Sentences with phrase «republican house seats»

Other observers suggested the verdict could put a damper on his national political ambitions, which include playing a major role supporting Democratic candidates in their efforts to flip New York's Republican House seats this fall, and a rumored potential run for president in two years.

Perhaps the most long - term of these officials has been House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who Cuomo joined with on Tuesday in New York City to launch an effort to flip Republican House seats in New York.

The district is also one of the most Republican House seats in New York, encompassing a broad swath of the Adirondack Park, as well as the area to the immediate north and south.

Not exact matches

The Republican frontrunner in the race to fill House Speaker Paul Ryan's seat in Wisconsin's 1st District raised more than $ 250,000 during the first week of his campaign.

In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponents.

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

House Republicans lost five seats, making passage in January a more difficult proposition than pushing through legislation in the lame - duck session.

Many of the most vulnerable seats House Republicans will have to defend in 2018 are in places like Orange County, California, or affluent suburban areas of New Jersey.

But the House bill is unlikely to be taken up in the Senate, where Republicans have a 52 - 48 seat majority and they need to pay heed to moderates within their own ranks as well as Democrats, lobbyists and analysts said.

It seems to me that all things being equal (which they never are), the Democrats have an equal chance of losing seats in the Senate as the Republicans do in the House.

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

Republicans currently have 31 seats listed as Lean or Toss Up» in the House.

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.

Grimm is running for the seat again in a Republican primary, but he recently disavowed former Trump strategist Steve Bannon amid a public falling out for the ex-White House counselor with the president and his supporters.

Republicans — both in the U.S. Senate and those running for president — have insisted Scalia's seat should be filled by the next occupant of the White House and not Obama, who remains in office for another 11 months.

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.

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

New enrollment figures from the state Board of Elections show that in 11 NY House seats, the difference between enrolled Democrats and Republicans is less than 40,000, which means a number of tight congressional races this fall.

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.

In the House, Republicans have 246 or 56.6 % of the 435 seats.

Before Hinchey's retirement announcement, it looked like two freshmen Central New York Republicans — Ann Marie Buerkle and Richard Hanna — would likely end up in a primary battle when state lawmakers finished redrawing the House lines and removing two seats — a move made necessary by New York's slow population growth as compared to other states.

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.

I wrote yesterday about House Speaker John Boehner's diss of Wendy Long when he said there's no «significant» US Senate race in New York — a factor that could hurt down - ballot Republican congressional candidates who are fighting to retain their seats or oust incumbent Democrats.

But the House seat has not been on the radar of national efforts to flip the seat to the Democratic column like those to the south, including the districts represented by Republican freshman Claudia Tenney and John Faso.

A fourth Democrat is seeking the party's nomination to vie for the 23rd House seat occupied by incumbent Republican Tom Reed of Corning: Eddie Sundquist, a native of Jamestown, Chautauqua County.

Republicans were served another reminder of President Donald Trump's unpopularity as Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly captured a House seat in a region that for decades has been a conservative stronghold, though he fell just short of the percent needed to avoid a runoff.

Although sitting US President's party's lose seats in midterm elections (i.e. Democratic losses in 1994; Republican losses in 2006), the 2010 election resulted in the highest loss for a party in a House midterm election since 1938.

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.

California Rep. Darrell Issa became the 30th House Republican to announce he won't seek re-election this fall, and the race for his seat remains a toss - up — for now.

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.

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

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.

But the 2nd District is the kind of seat that could get swept up in a blue wave, diminishing the GOP's numbers and potentially the number of Republican women in the House, too.

After Republicans» electoral disappointment — they lost the presidency, two Senate seats and eight House seats — the RNC and the National Republican Congressional Committee commissioned reviews of the party's survey procedures, laying out specific guidelines for pollsters to follow.

No fewer than seven Democrats in NY - 24 are considering whether to challenge Republican Rep. John Katko, according to party officials who view the House seat as one of their top priorities in the state and nationally for the 2018 midterm elections.

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).

After failing to reapportion seats in 1921 in an effort to avoid losing the strength in their two house majority, the Republican led Congress (and Presidency) passed the Act to ensure their Congressional power would remain intact for the foreseeable future.

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.

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.

The 29 - seat Republican lead in the House was 27.6 percent of the 105 seats up for election in 2014.

Former Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider is trying to retake his 10th District seat in Illinois by tying current GOP Rep. Robert J. Dold to House Republicans on gay rights.

With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, Democrats believe they can pick up several seats in next year's election.

After an independent redistricting commission redrew the House district lines, Republicans lost four seats.

He was one of just three Democratic incumbents that Republicans were believed to have a chance of knocking off this year, and The Associated Press projected Wednesday morning that Republican challenger Don Bacon has done just that, picking up the Cornhusker State's 2nd District seat in the House.

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.

As an independent, he then won the special election to succeed himself, but resigned again to run for the Senate seat due to Republicans» strong control of the state House.

Last cycle, House Republicans picked up a net 13 seats.

With Murphy and Kirkpatrick's Senate bids, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee faces an uphill climb at keeping its Republican - leaning House seats.