Sentences with phrase «democrat against district»

Not exact matches

Earlier this week, I reported on the upcoming special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, where Republican Rick Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb to fill Republican Tim Murphy's seat.

Will Conor Lamb, a Catholic who just won as an «anti-Pelosi» Democrat in a district Trump had carried by some 20 points, and others like him move from being «personally» against abortion to letting their faith inform their profession?

Democrat Terry Gipson holds a wide lead over Republican Sen. Stephen Saland, but the attention is focused on the 46th Senate District, where Democrats hope the count in Ulster County will put Cecilia Tkaczyk over the top against GOP candidate George Amedore.

Sara Niccoli, a Democrat running for the 46th Senate district against incumbent George Amedore, took aim at Flanagan's comments this week.

Marchione, meanwhile, is running in a Republican district against Democrat Robin Andrews, whose campaign hasn't garnered much attention.

Gareth Rhodes is the latest Democrat to declare in the race for the 19th congressional district against Faso.

Ulrich was widely seen as having the right of first refusal to run for Weiner's seat, and he backed Turner after deciding against taking a gamble on a Democrat - dominated district that might not be long for this world anyway.

Here's some footage of Sen. John DeFrancisco railing against the Democrats during a debate over budget extenders yesterday for sending what he deemed «deceptive» robocalls into the districts of Republican senators.

Democrat Conor Lamb clung to a thin lead in his closely watched race against Republican Rick Saccone in a Pennsylvania congressional district that Trump easily carried in 2016, and the New York Times declared him the winner, though some ballots remain to be counted and the GOP is considering legal action.

Even though Democrats have pledged not to support primary challenges against members of the IDC, candidates in each of those districts are pushing forward anyway, including against IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

Turner has argued that his big win against Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin in Weiner's old Democrat - dominated Brooklyn / Queens district, which drew national attention and made him an overnight GOP sensation, afforded him more name recognition than his two primary opponents, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and makes him a better general election challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Albany observers are now betting against that scenario, suggesting it's more likely, given the population loss in Western New York, that two of three upstate Democrats — Reps. Brian Higgins, Kathy Hochul and Louise Slaughter — could end up in some kind of head - to - head contest, while retiring Rep. Maurice Hinchey's district (NY - 22) is obliterated to meet one half of New York's two - seat loss requirement.

This is a line of attack that I expect we'll be seeing more of from Democrats against their GOP opponents around the state, depending on their districts.

[54] In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester, with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's aging thirteen - term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue.

She also asserted that Democrats should go after GOP districts in which Congress members spoke out against Trump and won re-election anyway, and which Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won, claiming that there is an «enlightened electorate» voting in those areas.

, the independent expenditure arm of EMILY's List, has spent more than $ 700,000 in three primaries in Pennsylvania, boosting its candidates and spending against anti-abortion Democrat John Morganelli in the 7th District primary.

When Turner a Pro-Life Catholic businessman ran against an orthodox Pro-Choice Jewish Democrat David Weprin, Turner's campaign launched a series of ads aimed squarely at the orthodox Jewish vote in the Ninth Congressional District, where Democrats enjoy a significant enrollment advantage.

Democratic incumbents from poor, rural districts simply didn't have the resources to defend themselves against the onslaught of outside spending — and national Democrats didn't call in the cavalry.

Throne - Holst and Calone mentioned Zeldin's votes against funding for the Department of Homeland Security and student loans and Pell grants as signs that he is out of touch with the district, and Democrats have indicated they will attempt to paint the foreign policy hawk and only Jewish Republican in Congress as too extreme for the moderate swing district.

Instead, the new district contains a very heavy Orthodox Jewish population, which would open the opportunity for Democrats to run a conservative, Orthodox Jewish candidate against him.

Mindy Meyer, a 22 - year - old Orthodox Jewish intern in Kings County Supreme Court, is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines against Democrat Kevin Parker in Brooklyn's new 21st Senate District, but her official website is decidedly unorthodox.

Trump (and Zeldin) did well in this Long Island district, but Democrats have continued to target Zeldin, most recently launching radio and digital ads against him for voting against legislation that included relief funds for Hurricane Harvey damage in Texas.

But the Democrats should have the edge in a bidding war, since the electoral math will probably be much easier for each of the members in their own districts if they're running as Democrats against Republicans than the other way around.

U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh, whose district includes Oswego and Madison counties, was among only 19 Democrats to vote against the measure.

In that district, Democrat Adam Haber is running against Republican Elaine Phillips, the mayor of the village of Flower.

Also upstate, Democrats expect a competitive race in the district held by Republican George Amedore, who narrowly lost his first run for Senate in 2012 against Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk.

A third Democrat is running for Congress against Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik in the 21st district: Tedra Cobb, a St. Lawrence County business consultant.

Zeldin is running for re-election in a battleground House district against Democrat Anna Throne - Holst.

The conviction of Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan who spent two decades as speaker, was the crest of a wave of prosecutions brought against state lawmakers by Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Manhattan.

Venture capitalist Sean Eldridge, a Democrat, running against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson in New York's 19th District.

Progressive Democrat Zephyr Teachout will face off against Republican John Faso in the 19th District.

Democrat James Kemmerer, owner of a tech company, is running against Golden this year and is determined to keep the incumbent from winning Bay Ridge, or any other part of the district for that matter.

Chabot is seeking a rematch against incumbent Democrat Pete Aguilar in California's 31st District.

In the 12th District, Democratic insiders haven't been enthusiastic about attorney C.J. Baricevic for much of the year, but he is the only Democrat to file against Republican Mike Bost.

Christine Pellegrino was a last - minute candidate for Democrats in the special election for the 9th District Assembly seat, which she won in an upset victory against Conservative Tom Gargiulo on Tuesday, May 23, 2017.

City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who represents part of Peralta's district, said that after election of President Donald Trump, Democrats should be joining forces against Trump's policies — not «empowering» those who support them.

Arizona state Rep. Victoria Steele on Tuesday became the first Democrat to launch a campaign against Rep. Martha McSally, who represents one of the districts that has national Republicans worried most.

Democrat Christine Pellegrino ran against Conservative Tom Gargiulo, 59, a retired BOCES special education teacher from Babylon, for the 9th District Assembly seat vacated by Joseph Saladino, who resigned in January to be appointed supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay.

With many Democrats already unhappy over the vote by McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) against health - care reform, Democratic county committee member John Lavelle Jr. said it was «disturbing» to see the lawmaker's campaign staffer on Ms. Malliotakis» page, especially given the fact that Ms. Hyer - Spencer represents a swing district crucial to McMahon's re-election chances this fall.

While Mr. Grimm easily won re-election in 2012 against Democrat Mark Murphy days after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, the district supported President Barack Obama, giving hope to Democrats that Mr. Grimm, facing ongoing ethics inquiries, is vulnerable.

Updated Sept. 4 In Arizona's tossup 1st District, Democrat Tom O'Halleran, a former Republican state senator, will face off against Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in November.

In the fourth district, Democrat Ed Deni seeks another term against Republican challenger Marie Pyznar.

In the third district, Republican Donna Szewczak, an incumbent at - large council member, faces off against Democrat Marie Davis.

Those will be followed by a high - dollar fundraising brunch for Mayer and fundraiser for Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Democrat running in a central New York congressional district against incumbent Republican Claudia Tenney.

Part of the problem for some of the races is Cuomo's unpopularity in upstate districts, especially in the areas where Democrats Terry Gipson and Cecilia Tkaczyk are running for re-election against Sue Serino and George Amedore respectively.

James Monserrate, Gregorius» opponent, has been largely unavailable, as has Jack Jordan in the new 22nd district, running against Democrat John Parete.

Florida's 24th district (D): National Republicans are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars against Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D) on a new ad tying the freshman Democrat to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

He is running against Democrat Kevin Kim in November for the District 19 seat, which will be vacated by incumbent Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) and includes the neighborhoods of Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, College Point, East Flushing, Malba and Whitestone.

Rozum is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle and former Congressman Dan Maffei, a Democrat for the central New York congressional district which includes Syracuse.

As Liz scooped earlier, the Democrat Felder, who won the so - called «super Jewish» Senate district in Brooklyn against Republican Sen. David Storobin, has decided to side with the Senate GOP, giving them an edging in preserving their majority come 2013.