Sentences with phrase «democrats pitted against each other»

Senate Democrats who complain about six incumbent democrats pitted against each other are just «carping,» Nozzolio says.

Not exact matches

Peralta characterized New York state as becoming more Democratic and accused the Senate Republicans of trying to maintain their majority by pitting Democrats in the city against each other.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A nontraditional primary takes place in Nassau County on Tuesday, pitting two Democrats against each other.

Playing a GOP - led Senate against the Democrat - dominated Assembly allows Cuomo to pit legislators against each other, rather than have them unite against him.

A jump into nearby Senate District 38 would pit him against five other Democrats — Anis Blemur, Phillip Brutus, Daphne Campbell, Don Festge and Jason Pizzo.

In the Assembly, Republican leader Brian Kolb of Canandaigua said two of his members would be pitted against each other in a Central New York district and an incumbent Republican and incumbent Democrat would be forced to seek the same Buffalo district.

- The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe reports on the congressional race in the ninth district in New Jersey, where the loss of a congressional seat is pitting two long - serving Democrats against each other.

The election pits members of all political parties against each other on one ballot, a format that Democrats hope will help their candidate by splitting the Republican vote.

They once again broke up clusters of minority voters, and they pitted three pairs of incumbent Democrats against each other, including Michael Gianaris of Queens, who happens to be the head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

Senate Republicans are reportedly eliminating Ackerman's district, while Assembly Democrats would pit at least a couple of incumbents against each other.

The race pitted two Democrats against each other because of Washington's Top Two primary system, where the top two vote - getters in the September primary advance to the general election, regardless of party.

Thanks to Washington's top - two primary system, the general election could pit two Democrats against each other.

And in the Buffalo area, where the Assembly contest pitted two registered Democrats against each other — one on the Democratic line and the other on the Republican line — the challenger with Republican backing won the election.