Sentences with phrase «democrats won the seat»

After those elections are held, and assuming Democrats win both seats, the party would have a numeric majority in the chamber.

Having Democrats win those seats is key to the execution of a unity agreement between the mainline conference and the eight - member IDC.

Should Democrats win both seats, the party would have 32 enrolled members in the chamber.

«While the IDC is in the process of helping Shelley Mayer become the next senator of the 37th senate district, the head of the state party, Geoff Berman, is hellbent on undermining the IDC instead of making sure Democrats win seats.

With help from friends, he launched a website the day before inauguration with a tool that matched liberals to their closest 2018 swing district — seeking their commitment to volunteer and donate to help Democrats win the seat.

In a subsequent statement, Stewart - Cousins said she looked forward to Democrats winning the seats.

Should Democrats win both seats, the party would have a numerical majority in the chamber.

If Democrats win both seats they'll have a numeric majority and a chance to take over the Senate for the first time since 2009.

Cuomo received the endorsement in 2014, but some party members, including Wisneski, don't believe the governor lived up to the promises he made then to help Democrats win seats and gain control over the Republican - led state Senate.

He said the results of those races should not intimidate moderate Democrats, who he said should focus instead on the election in upstate New York, where a Democrat won the seat for the first time in over 100 years.

I look forward to helping Florida Democrats win this seat and working with Annette to restore our promise to public school students, protect our environment and build an economy that works for every Floridian.»

Should special elections be called to fill the two Democratically controlled seats that will be vacated at the end of this year — and assuming Democrats win those seats — there again would be 32 members of the Democratic Party in the Senate, enough to control the majority.

If Democrats win both seats they'll have the majority, though they'll also have to resolve the schism between the mainline Democrats and the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference that broke with mainline Democrats years ago to empower the Senate's GOP leaders.

The two sides have agreed to reunify, however, if the Democrats win both seats.

I hope a Democrat wins that seat and I'm looking forward to that.»

Cuomo received the endorsement in 2014, but some party members, including Wisneski, don't believe the governor lived up to his promises made then, to help Democrats win seats and gain control over the Republican - led state Senate.

«But that being said, you know, obviously, I'm a Democrat, I'm a proud Democrat, I hope a Democrat wins that seat, and I'm looking forward to that.»

Or the Democrats win both seats and we're back to the horse trading!»

Governor Cuomo, who was criticized in past elections for not helping Democrats win seats in the Senate, appears to be seeing the handwriting on the wall and is taking a more active role this year, appearing at rallies on Long Island and New York City.

If Democrats win both seats, the party would gain a numerical edge in the Senate, theoretically giving them control — but only if Mr. Felder returns to the fold.

However, the Liberal Democrats won the seat in 2005 and 2010, following strong showings in the area on Cardiff Council and the Welsh Assembly.

Help Democrats win seats across the country this year.

Not exact matches

If the Senate's two independents continue to caucus with them, Democrats only need to pick up two seats to win a 51 - 49 majority.

This time, Democrats are hoping to win control of the House by picking up 23 seats from the GOP.

So I can tell you this: Our goal here at Emily's List — and I said this to Leader Pelosi — Democrats need 23 seats to win back the majority.

With the Republicans defending 24 seats, and the Democrats just 10, five of which they needed to win, the odds, by some estimates, were in the Democrats» favour.

It will be the nation's first special congressional election since Trump's win, and Democrats view it as their best chance to flip the seat representing the heavily Republican 4th District in southern Kansas.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.

Dems win key race in swing district: «Outspent but not outmaneuvered, Democrat Javier Fernandez took Florida's 114th House district Tuesday, keeping the purple Miami - Dade seat in the fold for the state's surging minority party.

Many of the seats we can compete for can only be won by Democrats who are anti-choice, anti-labor, and pro-big bank — the kind of Democrats that aren't good for much when they always vote with Republicans.

And he said the Democrat, Conor Lamb, won the seat because he was «like Trump» but that Lamb would vote with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.).

Ron Johnson is a Republican senator who won re-election in a seat many expected his party would lose to the Democrats.

No I was talking about the Democrats lack of enthusiasm to form a majority before the budget and the vacant seats (or soon to be vacant seats) that they need to win / keep to achieve that goal.

In the other three Assembly specials, Shelly Mayer, the Senate Democrats» former counsel, won an easy victory for Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano's old seat in the 93rd AD.

Democrats plan to push hard in an effort to win a number of seats — the one vacated by former Sen. Chuck Fuschillo, the one that used to be held by Foley and will potentially being vacated by Sen. Lee Zeldin (assuming he wins the NY - 1 GOP primary) and the one currently held by Sen. Jack Martins).

«In addition, this is an important election and I look forward to working with our Democratic candidate to provide a strong voice in Washington for the great people of this entire district and I am confident that a Democrat will win this seat.»

Local elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national level.

Despite receiving 51 percent of the votes statewide in 2012, Democrats won only 39 of 99 Assembly seats.

Meanwhile senior Liberal Democrat figures from the Coalition era are set to try to win back their seats in the upcoming general election.

As Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate race yesterday, there are calls by Democrats to seat him immediately.

Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, celebrated a historic victory today after his right - wing Fidesz / Christian Democrat coalition retained its two - thirds majority in the Hungarian Parliament, winning 133 out of 199 seats.

The battle to reunify Democrats in the Senate was sparked in part by the addition of Brian Benjamin, who won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat and giving the party 32 enrolled members again the Senate.

Democrat Dan Maffei, who's trying to win back his seat from the Republican who ousted him from it in 2010, Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, was one of several New York congressional contenders boosted recently by brief visits from Bill Clinton.

The seat is one of two Senate districts at the focal point of a push for Democrats to win control of the chamber in the coming months and force a truce among the mainline Democratic conference and the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference.

Both factions of Democrats are meant to work together to win those seats.

There is no reason to believe that there are any obvious Democratic pickups, while the Democrats do have to play defense on the Oppenheimer and Addabbo seats, somehow win back the seat held by Storobin, all while hoping that Breslin hangs on and does not give the IDC another vote.

This year, the seat could once again be pivotal in the battle for control of the state Senate, although the assemblyman did tell the News he's not sure Democrats would take control even if he won.

So the WFP thugs force a winning democrat out of the race and the seat reverts to the GOP.

Democrats remain confident that Mayer will win in Westchester, while Democrat Luis Sepulveda will prevail in a Bronx Senate seat as well.