Sentences with phrase «democrats running in the primary»

For now, the two Democrats running in the primary for governor (former Congressman vs. former Honolulu mayor) have been the big news locally.

Democratic congressional candidate Eric Kingson, one of three Democrats running in a primary Tuesday for the Democratic nomination in New York's 24th District, will get some high - profile help Friday.

Sen. Bernard Sanders, I - Vt., one of the Senate's most liberal members, has endorsed state Sen. Daylin Leach — one of four Democrats running in the primary for Pennsylvania's 13th District.

Taking a dig at a top rival in the race, former Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik, the spokesman added that it was a «hard choice» between endorsing Ms. Lynch and attorney Ali Najmi, another Democrat running in the primary without any organized labor endorsements.

Not exact matches

The community's political leanings left no viable option for Clarke but to run as a Democrat and make it through a contested primary, as he has managed to in every election since.

Sanders emboldened many progressive Democrats and independents with his Democratic primary run, leaving some looking for an alternative to Clinton in the general election.

Very rarely will undecided voters hit your site: unless you're running a paid campaign to bring them in, or if it's a contested primary and active Democrats are educating themselves on all the candidates.

One might argue that the Democrats (in both houses) have more to lose, with several of their members who are running for Congress perhaps enjoying the insurance policy that two primaries brings — the option to run for their current seats if a bid for higher office doesn't work out.

Schumer, as reported yesterday by City & State, is lending his support to Queens Democratic Sen. Toby Stavisky, who was drawn by the Democrats into a primary with her colleague, Sen. Tony Avella, and so has opted to run in the new Asian - majority district instead.

Both Tabone and Bronx Republican Chairman Jay Savino were acccused of accepting $ 40,000 in bribes in exchange to sign a Wilson - Pakula waiver so Smith, a Democrat and member of the five - member Senate IDC, could run on the Republican line in a mayoral primary.

UPDATE: Another reaction to Spitzer's news — and reiteration of support for Stringer — was sent out by Sen. Daniel Squadron, a Brooklyn Democrat who is running in a primary for the public advocate post that de Blasio is vacating.

That candidate could still be Felder's declared primary opponent, Blake Morris, but Democrats are open to finding other candidates who could competitively run in the district.

He has always been something of an outsider, conferencing with the Republicans during his last stint in the Senate and then running against an incumbent Democrat, former Sen. Efrain Gonzalez Jr., in the 2008 primary.

Mascia, who's now 70, is running for a seat on the Common Council as a Democrat in a three - way primary.

And of course the state party may be able to help you if there's no primary (if there is, it's even more important to make friends with other local Democrats who have run and won elections in your district — ask for their endorsement and their list).

What remains to be seen is if Democrats run primaries against members of the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, something Governor Cuomo does not want to see as he publicly calls for the two warring Democratic factions to come together in a show of party unity.

Failed Syracuse mayoral candidate Democrat Juanita Perez Williams has changed her mind and plans to run for Congress in NY - 24 challenging Republican Rep. John Katko, according to the Democratic Party chairman, though she has to make it through a primary first.

State Sen. George Latimer is the choice of the Westchester Democrats to run for county executive against Republican incumbent Rob Astorino, though County Legislator Ken Jenkins has vowed to fight on in the September primary.

Actor and activist Cynthia Nixon urged Democrats on Saturday to carve out an identity apart from just opposition to the president and run «bluer Democrats» in 2018, as she herself mulls a primary challenge to Cuomo.

At the center of the scandal is a powerful state senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, who bribed Republican GOP county leaders to grant him a waiver to run as Republican in GOP mayoral primaries.

Democrats will have a competitive primary between state Rep. Steve Santarsiero and small - business owner Shaughnessy Naughton (who ran a competitive race in last year's primary).

And in Florida's 26th District, Democrat Joe Garcia is running again after losing to Republican Carlos Curbelo, 51.5 - 48.5 percent, in 2014, although Garcia has a competitive Democratic primary first.

Sal Albanese, 68 Party: Reform Party (previously ran as a Democrat in the primary election) Current role: Former city councilman and public school teacher Brief bio: Albanese was born in Calabria, Italy, on Aug. 29, 1949, and immigrated to Brooklyn when he was 8 years old.

Sanders» top consultants have also signed on to two Senate contenders who are running in primaries against candidates endorsed by national Democrats.

Here's one of two TV ads Sen. Bill Stachowski is running as he battles a primary challenge from Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy in a fight that every well could be the last the veteran Buffalo Democrat wages.

Espaillat's effort to join the Senate Democrats» is a bit more complicated, as he's running in a four - way primary for the seat in the 31st SD (upper Manhattan and the Bronx) that Sen. Eric Schneiderman is giving up to run for state attorney general.

Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield has tapped his ally Kalman Yeger to run for his City Council seat, in a deal criticized by good government groups who say it deprives Democrats of the chance to choose a candidate in an open primary.

Six Democrats are battling for the party's nomination to run for the lower Manhattan Assembly seat once held by Silver, making it one of the most closely watched and unpredictable contests in Tuesday's slate of state legislative primaries.

The 5th Ward councilman, who is running for council president in the upcoming Democratic Primary in September, is the only candidate running for elected office who is behind on taxes, according to a Times Union analysis of property tax records for all 45 candidates — from Democrats to Conservatives — seeking various city offices this year.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

-- Simone Pathé and Bridget Bowman This week... Chris McDaniel launched another Senate primary run in Mississippi, voters picked their candidates in Arizona, and underdog Democrats used the gun debate to make their mark.

«Also, the more Cuomo needs to attack Nixon during the primary, the more he will have to pivot later to appeal to progressive Democrats nationally if he wants to run for president in 2020.»

A number of top - tier Democrats have opted not to challenge de Blasio in the September primary, so far leaving him to face State Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, who handedly lost the Democratic mayoral primary in 2009 to then - comptroller Bill Thompson and Sal Albanese, a former City Council member from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn who ran for mayor in 1997 and 2013.

Because the district is largely split between the two parties and only one Republican is running, just one Democrat is expected to be among the top two finishers in the «jungle» primary.

I received an e-mail today from Paul Newell, one of two Democrats who ran unsuccessful primary challenges to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the fall of 2008 — the first opponents the powerful Manhattan lawmaker had received from inside his own party in two decades.

At the same time, Democrats say they are ready to run a candidate this year should Boyle win his September primary and resign the seat in the Senate in order for Republicans, potentially to run someone in the November general election.

Erie County clerk candidate Michael Kearns, a lifelong Democrat and Assemblyman, would not commit to running in the September Democratic primary, leaving open the possibility the registered Democrat may compete only on the Republican and Conservative lines in the November general election.

Club members also heard from former NYC Councilman Robert Jackson, who is running for the Senate seat Adriano Espaillat will vacate if he wins his June 24 primary challenge to Rep. Charlie Rangel; and Jamie Kemmerer, a political activist and executive director of the Bay Ridge Democrats, who plans to challenge GOP Sen. Marty Golden in November.

John Catsimatidis, who ran in the Republican Party's 2013 New York City mayoral primary, has with his family given $ 255,000 to the party between 2011 and 2014; he gave over $ 245,000 to the Democrats and their statewide candidates during this time period.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

So, for example, one of the five Democrats now vying for the right to take on Hayworth in November could then run for the Senate in retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's district, challeging the likely Democratic candidate, Assemblyman George Latimer, in the Sept. 11 primary.

Two other Democrats who lost out Thursday night said they plan to run primary campaigns to vie for the seat in the heavily Democratic Assembly district.

Mr. Halloran, a Queen Republican, was arrested in connection with the bizarre plot to secure State Sen. Malcom Smith, a Democrat, a slot to run in the Republican mayoral primary.

Speculation arose last week that Democrat Paul Vallone, who came in third in the Sept. 15 primary with 22 percent of the vote, would run on the Republican line, replacing Auburndale attorney Dan Halloran after a story surfaced earlier this month about Halloran's leadership in a pre-Christian pagan religion.

«One of the primary reasons, not to be using any puns, that I have considered running in this race was my unhappiness with the fact that my representative in the Senate was caucusing with the Republicans and denying the Democrats a majority,» Cappelli said.

The Republican Party has recruited fake Democrats to run in all six recall elections, a move party officials said is designed to ensure each one has a primary and the general election for all six is held on the same day, June 5.

Anderson, who ran unsuccessfully for Albany mayor in 2013, could be pitted against Common Councilman Frank Commisso Jr., Council President Carolyn McLaughlin and Mayor Kathy Sheehan in a four - way Democratic primary should his petition as a Democrat go through.

Environmentalists opposed to the proposed 600 - acre Hills development in East Quogue are seeking a Democrat to run a September primary against Southampton Supervisor Jay Schneiderman.

Mr. Akselrod is running in a competitive primary against incumbent Democrat Steve Cymbrowitz.

In the clerk's race to fill the unexpired term of Christopher L. Jacobs, the former clerk who is now a Republican state senator, Kearns» victory remains one of the more unusual in Erie County politics after he declined running in his own Democratic primary against Cichon in order to continue as a Democrat on the GOP linIn the clerk's race to fill the unexpired term of Christopher L. Jacobs, the former clerk who is now a Republican state senator, Kearns» victory remains one of the more unusual in Erie County politics after he declined running in his own Democratic primary against Cichon in order to continue as a Democrat on the GOP linin Erie County politics after he declined running in his own Democratic primary against Cichon in order to continue as a Democrat on the GOP linin his own Democratic primary against Cichon in order to continue as a Democrat on the GOP linin order to continue as a Democrat on the GOP line.