Sentences with phrase «senate elections work»
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The worsening dynamic between Republicans and Cuomo could benefit Senate Democrats, who are seeking to gain a working majority in the Senate as early as the spring, pending the outcome of two special elections.
Republicans, particularly Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, have worked hard to woo Latino voters in recent years, and some worry that a single negative ad run against Long featuring comments like these would tank her — and fellow GOP candidates — in the general election.
The plan requires both the IDC and mainline conference to work together on filling two open Senate seats in a special election and drop support for primary challenges against each others» members.
«The Working Families Party is proud to support Brian Kavanagh in the 26th Senate District special election,» said Bob Master, a co-chair of the WFP.
«Through my first hard fought campaigns and since my election to the State Senate in 2002, we have worked together on advancing a common - sense progressive agenda,» the Manhattan Democrat writes.
«With Donald Trump's election, the need for a strong Senate Democratic Conference which works to protect New Yorkers» rights and values has never been more vital.
The plan to unify Democrats in the Senate would require both the mainline conference, which Stewart - Cousins leads, and the Independent Democratic Conference to work together to fill two vacant seats in special elections.
The push is part of a broader effort to achieve a working 32 - member majority for the conference, a process that is deepening following the election of Democrat Brian Benjamin to an open Manhattan Senate seat.
The special elections are the linchpin to an agreement to unify the mainline conference and eight - member Independent Democratic Conference in the Senate and give the party a working majority.
But the State Party pulled the trigger a little early and now the IDC is in the uncompromising position of working with the Senate Republicans for the next several months to help deliver the budget only to publicly undermine them a few weeks later when special elections are called to fill two vacancies.
There's a new status quo for Democrats in the state Senate: The Independent Democratic Conference is dissolved and they have 32 enrolled members, enough for a narrow working majority after keeping two seats in their column following special elections on Tuesday.
Trump on Wednesday morning tweeted that GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore worked hard in the Alabama special election, but that the «deck was stacked against him.»
Former FBI special agent Clint Watts, in Senate testimony last March, stated that «part of the reason active measures worked in this election is that the Commander - in - Chief has used Russian active measures at times, against his opponents.»
Republicans were working with a fantastic political baseline in 2014 — low presidential approval, a slew of Democratic Senate incumbents defending their seats in Red states, a midterm election, and high - quality candidates drawn into battle this year, in part precisely because it was so favorable to Republicans in the first place.
«The Working Families Party is proud to support Brian Kavanagh in the 26th Senate Districtspecial election,» said Bob Master, a co-chair of the WFP.
Every week from mid-September to Election Day, Democrats from New York will work with our neighbors in the KeyStone State to build support for Hillary Clinton for President; Katie McGinty for the U.S. Senate, and Rick Daugherty for Congress (15th CD).
I look forward to working with the coalition, and with my colleagues in the Assembly and the Senate, especially Senate sponsors Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Michael Gianaris, Election Law chair Michael Cusick, and Assemblymember Latrice Walker, all of whom have been leaders on these issues, to do the vital work necessary to strengthen this most basic aspect of our democracy.
Question topics included the expected new bridge tolls, a toll and finance task force expected to have already been created, whether it's «overtly political» to not announce new tolls before the November election, whether there continues to be a $ 3.9 billion cap on the bridge cost, two Hudson Valley state senate races, how the crane was named, ebola and whether he anticipates limiting travelers into New York and Amtrak's announced plan to close four tunnels for lengthy repair work.
The WFP, along with a range of liberal pressure organizations and Democrats have been trying to push the IDC back to the mainline Democratic fold over the last several weeks, following the election of a 32nd enrolled Democrat to the Senate, giving the party a numerical majority, but not a working one.
As a coalition of labor groups, Working Families Party activists and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have agreed to help Democrats retake the Senate, Independent Democratic Conference will remain in tact through Election Day, Sen. Diane Savino on Thursday insisted to reporters.
«The voters sent a clear message on election night that they want the Senate led by a Democratic majority,» a spokesman for the Senate Democrats, Mike Murphy, said, adding, «We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo to achieve the progressive agenda he has laid out.»
Mr. Wright, in a brief telephone interview, declined to discuss the origins of Common Sense, but said that he had not worked for the group since the 2010 elections and that his involvement had nothing to do with his earlier work for the Senate Republicans.
«The Professional Staff Congress worked hard for Tony Avella's election to the New York State Senate and we are proud to once again stand with Tony and endorse his candidacy,» said Professional Staff Congress Vice President Steve London.
Senate Republicans are scrapping to keep control of their slim majority in the face of investigations and illness and they have expressed a great hesitance to renew mayoral control under Bill de Blasio, New York's progressive mayor who worked to push the chamber into Democratic control in the recent election cycle.
The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party, the Working Families Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall elections.
Because of the special election, candidates will work on an expedited timeframe with votes being cast on April 24; the same day as a state Senate election for Latimer's vacated seat.
With two weeks to go until a crucial state Senate special election in Nassau County, Democrat Todd Kaminsky's campaign's latest ad hits Chris McGrath over the fees his law firm received for its work on the early 2000s settlement agreement between states and tobacco companies.
The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party the Working Families Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall elections.
In perhaps a signal to the Working Families Party, the governor now says he may very well campaign against the Senate leadership in the fall elections if they don't agree to expand public campaign financing by the end of the legislative session.
The Florida Democratic Party and the Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the recently - established campaign arm of the Senate Democrats, are aggressively working to reshape the map of seats in play this election cycle.
The forms still show the same expenditures that appeared in the aftermath of the 2014 election, including large payments to the Working Families Party, Metropolitan Public Strategies and Global Strategy Group for work on Senate campaigns.
«Therefore all IDC members are united and agree to work together to form a new majority coalition between the Independent Democratic Conference and the Senate Democratic Conference after the November elections in order to deliver the results that working families across this state still need and deserve,» he added.
«We are proud to work with Andrew in this critical election, which could flip the state Senate back to Democratic control,» CBID President Asher Novek said in a statement.
The November 2012 U.S. Senate election is also the first time the Working Families Party has outpolled the Conservative Party in a statewide race.
Thompson worked as a legislative aide to Brown when he served on the Common Council, then succeeded him when Brown won election to the state Senate.
Republicans, meanwhile, have largely stuck to a strategy that seemed to work for Democrats in the last competitive special election for a Senate seat — making the race a referendum on corruption in Albany.
Their work includes endorsing candidates, electing county officers, and electing a Democratic Nominee in special elections within the county Assembly, State Senate, and Congress.
Cuomo, too, has come under criticism from left - leaning organizations like the labor - aligned Working Families Party, though he campaigned for and contributed to Democrats in key Senate elections last year.
Former FBI special agent Clint Watts, in Senate testimony last March, stated that «part of the reason active measures worked in this election is that the commander in chief has used Russian active measures at times, against his opponents.»
A confidential memo the campaign finance attorney for de Blasio laid out his interpretation of what was allowed under state election law as the mayor worked to swing the state Senate to Democratic control.
Those hoping for swift action from the new independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections will have to be patient: Although she was approved by the Assembly and Senate last month, Risa Sugarman won't be able to officially start work until Sept. 1.
Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, running in a key state Senate special election, is under fire for her handling of sexual harassment claims made by women who worked for the Senate while she was counsel to the Democratic conference.
The New York Times endorsed Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in the April 19 special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and also backed Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou in the race for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat.
But Flanagan is said to have abruptly canceled the sit - down after it was reported that the mayor was still working behind the scenes to help the Democrats claim control of the Senate in the upcoming November elections.
With two weeks to go until a crucial state Senate special election in Nassau County, Democrat Todd Kaminsky's campaign's latest ad hits Republican Chris McGrath over the fees his law firm received for its work on the early 2000s settlement agreement between states and tobacco companies
The endorsement also comes as the IDC, currently governing the State Senate with the Republican Party, agreed to break their ties with the GOP and work with the Democrats after the fall elections.
After the election you should also know that Governor Andrew Cuomo worked intensively behind closed doors with Senator Dean Skelos, Senator Jeff Klein and the other rebellious Democratic Senators to organize the coup that is keeping the Democrats from taking control of the Senate.
Align Media and a computer software company called VoterTrove — both owned by former Republican state Senate employee Justin Gargiulo — have done more than $ 30,000 worth of political election work in Connecticut, including jobs for the campaigns of at least seven present or former GOP state senators, since 2012.
ALBANY — State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) announced on Monday that the Senate passed legislation to shorten work shifts for election - day poll workers.