Sentences with phrase «democratic women candidates»

Maryland Democrat Kathleen Matthews on Thursday received an endorsement from EMILY's List, a national group which has made it its mission to support Democratic women candidates.

Since 2001, Eleanor's Legacy has awarded over $ 1.1 million in Campaign Grants to over 1,500 pro-choice Democratic women candidates across New York State.

The Campaign Grant is the most effective tool we have for electing pro-choice Democratic women candidates.

Brette McSweeney is the president of Eleanor's Legacy, the only statewide organization in New York focused on recruiting, training, and funding pro-choice Democratic women candidates at the state and local level.

The first Luncheon was held in October 2001 to rally around pro-choice Democratic women candidates — an idea that evolved into the creation of Eleanor's Legacy.

We recruit, train and fund pro-choice Democratic women candidates across New York at the state and local level.

EMILY»S List, a powerful fundraising political action committee for Democratic women candidates, has endorsed North Hempstead Town Board member Anna Kaplan in the five - way Democratic primary for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's NY - 3 seat.

Not exact matches

A Wave of Losses Coming: There's an influx of female candidates running for Democratic seats in 2018 — but many of those women are running in races considered to be easy Republican wins.

Put those assumptions together, and I have an explanation for why single women vote so heavily for Democratic candidates: Their inability to achieve a core life - goal (marriage) makes them feel vulnerable, and so they vote for the party that promises to use government to protect the vulnerable.

Mothers are back in the news again, thanks to Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen whose comment about stay - at - home - mom of five Ann Romney, wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as a woman who «has actually never worked a day in her life» reignited the so - called Mommy Wars.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is trying to win over moderate Republican women put off by Donald Trump.

The Paladino campaign has been mulling whether to ditch both Ognibene and Edwards in favor of running a woman or a minority LG to highlight the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket, which right now includes just one woman — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — and no candidates of color.

Joanie Mahoney, the Republican Onondaga County executive and first woman to hold that post, is the latest member of her party to announce support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo, YNN's Bill Carey reports.

This isn't even a partisan thing - plenty of women vote for a man in Democratic primaries featuring both genders, where the standard idiotic explanation of «female candidate is a Republican woman and thus anti-women as all Republicans are» doesn't fly.

Hillary Clinton is supporting a Democratic congressional candidate's use of campaign funds on child care, writing a letter in support to the Federal Elections Commission that also highlights the number of women who are running for office in the 2018 midterm elections.

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan in a fundraising email blasted Republican incumbent Marty Golden after The Daily News reported the lawmaker in 2005 was the driver in a crash the led to a woman in a coma that resulted in a large settlement to her family.

When Hillary Clinton won the nomination as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in July 2016, she celebrated her victory speech with words that foreshadowed her campaign message: Tonight, we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president... When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone.

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.

More than a half - dozen Democratic Senate candidates this cycle are women, some of whom are considered the top recruit in their respective race.

Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Kathy Hochul (D) and supporters of Gov. Cuomo gathered signatures for a Women's Equality Party line, thereby increasing the Democratic ticket's haul of ballot lines to four.

There were huge Democratic victories for women in New York including first - time candidate Tara Gaston.

As national security becomes a bigger issue in the wake of the attacks in Paris, some Democratic strategists worry the issue could cause troubles for their Senate candidates in 2016 — and women candidates in particular.

When Democratic Westchester County executive hopeful Noam Bramson announced his full - throated support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's women's agenda, the campaign of Republican incumbent (and possible gubernatorial candidate next year) Rob Astorino hit back hard by wondering why their opponent supports Silver remaining in office.

Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long accused Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in last night's debate of preferring to talk about aboriton and womens reproductive issues because it's a distraction from the economy.

This is a pro-Trump, anti-abortion organization that works to defeat Democratic judicial candidates, some of whom have been women of color.

The American Hotel, 192 Main Street, Sharon Springs May 6 (Sunday), 10 am, Pawling Meet & Greet, Wingdale, Private home; RSVP to [email protected] for more info and exact address May 6 (Sunday), 4 - 7 pm, Resisterhood New Paltz Forum, SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center 100; Forum based on women's issues, https://www.facebook.com/events/215450725680533/ May 7 (Monday), 7 - 9 pm, Town of Hunter Democratic Committee, meeting with some candidates, Village of Tannersville town Hall (next to firehouse, corner of Park Lane and Main St) May 8 (Tuesday), 5:30 - 8 pm, Otsego County Phonebank, Oneonta, Plase RSP to [email protected] for exact location; https://www.facebook.com/events/2056158621266926/ May 9 (Wednesday), 6 - 7:30 pm, Rensselaer County Interactive Medicare for all Town Hall, Brunswick Elks Lodge # 2556, 665 Brunswick Rd, Troy; RSVP to [email protected] May 10 (Thursday), 6 - 9 pm (doors open at 5:30), Saugerties Candidate Debate, Saugerties High School, 310 Washington Ave, Saugerties.

Several Democratic women were reportedly on the long list of potential replacements, including Brooklyn Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Public Advocate Letitia James, former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

A League of Women Voters candidates» debate in East Hampton on Monday night touched on a host of issues about the town's most pressing needs and underscored the differences between Democratic and Republican candidates for town supervisor and for two seats on the town board.

(CNN)- The female Democratic candidate who hopes to topple Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is out with a new television ad hitting him where Democrats think he is highly vulnerable - with women voters.

Messer announced that his campaign had found the signature of a dead woman signed onto a Queens Democratic Party petition containing a slew of Democratic candidates, including Stavisky.

«As an eager young delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, I can tell you first - hand that Geraldine Ferraro thrilled us when she took the stage as the first woman ever nominated by a major political party to be its candidate for vice president of the United States,» Maloney said in a statement.

«Jeri is a strong candidate with a background of Democratic Party participation, community affairs and is a business woman,» said Art Tillman, Southold Democratic chairman.

She said it has been her goal to recruit more female candidates for office — a head - on offensive against Democratic efforts, through the Women's Equality Party that Gov. Andrew Cuomo created, to use gender issues to drive up turnout.

Seeking the two - year post in the November 3 election are Democratic candidate Neil Bettez, Republican nominee Robert Gabrielli and Jeff Logan, who is mounting a write - in campaign after the Women's Equality Party was not allowed on the ballot.

The Democratic candidate in each of these races was a woman; four of them won.

Jennifer Maertz, a former Democratic state Senate candidate and an activist on women's rights issues, was in Cutchogue Sunday collecting signatures and speaking with potential voters about the new party platform.

Washington (CNN)-- Democratic candidates this cycle are working feverishly to exploit their party's edge among female voters, thrusting issues like equal pay, paid sick leave and women's health to the forefront of their campaigns.

Instead, Democratic operatives say the field of Senate candidates could include Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the first woman elected to the role in the state's history.

MacMillan, along with a collection of other like - minded women in Washington, is part of the Jenkins Hill Society, an all - female network that raises campaign money for Democratic female candidates.

The 2017 off - year election results in Virginia and New Jersey and the special Senate election in Alabama have also given GOP candidates and incumbents reason to believe they will face an energized Democratic base that could turn out in record numbers, matched by a backlash among highly educated white women whose votes are usually Republican.

She encouraged Ghanaian women to ignore the governing National Democratic Congress» vile propaganda against the NPP's Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, and endorse his candidature on December 7.

«I don't want to belabor this one incident, because stuff happens, but I do think — as someone who has had his own share of tension with local media about, ahem, different subjects — I may have something to add to the conversation,» said Weiner, a failed Democratic mayoral candidate who resigned from Congress in June 2011 after lying about sending lewd photos and messages to multiple women.

Democratic State Senate candidate Adam Haber has released his first television ad of the campaign, a 30 - second spot that focuses on taxes, small businesses and women's equality.

Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon praised the women who spoke out, and called for a look into the «culture of silence that protects those in power.»

With only one week until two Rensselaer County Legislators face off in a special election for the 107th Assembly District seat, Democratic candidate Cindy Doran received support from numerous Democratic women leaders from across the state on yesterday afternoon.

A Democratic party rule designed to encourage women to participate in state committee elections has backfired for some female candidates running in the 2018 Pennsylvania primary.

Democratic Senate candidate Sara Niccoli on Monday in a statement criticized Republican incumbent George Amedore for not making a clean break with Donald Trump after allegations surfaced the GOP presidential nominee groped and sexually assaulted women.

Supporters of democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cheer during a Women for Hillary event in New York on Monday.

Democratic LG candidate Kathy Hochul headlined a rally on the Upper West Side to announce she and Cuomo plan to run on a new Women's Equality ballot line.

As Senate Democratic candidates have failed to get the ballot line, the coalition behind the Women's Equality Party have began to urge candidates sign pledges to signify their support for the omnibus bill.