Sentences with phrase «democratic wave elections»

It's been Republican almost forever: the GOP won borough council seats despite national Democratic wave elections, 1964 and 1974.

Will a Democratic wave election spell doom even for popular, reform - seeking Republicans in deep blue states, namely Charlie Baker (Massachusetts), Larry Hogan (Maryland), and Bruce Rauner (Illinois)?

Not exact matches

Scott's candidacy is a bright spot for Republicans in a year where Democratic enthusiasm is expected to be overwhelming, as evidenced by the recent wave of recent Democratic victories in special elections in Alabama and Pennsylvania.

The allegations have surfaced in historically «red» House districts that turned «blue» during the Democratic waves of 2006 and 2008, with the election of Democrats who claimed to be moderate to conservative on issues like abortion.

And, Salsa in its DLCCWeb incarnation signed up hundreds of Democratic campaigns in the 2010 cycle, a year in which Dems got creamed despite any technological advantages they possessed (i.e., even a good CRM won't help if you're swamped by a wave election).

«These electoral wins are part of the «blue wave» sweeping our state and nation which will help even more Senate Democratic candidates win in the upcoming General Election,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

In the 1990s, a wave of protest and a democratic global climate led to the fall of autocratic regimes and a series of elections across the African continent.

As Republicans face a potential Democratic wave in this year's midterm elections, outgoing Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake argued that his party «might not deserve to lead» given its support for Trump.

Democratic candidates yesterday won two special elections for state legislative seats in the Northeast, another indication for the party that a blue wave is forming ahead of November's midterm elections.

Democrats hope to retake the chamber soon, either after two special Senate elections April 24 or after the November elections, when they hope dissatisfaction with Republican President Donald Trump leads to a Democratic wave.

Krueger, too, plans to ride what she called the «blue wave» in the November midterm elections, when she expects a «Democratic takeover of the New York state Legislature.

DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), the anticipated GOP nominee, would likely fall victim to New York state's heavily liberal tilt, considering the expected Democratic wave in the 2018 elections.

The city's Democratic committee chairman says interest in elected office increased shortly after the presidential election and they're still riding that wave.

TROY - Republicans in the Capital Region appeared to beat back the Democratic wave that hit the rest of the state in special elections on Tuesday.

«These electoral wins are part of the «blue wave» sweeping our state and nation which will help even more Senate Democratic candidates win in the upcoming general election.»

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reserved a third wave of television time, one week after announcing the selection of the first two waves that identified 40 of the most vulnerable seats in the midterm elections.

Kirwan said he lost two years ago in a «tidal wave» of Democratic victories starting at the top with the election of President Barack Obama.

The indictment of Libous is likely to send shock waves through the state Senate, which is already embroiled in a complicated leadership battle as the five - member Independent Democratic Conference has announced it will end its coalition with the Republican conference after this year's elections.

If not, the Republican TV onslaught seeking to link Democratic incumbents and challengers to the party's unpopular policies in Washington will assert itself and make a wave election not just a possibility but a likelihood.

The executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hoping to ride a wave of Democratic fury to recapture the majority in the House for the first time since the 2010 elections.

Democratic Nassau County Executive - elect Laura Curran rode a relentless anti-corruption campaign message — boosted by the anti-Trump wave seen in other suburbs — to take parts of the county that Republicans typically dominate in local elections, political analysts said.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled its final wave of Jumpstart candidates for the 2014 cycle on Thursday, giving the seal of approval to one final set of recruits before the election year begins.

While write in ballots totaled an impressive 453 (it is unclear how many of them belong to Samuels because the Board of Elections does not tabulate them on election night unless they are numerous enough to be a deciding factor) Samuels found himself swamped on election day by the expected Democratic tidal wave, carrying appointed incumbent Richard Heppner to his first elected term with 1580 votes, and Lorin Rose into office with 1338 votes.

Glen Oaks resident Bob Friedrich said he is banking on an anti-incumbent wave and a platform of reforming Albany in his Democratic primary election battle with state Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck).

Democrats are looking at SD 18 as one of the most flippable seats in what is widely expected to be a Democratic «blue wave» election year.

That blue wave which Democratic candidates are counting on to sweep them into state and federal offices this year hit a minor sea wall in last month's special election for Pete Lopez's old Assembly seat.

The Senate Democrats also issued a statement, saying a «blue wave» is sweeping the country, and that they fully expect to pick up enough Democratic seats in the November elections to take back the Senate.

The Democratic majority persisted in the next three election cycles, despite national Republican waves in 2010 and 2014.

Both of these elections coincided with national Democratic waves.

I can not believe, however, that the SALT cap will remain for long as it seems extremely unfair and possibly unconstitutional, so if there is a Democratic wave next election, they may patch that up fairly quickly, hopefully before anyone is actually affected by it.