Sentences with phrase «republican legislative seats»

Carl will campaign hard to preserve Republican legislative seats and win more seats for our Party.

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More importantly, the renewed strength of Republicans in the states gives the GOP an important edge in the crucial process of the redistricting of legislative seats that begins next year.

As voting was underway last week, Felder declared he would remain with Republicans in the Senate at least through the end of the legislative session in June, giving the GOP the needed 32nd member in the 63 - seat Senate.

Although the Assembly Republicans are still, proportionally speaking, the least - powerful legislative conference, Kolb has won enough seats in recent years to break the Democrats» veto - proof majority, whittling their number to 99.

But come January when the legislative session begins, the Democrats are expected to lose two members — Ruben Diaz of the Bronx who won a City Council seat, and George Latimer of Westchester who beat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino for County Executive as part of that previously mentioned «Blue Wave.»

The legislative task force on redistricting met for the first time since Republicans, who are in charge of the Senate, announced that they would be seeking an additional 63rd Senate seat in the new district maps.

Where were the Democrats when all this was happening, when the Republicans were targeting these state legislative seats?

And you note that while Operation RedMap targeted, you know, a few dozen congressional seats in efforts to flip statehouses, it was a big Republican tide that year in that they gained almost 700 state legislative seats nationwide.

[102] As far as legislative seats, even though solid districts were fairly even between parties, Republicans were seen to have many more slight advantages.

Last week, the Republican State Leadership Committee announced a plan to invest $ 3 million into the recruitment of 100 Hispanic candidates for state legislative seats across the nation in 2012.

He has a new book about Republican efforts in the 2010 election to target state legislative seats and thereby gain a huge advantage in congressional redistricting, which he says made a big difference in Republican representation in Congress.

Republican Chris McGrath, who lost his bid in April for the Senate seat held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is calling for first passage of the amendment, which is mired in legislative gridlock in the Assembly and Senate.

In 2000, Republicans saw gains in state legislative seats, while Democrats saw gains in 2008.

Legislative Republicans lost one seat on Election Day last Tuesday but maintain an 11 - 8 majority.

Republicans came out with 299 state legislative seats compared to the 250 seats Democrats won in the four states that held elections in 2011.

REDMAP was successful, netting Republicans more than 660 state legislative seats in November 2010.

Republicans sought to defend 98 state legislative seats against Democratic challengers.

Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason called the one - seat loss a «sad day,» but said in a statement he remained confident that the leadership of incoming Gov. Tom Corbett and the new GOP legislative leadership «will result in more jobs and more opportunities for our Commonwealth to grow in the years ahead.»

A commander in the Naval Reserves, he has built a reputation as a moderate Republican in Sacramento and his state legislative district overlaps with the Ventura County chunk of the seat, making him more familiar to a portion of the electorate.

With the New Jersey Senate and Assembly included, Democrats in 2017 collectively sought to defend 80 state legislative seats against Republican challengers.

A win for Mr. Kaminsky would mean that Democrats have gained a seat in the State Senate, as Mr. Skelos was a Republican, though the win will not flip control of the legislative body.

Nancy Barr, 57, told the Review that she will challenge her Republican opponent for Westchester County's 6th legislative district seat in November.

Democrat Mike MacIsaac will challenge incumbent Republican Mary Wawro for the legislative seat in District 1.

Then Islip Republican Trish Bergin, a town board member and former TV reporter, will get elected to Cilmi's county legislative seat.

Nassau County legislative leaders talk about a new law proposed by majority Republicans on Monday, May 1, 2017, that would bar individuals convicted of felonies involving public corruption from running for county office or holding a county - appointed board or commission seat.

And while Democrats picked up one seat in the county Legislature, Republicans still will control the chamber with an 11 - 8 majority, raising the prospect of challenges to Curran's legislative agenda.

The Senate seat was vacated five months ago by former Sen. Frank Artiles, a Cuban - American Republican who resigned in the midst of this spring's Legislative Session after a profanity - laced and racially charged outburst at a private club near the Capitol.

A grand jury has issued a subpoena requesting Republican Committee documents and emails related to the committee's May 25 vote nominating Knapp for the 12th District legislative seat Cox has held since he was appointed by Mahoney.

Julian, who party sources said openly supported Cox for the legislative seat, resigned from his staff job with the Republican Committee at the end of its nominating meeting May 25 and was appointed by Mahoney on July 11 to a $ 38,789 job as a confidential assistant in the county Law Department.

Also in Ohio, a battleground state with a Republican governor and a Republican - controlled Legislature, voters approved a plan to establish a commission to oversee redistricting for legislative seats.

He is out of office, Preet has another notch on his gun, and the Republican corruption belies any claim they have on any of their legislative seats.

Namely, Astorino believes all 213 legislative seats in both the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly should be term limited, as well as the statewide offices.

Liberal advocates remained frustrated with Cuomo since last year after Democrats came up short in the legislative elections against Republicans, who gained a firm, 33 - seat majority in the Senate chamber.

Flanagan is getting involved in the race to keep former Sen. Dean Skelos» Long Island seat in Republican hands — blasting the Democratic candidate, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, for his backing of an ethics bill that would boost legislative pay.

The upset delivered a significant victory for Democrats and reduced Republicans» unstable Senate majority to a single seat, which could snarl Republicans» legislative agenda in Washington and open, for the first time, a realistic but still difficult path for Democrats to capture the Senate next year.

Seeking to capitalize on the excitement among Republican potential donors after Scott Brown's stunning capture of a Senate seat in Massachusetts last week, two independent groups focused on helping the party regain state legislative majorities before next year's nationwide redistricting are significantly ramping up their efforts.

After the 2016 elections, Republicans controlled «4,170 state legislative seats after last week's elections, while Democrats will control 3,129 seats in the nation's 98 partisan legislative chambers,» according to the Hill.

The dispute comes as the Nassau Republican legislative majority proposes to increase its mailing budget by $ 400,000 — to a total of $ 1.1 million — in a year when all 19 legislative seats are up for election.

Mike Anagnostakis, another Republican rumored to be interested in the seat should Larkin retire, hasn't created a Senate committee yet, but is sitting on $ 266,633 in an Orange County legislative account that could be easily transferred.

Democrats flipped 14 seats and Republicans flipped three seats as a result of special state legislative elections in 2017.

But Republicans will have to choose whether they want to protect Turner's seat, which could go back to a Democrat in the future, or protect some upstate legislators who recently won elections, according to Barbara Bartoletti, legislative director for the League of Women Voters.

Minority Republicans hold 6 of 18 county legislative seats.

A week later, Republicans recaptured control of the House of Representatives and picked up six Senate seats, six governorships and 680 state legislative seats.

In Virginia, Ralph Northam delivered a convincing win over Republican Ed Gillespie for governor and Democrats picked up a flurry of state legislative seats.

Republicans, by contrast, are contesting just three of nine council seats and none of the city's three legislative districts.

State Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan is getting involved in the race to keep convicted crook Dean Skelos» former Long Island seat in Republican hands — blasting Democratic candidate Todd Kaminsky's backing of an ethics bill that would boost legislative pay.

One of the most competitive state legislative races in this region is the contest for the 127th Assembly district seat, between incumbent Democrat Al Stirpe and Republican challenger Rob DeMarco.

At the Republican Party election night bash at the Holiday Inn, while his county counterparts celebrated holding on to their legislative majority and District Attorney Holley Carnright's massive re-election win, Sinagra had to console himself with a status quo — maintaining two seats on the Common Council — while lamenting what might have been.

Angie Minew gained the Republican endorsement for the legislative seat from District 2 during the summer at the Republican Party's County Convention.

The digital ad linking Astorino to the Mercers is set to debut Thursday and comes months after the Daily News reported that state Dems were «salivating» at the chance to link Republican candidates to the conservative donors, especially in 2018, when Gov. Cuomo is expected to head a Democratic ticket that will include all statewide elected officials and every House and state legislative seat.