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Longtime Republican elections attorneys John Ryan, who represents Friends of Ed Mangano, and Peter Bee, representing the Nassau Republican Committee, on Thursday confirmed receipt of identically worded subpoenas from Schneiderman.

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During the campaign, Trump and other Republicans vigorously criticized a meeting between then - Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton, husband of Trump's general election opponent.

After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.

The special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions's vacated senate seat first drew national attention when Moore won the Republican primary over President Trump's preferred candidate, Luther Strange.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, one of the Senate Republicans» most vulnerable members who must first succeed in Thursday's primary election against attorney Kevin Stocker before defending his seat in November against the Democratic primary winner, announced that he has landed the coveted endorsement of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

The Politicker's Colin Campbell notes that the Queens Conservative vs. Republican dynamic in this race is now playing out similarly to what happened in the lead up to the NY - 9 special election last year, in which the GOP pushed for Reyes, a former attorney in the Giuliani administration, to get the nod to run for ex-Rep.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The chairman already has a clear favorite among the Republicans vying for the right to face off against Gillibrand in the November general election, and it's attorney Wendy Long.

Bedford attorney and political newcomer Samard Khojasteh is continuing to forge ahead with his bid to represent the Republican Party in the yet - to - be-called 37th Senate District special election, assembling a campaign team and sending out a letter seeking the support of local committee members.

The methods of humbling this rival have included the Christie-esque maneuver of publicly investigating him when Cuomo was attorney general and declining to clear him until well into his re-election campaign — and conspicuously opting not to endorse DiNapoli in a general election against a well - financed Republican opponent.

One idea that's been floated, particularly by Republicans who don't want to give an incumbent Democrat an advantage in November's election, is to leave Underwood, the solicitor general, in place as acting attorney general for the remainder of the year.

Republican county leaders in Brooklyn and Staten Island, who select their party's candidate in this special election, have settled on Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. joined the ongoing federal investigation into de Blasio's fundraising tactics last January after the Board of Elections» chief investigative officer sent a «criminal referral» to Vance's office alleging the efforts of the mayor's nonprofit to unseat the Republicans violated campaign finance laws, Vance has said.

Sasse will be considered the favorite over Democratic trial attorney David Domina in the heavily Republican state's November general election.

Republican candidate and three term Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan today described his three general election campaigns as similar to this congressional special election.

The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan alleges that Smith, a Democrat, bribed Halloran, a Republican, to help guarantee Smith a spot on the Republican ballot in the November election.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new Democrat - commissioned poll predicts that in all scenarios presented, Republican District Attorney Daniel Donovan would win a special election for Congress over Democrat Assemblyman Michael Cusick if they are the two candidates.

After being prodded by the state Board of Elections» new enforcement counsel, Republican John Cahill's campaign has made public a poll it commissioned on the race for state attorney general.

Republican Sean Duffy, a former reality television star and district attorney, and Democratic state Sen. Julie Lassa advanced to the general election.

In a major upset, Democrat Madeline Singas, a first - time political candidate, easily defeated veteran Republican Kate Murray Tuesday night in the bitterly contested election for Nassau County district attorney.

John Cahill is the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General in this fall's election.

But just before offering that explanation, de Blasio was asked whether he planned to endorse Democrat Mike McMahon in Tuesday's Staten Island district - attorney election against Republican Joan Illuzzi.

Assuming he wins a special election for Congress on May 5, the district attorney will become the city's only Republican member of Congress — and therefore its only member of the majority.

Republicans have nominated attorney Alfred Graf, but GOP opponents have not come within 12 percentage points of beating Fields in her four Assembly elections.

A longtime Democratic office - holder and former candidate for governor and attorney general in Wisconsin announced Wednesday that she would run against Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election.

The attorney for Republican election officials in Nassau County said Friday that Christopher McGrath, the party's candidate in the special election in the 9th State Senate District, had been «mathematically eliminated» in his race against Democrat Todd Kaminsky.

Last Democrat standing in Mississippi: The elections in Mississippi could mark a milestone for both parties: If Attorney General Jim Hood loses re-election, Republicans will hold every statewide elected office in the Magnolia State.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN)- Both a republican and democratic state lawmaker we spoke with believe that Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood is the best option until the November election.

The Republican gubernatorial hopeful, citing six recent state Board of Elections decisions tossing Democratic Senate candidates off the WEP ballot line because of unlawful nominating petitions, said that both the US Attorney's Office and district attorneys where the Senate races are being held should seek to hold those responsible criminally liable.

His resignation means a special election would have to be called by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with District Attorney Dan Donovan, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and State Sen. Andrew Lanza expected to vie for the Republican nomination, the Daily News reported.

The coalition of charities on Tuesday offered Cuomo, currently the state attorney general who handily defeated Republican Carl Paladino in last week's gubernatorial election, the benefit of their experience.

Word of the Delmar attorney's recent bush with the law got the rumor mill running in high gear today, particularly since it comes so close to the general election, in which Breslin is being challenged by Republican Bob Domenici and Reform Party candidate Michael Carey.

In addition, the Republicans have tapped J.D. Kim, a Flushing attorney, to run on their line in the November general election.

The candidates for Nassau district attorney yesterday sought to shore up support on the final weekend before the election, with Republican Kate Murray rallying local GOP clubs while Democrat Madeline Singas courted a business group and party activists.

The attorney for Republican election officials in Nassau County said that Christopher McGrath, the party's candidate in the special election in the 9th state senate district, had been «mathematically eliminated» in his race against Democrat Todd Kaminsky.

An Albany County grand jury indicted two Republican state senators — one sitting (Rob Ortt) and one retired (George Maziarz)-- on felony election law violations, as part of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's probe of election law fraud in Niagara County.

Ken Cuccinelli, a former Republican attorney general in Virginia who lost the state's gubernatorial election last fall, will serve as lead counsel.

National Republicans immediately targeted the seat at the start of this election cycle and played host to a very competitive three - way primary won by attorney Tom Rooney a.k.a. the luckiest congressional candidate in the country (as of today).

Incumbent Republican Mike DeWine faced a single challenger, Democrat David Pepper, in the 2014 general election for Ohio Attorney General.

An attorney representing Republican interests on the state Board of Elections, Todd Valentine, argued that none of the plaintiffs had standing to bring the suit or were actually injured — as all state politicians compete under the same rules and can take the vast LLC donations.

BREAKING NEWS: «State Attorney General Terry Goddard (D) leads Republican incumbent Gov. Jan Brewer in Arizona's 2010 gubernatorial election, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling released on Tuesday.

[22] He won the general election against Republican nominee and Richmond County district attorney Dan Donovan and took office on January 1, 2011.

Former Essex County Democratic Election Commissioner Mark Whitney and Republican Commissioner Allison McGahay were divided on whether to provide Kosmider with the images and referred the request to Essex County Attorney Dan Manning, who denied the request, citing the need for a court order.

Putnam County District Attorney Adam Levy lost the Republican primary election Thursday to Putnam Valley Supervisor Robert Tendy.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island Democrats still do not have a candidate to run in the special election for Congress against Republican District Attorney Daniel Donovan, even after the Democratic executive committee interviewed three prospective candidates Wednesday night.

The moving encounter in the ballroom of the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook marked the official start of the popular attorney general's long march to the November election, in which he's overwhelmingly favored over a bitterly divided Republican field.

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.

Vice President Mike Pence will campaign for Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama tonight before the Republican primary in the election to replace U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The Cuomo administration has set April 24 as the date for the special election, in which state Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Democrat, is vying for the Senate's 37th District seat against either Dan Schorr, a former prosecutor in Westchester and New York City and previous Yonkers inspector general, or Sarmad Khojasteh, a commercial litigation attorney from the town of Bedford, both Republicans.

(CNN)- New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's got a sky high approval rating, and the Democratic gubernatorial candidate's far ahead of his Republican rivals in general election matchups, but according to a new poll voters want Cuomo to speak out about how he will fix the Empire state's budget woes.