Sentences with phrase «district seat sets»

Not exact matches

Tuesday afternoon, Governor Abbott set that date to fill the 27th congressional district seat and candidates have only a few days to file.

Any resident of the Park District of Highland Park who meets the requirements set forth by the Lake County Board of elections is eligible to run for a seat on the Park Board.

Cuomo set the special elections for the ninth congressional district and six vacant Assembly seats on Sept. 13.

Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

With ballots in the mail - only «jungle» primary set to go out this week and five Democrats battling for a spot in the top two, the pace and intrigue of the open - seat 1st district race have picked up considerably.

With the state set to lose two congressional seats due to redistricting following the 2010 census, most political observers believe the 9th Congressional District — which covers Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, part of the Rockaways and Brooklyn — will be eliminated, which makes the seat less attractive to ambitious politicians.

Two of the Democratic candidates for the party's nomination to take on incumbent Republican John Faso for the 19th New York Congressional District's seat have set upcoming forums in Kingston about healthcare.

Rookie Nassau legislator Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat, but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

By contrast, the six Democrats vying for the seat, all newcomers to electoral politics, will need to spend heavily to earn name recognition and set themselves apart from their competition in a sprawling district that includes all of Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie and Sullivan counties and portions of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery and Rensselaer.

Thompson, of Orlando, who served six years previously in the Florida House of Representatives representing another district, and four years in the Florida Senate, is one of several Democrats setting their sights on the HD 44 seat covering southwest Orange County.

The set of people voting for the same seats is called a circumscription or electoral district.

New York Rep. John McHugh is President Obama's choice to be the new secretary of the army, a decision likely to set off an extremely competitive special election for the Republican's 23rd district House seat.

«Stage set for Greg Steube - Julio Gonzalez primary fight» via the News Service of Florida — State Rep. Gonzalez qualified to run for an open congressional seat, setting up a Republican primary battle with state Sen. Steube, who in Florida's 17th Congressional District, which became open when U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney announced he would not seek re-election.

Updated 4:09 p.m. Democratic former Rep. Carol Shea - Porter has filed to run again for her old New Hampshire 1st District seat, setting up what could be the fourth election between her and GOP Rep. Frank C. Guinta.

He said the Board of Elections would need to create multiple sets of ballots since all county Democrats and Republicans can vote in their respective primaries although only residents of Skelos» 9th District could vote for that seat.

The Cuomo administration has set April 24 as the date for the special election, in which state Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Democrat, is vying for the Senate's 37th District seat against either Dan Schorr, a former prosecutor in Westchester and New York City and previous Yonkers inspector general, or Sarmad Khojasteh, a commercial litigation attorney from the town of Bedford, both Republicans.

Instead of looking to extend her career as a lawmaker, she set up a campaign for the District 1 seat on the Hillsborough County Commission.

The once - a-decade process of legislative redistricting will almost certainly not be completed in time for a set of 27 new congressional districts to replace the current 29 seats, which means two delegates per seat must be filed.

While this isn't a huge investment (a full - page ad set him back several thousand dollars), this move was described by two different people as a «pre-emptive» strike by the Democratic councilman — just in case anyone hasn't yet gotten the message that he intends to run, either for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat, assuming Kruger 1) is convicted of a felony in his corruption trial, which is scheduled to start Jan. 17, or 2) resigns as part of a plea deal; or for the so - called «super» Jewish district Senate Republicans are dreaming of having tailor - made for Fidler's former Council colleague, Simcha Felder.

Cuomo will likely set a date for a special election to fill Silver's Lower East Side seat, with the 65th District Democratic County Committee taking a leading role in naming a candidate.

UPPER WEST SIDE — Incumbent state Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell claimed victory in the Democratic Primary for his Upper West Side district Tuesday night, setting him up to carry the seat he's held since 2002, NY1 reported.

Its six members gathered in Albany to approve plans for an initial series of public hearings around the state to plan for the once - a-decade project of setting district lines for the Legislature as well as congressional seats.

Tuesday, the day he was set to be sworn in to a third term in Congress, will be the first day that the 11th Congressional District seat will be vacant.

Onondaga County Democratic Committee Chairman Mark English said Wednesday the party has set a deadline of Feb. 1 for candidates to declare for Katko's 24th Congressional District seat.

In between filling orders for whole turkeys and split chickens, Raitport shared his views on bike lanes, subsidized housing, taxes and what «Republican» really means — and why voters should choose him in the special election for the district's Assembly seat, set for May 5.

Some of the most closely watched races were for seats on the school board in Douglas County, where the winners will decide whether to continue to defend a school voucher program set up by the district that has faced legal challenges.

But, when a seat opened up this summer in the Illinois House of Representatives 5th District, which comprises a wildly diverse set of Chicago neighborhoods running from the South Shore north through the downtown business hub of the Loop, Sayeed had a change of heart.

District and campus leaders set out to address a lack of student growth in middle school math performance, insufficient readiness for Algebra I, and a deep - seated apathy toward math as demonstrated by stagnant student growth on state assessments, local benchmarks, and student survey data.