Sentences with phrase «county executive seat»

But Cox saw bright spots for the GOP, including the re-election of Binghamton's Republican mayor and Republicans winning county executive seats in Rensselaer, Rockland and Orange.

The incumbents in the races for these high - profile county executive seats — McCoy, Poloncarz, Mahoney and Bellone — are generally considered safe bets to retain their jobs, though there have been several surprise upsets in county - level races in recent years.

Republicans lost races in Westchester and Nassau counties on Tuesday, unseating incumbent Rob Astorino and losing the Nassau County executive seat as well.

MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — For the first time in 12 years, the Monroe County executive seat had no incumbent in the race as current Executive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and could not run.

Hudson Turf War Turns Awkward After Both Sides Claim Same Supporter The intramural war over the Hudson County executive seat took an awkward turn Thursday when both sides claimed the endorsement of Freeholder Jerry Walker.

Democrats in the Senate hope to pick up seats in the 2018 elections, and are encouraged by 2017 Democratic wins in the county executive seats in Westchester and Nassau counties, where they believe some Republican Senate incumbents are vulnerable.

In 2009, after winning the county executive seat from then - County Executive Andy Spano, a Democrat, in which Astorino was endorsed by the Independence Party, he accused party Chairman Giulio Cavallo of seeking patronage jobs for members of his party.

Democrats lost the county executive seat in a 2009 election that presaged big congressional and legislative losses the next year.

Legislator Ilan Schoenberger (D - New Square) could win the county executive seat political types believed.

«The county executive seat's up, as well as the legislature — all 19 seats.»

County Board democrats already have a supermajority of 12 seats, and a democrat in the county executives seat, giving the party full control over Westchester county government.

Coulda sworn this was the Vincent Reda who made a deal to swap the County Executive seat to Democrats in exchange for the State Senate seat

Mangano, a former county legislator from Bethpage, had risen unexpectedly to the county executive seat in an upset win in 2009 against Democrat Thomas Suozzi, and followed up with a commanding win in their 2013 rematch.

Senator George Latimer, of Westchester County's 37th District, is eying the county executive seat,

Senator George Latimer, of Westchester County's 37th District, is eying the county executive seat, while Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., representing the Bronx's 32nd District, is a candidate for a City Council seat he briefly held in 2001.

Astorino, a Republican who has won the county executive seat twice in the Democratically dominated Westchester County, painted a grim picture of New York under Cuomo, saying the state is «dying» from the highest taxes in the nation and is one of the poorest business climates in the country.

Democratic state Sen. George Latimer of Port Chester is running against Astorino for the county executive seat.