Sentences with phrase «house seat held»

Burns will face Democrat Mark Critz in a May 18 special election for the House seat held for decades by the late Democratic Rep. John Murtha.

Two weeks later in Kentucky, Ron Lewis (R) won a special for the House seat held for 20 terms by William Natcher (D), who had passed away earlier in the year.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is also openly considering a statewide campaign, but recently did not rule out running for the House seat held by Republican Rep. John Katko.

Miner, meanwhile, has also publicly considered a run to challenge the governor for the Democratic nomination, only to signal later she's once again interested in running for the House seat held by Rep. John Katko.

In the first congressional district, a Suffolk County House seat held by Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop, Cuomo leads Astorino 52 percent to 32 percent.

Wappingers Falls Mayor Matt Alexander today announced his candidacy for the Hudson Valley House seat held by U.S. Rep. Nan Hayworth, a Republican aligned with the tea party movement.

Republican Bob Turner upended the political world Tuesday evening, defeating Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin to capture the House seat held by disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner.

After dropping his short - lived bid for the U.S. Senate, Rye town Supervisor Joe Carvin is eyeing a run for the House seat held by longtime Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey, a Republican source confirmed this morning.

The GOP wins a Senate seat in one of the reddest states in the country, a picks up a House seat held by a convict.

A Hochul spokeswoman insisted the lieutenant governor is not running for the House seat held by Rep. Chris Collins.

Democratic congressional candidate Dave Clegg on Thursday reported having raised $ 220,000 in his bid for the Hudson Valley House seat held by Republican Rep. John Faso.

[1] District 22 is currently represented by Marc Keahey (D) who is a potential candidate for the U.S. House seat held by outgoing Representative Jo Bonner (R).

Republican congressional hopeful John Faso announced Wednesday he had raised $ 624,750 in the first quarter as part of his bid to win the Hudson Valley House seat held by outgoing Rep. Chris Gibson.

Ulster County Executive Mike Hein will not run for the House seat held by Rep. Chris Gibson, the Democrat said in an interview set to air this evening on Capital Tonight.

The race for the House seat held by Republican incumbent Claudia Tenney is one of a handful of battleground races around the state.

But Cuomo has also made it a point this election cycle to flip House seats held in competitive districts by Republicans, viewing Reps. John Faso and Claudia Tenney as especially vulnerable this year.

In alphabetical order, here are six states where the impact of a gubernatorial race could drip down the ballot: Arizona: Republicans hope efforts to turn out the vote for their gubernatorial nominee, Doug Ducey, will help their candidates vying to pick up a pair of House seats held by Democrats.

New Jersey Democrats are well positioned to snag U.S. House seats held by Republicans in the midterm election, according to a new poll released Monday.

Not exact matches

To do so, the party needs to pick up five seats — or four, if they can also hold on to the White House.

The minority party aims to win 23 Republican - held House seats in November to take a majority in the chamber.

Virginia and New Jersey will hold gubernatorial elections later this year, and all 435 seats in the House and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested in the 2018 midterm elections.

The Conservatives hold a majority of seats in the House of Commons, meaning support from the governing party is required for a motion to succeed.

-LRB-...) The party in power has lost House seats in 9 of the last 10 congressional elections held at the midpoint of a president's first term.

Democrats, at this writing, dropped 61 seats in the House of Representatives, where they will now be in the minority, and 6 seats in the Senate, where they will continue to hold a slight edge.

Rep. Sam Gejdenson, who had been in the House of Representatives for seven terms, managed to just barely hold onto his seat by a margin of 21 votes.

Republicans fighting to take back the House of Representatives have focused on seats currently held by moderate, pro-life Democrats.

Eighteen candidates are vying for a U.S. House seat in central Ohio that Republicans have held for 35 years and Democrats now see as competitive.

From dragging car seats in and out of the house to stacking pillows, trying to hold your baby in an upright position after every meal to avoid acid reflux can add time, work and frustration to every feeding!

At the same time, Blanche Lincoln survived (for now) and the Dems held on to John Murtha's old House seat in a Republican - leaning area, where again observers will try to draw grand conclusions from the fact that Mark Critz found it necessary to run against Obama's healthcare plan.

A Senate GOP source confirms several reports that the congressional district currently held by retiring Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY - 22) has been carved up in the their House redistricting plan, along with Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman's seat.

But the same goes for two other Democrats — Sen. Chuck Schumer (who used to hold this House seat) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo — likely to help Weprin.

The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.

The Transit Workers Union and the Working Families Party is at odds over the push directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help flip Republican - held House seats in New York.

Take Virginia, for example, a national battleground state where Democrats control all 5 statewide offices, yet Republicans hold a super-majority in the state House, a majority in the state Senate, and 8 of the 11 Congressional seats.

So many House seats which held Democrats elected in 2008 or 2006 flipped in 2010.

In an election held this month, Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, third earl of Oxford and Asquith was elected to take up the seat in the House of Lords vacated by the death of Robert Alexander Hold Methuen, the seventh baron Methuen.

Former Rep. Richard Hanna unloaded on the woman who holds his old House seat, Rep. Claudia Tenney, saying she is a «pariah to the Republican Party» and has «made herself a Democratic fundraiser» with her controversial views and comments.

All told, eight of the state's nine Republican seats in the House are considered possible pickups by the Democrats, with Peter King, the well - known Long Island congressman, holding the sole seat that they apparently feel is unlikely to change hands.

«It would be a serious mistake for House Republicans to pass a Continuing Resolution that would ensure that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats would come back to Washington, after many of them will have likely lost their seats, for a no - holds barred lame duck session where they will be free to pass legislation that the American people will never be able to hold them responsible for,» the Texas Republican said in a statement provided to CQ Roll Call.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

Hayworth held a U.S. House seat in the 19th District from 2010 - 2012, and after New York's redistricting, was defeated by Maloney in the 2012 18th Congressional District election.

My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.

In an email sent out to supporters this afternoon, Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor listed three major events for the union - backed third party: Kathy Hochul's upset win for a Republican - held House seat (May 24), the genesis of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park (Oct. 5) and when the worm turned on the tax code debate (Nov. 29).

Republican Rep. John Katko, the Central New York freshman who is fighting to hold onto his seat in one of the most competitive House races in the nation, is out with his fourth TV ad, which questions the ability of his opponent, Colleen Deacon, to act independently of the Democratic conference if she's elected in November.

Battleground chamber: The West Virginia House held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of six seats, which amounted to 6 percent of the chamber.

That seat was held by Michael Grimm, the only Republican House member from New York City.

Battleground chamber: The New Mexico House held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of four seats, which amounted to 5.7 percent of the chamber.

With vacant seats counting towards the party that previously held the seat, the New Hampshire House held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of 40 seats, which amounted to 10 percent of the chamber.

Tennessee House of Representatives: Of the 99 seats in the House, Republicans held 64, Democrats held 34, and one was vacant.

The Democrats held a four seat lead in the House, which was 5.7 percent of the 70 seats up for election in 2014.