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This Week in Michigan Politics, Jack Lessenberry talks about Flint's role in the democratic race for president, and Governor Snyder volunteering to testify about the Flint water crisis in front of Congress.

WASHINGTON — Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb dropped out of the Democratic race for president Tuesday — which is bad news for his wife and daughter.

The vice president, who is seriously considering jumping into the Democratic race for president in 2016, used his remarks to highlight income inequality issues.

Not exact matches

Blankfein made direct donations to both Clinton's 2000 New York senate race and again in 2007 when she was running for the Democratic nomination for president.

On Saturday, November 3rd we need you to host your friends and neighbors for the first national organizing event of the Presidential race — months ahead of the Republicans, and a year before we elect a Democratic president.

But that doesn't seem to matter in the race for city comptroller when his Democratic primary opponent is the perfectly likeable, but little known, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

President Obama has recorded robocalls for eight Democratic Senate candidates and incumbents in an effort to drive supporters out to the polls to make a difference in key races for the chamber.

Former Vice President Joe Biden tops a list of prospective Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential race in a new survey.

The Koch's ascent comes as Freedom Partners, one of their fundraising networks, last week aired its first batch of television ads targeted at this year's U.S. Senate races, including commercials knocking Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado and Representative Bruce Braley of Iowa for supporting President Barack Obama's health - care law.

This is especially clear in the Democratic debate of 30 January 2008, in which Brian Williams (NBC News) asked Senator Gravel, who had previously said it did not matter whether he was elected president or not, whether he thought debates shouldn't be «for candidates who are in the race to win the race».

While it is exceedingly early in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, top donors to former President Barack Obama are signaling that former Vice President Joe Biden can not depend on their support.

``... We're almost entirely sure that very soon Andrew Cuomo will be coming before many of the people watching this show asking for your support in a Democratic primary race to be the next president.

The statement, however, did not note that the Curran campaign's primary connection to BerlinRosen is through one of its vice presidents, Isaac Goldberg, a veteran of Nassau political races before he went to work for the Democratic firm, which has more than 100 employees.

Headlining the initiative is the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a venture led by former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and backed by President Barack Obama that — in addition to gearing up for legal battles and gubernatorial contests — will also focus prominently on state legislative races.

Former Albany Councilman Corey Ellis won a three - way race for Albany Common Council President in the Democratic primary yesterday.

Two polls conducted in April indicated that Weiner would jump to second place in the race for Democratic nomination, but would still trail by double digits frontrunner Christine Quinn, the city council president.

Even if Democrats do pick up the 2 undecided races and it 32 - 31 democratic majority, (with Felder on the Republican side,) you could end up having a three way vote for Majority leader (or President pro Temp — whatever the official position is) with 31 votes for Skelos, 28 votes for Sampson (or whoever the conference leader will be in January) and 4 votes for Klein.

Current conditions are so favorable for the GOP — including the president's poor poll numbers, the states with Senate races, the lower turnout of Democratic groups in midterm elections, the quality of this cycle's Republican Senate recruits and the daily dose of negative news that should help the party not holding the White House — that Republican Senate gains of fewer than six seats would be a punch to the party's solar plexus.

The 2000 Democratic VP nominee, former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, says a big win for Donald Trump and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire could bring former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg into the race for president.

Former President Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife in New Hampshire yesterday, bluntly admitted how much more difficult than expected her race for the Democratic presidential nomination has become.

Hillary Clinton's daughter accidentally called Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, her mom's rival in the Democratic race for the White House, «President Sanders.»

Three other Democrats let it be known that they were looking at the race: L. Douglas Wilder, who had been elected governor of Virginia in 1989, George McGovern, the man who'd lost 49 states to Nixon in 1972 (and waged a hopeless bid for the 1984 Democratic nomination), and John Silber, the Boston University president who had nearly won Massachusetts» governorship the previous fall by running as a conservative culture warrior.

The comptroller's race had been a sideshow compared to the main event of the New York City mayor's race, with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer the only major candidate for the Democratic nomination.

(CNN)- Former President Bill Clinton has recorded an 11th hour robocall for 20 - term New York Rep. Charlie Rangel, who is facing five Democratic challengers in a primary race Tuesday.

The race for the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress has become a major subject of discussion among members of the party with calls of the return of the former president many party pundits believe is the best bet for 2020.

An ally of former Democratic Chairman Matthew Clyne, Mackey was also a member of the coalition of party leaders that backed Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin for party chair in the shake - up following the 2014 Supreme Court race.

Nevertheless, Democrats in New York hungry for signs of encouragement after the 2016 election of President Donald Trump are very happy about Democratic wins in the county executive races in two suburban New York counties, Nassau and Westchester.

(CNN)-- Campaigning for Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee in Virginia's gubernatorial race, Vice President Joe Biden depicted Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli as a puppet of the tea party and framed the race as a referendum on the conservative grassroots movement, one day before voters head to the polls on Election Day.

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of other opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ade Coker, has said that asking former President John Mahama to consider putting himself up for the 2020 elections, is not the same as endorsing his candidature for the race.

The alderman - at - large Democratic primary race was also clinched by another Noble, Steve's uncle James, an incumbent who beat outgoing county legislator Jeanette Provenzano, for the position, which doubles as city council president.

«This race was already one of our best pickup opportunities in the country, with a strong Democratic candidate running against a scandal - plagued Republican congressman for a seat where voters supported President Obama.

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall won the Democratic primary in her bid for a third term Tuesday, easily defeating challengers Marc Leavitt and Robert Schwartz in the three - way race for the nomination, unofficial election results show.

Spitzer's opponent in the Democratic race for city comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, was quick to pounce on the answers.

(CNN)- Eager to prevent an embarrassing loss of his old Senate seat, President Obama is heading to Chicago Thursday for two fundraisers on behalf of Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias, and CNN has learned Obama will be returning home yet again in the final days of the midterm election to try and help Giannoulias win a race that could determine who controls the chamber next year.

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (D): The son of Vice President Joe Biden was thought to be the top Democratic contender in the race for his dad's former Senate seat.

(CNN)- Republican Rep. Mark Kirk has won the Illinois Senate race, CNN projects, defeating Democratic nominee Alexi Giannoulias for President Barack Obama's seat.

The template for the 2018 Illinois governor's race had long been set — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner linking House Speaker Michael Madigan to the Democratic nominees, while Democrats try to tie the governor to President Donald Trump.

THE BRONX, N.Y. — Democratic candidate for New York City Council Diana Ayala has gained a considerable new level of support with the endorsement of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. in the race for the 8th Council District, a seat encompassing neighborhoods in both Manhattan and the Bronx.

(CNN)- Some big Hollywood names are turning out to support Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer as he tries to regain lost ground after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer jumped into the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday, former New York state Gov. Eliot Spitzer leads Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer 48 % -33 % in the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller, the city's chief budget officer.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Longtime Democratic Madison Mayor Paul Soglin joined the race for Wisconsin governor on Wednesday, immediately tying Republican Gov. Scott Walker with President Donald Trump and attacking both of them as violating and undermining American principles of fairness and equality.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former President Bill Clinton is expected to attract thousands of supporters Saturday afternoon at Fowler High School for a rally on behalf of his wife Hillary Clinton, the front - runner in the Democratic presidential race.

Interviews with multiple Democratic sources have revealed that the battle for the backing of the Queens Democratic Party in next year's borough president race is between Councilman Leroy Comrie and State Sen. Jose Peralta.

The Democratic primary to replace Liu, once assumed to be a given for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, has become suddenly competitive after former Gov. Eliot Spitzer entered the race earlier this month.

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Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, was expected to have a sleepy race for the job once held by his father, three - term governor Mario Cuomo, the culmination of a longstanding plan that included a stint as state attorney general and as President Bill Clinton's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

President Bush's signature education program entered the spotlight last week in Iowa, a state that is playing a central role in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and will be a key battleground in the 2004 general election.