Sentences with phrase «democratic junior senator»

Armed with an endorsement from his state's popular Democratic junior senator and presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, Foster won by a 53 to 47 percent margin.

That's about $ 400,000 more than the Democratic junior senator reported raising in the first quarter of 2010 ($ 1.6 millon).

The Democratic junior senator from New York has endeared herself to liberals in recent weeks by voting against the bulk of Trump's Cabinet picks.

«I am honored to stand with a solid majority of New Yorkers who support the effort to finally bring full marriage equality to New York,» the Democratic junior senator wrote, reiterating her own «full support for marriage equality.»

Economist David Malpass formally kicked off his campaign against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this morning, making him the third Republican to declare his intention to try to knock the Democratic junior senator from her appointed perch.

The NYS GOP, which has made challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a top priority this year, has posted a new video on its Website that slams the Democratic junior senator for her co-sponsorship of PIPA (AKA the Protect IP Act).

A source close to attorney Wendy Long confirmed City & State's report that she is indeed aiming to announce a challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this week, making her the second Republican aiming to oust New York's Democratic junior senator from her perch this fall.

With the GOP nominating convention in Rochester just four days away, Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton sent a letter today to his fellow county chairs, imploring them to avoid a repeat of the in - fighting in 2010 that handed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand her first statewide win and unite behind Rep. Bob Turner to challenge the Democratic junior senator.

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

Not exact matches

But the junior senator is not about to make an endorsement in the mayor's race, even though she's a fan of the leading Democratic candidate, who also happens to be a woman.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has dived into New York's Democratic primaries, endorsing, funding and advising several first - time congressional candidates in a test of the junior senator's own star power.

Kirsten Gillibrand urged Trump to step down...» NY «s junior Senator adds her name to a growing list of Democratic Senators calling on the president to resign or for investigations.

New York's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, was officially nominated for re-election Friday at a meeting of the State Democratic Party in Albany, where she said she will serve out her entire six - year term if she wins the race in November.

But none of this seems to faze New York's junior senator, heiress to the legacy of an Albany political family who is already earning mention as a Democratic presidential possibility in 2020.

Gillibrand — the Democrat who replaced Hillary Clinton as the junior senator from New York in 2009 — said that Blake has the «determination, experience and energy» to help rebuild the Democratic Party after the hemorrhaging of the past two election cycles.

1) 2012 Democratic Presidential nominee Robert Wexler beats Obama as libertarian / progressive fusion Democrat with 4 wars going and national debt at $ 16 trillion 2) Cory Booker for Lautenberg's seat in NJ; expect retirement soon 3) New House Majority Leader Debbie Wasserman - Schultz 4) Junior Senator Nevada Republican Jon Porter takes care of Reid 5) Jeff Flake moves up to a leadership post among House Republicans, will become # 2 when Cantor replaces Boehner 6) Joe Sestak, Jr, upsets Specter in PA 7) Raul Grijalva beats random Minuteman for retired John McCain's seat 8) Xavier Becerra next Governor of California 9) Bill Thompson next Mayor Of New York City 10) Next Speaker Of The House (2010): Melvin Watt

She could target the seat of New York's junior Democratic senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, or Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the liberal Democrat representing Kennedy's 12th District.

The junior senator had faced the threat of a Democratic primary challenge from U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Astoria) for what Maloney characterized as Gillibrand's pro-gun stance.

ALBANY — Amid the ongoing national reckoning over sexual harassment, New York's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has been front and center in the debate, denouncing the unsavory actions of powerful men in all walks of life, from President Trump to fellow Democratic senators like Al Franken.

But the state's junior Democratic senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, says upstate residents and businesses are at risk too.

And the state's junior Democratic U.S. senator was never even elected to her seat.

(CNN)- A meeting has been scheduled between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin and Roland Burris, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's choice to succeed Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois, according to a Democratic source familiar with the discussions of Senate Democratic leaders.

The junior senator from Texas also called for an investigation of Planned Parenthood's local affiliates, a congressional hearing, and urged the media to stand up to Democratic candidates who support Planned Parenthood.