Sentences with phrase «island seat held»

Gianaris said there was already a test run of the relative strengths and weaknesses of Clinton and Trump in the suburbs during the special election in April to fill the Long Island seat held by former Senate Leader Dean Skelos.

Not exact matches

The concert pavilion at Northerly Island could expand this summer with new lawn seating that could hold 20,000 people.

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.

Republicans hope to play offense with two seats held on Long Island by Democrats: Sens. Todd Kaminsky and John Brooks.

Should Republicans win both seats on Long Island, the conference would have a net gain of one member with a victory in western New York flipping the seat held by retiring Democrat Marc Panepinto with Chris Jacobs.

By the same reasoning, Schaffer also failed to endorse John Brooks, the only Democrat to win a new seat on Long Island last Fall after years of promises by State Democrats that Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket would usher in a new era of Democratic dominance in the suburbs that would hold for a generation or more (in case you missed it, that actually didn't happen).

Several Long Island villages hold elections for mayor and board seats on Tuesday, including contested elections in six villages.

«We expect to pick up at least one seat in western New York that was held by the Democrats, hold our own and do well on Long Island,» he said.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday night said they expanded their majority by flipping a western New York seat and held the center in battleground contests on Long Island.

Flanagan, who took over the top Senate post from the indicted Dean Skelos in the spring and began worrying that an «open» Staten Island seat would be won by Democrats, convinced the popular Lanza to stay out of the DA's race with promises of added power and influence, undermining the GOP's chance of recapturing the seat that had been held by Republican Daniel Donovan Jr., elected to Congress in May, a GOP insider said.

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.

Despite a corruption scandal among Republicans on Long Island, incumbent GOP Senators apparently kept their seats, and won an open seat formerly held by a Republican.

The only vulnerable downstate Republican seats are those held by Reps. Michael Grimm (Staten Island), Nan Hayworth (Westchester) and Turner, each of whom is serving in his or her first term.

To make their potential gains count, Democrats need to hold retiring Rep. Steve Israel's 3rd District seat on Long Island.

The campaign money was spent to little avail: Republicans swept three upstate Democratic incumbents from the chamber and held on to all of their seats on Long Island, securing a full majority in the chamber this past November.

Democrats feel confident, however, they can nab seats in Buffalo and on Long Island, as well as hold the district in Westchester where Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer is retiring.

Republicans have held all nine Long Island State Senate seats since 2010.

Elsewhere in New York, Democrats held on to three Assembly seats in New York City, Democrat Steve Stern pulled of an upset in an Assembly seat on Long Island that Republicans held for more than three decades, and the GOP Republicans defended two other Assembly seats on Long Island.

STATEN ISLAND — A Democrat who supports Donald Trump is tossing his hat into the ring for the state Assembly seat currently held by Nicole Malliotakis.

State Sen. Andrew Lanza (R - Staten Island): Lanza holds what is basically an Islandwide seat and has allies on both sides of the aisle.

Former Rep. Michael McMahon: A shot at redemption could appeal to the only Democrat to hold the Island congressional seat in the last three decades.

Mr. LaValle said Governor Andrew Cuomo put in a certificate of necessity for a special election in New York City, but not on Long Island, so it would seem that there will be no special date for the Assembly seat and the election will be held in November.

On Dec. 20 — with 11 days remaining before Democratic County Executive - elect Laura Curran was to take office — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo held a news conference at Belmont to announce that the Islanders would be returning home to Long Island and would spend $ 1 billion to build an 18,000 - seat arena, 250 - room hotel and 435,000 square feet of retail at the state - run park.

Faith in New York will host the event in District 13, the seat currently held by term - limited Bronx Councilman James Vacca that includes the neighborhoods of City Island, Throggs Neck, Morris Park, Pelham Bay and Ferry Point.

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.

Even after a federal judge ordered Mr. Cuomo to declare a special election for a vacant Staten Island Congressional seat, party leaders did not foresee that Mr. Cuomo would decide that the federal election and state election would be held on the same day, May 5.

Gianaris also notes that Sen. Jack Martins «may run» for Congress, though Newsday reported the Long Island lawmaker isn't seeking the seat held by the retiring Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.

A Democratic win would be both significant and symbolic: The Long Island 9 — a bloc of Republican lawmakers who hold all the seats in Nassau and Suffolk counties — would be broken up, while the seat once held by the majority leader of the chamber would be flipped.

The spending also comes as the bulk of the attention for control of the Senate has been placed on Long Island races, specifically in Nassau County where Democrats hope to flip several GOP - held seats.

Another Long Island seat — the one currently held by Republican Sen. Lee Zeldin, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop this fall, is up for grabs.

He was running for the 8th SD seat vacated by former GOP Sen. Chuck Fuschillo, and the Democrats believed they had a shot at again breaking the Senate Republicans» hold on Long Island.

-- Win battles for four open seats currently or previously held by Republicans — Maziarz, Greg Ball (Hudson Valley, retiring), Chuck Fuschillo (Long Island, retired) and Lee Zeldin (Long Island, running for Congress).

Technically speaking, Democrat Dave Denenberg isn't running anymore for the Long Island state Senate seat once held by former GOP Sen. Chuck Fuschillo.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had pushed hard for a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate, but in the end could not flip seats held by Republicans on Long Island or in the Hudson Valley.

Balboni has long held his Long Island seat largely by force of personality (and incumbancy).

Other possible replacement candidates, should Grimm heed calls to step down: Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, Democratic Assemblyman Mike Cusick (a former aide to US Sen. Chuck Schumer) and former Democratic Rep. Michael McMahon, who held the seat before Grimm.

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

Perhaps the hottest congressional race this year is the seat held by Rep. Dan Donovan (R - Staten Island), the only Republican representing New York City in Congress.

The requests by Mr. Skelos, 68, a Republican from Long Island who forfeited his Senate seat upon his conviction, and his son, 33, come less than a month before both are to be sentenced on April 13 for their convictions in one of the two most prominent public corruption trials to be held in New York City in decades.

At present, registered Democrats hold 31 seats in the State Senate — one short of a majority — and two Democratic challenges to sitting Republican state senators on Long Island remain unresolved pending recounts.

In November, Borelli won an uncontested race for the South Shore City Council seat recently held by Vincent Ignizio, who left that seat vacant to run Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

The last Democrat to win the seat — which covers Staten Island and parts of Southern Brooklyn — was now - Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon, who held the seat from 2009 to 2011.

Republicans may win races in Kansas, Tennessee, or Oklahoma, but they are almost certain to lose seats they currently hold in Hawaii, Rhode Island, and California.

Long Island Democrats are increasingly optimistic — thanks to a federal judge, Republican rivalries, and what they see as a lagging Trump campaign — that they'll be able to hold on to the North Shore's Third Congressional District seat being vacated by longtime US Rep. Steve Israel, the outgoing chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Webb is the only Democrat vying for the seat currently held by Republican state Rep. Kathleen Peters, which covers Redington Beach, Madeira Beach, Treasure Island, South Pasadena and Gulfport.

As the Times Union reported last Monday, de Blasio's chief fundraiser, Ross Offinger, procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats last month win a key Long Island district, a seat previously held by ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The ex-congressman said he also heard voters saying that they would want to hold the seat for a «Staten Island Democrat, an assemblyman or a former congressman.»

Donovan won the Staten Island - Brooklyn seat formerly held by Michael Grimm.

Johnson, one of just two Long Island Democrats in the Senate, has drawn the ire of Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos and has a GOP challenger this year, (Mineola Mayor Jack Martins), but has so far managed to hold on to the seat that he won in a 2007 special election (after then - Gov.

The only other Democratic - held seats considered possibly winnable by Republicans in the near future are both on Long Island.