Sentences with phrase «island house seat»

Michael Grimm, 45, a Republican newcomer, captured a Staten Island House seat in November with strong Tea Party support and a platform attacking politics as usual.

Bannon became a liability for insurgent Republican candidates like Grimm, who is running to reclaim his old Staten Island House seat from Republican Rep. Dan Donovan, after the news of Bannon's in a new book being released by Michael Wolff.

Campaign finance records show two Democrats running for an open Long Island House seat spent heavily from their campaign accounts when they weren't running for office.

The Working Families Party this morning announced its support for Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice's bid for the Long Island House seat of retiring Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.

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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.

Anthony Scaramucci — the short - lived White House communications director and businessman nicknamed The Mooch — will be headlining a May 19 fundraiser at the Staten Island Hilton for former Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm, who is running for his old seat despite being a convicted tax cheat.

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.

Rep. Michael Grimm was reelected to his Staten Island - based House seat despite losing backing of the GOP after a 20 - count indictment in April on tax related and other charges tied to his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant prior to his career in Congress.

In deep - blue New York, Republicans took over House seats on Long Island, upstate near Syracuse and in the North County along the border with Vermont, and reelected Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm in the face of a multi-count federal indictment.

Following his guilty plea Tuesday, Grimm (R - Staten Island / Brooklyn) initially said that he would not resign, but that he was having talks with House Republican leadership about his seat.

And now, in downtown Manhattan and Nassau County Long Island, Republicans and Democrats are running parallel campaigns to seize upon a chance to flip one seat in each of the two houses of the New York State Legislature.

The race for eastern Long Island's congressional seat looks a lot like a miniature version of the race for the White House.

Teamsters Local 282 on Monday announced their support for Republican congressional candidate Jack Martins in an open House seat on Long Island.

Martins is running for the open House seat on Long Island being vacated by retiring Rep. Steve Israel.

Molinari in December announced that Grimm (R - Staten Island / Brooklyn), whom he helped guide from obscurity to a seat in the U.S. Congress, would be a delegate for GOP White House hopeful Mitt Romney.

Scaramucci — the short - lived White House communications director and businessman nicknamed The Mooch — will be headlining a May 19 fundraiser at the Staten Island Hilton for former Congressman Michael Grimm, who is running for his old seat despite being a convicted tax cheat.

Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded guilty today to a single count of felony tax evasion — but said he will not resign his seat representing Staten Island and southern Brooklyn in the House of Representatives.

The state Independence Party has announced its support of Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan's run to fil the House seat vacated by former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, giving the Republican candidate three ballot lines in the May 5 special election.

Republicans have picked up three seats here — Long Island's NY - 1, where state Sen. Lee Zeldin ousted Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop; Central New York's NY - 24, where former federal prosecutor John Katko defeated Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei; and the North Country's NY - 21, where Elise Stefanik became the youngest woman ever elected to the House.

For them, the race for the White House is secondary to a special election for Long Island's 9th Senate District seat, which was vacated when former GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted of corruption in December.

On Long Island, Thomas D. Croci, a Republican and the Islip town supervisor, secured a win in the Third District, filling a seat being vacated by Lee M. Zeldin, a Republican who was elected to the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

As Senate Republicans try to maintain control of the House, Latimer said the mentality of winning the seat at all costs is reflective of comments made by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, at a breakfast in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention in July when he assured the audience that Latimer would be going down in his race against Killian.

Any Gentile hopes of victory depend on choosing wisely among the other possibilities such as House Republicans and their Tea Party driven agenda or Staten Island Republicans and the woes of the three immediate past Republicans holding this seat.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won't win any popularity contests in Staten Island and southern Brooklyn — but he's still throwing his weight behind a Democratic candidate for their House seat.

But considering that Grimm (R - Staten Island / Brooklyn) may go to jail, and if he doesn't, may be pressured by House Republicans to resign, Antoniello said the party is considering the option that there will be a special election to fill his seat.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan cruised to victory in Tuesday night's special election to claim disgraced former Rep. Michael Grimm's old House seat.

Councilman Vincent Gentile, a Democrat running for an open House seat in Brooklyn and Staten Island, raised nearly $ 200,000 and still has more than $ 100,000 in cash on hand with less than two weeks to go until Election Day, new filings with the Federal Election Commission show.

A strong performance in her home borough, even in losing the general election contest against de Blasio, could position her for a future run for the House seat or for Staten Island borough president.

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