in the Senate as well as 4 - 5 pick ups in the assembly and possibly two more House Congressional seats that otherwise wouldn't have a real shot.....

There interesting thing is going to be how aggressively Bloomberg campaigns for the Republicans running now for the 2 Senate seats and for other Republicans running for races whether the Governors race or Congressional seats.....

Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters yesterday it was his priority to elect Democrats to congressional seats this fall, but he did no favor to the only Democratic candidate currently eligible to be elected in NY - 27.

Prior to Kathy Hochul's win in district NY - 26, the Democrats needed to win 25 Congressional seats to regain the House.

The state will lose two of its 29 congressional seats under redistricting because other states grew faster in population.

There aren't any congressional seats opening up,» Thies said.

Every ten years, Census data is used to reshuffle Congressional seats so they reflect the most current state population counts.

Currently, Democrats hold three of the state's 11 congressional seats.

Republicans made big gains in the Badger State in 2010, adding two congressional seats and taking control of the redistricting process.

The joint redistricting committee also agreed to maintain the current partisan split: Republicans control 10 congressional seats and Democrats control three.

The district is one of a handful of Republican - held congressional seats nationwide to be carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

«We need to win and, more importantly, defeat those nasty Republicans sitting in congressional seats,» said Schneck, a Lake Grove resident.

«I concentrate in the Congress of course because we lose two congressional seats, which means we are gonna have to pick up population to make up for the fact that we'll have two less, we'll only have 27.

New York State has 29 congressional seats, 14 of which are from the city.

This past Election Day, all three statewide incumbents were easily re-elected, the Assembly's Democratic majority got bigger, but consistent with the overall Republican political tsunami seen across the nation, the Republicans took back control of the state Senate and picked up some New York Congressional seats.

«New York is still very much a blue state, with 2.5 million more registered Democrats than Republicans, which makes our having flipped between 5 and 7 Congressional seats from Democrat to Republican, the most in any State, an even bigger accomplishment,» said state Republican Party spokesperson Alex Carey.

With the overall state population up and yet we are down 2 congressional seats, I won't be surprised to see some startling population shifts.

Since 2002, the Republicans have lost 8 Congressional seats and several state senate seats that WERE DRAWN to elect Republicans.

The 2010 Census determined that New York state would lose two congressional seats, and conventional wisdom holds that one seat upstate and one downstate will be dissolved.

With the state set to lose two congressional seats due to redistricting following the 2010 census, most political observers believe the 9th Congressional District — which covers Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, part of the Rockaways and Brooklyn — will be eliminated, which makes the seat less attractive to ambitious politicians.

«Right now I'm supporting Hillary Clinton for the United States and as the borough president, there are a number of congressional seats throughout our borough that people are asking for my support and there is also the state Legislature so I want to get through 2016 first and then you can ask me,» Diaz said.

South Carolina Republicans control all nine statewide offices and six of the state's seven congressional seats.

The WFP, he said, must remain united in order for Democrats to win back the state Senate and «defeat nasty Republicans who sit in these congressional seats all across New York state.»

What percentage of our total congressional seats are those GOP wins?

«Many immigrants who are already terrified of being deported and targeted under this administration, will simply choose not to participate, out of fear that the information they provide is being used to target them,» said Meng during a press conference at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), where lawmakers and advocates warned that lack of immigrant participation would lead to inaccurate census data and could jeopardize New York's share of federal funding and Congressional seats.

Following the 2010 United States Census, New Hampshire neither gained nor lost congressional seats.

The Department of Justice sued to force the state to move up the September primary, and after several months of delays, a federal judge ruled two weeks ago that the primary for congressional seats was to be held June 26.

One of the most revealing takes was Dave Weigel's breakdown of the states destined to gain Congressional seats vs. the party in control of the redistricting process — not so pretty for Dems.

The program highlighted challengers who represented the GOP's best chances to pick up congressional seats in the general election.

That means the process for selecting Democratic nominees for vacated congressional seats depends on the timing around the June 26 primary, according to a spokesman for the state board of elections.

Following the 2010 United States Census, New York lost two congressional seats.

North Carolina had the distinction of being the only state with Republican - controlled redistricting where Democrats held the majority of congressional seats.

This is the latest in a series of stories on some of the candidates seeking Capital Region - area congressional seats in the June 26 primary and November general election.

And you note that while Operation RedMap targeted, you know, a few dozen congressional seats in efforts to flip statehouses, it was a big Republican tide that year in that they gained almost 700 state legislative seats nationwide.

IT»S BACK... «Texas Democrats look to single - payer in congressional races,» by Renuka Rayasam: «Democrats hoping to wrest congressional seats away from diehard repeal - and - replace Republicans are campaigning on an unlikely issue for Texas — single - payer health care.

NY is already the highest taxed state in the nation and people wonder why nobody's moving here and we're losing congressional seats to the south.

Cox notes Republicans held all of their congressional seats while also fending off challenges from Democrats in both the 19th and 22nd congressional districts.

Take Virginia, for example, a national battleground state where Democrats control all 5 statewide offices, yet Republicans hold a super-majority in the state House, a majority in the state Senate, and 8 of the 11 Congressional seats.

The same logic applies to Massa, whose party controls a non-trivial number of Congressional seats and has already signalled to Cambiemos his willingness to cooperate.