Sentences with phrase «democrat holding the post»

On the campaign trail this week, Mr Clegg said he would like to see a Liberal Democrat holding the post of education secretary in a future coalition, but the Conservatives have criticised the party for trying to distance itself from education policies they supported in government.

Not exact matches

The party doesn't hold much sway in Democrat - dominated NYC, and hasn't managed to elect anyone to a city or state post for decades, but it is nevertheless prominent in Republican circles, since the city is a must - stop for candidates from all over the nation who are trying to raise campaign cash.

The labor - backed party has Facebook ads posting today, part of a broader effort aimed at pressuring the eight - member bloc as Democrats hold a numeric majority in the state Senate, but do not have the votes to form a governing coalition.

Rice, who is one of five Democrats seeking the job that Spitzer held for eight years before he was elected governor in 2006, told the Post's Fred Dicker on Talk 1300 that she doesn't like to «get into the business of second - guessing decisions that other law enforcement agencies make.»

Flanagan, who took over the top Senate post from the indicted Dean Skelos in the spring and began worrying that an «open» Staten Island seat would be won by Democrats, convinced the popular Lanza to stay out of the DA's race with promises of added power and influence, undermining the GOP's chance of recapturing the seat that had been held by Republican Daniel Donovan Jr., elected to Congress in May, a GOP insider said.

In close races in the Hudson Valley, GOP candidates also held on, and in a Western New York swing district that includes portions of the Buffalo area, Republicans took the post back from Democrats.

It's not clear if the Democrats will pick up any of these seats, but they have a shot in one race where their candidate is up by 33 votes (I will do an analysis of this race in a future post, but now my gut says the Republicans will hold the seat because the Democrat closed the gap late).

At AKPD Message and Media, Del Cecato helped devise winning media and communications strategies for clients such as President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (the first Democrat to be re-elected NYC Mayor in 32 years), Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (who later served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (the first woman to hold that post in Nassau County).

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.

Traditionally, the majority leader post, which carries a stipend — or lulu — of $ 34,500, has been held by an upstate Democrat because the speaker has been from New York City.

Steele, a former television and radio news broadcaster from Tucson, said in a post on her campaign website that she hoped to «build on the legacies» of the Democrats who held the seat until 2015, including Reps. Ron Barber and Gabrielle Giffords.

Nationally Republicans are pushing to hold every post they can (or at least prevent the Democrats from holding, see Minnesota).

Heastie's ascension to the speaker's chair — he would become the first African - American to hold the post — was all but assured Friday when Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a Democrat from the Rochester area, dropped out of the race and threw his support to the Bronx Democrat.

The Democrat, who is the first woman to hold the post, promises to bring «trust and respect back in our government.»

Heastie's ascension to the speaker's chair — he would become the first African - American to hold the post — was all but assured Friday when Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (pictured), a Democrat from the Rochester area, dropped out of the race and threw his support to the Bronx Democrat.

While Republicans may have fared better in some election districts, the Democrats had the lead from the moment the Suffolk County Board of Elections began to post the first results, and they held on to it throughout the night, also winning an apparent 7 - to - 2 majority on the East Hampton Town Trustees.

The East Northport Republican announced last month that he was seriously considering challenging incumbent Frank Petrone, a Democrat, who has held that post since 1993.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara ominously told state politicians to «stay tuned» after he brought charges against Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, forcing the Democrat to relinquish the speaker post he held for more than two decades.

Murphy, who will succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie, is the first Democrat to hold the post in eight years.

Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, arrested in January, was ousted by his fellow Democrats in relatively rapid fashion as the speaker, a post he held since 1994.

State Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King, who was hand - picked for his post by then - gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo, releasing a stinging statement rebuking the 42 Democrats who put their names to a letter that suggests the governor is no longer holding true to progressive ideals.

Under the newly formed Senate coalition of independent Democrats and Republicans, no one holds the majority leader post.

Smith, a Democrat, who had chaired the Independent Democratic Conference, has been stripped of the committee assignments and coalition leadership post he held in Albany, and state Sen. Daniel Squadron has called on him to resign.

Jeffries backed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's effort to hold her post against a challenge from Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan in November, and he praised the San Francisco Democrat at the time for being «incredibly open - minded» about possibly allowing junior members of the caucus to wield more authority.

The Manhattan Democrat was forced to resign the powerful post he's held for more than two decades after his members told him this past Monday they've lost faith in his ability to lead following his arrest on five federal corruption charges.

Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, held the powerful post for two decades and was found guilty of fraud, extortion and other charges stemming from schemes through which he received nearly $ 4 million, masking such payments as legitimate outside income and referrals he earned for work as a lawyer.

She has held the post ever since, facing only nominal challenges from Democrats.

Democrats are looking to hold on to the post vacated by longtime State Rep. Douglas McCrory, who won a special election last month for Connecticut's 2nd Senate District seat.

«I can't say yes but I'm not saying no,» said Mr. Krupski, the only Democrat to hold a Town Board post in Mr. Romaine's district.

But he did not heap so much praise on Mayor Bill de Blasio, who held out virtually alone among prominent New York Democrats in not endorsing either Blake or Meng for their party posts.

... Chris Cillizza when can we expect a «poor Democrat Brand» from the resident liberal / progressives hold - up at the POST?

Downstate Democrats hold a powerful sway over the Legislature's lower chamber though, so it may be difficult for him to hold onto the post.

In 2006, for example, Democrats held a 55 percent to 41 percent among likely voters in the Washington Post / ABC poll on Oct. 22 of that year.

As well as being a central figure in Welsh Liberal politics in the post war era Baron Livsey's main success was to build Brecon and Radnor into a Liberal Democrat stronghold which enabled Kirsty Williams (Assembly Member) and his successor Roger Williams to further strengthen the Liberal Democrat hold there.

Smith, 55, was named majority leader after the Democrats took control of the Senate in 2008, becoming the first African - American to hold the post.

ALBANY — Democrats said Monday Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has lost the confidence of his colleagues after his arrest last week on federal charges and will be asked to step down from a leadership post he's held for 21 years.

The Liberal Democrats clearly wanted to change the first - past - the - post system radically, but the compromise to hold a referendum on a merely slightly less majoritarian Alternative Vote system was too lukewarm a compromise to ignite anyone's passion, let alone that of the electorate.

A little over three months ago, the Post reported that Eliot Spitzer was mulling a return to politics by running for state comptroller, a position currently held by not very popular Democrat Tom DiNapoli.

A Post analysis of surveys conducted in the past month showed that Democrats hold an eight - point advantage on this survey question.

Speaking shortly after Gov. Andrew Cuomo's second inaugural address, Mr. Silver predicted the Democrat - dominated Assembly would re-elect him to the post he has held since 1994.

The Scottish secretary post was previously held by Alistair Carmichael, who is now the only Liberal Democrat MP in Scotland after holding his Orkney and Shetland seat.

Though «vague» on their specific plans, 17 AGs (16 Democrats and 1 Independent) have, as the Huffington Post reported: «committed to pursuing an all - levers approach» to, as Gore said: «hold to account those commercial interests that have been, according to the best available evidence, deceiving the American people, communicating in a fraudulent way.»