Sentences with phrase «senate primaries this year»

Democratic leaders have taken an unusually aggressive approach to the party's Senate primaries this year, offering key endorsements in competitive races where, in some cases, voters are split.

With sentiments among rank - and - file Republicans also trending that way, it's no coincidence that two Republicans who affirmed the science — Rep. Michael Castle in Delaware and Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska — were defeated in Senate primaries this year.

Not exact matches

Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins released a fundraising invitation for state Senate candidate Robert Jackson, who is challenging in incumbent IDC Sen. Marisol Alcantara in a primary next year.

Kennedy narrowly defeated Grant in a primary for the 63rd State Senate District two years ago.

«I would say the primary role I've had is I've been a leading advocate on CHIPs funding,» O'Mara said, «and infrastructure funding for many years now since I've been in the Senate.»

After that, Ball has more or less proven himself a reliable vote and loyal member in the Senate GOP fold, as evidenced by leadership's support for him when Assemblyman Steve Katz (one of several intra-party enemies Ball has made over the years) launched a short - lived primary challenge that fizzled after some initial fireworks.

Sources say Jessica Ramos, who currently works for Mayor Bill de Blasio, will run a primary challenge in her Queens Senate District next year against IDC member Jose Peralta.

Felder said he doesn't feel pressure to make a decision one way or another from Cuomo, who clearly is feeling pressure himself — likely from the primary challenge launched by Cynthia Nixon, who has made control of the Senate a focus of her campaign thus far — enough pressure, that is, to want to accelerate the peace deal between the warring Democratic factions that was struck late last year.

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato, who crossed party lines and backed Cuomo for governor four years ago, is endorsing state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco in the Republican primary (if there is one) for governor.

In our initial analysis of Indiana Senate races, we find just five races that have the potential to flip to the Democrats: The open SD26 being vacated by State Sen. Doug Eckerty in the Muncie / Anderson area; SD 29 in the Indianapolis / Carmel area where State Sen. Mike Delph just won a spirited primary; SD38 in the Terre Haute / Brazil area that went to the GOP four years ago; and the twin SDs 45 and 46 in the Jeffersonville / Clark County area where Sens. Ron Grooms and Jim Smith both won tight races in 2014.

For several of this year's competitive Senate primaries, the fourth quarter of 2015 was the last fundraising quarter before primary day.

Kevin de León, the California Senate president, is taking on the U.S. senator in next year's Democratic primary.

Coakley has raised over $ 4 million more than Brown in the Senate campaign, but because she faced a competitive primary, she began the year with a more modest financial advantage.

Ball went on to win the primary, and the Senate Republicans eventually embraced him — even going so far as to say they would defend him this year in a primary battle against Assemblyman Steve Katz.

Recall that Paladino said last year he would fund primary campaigns against Senate Republicans, which ultimately showed little success.

UPDATE2: Several WFP types noted a few other wins over the past year that I overlooked, including the ouster of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. by Gustavo Rivera in a Democratic primary and the passage of so - called «Green Jobs» legislation.

At noon, Adam Haber (who lost a Nassau County executive primary to Tom Suozzi last year) announces his candidacy for the state Senate, VFW Post 5253, 155 Searingtown Road, Albertson.

Paladino last year pledged to support primaries against incumbent Senate Republicans, though none of his direct efforts were successful.

Last year he threatened to fund primary efforts against several Senate Republicans, but those efforts largely failed.

For the first time, Cuomo openly said that he would oppose the Senate Independent Democratic Conference: «Either they announce that they agree to come back to the Democratic Party, or they will face primaries this year from our unified Democratic coalition.»

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Arkansas in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests.

(CNN)-- Incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin will win Tuesday's Democratic primary in West Virginia, CNN projects, pushing him one step closer in his campaign to hold on to his Senate seat this year.

At the same time, Democrats say they are ready to run a candidate this year should Boyle win his September primary and resign the seat in the Senate in order for Republicans, potentially to run someone in the November general election.

Like, if the Republicans continue to control the Senate thanks to a Cuomo - approved gerrymander plus five defections that the governor was perfectly OK with, and then over the course of the next couple of years their conference blocks campaign finance reform and drug reform and a hike of the minimum wage, doesn't it become somewhat more difficult for Cuomo to explain to Democratic primary voters why he didn't just do something about it?

So when Rivera drew a challenger in the September 9 State Senate primary, the 84 - year - old lion of the US House of Representatives may have figured it was just old - fashioned political payback to support Rivera's foe.

The state PAC, created so the national PAC can comply with California's campaign finance regulations, is being advised by Chuck DeVore, the conservative state Assemblyman who came up short in his GOP Senate primary bid earlier this year against Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell.

Republicans also set a nonpresidential - year primary - turnout record, exceeding 1.5 million votes Tuesday in the US Senate primary, won by incumbent Ted Cruz.

He has been a rumored candidate to replace Mr. Ragusa, who angered some party insiders when he ran a primary opponent against Mr. Ulrich's State Senate bid last year — the latest in what has been an ongoing feud between the party's two factions.

Rep. Donna Edwards» Senate campaign said Friday the Democrat raised $ 590,000 in the second quarter — ending the first half of the year with less than $ 1 million in the bank for her primary race for the open Maryland Senate seat.

There are about 100,000 Democrats registered in the district, but in the last Senate primary election two years ago, just over 8,000 of them voted.

But the former lieutenant governor rebounded to win a competitive Democratic primary this year in Maryland's 4th District when Rep. Donna Edwards decided to run for the Senate.

Squadron was elected to the state senate in 2008, defeating a 30 year incumbent in the Democratic primary.

Negron's resignation means Senate District 25 can have a regular 2018 primary and general election cycle, though it will be only for the final two years of the term he was elected to in 2016.

The comments come at a time when Cuomo, who is set to seek reelection next year, has been taking heat from the left wing of the Democratic party for not doing enough to unify the fractured Senate Democrats and could face a primary.

The following chart shows how many candidates ran for State Senate in California in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in State Senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests.

Hatch, who is running next year for a seventh term in the Senate, is facing opposition from some in the tea party movement, including FreedomWorks, a major DC - based conservative grassroots organization that is actively working to find a candidate to take on Hatch in next year's primary.

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in California in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests.

Senate Republicans earlier in the week approved an eight - year extension of rent control laws that Assembly Democrats have rejected for including measures aimed at verifying income and primary residency status.

Zephyr Teachout, Cuomo's Democratic primary foe last year, contributed $ 28,000 to Senate Democrats» cause.

Retiring Rep. Charlie Rangel blessed Assemblyman Keith Wright's bid to succeed him Saturday, slamming one of Wright's primary opponents, Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who opposed Rangel two years ago, for not resigning his state Senate seat to fully commit to the race.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

Sen. Mike Nozzolio, who is retiring due to health concerns, was expected to face a GOP primary after he angered some constituents last year for voting for Long Island Sen. John Flanagan as Senate majority leader instead of Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco — a move critics said was a slight to upstate.

Linda E. McMahon, a former wrestling executive, easily captured Connecticut's Republican Senate primary last night, clinching a second chance to run for a position she failed to win two years ago.

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Following one of the more robust debates so far this year, the state Senate approved legislation that would consolidate state and federal primaries to a single date in August.

He backed former Councilman Vincent Gentile's congressional bid earlier this year and weighed in on several Democratic primaries for the Assembly and State Senate in 2014.

Twenty - five years ago, Mark Green went on a grueling 24 - hour campaign marathon with ultra-liberal Senate candidate Ramsey Clark on the eve of the Democratic primary.

Smith — a Democrat and former Senate majority leader — was busted last year in a failed scheme to secure a spot on the Republican primary line for mayor, allegedly by bribing former Queens Councilman Dan Halloran and then - Queens GOP Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone.

But before that Nov. 6 contest takes place, Scott will have to get by businessman Rocky De La Fuente... a Republican who also has filed in the California Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ran two years ago in Florida for the Democratic Senate nomination.

Kimball's win came after he and several other tea - party - backed candidates had come up short in recent races: last year, Kimball placed second in the GOP's gubernatorial primary and another tea - party favorite, Ovide Lamontagne, came up short in his bid for the GOP Senate nod.