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Dromm backers claimed Sears was the only candidate in the race for her Council seat who had not denounced the mailing as of Sunday even though she had repudiated the attacks Friday.

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Michael Anthony Peroutka and David Whitney, who are vying for the same seat on the Anne Arundel County Council, are members of the League of the South, an organization whose stated goal is the secession of Southern states.Peroutka also believes elected...

One potential problem with the measure may be if there are some councils who dramatically reduce / increase the number of seats while others at the same time don't and the pattern of reduction / increase is correlated with party performance.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chair Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Rep. Charles Rangel's post, confirmed he's interested in running to replace Sen. Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the NYC Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens was elected to Wright's old seat.

When that didn't work, Felder resigned his Council seat to take a job as a deputy in the office of the man who won the 2009 comptroller's race, John Liu.

Mascia, who's now 70, is running for a seat on the Common Council as a Democrat in a three - way primary.

But come January when the legislative session begins, the Democrats are expected to lose two members — Ruben Diaz of the Bronx who won a City Council seat, and George Latimer of Westchester who beat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino for County Executive as part of that previously mentioned «Blue Wave.»

Adam McFadden, a Democrat who currently serves as the vice president for the Rochester City Council, has announced his plans to run for the NY - 25 seat formerly occupied by the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.

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.

David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Obama's presidential campaigns, is among the big - name alumni pitching in to raise cash for NYC Council candidate Ronnie Cho, himself a former Obama White House and campaign vet who is running for an open seat on the East Side.

In an action that surprised some political observers, the club was unable to make an endorsement at the April 23 meeting for the at - large Council seat held by incumbent Anita Bonds, a Democrat who's also a longtime LGBT rights supporter.

The election also saw Labour's Laura Pidcock, who is standing for the seat of Durham North West in the general election, lose her council seat to the Tories.

One, John Quaglione, is an aide to State Senator Martin Golden, who represents much of the same area and once held the Council seat himself.

The former lawmaker, who also previously held a seat in the City Council, will challenge Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland to represent Queens» 21st Council district, which includes parts of Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing and LaGuardia Airport.

Ben Kallos, Council District 5, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Kallos, who first won his East Side seat in 2013, is a Vice-Chair of the City Council's Progressive Caucus.

That includes the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the City Council last week.

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.

It is not a sure thing, however, as Chris Banks, the man who ran a tough primary race against Inez Barron in 2012, is seeking the Council seat this year.

Oliver Rosenberg's campaign says that days after he filed papers to run in the June 28 primary, he was contacted by a Nadler ally who offered to raise thousands of dollars in campaign funds if Rosenberg instead ran for a City Council seat.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said she expects the seat of former Sen. Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who won a City Council post, to be filled by another mainstream Democrat when a special election is held on May 23.

Dennis Saffran, who lost a bid for the same Council seat in 2001 when he ran against Tony Avella, who is now a state senator, said he would be filing for another run at the spot within the week.

De Blasio and McCray will spend the rest of the day campaigning, both together and separately, with various current elected officials and / or candidates (including Assemblyman Francisco Moya, who is running against ex-Senator — and former felon — Hiram Monserrate for a NYC Council seat in Queens).

Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield has tapped his ally Kalman Yeger to run for his City Council seat, in a deal criticized by good government groups who say it deprives Democrats of the chance to choose a candidate in an open primary.

We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council, a place where I launched our local election campaign.»

The field of candidates eyeing northeast Queens» 19th City Council District seat grew larger this week as its embattled incumbent, who will not seek re-election, faces an ethics probe on allegations that he had affairs with a former intern and former deputy chief of staff.

In the Long Beach City Council race for three seats, the three Democrats were leading with all precincts counted: Incumbents Scott Mandel and Chumi Diamond and West End Neighbors Civic Association President John Bendo, who garnered the most votes.

Jumaane Williams, who is opposing Mr. Stewart in the coming primary for the 45thDistrict Council seat, Thursday called for the Member's resignation, thereby upping the stakes in this already fraught game.

He'll soon be in the assembly, via a Special Election, replacing his brother Mark who is running for his (David's) council seat.

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El - Yateem, a married father of four who had been a prominent Arab - American community leader in Bay Ridge for many years, jumped into the political arena last year when he ran for an open City Council seat.

McMahon, who represents the North Shore on the City Council, and Straniere are running for the 13th District Congressional seat left open by Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican who opted not to seek re-election after it was discovered he fathered a child outside of his marriage.

Golden, who once held the Council seat himself, has the deepest roots in the district.

Both Levine and Rodríguez are considered candidates to replace Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is vacating her District 8 Council seat due to term limits, as the next Council Speaker.

Continuing our review of key races, City Council Watch spoke with Jimmy van Bramer, who is running for the hotly contested 26th Council seat in Queens.

Albert Baldeo is joining the growing list of candidates who are vying to fill the Council seat vacated by Thomas White, who died two weeks ago.

Almost all of the Council Members who voted for it will retain their cozy seats, thankfully with a few egregious exceptions.

It worked out beautifully: the Mayor won and Mr. Linares, who was term - limited out of his Council seat in 2001, got a plum sinecure that enabled him to make fact - finding trips to the Caribbean as often as he liked, to walk in parades, and to speak sonorously about Federal immigration policies that he had no power over.

ASTORIA — A local real estate agent who's been pushing the city to restore the long - shuttered diving pool in Astoria Park has jumped into the race for the neighborhood's City Council seat.

Ydanis Rodriguez, who has run for the Council seat before, is the likely front - runner as the dust settles among the field of previously - announced candidates.

Nine of the 15 Common Council seats are contested on Nov. 7 in Albany, with many of the challengers who lost in the Democratic primary back on the ballot on minor party lines.

It gained six seats on the Essex council, trouncing Labour who lost four.

Ignizio who served in the 51st Council District, which he vacated the seat on Friday after taking a job as the CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

Fernandez won 1,622 votes, or about 81, sailing into the Assembly seat vacated by Mark Gjonaj, who was elected to the City Council in November.

With seven candidates vying for the two seats left open by Thomas and Reynolds opted to not re-run for their seats, deciding to run for Mayor instead, some Mt. Vernon residents don't even now the names of the all the city council candidates, which included Lisa A. Copeland and John Boykin who were running on the ticket with incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primary.

Freeman — who in the 2007 Democratic primary defeated incumbent Albany County Legislator Lucille McKnight on the machine count only to lose by four votes once absentees were tallied — this time held his lead over party - backed candidate Victor Cain for Albany's 2nd Ward Common Council seat.

De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open» seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress, represent a consolidation of power for the three, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.

Corbynites take over Totnes CLP choose ineligible candidate who runs as «Independent» & lose our only seat on South Hams council!

The British National Party, who won 12 seats on the council in 2006, all of which they lost in 2010, declined even further at this election, only standing candidates in three wards and picking up a total of 1,137 votes, placing them sixth overall.

In Second place in the 2015 City Council Race (where two seats are up for grabs) was Council Candidate, Andre Wallace who received 20 % of the vote with 2,226 votes.

It was a good night for the Lib Dems, who clinched more than 30 new council seats and regained control of Watford.