Sentences with phrase «senate primary against»

«I don't think people would like to see a second Joe Lieberman,» said Swan, who managed Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign in the 2006 U.S. Senate primary against Lieberman.

«This is Rory Allen's home precinct in that State Senate primary against Antoine Thompson, so his people (Rory's) were out in force.»

Throughout his Alabama Senate primary against Sen. Luther Strange, Moore pummeled the Republican establishment practically on a daily basis.

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Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»

The president has responded harshly toward Republican congresspeople whom he considers insufficiently supportive of his agenda, even going so far as to meet with their primary challengers, while a pro-Trump political action committee at one point purchased, then withdrew, campaign ads against a senator who was wavering on the Senate GOP's health - care bill.

Mr. Scott can afford to break with the gun lobby now because he is unlikely to face a Republican primary in his expected Senate campaign against Bill Nelson, the Democratic incumbent, in the midterms in November.

He's intent on running primary candidates against key WNY Republican senators and on ousting Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, one of the Senate Republicans» most vulnerable members who must first succeed in Thursday's primary election against attorney Kevin Stocker before defending his seat in November against the Democratic primary winner, announced that he has landed the coveted endorsement of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Bill Samuels joined me on «Capital Tonight» yesterday to explain why he and his New Roosevelt Initiative PAC have endorsed Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in hopes of winnowing the field of primary challengers vying to oust the controversial Bronx Democrat.

Now that it has officially endorsed a primary opponent against him (Gustavo Rivera), the Working Families Party is stepping up its effort to oust Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., sending out an on - line fundraising appeal that deems the controversial Bronx lawmaker «the worst politician in Albany.»

The Democratic hopeful running in the primary against Sen. Simcha Felder said the state party's leadership is «late to the game» in trying to find a candidate to run in the 17th Senate district.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing a push by the state Democratic Committee to find a primary opponent against Sen. Simcha Felder, the Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans in the state Senate and is a pivotal member of the GOP's retained majority in the chamber.

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.

He has always been something of an outsider, conferencing with the Republicans during his last stint in the Senate and then running against an incumbent Democrat, former Sen. Efrain Gonzalez Jr., in the 2008 primary.

Sources said Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello likes the idea of an independent line because he thinks it might help his hometown US Senate candidate, Bruce Blakeman, in the general election against the Conservatives» nominee, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi (assuming DioGuardi doesn't succeeed in his petitioning effort to get onto the primary ballot and defeat both Blakeman and David Malpass in September).

The GOP has already set itself up for one US Senate primary, pitting its Tea Party - favored designee Gary Berntsen against consultant Jay Townsend in the fight to take on Schumer in November.

RWDSU and the TWU have joined a growing list of unions siding with Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in the upcoming Sept. 14 primary, playing up his ties to organized labor and pledge to support «fair wages» and «good health care.»

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.

In 2014 they were backing primaries against IDC members and crowing about the shortcomings of a Republican controlled State Senate.

«If the IDC members do not join the Democratic Caucus and form a majority, the Democratic Party will lead an aggressive primary against every IDC member and assure we have a True Blue State Senate.

However, just a couple weeks ago, Gerson Borrero reported that Espaillat could retaliate against Senate Democrat Michael Gianaris if he supported a primary challenge to Alcantara.

Rep. Lou Barletta won the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, advancing to a November matchup against Democratic incumbent Bob Casey.

For Bannon, Moore has been the means to challenge establishment Republicans, throwing his support behind Moore during the primary against President Trump's and Senate Republicans» preferred candidate, incumbent Sen. Luther Strange.

He generated bad press for the administration by offering a job to Colorado Democratic Senate primary candidate Andrew Romanoff when the administration was trying to get him not to run against incumbent Michael Bennet in 2010.

Jodi McDade said she saw the allegations as part and parcel with the failed efforts by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies to help Sen. Luther Strange in the primary against Moore.

Sanders» top consultants have also signed on to two Senate contenders who are running in primaries against candidates endorsed by national Democrats.

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.

«Our US Senate candidate, Wendy Long, with little money and shear faith in New Yorkers waged an almost impossible primary campaign challenge and won the right to be on the GOP line against all odds,» Long wrote in the letter.

Turner clearly doesn't hold a grudge against Mike Long for failing to back him in the US Senate primary, and even went so far as to praise the chairman for keeping his word to Wendy Long — his «solemn handshake» — and sticking with her even after Turner decided to get into the race.

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

Clarey is referring to Paladino's effort to remake the Senate GOP by supporting conservative primary candidates against more moderate incumbents.

Former Rep. Joe DioGuardi says he'll petition his way onto the GOP primary ballot against US Senate contenders David Malpass and Bruce Blakeman.

Buffalo businessman and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino says he plans to support primary campaigns against Senate Republicans.

This mailer hit mailboxes in the 33rd SD yesterday — a full three days after the candidate in question, Dan Padernacht, had already dropped out of the primary race against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and thrown his support to Gustavo Rivera.

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

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

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

In a statement, Zephyr Teachout, who is running against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other women's equality items as separate bills.

West Virginia Senate hopeful Don Blankenship is intensifying his offensive against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him «Cocaine Mitch» in a new TV ad released just more than a week until the Republican primary.

ESPA has been making some interesting endorsements of late, backing a number of Democratic primary challengers against Senate incumbents who voted «no» on marriage last December.

GOP US Senate hopeful Bruce Blakeman was in Western NY yesterday, and spent some time during an editorial board meeting at The Buffalo News to attack his primary opponents, casting them as too liberal to run on the Republican and Conservative lines against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

While they've denied any involvement in his primary candidacy against state Sen. Neil Breslin, members of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference had nothing but swell things to say about Albany County Legislature Chairman Shawn Morse on Wednesday.

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.

Alan Grayson, the Florida representative and liberal firebrand hoping to win Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat, was attempting to explain the recent avalanche of explaining he's had to do as he runs in the Democratic primary against his congressional colleague Patrick Murphy, the preferred candidate of the Democratic Establishment.

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.

A new Quinnipiac poll in the Florida Senate race shows former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) narrowing the gap against Gov. Charlie Crist (R), numbers sure to embolden national conservatives who are already casting the primary as a fight for the heart and soul of the Republican party.

Former Senate candidate Pat Flynn is already in the race and state GOP sources expect state Treasurer Don Stenberg, who ran unsuccessfully against Sen. Ben Nelson (D) in 2000, to run, meaning Bruning could be in for wide - open primary.

The deal between the Senate Democrats and the IDC — in which each conference will not support primaries against the other's members — only holds if Democrats take the majority sometime during the 2018 session.

Andre Baker won in the Democratic primary against former state Sen. Ernest E. Newton II for the 23rd District state senate seat.

Around noon on Tuesday, he told POLITICO he was rejecting a «political deal» that promised co-leadership for himself and state Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and a promise not to support primary challengers against incumbent senators.