Sentences with phrase «republican under indictment»

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Don't the Republicans already have one Senator (Ortt) under Federal indictment for the same thing?

Mr. Recchia challenged two - term Republican Congressman Michael Grimm, who was under a 20 - count federal indictment for tax fraud.

Democrats began whispering about the prospects of running in 2016 against a Republican conference whose two top leaders were both under indictment, further buoyed by the expected surge in Democratic turnout that would accompany Hillary Clinton's presidential run.

Staten Island Republican Rep. Michael Grimm also won while under indictment.

The Senate's number two Republican lawmaker, Tom Libous of Binghamton, is under indictment for lying to the FBI.

Orange County Assemblyman Bill Larkin easily defeats one - term incumbent Arthur Gray who, in 1988, defeated a long time Republican who was under federal indictment.

And while it would be unusual to have a sitting majority leader under indictment, Senate Republicans have not been so willing to see kick their leaders over board

«The Senate Republicans have a Deputy Leader serving under federal indictment, a Campaign Committee Chair who was accused of double dipping the STAR rebate program and candidates like Richard Funke who oppose the protections provided by Roe v Wade.»

Seward was among a contingent of upstate Republicans within the GOP conference who supported Flanagan to replace Dean Skelos, a Nassau County lawmaker now under indictment for allegedly aiding the business interests of his adult son, Adam.

With Sen. Tom Libous under federal indictment on a charge of lying to the FBI, Democrats believe they have a chance of snagging the Southern Tier Senate seat from the Republican column.

«Yet somehow in the Senate the Republicans now have an entire leadership in the Senate that's under indictment and they go about business as usual,» Gianaris said.

On top of the I.D.C., the State Senate contains 29 Republicans, 24 mainstream Democrats, two Democrats who are under indictment as well as Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who sits with Republicans.

Gentile has a plausible chance of victory, but the scope of his challenge is evident in the 2014 victory of Republican Michael Grimm who was reelected while under federal indictment.

«Early on, this race looked like it was going to be one of the closest in the state, a former Democratic City Council member taking on an embattled incumbent Republican under federal indictment in a district that is, at least by enrollment, dominated by Democrats,» Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

Corruption in Albany has affected both Republican and Democratic law makers, with aides to the governor currently under federal indictment for a pay to play scheme.

They're giving the voters one candidate to chose, that is, if you assume voters don't want to vote for someone under indictment,» a high - ranking Republican said.

The Senate Republicans have a Deputy Leader serving under federal indictment, senators fleeing under the cloud of federal investigation and extremist right wing candidates who oppose.

Top Republicans, mindful of the hazards of relying on several octogenarians and a person under federal indictment to keep their razor - thin control, seems happy to have him.

Want me to name every current republican I can who is either convicted of a crime, under indictment or under investigation?

Gov. Cuomo raised eyebrows last week among even some close to him when he appeared at an event on Long Island with lame - duck Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican who is under indictment on federal corruption charges.

Under indictment and amid a swirl of ethics investigations, former House majority leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) resigned from Congress earlier this year, forcing Republicans to mount a long - shot write - in campaign for their chosen candidate.

Unlike his three predecessor resignees, however, Republican Michael Grimm appears to remain quite popular in the district, having won reelection overwhelmingly this past November while under federal indictment.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media