Sentences with phrase «democratic challenger»

Councilor Joseph Carni, a Republican who was re-elected to his District 1 seat Tuesday after narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Andrea Wandersee, said he's looking forward to Walsh's bipartisan approach to politics.

That possibility remains for former county Democratic Party chair and incumbent county legislator John Parete of Boiceville, who holds a slim 20 - vote lead over Democratic challenger Kathy Nolan in the 22nd district, which includes Shandaken, Olive, Denning and Hardenburgh, with at least 217 absentee ballots still to count.

ALBANY — Democratic challenger for governor Cynthia Nixon said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's allies strong - armed two Buffalo centers to cancel her events at the last minute, but the centers said Thursday that it was the Nixon campaign that played a dirty trick.

Navy veteran Mary Buzuma is polling the difference between Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Mark Schauer, a former congressman and ex-Minority Leader of the State Senate, in Michigan's tightly - contested gubernatorial contest.

As of Election Day, first - term incumbent Republican supervisor Marybeth Majestic had been ahead of Democratic challenger Lisa Lindsley by a slim margin of 22 votes, with more than 100 absentee ballots still outstanding.

The last time Lopez faced a Democratic challenger, back in 2012, the Schoharie native whomped Jimmy Miller, a retired Albany police officer, to the tune of 65 - 35.

Incumbent Republican Chris Collins» campaign said they knew nothing of Zak's candidacy, but Democratic challenger Nate McMurray saw it as a clear effort to siphon votes away from him.

With less than a week until voters go to the polls, Rep. Michael Grimm leads his Democratic challenger, former councilman Domenic Recchia, 53 percent to 34 percent, according to a new NY1 - Capital New York - Siena College poll released this evening.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (left) and Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia enter the debate hall for the Bay Ridge Council on Aging debate.

A one - time Michael Bloomberg aide who was seeking to recruit a Democratic challenger to Mayor de Blasio gave serious thought to asking former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Supporters of Gov. Andrew Cuomo have returned to court in an effort to force a Democratic challenger off next month's primary ballot.

Incumbent Republican Steve Neuhaus and Democratic challenger Patrick Davis delivered their views on a number of topics before an audience of hundreds.

The Republicans held the majority, with Supervisor Hansut soundly winning his reelection bid against Democratic challenger Mike Guerriero, also a town councilman.

Both Ms. Clinton and her Democratic challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, have said they oppose the administration's deportation plans.

«Katko has the support of 53 percent of likely voters in the 24th C.D., compared to 34 percent for Colleen Deacon, the Democratic challenger,» he said.

They note that Schaffer before a key election in 2016 spoke out in favor of sitting Republican Sen. Michael Venditto over Democratic challenger John Brooks.

Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) holds a 19 - point lead over Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon, according to a poll released Monday night from Siena College / Time Warner Cable News.

Andrea Smyth announces her candidacy as a Democratic challenger for Rensselaer County Executive during a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Rensselaer, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

Funiciello garnered 11 percent of the vote in 2014, when Stefanik bested Democratic challenger Aaron Woolf for the open seat by 23 points.

Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Mahoney of Manhattan, who had helped plan the party, said she had a family event in Virginia, just hours after a Democratic challenger, Reshima Saujani, criticized her for associating with Rangel.

Hot Senate Race No. 2: North Carolina is right on the razor's edge when it comes to the Senate, too: Just a point or two separate Republican senator Richard Burr and his Democratic challenger, former State Representative Deborah Ross.

Brandes faces Democratic challenger Carrie Pilon in the Republican - leaning district.

Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks he's picked a winner in the tight race between Republican Congressman Michael Grimm and Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia Jr..

Ryan P. Rogers, a Democrat who served on the town planning and zoning commission, is the first Democratic challenger Markley has had since the 2012 election.

With 99.7 % of the vote in, he holds a he leads by 58 % -35 % over Democratic challenger Diane Dwire.

Ball blamed Leibell for hiring private investigators for the newspaper article, and for funding the campaign of his Democratic challenger, John Degnan.

He says the fact there isn't a Democratic challenger isn't from a lack of effort.

With over half the votes counted, the Republican incumbent led Democratic challenger Mike Derrick by more than 63,000 votes.

Depending on how they count, GOP Congressman Chris Gibson and (main) Democratic challenger Julian Schreibman were in a dead heat in terms of fund - raising, says Capital Confidential.

In the race for Mississippi's Senate seat, CNN projects that Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Wicker has defeated Democratic challenger Albert N. Gore Jr..

In that race, Democratic challenger Tom Perriello was certified the winner over incumbent Republican Rep. Virgil Goode, but the margin - less than 800 votes - was close enough for Goode to request a recount under state law.

Results were less certain in the Eighth District, where Michael Venditto, the Republican, was struggling to secure a second term against John Brooks, the Democratic challenger.

Stefanik scored an even larger victory than in 2014, when she bested Democratic challenger Aaron Woolf by 20 points.

Democratic challenger Noam Bramson, who surprised even Astorino with how early he conceded the race, addressed his supporters around 10:30 Tuesday night.

Governor Mike Pence is reporting raising $ 1.633 million for his re-election bid, coming in about $ 110,000 fewer than potential Democratic challenger John Gregg.

In an era where gerrymandering has made competitive congressional elections a relative rarity, the race for the 19th Congressional District between incumbent Republican Chris Gibson and Democratic challenger Sean Eldridge is garnering national attention and putting the spotlight on issues like Obamacare, energy, taxes and women's health.

In local legislature races, the Town of Ulster's Jim Maloney (R) won re-election in the new District 4, handily defeating Democratic challenger Mark Trott 1,351 - 607.

Minnesota's Supreme Court has approved a request by the campaigns of incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken to extend the deadline local election officials and the two campaigns have to finish sorting through improperly rejected absentee ballots to January 2, from the previous deadline of 31.

In a debate with Democratic challenger Dianne Farrell, Shays — a supporter of the Iraq war — expressed his wish that we had entered Iraq earlier.

ALBANY — A union that endorsed District Attorney David Soares in 2007 threw its support behind Democratic challenger Lee Kindlon on Monday, expressing unhappiness with the incumbent's record on labor issues.

The polling for the race between Moore and his Democratic challenger, Doug Jones, is all over the map.

John Plumb, the Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Tom Reed is criticizing the incumbent's decision to endorse Trump for president, calling him a «danger to America.»

Another Democratic challenger in New York's 27th Congressional District will officially enter the fray this weekend.

Neither Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik nor her Democratic challenger Mike Derrick will have a primary challenger in June.

Fading Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders began laying off hundreds of staffers across the country, just one day after the Vermont senator suffered a dismal performance in a pivotal string of Northeast primaries.

NY - 1 Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin and his Democratic challenger Anna Throne - Holst traded attacks on funding the EPA and gun control legislation in a News 12 Long Island debate last night.

At 8 a.m., GOP Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his Democratic challenger, Tom Suozzi, debate at a Long Island Association and Long Island Builders Institute breakfast, Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Tnpke., Woodbury.

Earlier in 2004, the labor - backed Working Families Party endorsed Spano over his Democratic challenger, then - Westchester County Legislator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, providing him with the razor - think 18 - vote margin necessary to win re-election.

The senator also has a Democratic challenger, former Vestal Town Supervisor Anndrea Starzak, who suggested during a recent Capital Tonight interview that Southern Tier voters need someone more «energetic» and less distracted to represent their interests in Albany.

With about 42 percent of the precincts reporting, Democratic challenger is leading Republican incumbent Frank Padavan in the 11th state Senate district 53 to 47.