Sentences with phrase «hudson valley seat»

But with the fate of the Senate uncertain, NYSUT is also hedging its bets and supporting a Republican incumbent for a competitive Hudson Valley seat, while giving maximum $ 109,000 contributions to each side of the Senate battle.

Faso's Hudson Valley seat is considered one of the major New York targets for national Democrats in 2018.

«It's basically an ongoing joke within the circle of people that run for the state Senate that there is no Democratic Party in the state of New York,» said former senator Terry Gipson, who has run for a Hudson Valley seat three times since 2012 and is exploring challenging Cuomo from the left in a primary next year.

New York State Republican Senator Greg Ball has announced he will not seek re-election to his Hudson Valley seat.

It comes as Gipson is running a rematch against Serino for the Hudson Valley seat, one of a handful of battleground districts across the state.

The targets of the GOP strategy include incumbent Democratic Sens. Cecilia Tkaczyk, of Ulster County and Terry Gipson of Dutchess County, as well as Justin Wagner, who is battling for an open Hudson Valley seat.

Democrat Andrew Falk, an attorney who has run several times unsuccessfully for public office, plans to challenge Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy for his Hudson Valley seat in November.

The candidates are vying in a closely watched congressional race for a Hudson Valley seat that's being vacated by Republican Rep. Chris Gibson.

The Green Party is up in arms over a mailer sent out by Terrence Murphy, the Republican running for retiring Sen. Greg Ball's Hudson Valley seat, that links the candidate to Green gubernatorial hopeful Howie Hawkins.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced his second general election endorsement of a state Senate Democratic candidate, issuing a statement of support for Justin Wagner, who is making his second attempt at winning the Hudson Valley seat currently occupied by GOP Sen. Greg Ball.

A former Cuomo aide, Gareth Rhodes, is challenging Faso in the battleground Hudson Valley seat.

Republicans were still stinging after the special election win of Scott Murphy, a venture capitalist, who slid into the Hudson Valley seat left open when Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to the U.S. Senate.

At 10 a.m., ocal lawmakers interview candidates for Lower Hudson Valley seat on the Board of Regents, Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Ave., Greenburgh.

Republican George Amedore lost a 2012 race for a southern Capital Region and northern Hudson Valley seat that was drawn specifically for him by 18 votes.

The Hudson Valley seat is a top target for Democrats looking to make gains in the House.

After Hayworth was unseated by Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Ball's name surfaced again as a possible Republican challenger for the Hudson Valley seat.

Latimer has occupied his Hudson Valley seat since 2012.

In his letter, sent just before Christmas, Khojasteh notes he is so far the only Republican who has filed paperwork declaring his intention to run for the Hudson Valley seat vacated by former Democratic Sen. George Latimer, who is now Westchester County executive after defeating the Republican incumbent, Rob Astorino, last fall, though a number of other potential contenders have been mentioned.

Skoufis has been a sought - after recruit for Senate Democrats to run for the Hudson Valley seat, which is expected to be competitive this fall with Larkin's retirement.

That being said, Democrats will likely need wins elsewhere, including Hudson Valley seats held by Republicans Bill Larkin and Sue Serino.

Based on these performances it appears their hopes for winning any of these Long Island or Hudson Valley seats (prior to the next presidential election) are contingent on unique circumstances such as a strong third - party candidate in the race, a special election or a corruption issue.

Democrats hope to run competitive races in the Nassau County suburban districts as well as in races for Hudson Valley seats.

Not exact matches

He lost his seat in 2014 to Republican Sen. Sue Serino and failed to win the Hudson Valley district back in a 2016 rematch.

The 42nd Senate district in the Hudson Valley is one of several seats Democrats in the state Senate hope to be competitive in this fall, with others around the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island.

Gareth Rhodes, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo is also launching a bid for the Hudson Valley House seat.

Flanagan, meanwhile, is defending seats in battleground areas that could elect moderate Democrats in suburban and upstate areas, including Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

At the time, Albany lawmakers were grappling with cobbling together a redrawing of boundaries for both state and federal lawmakers, including Hayworth's Hudson Valley Congressional seat.

The Hudson Valley Senate seat has been something of a swing district, with Gipson narrowly winning a three - person race in 2012 that ousted longtime Republican incumbent Stephen Saland.

That includes not only Golden's seat in Brooklyn but also Hudson Valley and Long Island seats that can sometimes swing red to blue.

Clegg is among the crowded field of Democrats running for the nomination in the 19th congressional district in the Hudson Valley, a seat held by Republican Rep. John Faso.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, one of two women in the ever - shifting field of contenders for a vacant Hudson Valley state Senate seat, has a new mailer out that stresses her long - standing political history and family ties to the Yonkers area.

The showing was particularly poor in the Hudson Valley region and on Long Island, where Democrats believed there were multiple seats up for grabs.

But Cuomo also has $ 24 million in cash on hand for his effort and has vastly better name recognition than Gipson, who served a single two - year term in the Senate and failed to win his seat back last year in the Hudson Valley.

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.

It's still unclear whether Cuomo will campaign for any Democratic candidates in close - fought seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where his presence could be a boost.

Democrats are hoping that higher turnout in a presidential year will help them gain seats in Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

The 19th District, located in the Hudson Valley, is an open seat that Democrats can't afford to lose this fall.

A Sanders - backed candidate won in an open seat in the Hudson Valley.

Hayworth is running for the seat in the Hudson Valley that she held until 2012, when she was defeated for re-election by Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.

Democratic congressional hopeful Zephyr Teachout on Thursday was endorsed by the Working Families Party in her bid to win a Hudson Valley House seat.

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.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> Jeff Collins, a Woodstock resident and founder of the Hudson Valley Sudbury School, says he will run for New York's 46th Senate District seat.

Democrats are looking to capture seats they previously held in the Hudson Valley and retain the seat of State Senator Todd Kaminsky — who defeated a Republican in a special election in April to replace disgraced former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — and to possibly capitalize on other GOP scandals in Nassau County.

Those seats include two seats on Long Island, one open and one held by a Republican incumbent, and three upstate seats in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, and Rochester area held by first term Democrats.

Latimer's Hudson Valley state Senate seat in District 37 has been a battleground in the past — including in 2010, when Republican Bob Cohen fell just short against Suzi Oppenheimer, and in 2012, when Cohen lost to Latimer.

Republicans, of course, have a few seats of their own to defend this fall, including the Hudson Valley district held by Rep. Chris Gibson, who faces a well - funded challenge from Democrat Sean Eldridge, which is expected to draw national attention.

Murphy, a freshman lawmaker first elected in 2014, faces Democrat Ali Boak next month for the Hudson Valley Senat seat.

Boak is running for the Hudson Valley - area Senate seat in the New York City suburbs against the first - term Murphy, who won the seat formerly held by Republican Greg Ball.

Running in the 40th Senate district, Boak is challenging incumbent freshman Sen. Terrence Murphy for the Hudson Valley Senate seat.

Ball, a Hudson Valley freshman senator who considered making a run for the seat last year, also blasts Washington for failing to come to an agreement on reducing the nation's debt.