Sentences with phrase «democratic numerical majority»

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A deal to form a working majority with the mainline Democratic conference and Independent Democratic Conference would be triggered with a numerical majority in the chamber, which this race and the contest to replace Ruben Diaz in the Bronx would achieve.

The district is a lynchpin to a plan that would unite the Independent Democratic Conference with the mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate and give the party a numerical majority in the chamber.

The development puts Democrats in a numerical majority, but does not give them control of the chamber, given the alliance of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder with the Senate GOP (Republicans have aligned themselves in the past with the five member Independent Democratic Conference).

Democrats need to win both races in order to gain a numerical majority in the chamber and move toward a coalition majority with the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, based on agreement hammered out at the end of last year.

A Brooks win would solidify the claim the mainline Democratic conference leadership has been making for the last several weeks: A numerical 32 - lawmaker majority in the Senate should be enough to hand them control of the chamber.

The running feud is to the delight of Senate Republicans, who are in a numerical minority in the chamber, but retain a working majority with the help of Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who sits with the GOP conference.

Victories by the Democrats in the two races would give the party a numerical majority in the chamber and increase pressure on Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder to end his alliance with the GOP.

The WFP, along with a range of liberal pressure organizations and Democrats have been trying to push the IDC back to the mainline Democratic fold over the last several weeks, following the election of a 32nd enrolled Democrat to the Senate, giving the party a numerical majority, but not a working one.

Democratic victories in the two Senate races would give the party a numerical majority in the chamber.

But for some, merely targeting Republicans is not enough; Mr. Klein's group, the Independent Democratic Conference, is now fair game because it is viewed as an enabler to Republican rule — helping them control the State Senate even though Democrats hold a numerical majority.

If both Gipson and Tkaczyk win, they will have a numerical 32 - member majority in the Senate and make the four - member Independent Democratic Conference more important in leadership negotiations.

Further, two members of the mainline Democratic conference — Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Jr. and Westchester State Senator George Latimer — are seeking local office, which could leave holes in the numerical Democratic majority for as long as their seats remain vacant.

In addition, newly elected Brooklyn Democratic Senator Simcha Felder has announced he will sit with the Republicans, giving the GOP conference the numerical majority for now, while the two other races are still undecided.

In 2012, he struck an alliance with Republicans that kept the GOP in control of the chamber despite a numerical majority of Democratic senators.

The senate math today is murkier, but it's possible that by the end of May, with the help of a conservative Democrat from Brooklyn who caucuses with the GOP and has expressed interest in returning to the Democratic fold, the numbers will be there to form a numerical majority.

For the Senate, Republicans are returning with their first numerical majority since 2012, calling into question the conference's power - sharing alliance with the Independent Democratic Conference.

Flanagan affirmed, too, that he would «absolutely» continue the relationship with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which was in a governing coalition for two years while Republicans did not have a numerical majority.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein expects there to be «some changes» in the existing power - sharing agreement with his five - member conference and the Senate Republicans, the latter of which is entering the new year with a numerical majority in the chamber.

ALBANY — Bickering among the state Senate's Democratic diaspora grew on Wednesday after a special election brought the party's ranks to 32, a numerical majority in the 63 - seat chamber.

They are both in heavily Democratic districts, and if the party's candidates win the seats in the special election, they would have the numerical majority required to take back control of the Senate from the Republicans.

An alliance between the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), Felder, and the Senate Republicans had kept the GOP in control of the state Senate since 2013, despite Democrats often having a numerical majority.

With a whole slew of Republicans announcing that they will not seek reelection and with Blue State New York in revolution against a Trump presidency, and with the Democrats having a numerical majority (minus the traitor Felder) there can be little doubt that this is the time that the State Senate will finally fall into Democratic hands.

They are both in heavily Democratic districts, and if the party's candidates win the seats in the special election in April, then they would have the numerical majority required to take back control of the Senate from the Republicans.

Democratic victories would give the party a numerical lead and its first majority in the Senate in eight years; however, the party would need to reunite with Democratic state Sen. Simcha Felder, of Brooklyn, who caucuses with the Republicans.

Nevertheless, the failure of Democrats to win a clear numerical majority in a presidential election year is a blow to the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference, whose leader Jeff Klein was widely expected to wake up as the Senate's kingmaker on Wednesday morning.

Although Ms. Mayer gives the Democrats a razor - thin numerical majority, Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn caucuses with Republicans.

The Republicans enjoy only the narrowest of numerical majorities in the State Senate — 32 out of 63 seats — but conservative Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder caucuses with them, and their control is further fortified by a «co-leadership» arrangement with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein.

If Brooks prevails, the 63 - seat Senate in January would include a numerical majority of 32 lawmakers elected as Democrats — although that list includes Simcha Felder, who has conferenced with Republicans and has said he plans to continue doing do, and seven members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has flirted with partnering with the Democratic mainline conference but could simply return to partnering with the GOP, as it has done for the past four years.

Skelos, who was first elected to the Senate in 1984, had the rare distinction of serving as both the chamber's minority and majority leader, shepherding his conference to electoral wins in 2010 and cutting a deal in 2012 with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference that kept him holding the chamber's reins — in conjunction with Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein — even as Democrats won a numerical majority.

There are 32 Democrats in the 63 - seat chamber — a numerical majority — but the mainline Democratic conference, led by Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, contains only 26 of them.

A Democratic victory in the election Tuesday would set up a new fight in the legislature's upper chamber as the party would then likely hold a one - member numerical majority over Republicans.

That collaboration had helped give Republicans control of the Senate, despite Democrats holding a numerical majority, until early April, when the so - called Independent Democratic Conference agreed to return to the mainstream fold.