Sentences with phrase «democrat running for the seat»

However, he switched to run for the Arkansas State Senate, District 25, because there were only two Democrats running for the seat, as opposed to the one Republican and three Democrats running for the house seat.

The total gives him more than four times the combined campaign cash of the other four Democrats running for the seat: Rep. Daphne Campbell, former Rep. Philip Brutus, Anis Blemur and Don Festge.

This year, there's a Democrat running for every seat in the state House and the state Senate.

Amber Small, the Democrat running for the seat, wants to see outside income limited for lawmakers and supports a hefty set of reforms to the state's campaign finance system.

Randy Bryce, a Wisconsin Democrat running for the seat currently held by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), claimed last week he wasn't a politician, but this is the fourth time he has run for public office.

The all - party primary is Aug. 7, and Burner is one of five Democrats running for the seat of former Rep. Jay Inslee (D).

The 2017 Syracuse mayoral candidate only entered the race recently — just days after donating to another Democrat running for the seat — with the help of petition canvassers paid by the DCCC.

«The Democrat running for the seat is Zack Space, the law director for Dover, Ohio, who had outraised Ney by $ 190,000 during the last three months.»

Not exact matches

Democrats have not said whether they will take any seats on the Republican - majority special committee, saying the new probe - following several other congressional investigations on Benghazi - is also aimed at damaging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's chances if she runs for president in 2016.

By the end of 2017, more than 1,200 people filed to run as Democrats for seats in either the House or Senate, according to The Post.

Kansas Democrats hoping to turn voter discontent into an upset picked civil rights attorney Jim Thompson to run for the U.S. House seat that Mike Pompeo vacated to become CIA director under President Donald Trump.

Florida Democrats have targeted Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who is considering a run for re-election after previously saying he would give up his seat.

He is widely expected to run for a United States Senate seat this year, and knows he will have to appeal to voters beyond his own party in a race against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.

The Freedom Report's online archives only go back to 1999, but I was curious to see older editions of Paul's newsletters, in part because of a controversy dating to 1996, when Charles «Lefty» Morris, a Democrat running against Paul for a House seat, released excerpts stating that «opinion polls consistently show only about 5 % of blacks have sensible political opinions,» that «if you have ever been robbed by a black teen - aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet - footed they can be,» and that black representative Barbara Jordan is «the archetypical half - educated victimologist» whose «race and sex protect her from criticism.»

Bain's current managing partner is Steven Pagliuca, is a Democrat who once ran for Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, a Democrat - turned - Republican, will not run for the congressional seat once held by late Rep. Louise Slaughter, saying he believes he can have the «greatest impact» if he stays put in the Senate, where his party holds a tenuous one - vote majority.

Babinec is running in a three - person race for the 22nd congressional district in central New York, facing Republican Claudia Tenney and Democrat Kim Myers for the seat being vacated by Rep. Richard Hanna.

Kllian last ran for the seat in 2016, challenging then - incumben George Latimer, a Democrat.

In addition, the Democrats lost two members of their conference: Mark Schroeder's seat (145th AD) out in Western NY up for grabs, as the WNY Democrat (and thorn in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's side) stepped down to run for Buffalo comptroller; and Republican - turned - Democrat Mike Spano (93rd AD) will be giving up his seat to start his new job as mayor of Yonkers.

One might argue that the Democrats (in both houses) have more to lose, with several of their members who are running for Congress perhaps enjoying the insurance policy that two primaries brings — the option to run for their current seats if a bid for higher office doesn't work out.

Hein had been one of the more prominent Democrats considering a run for the seat, while the Republican field has been a crowded one: At least five GOP candidates are in the mix, including former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, Assemblyman Peter Lopez and businessman Andrew Heaney.

Another Democrat running for the Brooklyn Senate seat agreed, adding he should be removed from the addiction task force.

Conference lawmakers on Thursday held a fundraiser, attended by Cuomo and Shelley Mayer, a Democrat running in Westchester County's 37th Senate district, as well as Luis Sepulveda, who is running for a Bronx seat.

Former Congressman — and convicted felon — Michael Grimm sounded ready to run for his old seat last night as he blasted the Staten Island representative who replaced him, Republican Dan Donovan, calling him a «liberal Democrat.»

The Working Families Party, meanwhile, celebrated the brokered deal to end the IDC, but also released a fundraising appeal urging support not just for Democrats Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda running in special elections this month for vacant seats, but also the challengers to IDC lawmakers.

Former Rep. Scott Murphy is the latest Democrat to take a pass on running for the seat of retiring Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 21.

Spano is not the only Democrat considering a run for the seat.

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.

Skoufis has been a sought - after recruit for Senate Democrats to run for the Hudson Valley seat, which is expected to be competitive this fall with Larkin's retirement.

Democrat Kerin Rigney, a DeWitt town councilor, is running for the 50th district state Senate seat that may be vacated by Republican John DeFrancisco, the deputy Senate majority leader who is seeking the GOP to run for governor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday continued his spate of endorsements for Democrats running in swing seats, backing Democratic candidate Anna Kaplan in Long Island's 7th district.

Clarkstown Town Clerk David Carlucci told county Democrats last week that he will run for the 38th District seat.

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

Democrat Will Yandik, the Livingston deputy supervisor who ran for the 19th congressional district Democratic nomination in 2016, won't run for the seat in 2018, he announced on Tuesday in a statement.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle is not the only Democrat running for the late Rep. Louise Slaughter's seat.

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.

Democrats in Onondaga County have designated John Mannion to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by John DeFrancisco, who isn't seeking re-electin after ending his gubernatorial bid.

SEIU 1199 has endorsed Assemblyman Adrian Espaillat's bid for the seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman is vacating to run for AG, giving the Manhattan Democrat yet more field firepower as he prepares for the September primary.

Among the other Democrats still in the running for the seat vacated on Jan. 1 by Westchester County Executive George Latimer are People for Bernie co-founder Kat Brezler, who received the endorsement yesterday of 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout; and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick.

Clegg is among the crowded field of Democrats running for the nomination in the 19th congressional district in the Hudson Valley, a seat held by Republican Rep. John Faso.

Democrats are due to meet in Westchester County this evening to select a nominee to run for Latimer's seat, a suburban district that is considered a potential swing seat for the Senate.

LG Kathy Hochul says she fully anticipates running again as Cuomo's running mate in 2018, despite some Democrats hoping she would challenge an incumbent Buffalo - area Republican for her old congressional seat.

Democrats in the Erie County Legislature's District 2 will consider at least three candidates to run for the seat being vacated by Buffalo mayoral candidate Betty Jean Grant during a Wednesday meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha Mitchell Community Center on Oakwood Avenue

Cuomo and other prominent New York Democrats campaigned today in the Westchester County Village of Larchmont for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, who is running for the state Senate seat vacated by now Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

In her relentless positioning for a possible presidential run in 2020, was U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand too quick on the trigger when she hit fellow Democrat Al Franken with a blast of buckshot and drove him to resign his Senate seat?

They have selected Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky as their candidate to run for the Skelos seat, and as Jimmy Vielkind astutely pointed out, Democrats have fretted that a fluid national Republican Primary could boost Republican turnout on Strong Island.

After initially taking a pass on endorsing Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat for the 31st SD seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman is vacating to run for AG, the Working Families Party has announced its support of the Manhattan Democrat.

There was talk that either Senator Simcha Felder (registered as a Democrat but caucusing with the Republicans in the State Senate) or the son of Assemblyman Dov Hikind could find a way to run for the Council seat.

13WHAM asked if he, a fellow democrat, would run for her seat in the case of a special election.

Amid a sexting controversy involving women, the New York Democrat resigned his U.S. House seat in 2011 only to have new allegations doom his 2013 run for mayor.