Sentences with phrase «senate election victory»

Senator Daniel S. Sullivan became a member of the United States Senate following his Senate election victory in 2014.

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After a series of electoral missteps and concerns over the special Senate election in Alabama, the party — and Trump — needs a victory it can point to ahead of the 2018 midterms.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

In the 41st Senate District, though the final vote count from the state Board of Elections isn't available yet, the WFP says it's likely its voters also provided a critical margin of victory for Democratic Senator - elect Terry Gipson over GOP Sen. Steve Saland.

Republican Senate candidate Bob Turner is out with his first television ad this morning, calling attention to his upset victory over David Weprin in the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner.

A Kaminsky victory in the April 19 special election could scramble control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority.

Democrat Lew Fidler just sent out a press release congratulating David Storobin on his victory in the special election for the 27th Senate District seat that has been vacant since Carl Kruger plead guilty to corruption charges.

Scott Brown's victory in last week's Massachusetts Senate election has gotten plenty of Republicans fired up about their online prospects in the 2010, not least two of the folks behind his internet strategy — Mindy Finn and Patrick Ruffini of EngageDC, who scored a real...

The Kaminsky victory in the 9th Senate district also narrows the November battleground map heading into the fall elections, making other suburban seats, like the one held by Latimer, potential targets.

Democrat Todd Kaminsky on Tuesday night declared victory in a key special election to fill a vacancy in the Senate that could tip the balance of power in the chamber, but his Republican opponent Chris McGrath refused to concede the race, saying the results were too close to call.

«GrowPac supported Bob to victory during his NY - 9 special election last year, and we are very pleased to endorse Bob Turner for the United States Senate.»

The Senate Republican leader said that regardless of who won during the party primaries, what mattered was that they carried their victory into the general election.

More recently, Bill Perkins» victory in a City Council special election created a vacancy in the State Senate, which was filled by Brian Benjamin, who won the Democratic nomination by virtue of a county committee vote.

It's a gamble that enough Senate victories on Election Day will make his long - cherished dream come true: Becoming Senate majority leader when Congress gathers anew in January.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the election victory of Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio.

The move toward a governing majority in the Senate was reignited in May when Democrats gained a numerical majority in the chamber with the special election victory of Brian Benjamin to an upper Manhattan district.

Governor Cuomo, one day after Democratic victories in elections in New York State and the nation, is calling on warring democratic factions in the State Senate to unify.

A Democratic super PAC is making a surprise major investment in the Wisconsin Senate race in the election's final days, a sign that a race many Democrats had long considered a sure victory has become unexpectedly tight.

Brown who became a national Republican star with his upset victory in the 2010 special election for senate in Massachusetts, then lost to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren last year, has decided to sit out this year's senate campaign.

A special election Tuesday in New York decided the fates of 11 open seats in the state legislature — including two key Democratic victories in the state Senate.

Democrats won a bittersweet victory in two key state Senate races in Tuesday's special election.

Panepinto's victory was one of the rare bright spots in an otherwise dismal election showing for the Senate Democrats.

Senate Republicans are celebrating two little noticed GOP wins in recent local elections, pointing to these victories as evidence that counters the belief they'll have a tough time retaining the majority in 2016.

President Trump's reaction to Democrat Dough Jones» upset victory in the Alabama U.S. Senate race: «The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election.

At the Democratic County Committee State Senate nomination convention on March 10, 2017, his opponents accused him and his supporter Keith Wright of using «voter suppression» tactics to ensure his victory as the nominated candidate (re: New York Observer, March 10, 2017, «Harlem Candidates Accuse Democratic Machine of Rigging Contest for State Senate Seat»), which would in theory ensure his victory in the May 23rd 2017 NYS Senate election in Central Harlem's heavily Democratic voting district.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Last month, a shadowy $ 50,000 given in a key state Senate special election on Long Island helped a Democrat gain what appears to be a narrow victory.

Following the 2010 election and the Republican victory in the Senate, Senator Dean Skelos from Long Island served as both Temporary President and Majority Leader, but resigned in May 2015 in the midst of corruption charges.

Democrats blasted the move, and the timing of the announcement, saying Walker was trying to gin up conservative voters and draw attention away from an upset Democratic victory in a special state Senate election on Tuesday.

The chart below shows Latimer's margins of victory in terms of raw votes and the percentages of the vote in all three of his elections to the New York Senate.

By Dan Murphy Yonkers democrat Shelley Mayer won a resounding victory on Tuesday night in a special election for State Senate in the 37th District,...

This is the first election cycle for the top Senate GOP lawmaker and, broadly speaking, he got what he wanted as the GOP's preferred candidates — Chris Jacobs, Jim Tedisco and Pam Helming — who notched victories in their primaries.

Obama did this, resigning his Senate seat several days after his 2008 election victory in order to prepare for the transition.

Hannon is running for re-election in a Nassau County Senate district Democrats have long coveted, especially in presidential election years when his margins of victory are often smaller than in non-presidential cycles.

Brian Benjamin «s victory last week in the special election to fill Harlem's vacant State Senate seat will once again leave registered Democrats with a one - member numerical majority in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

Key to her election in the five - county state Senate district was UlsterCounty, where Tkaczyk reversed an Amedore northern tsunami into the narrowest of victories.

Sen. Annette Taddeo «s victory in a special election for Miami - Dade County's Senate District 40... is being taken as a sign by Democrats that they can compete in a non-presidential election year when Democratic turnout has historically lagged.

He recently scored a victory against Espaillat by securing the Democratic line for his preferred candidate, Brian Benjamin, over the congressman's pick Rev. Al Taylor in next month's special election to fill Harlem's vacant State Senate seat.

Statewide, there were enough GOP victories rolling in around 11 p.m. on Election Night for Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos to declare in a statement that «New Yorkers have chosen balance and bipartisanship over an entire state government made up of Democrats from New York City, and placed their trust in Republicans to lead the Senate.»

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday congratulated the immediate past Senate President, David Mark, over his victory in Saturday's rerun election for the Benue South Senatorial seat.

The seat was formally held by Barack Obama, who stepped down from the Senate in November following his victory in the presidential election.

Benue: Mark's victory is for democracy - Ekweremadu Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday congratulated the immediate past Senate President, David Mark, over his victory in Saturday's rerun election for the Benue South Senatorial seat.

Thanks to their big victories in the 2008 election, the Democrats will be defending 20 of the 33 Senate seats up for grabs in 2014.

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the Governor - elect of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, on his victory in the Wednesday governorship election.

In 2012 George Amedore gave a victory speech election night in the NY 46th district state Senate race.

The breakaway group's growth in size and power have only intensified the calls for unity, as did the election to the Senate on Tuesday of Brian Benjamin, a housing developer from Harlem, whose victory gave Democrats a numeric majority.

Election victories in New York by President Obama, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Representatives Bill Owens & Louise Slaughter, House candidates Sean Patrick Maloney and Dan Maffei and five high - profile State Senate candidates sent a clear message this week that New York voters want to stop special deals for the wealthy, invest for the future and protect important programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from harsh cuts.

Dallet's victory follows a surprising Democratic win in January in a special election for a state Senate seat held by Republicans for 17 years — an outcome that Walker then said was a «wake - up call» for his party.

But on Wednesday morning — even after two critical Democratic victories in special elections on Tuesday — Mr. Cuomo was still one vote short of turning the Senate to Democratic control.

«This fabrication is entirely untrue as the Senate President stands committed to the APC; a party that he helped midwife and worked for its victory in the 2015 elections,» the statement, which was posted on his Facebook page said.