Sentences with phrase «council seat from»

In 2005, then - challenger Corey Ellis rebounded from just such a defeat to win the 3rd Ward Common Council seat from incumbent Democrat Michael Brown on the Working Families Party line.

On Primary Day several voters said they did not vote for White, who had held the Council seat from 1994 - 2002, because he had done very little for the community during the recent economic turbulence.

I won a Borough Council seat from Labour.

Perkins held that Council seat from 1998 until 2005, and ascended to the State Senate in 2006.

Not exact matches

The Canadian Board Diversity Council reports that women hold 21.6 % of seats on FP500 companies, up marginally from 19.5 % in 2015.

The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.

This is not the first time the president's actions have caused a chief executive to walk away from a seat on one of his advisory councils.

In short, the situation is largely unchanged from before Democrat Bill Perkins won an open seat on the city Council and left.

Golden defeated Gentile in 2002 with the help of nearly $ 4 million from the Senate GOP, and Gentile, who spent about half a million dollars on his Senate campaign, subsequently won a special election for the NYC Council seat Golden vacated to move up to the Senate.

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D - Ill., on Monday received the endorsement of the SEIU Illinois State Council, a vote of confidence from labor leaders and a pool of manpower that should help her in the three - way Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican Mark S. Kirk.

One of the tighter City Council races is wrapping up in District 32, where incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway Beach) is working to protect his seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio.

Hoping for a 1.6 % swing and one additional seat to win Barnet from no overall control, Labour instead saw the council move into the Conservative column.

And Mr. Gentile's office, too, would not say whether the councilman was definitely running for the seat — but said that as a prosecutor, state senator and now deputy majority leader in the Council, he'd «never backed away from a fight.»

On this basis alone we should expect both Labour and the Lib Dems to lose substantial numbers of council seats while the Conservatives should make gains from their 3 - point recovery.

Greenfield, according to his 2010 disclosure form, reported earning between $ 100,000 and $ 250,000 from the Sephardic Community Federation — even though he left his post as executive vice president of the organization before taking his council seat.

Our last subject in the race for the 36th Council District seat is the Rev. Conrad Tillard, formerly known as Conrad Muhammad, formerly known as Conrad X. Reverend Tillard first came to public attention as the chief youth minister of the Nation of Islam, and then the minister of Harlem's famed Mosque No. 7, the former seat of Malcolm X. Reverend Tillard made some conventionally controversial remarks against white devils and Jewish slave masters, etc. from that esteemed perch, was later stripped of his ministry under a cloud of suspicion, and then underwent a second Damascene moment when he left the NOI and returned to the faith of his fathers, receiving baptism by the Reverend Calvin Butts.

Well, we came last in a metropolitan by - election; we came fourth (down from second) in heartland; and last night we lost a council seat in Sunderland to the Lib Dems.

Taylor managed to retain the seat at the 2005 election, though Health Concern «s representation on the local council has fallen from it «s pre-2004 heights.

Just hours after state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio's (D - Richmond Hill) resignation from his post, Community District Education Council 24 President and Community Board 9 member Nick Comaianni expressed his interest in the seat.

[72] According to The Guardian, «they lost control of Sheffield council — the city of Clegg's constituency — were ousted from Liverpool, Hull and Stockport, and lost every Manchester seat they stood in.

In Bolton Labour won control of the council, taking five seats from both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to win an outright majority.

The Tories fielded Humberston parish council chairman Harry Hall to defend the seat but, in a possible sign of Ukip's continuing momentum stemming from their second place finish in the Eastleigh by - election in February, were only able to secure second place.

If the board does not fill the seat within 30 days, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown has the authority to select a replacement, with confirmation from the Common Council.

Although 3 of the 7 Ukip council seats in a havering were took from former Labour councillors, and 5 of those seats would be described as working class areas, the other two were above middle class areas where the average price of a house is 650,000 ′, If anything in havering Ukips vote destroyed he 4,000 majorities of some Tory councillors resulting in them winning with 350 votes

Democratic incumbent Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan faced a challenge from Council President Carolyn McLaughlin and Councilman Frank Commisso Jr. for the four - year seat — a rare competitive mayoral contest that's had only a handful of mayors in the last several decades.

«In English council elections we have gained seats from both Labour and the Tories, and have won in areas which were previously no - go areas for the Lib Dems.

In a long and historic meeting of the Ben Franklin Democratic Club, located in Kingsbridge with a membership largely from Riverdale, the club membership voted 96 to endorse Senator Jeff Klein, the incumbent seeking reelection, with 38 in the organization favoring former Council Member Oliver Koppell, challenging Klein for the seat.

The City Council campaign is now between Moya and Hiram Monserrate, who held the council seat for seven years before he was removed from the state senate for assaulting his girlfriend and served time in federal prison forCouncil campaign is now between Moya and Hiram Monserrate, who held the council seat for seven years before he was removed from the state senate for assaulting his girlfriend and served time in federal prison forcouncil seat for seven years before he was removed from the state senate for assaulting his girlfriend and served time in federal prison for fraud.

The event in Essex follows several stinging criticism in the days since the disastrous council and mayoral elections, in which Labour won 830 council seats, mostly from the coalition partners, and took control of an additional 32 councils in England, Wales and Scotland.

Moya is running against former State Senator Hiram Monserrate — who was booted from office for assaulting his girlfriend — for the council seat that will be left open by Julissa Ferreras - Copeland.

The number of seats won by Labour fell from 132 in 2009 (14.9 % of the total number of City / Council seats at that election) to 51 in 2014 (5.4 % of the seats).

Williams first asked Mark - Viverito, who is term - limited from seeking re-election to the Council, if she is interested in running for Rep. Charles Rangel's seat in Harlem, after the longtime congressman announced he won't run again in 2016.

After serving on Tynedale District Council from 1989 to 1995, Liddell - Grainger contested the seat of Torridge and West Devon at the 1997 general election, coming second to the Liberal Democrat candidate John Burnett.

With 44 city lawmakers up for re-election and seven open seats, the PBA hopes to shift the council away from the far left.

When I ran for a city council seat in the 32nd councilmanic district in 2003, I was required to take a mandatory leave of absence from my employ.

He also took a seat on Sidmouth Town Council from the Conservatives the following day.

Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support from Queens voters dwindled this year compared to the last election, he still carried the borough — in part buoyed by individuals who came out to vote for the three Republicans who won City Council seats in Queens, Executive Vice Chair of the Queens GOP Vincent Tabone said.

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their hold on the council by gaining 15 seats from the Liberal Democrats.

Trafford district council in Greater Manchester, which Labour held only during the absolute peak of New Labour's support between 1996 and 2002, went to no overall control from a Conservative majority, with Labour's nine - seat swing not enough to take it.

Mendez, Del Rio Battle For District 2 Council Seat; Anti-Gay Marriage Group Enters Fray The Lo - Down: News from the Lower East Side

If there were any losers affected by Koo's change it was the Queens Republican organization with Koo's election in 2009, along with Councilmember Dan Halloran of Whitestone, it was Republican Chairman Phil Ragusa, who could then boast of his organization's new found power as it brought the council ranks from Queens to three as Eric Ulrich had been previously elected to the Ozone Park seat.

Dickens will probably resign from the council to take over Keith Wright's assembly spot when he wins Charlie Rangel's congressional seat.

His political journey from the right to left of his party was in large part attributed by observers to the influence of his wife, who it has now emerged will contest a council seat in Westminster.

In the event, overall we took 8 seats from the Conservatives and have a majority Labour Council.

The Tories have won a seat in Sunderland council from Labour, challenging Gordon Brown's comfortable poll lead.

The BNP's only member on the London assembly has been suspended from his local council seat for a month by the GLA.

Mohamed Albanna, who was barred from taking the Lackawanna City Council seat he won in the November election because of his prior felony conviction, told lawmakers he could be taking his case to the state's highest court.

Diaz Sr. represents District 32, which covers the Council district, and is considered a favorite to win the seat, though Farias does have considerable support from organizations and elected officials.

Stringer's announcement had already forced one comptroller contender from the field: Manhattan Councilman Dan Garodnick, who, unlike Recchia, is not term - limited out of his Council seat and is now considered a contender for the speakership (assuming he wins re-election).

I am more worried about east Anglia, where we have lost council seats to the LibDems and even when we retained those seats, there has been large swings away from us to LibDems.