Sentences with phrase «senate seats in the chamber»

A Democrat who has helped keep Republicans in a working majority in the Senate, Felder will become even more important after an April 24 special election should Democrats fill empty Senate seats in the chamber.

Not exact matches

Most analysts think the final bill will end up looking more like the Senate's version, since the GOP holds 52 seats in that chamber and therefore can afford only two defections to pass a tax bill along party lines.

March was also a mixed bag for Republicans, who are trying to retain Senate seats and improve on their 51 - 49 majority in the chamber.

The IDC announced earlier this month it would dissolve and its members would rejoin the Democratic conference in the state Senate, ahead of a broader push to give Democrats control of the chamber after a pair of seats are filled in an April 24 special election.

The seat, along with a Bronx Senate district, is central to a push by Democrats to gain a working majority in the chamber this month.

The lawmakers who made up the now - dissolved Independent Democratic Conference have contributed to the campaign of Democratic Senate hopeful Shelley Mayer, who is making a bid for a pivotal seat in the chamber next week.

Benjamin, elected to fill a vacant Harlem Senate seat, gave Democrats a 32nd enrolled member in the chamber, kicking of a sustained campaign by liberal groups to push the Independent Democratic Conference toward reconciliation with the mainline conference.

At the same time, Cuomo is being pushed to call elections for Senate seats that could potentially open, including one expected to be vacated in the Bronx next month by Ruben Diaz, Sr., in order to keep the party's numbers in the chamber.

The seat is one of two Senate districts at the focal point of a push for Democrats to win control of the chamber in the coming months and force a truce among the mainline Democratic conference and the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference.

The race, one of the more costly contests for a Senate seat, comes as Republicans hang on to their narrow majority in the chamber.

The race for Skelos's seat is one of the more closely watched Senate races, given the narrow divide in the chamber.

Senate Democrats retained two open seats in a Tuesday special election, giving them a numeric 32 - member majority in the chamber, but Sen. Simcha Felder will continue to conference with Republicans, keeping the GOP in control.

Republicans maintain the majority in the chamber with the aid of Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who sits with the GOP conference, providing them with a 32nd member in the 63 - seat Senate.

Republican Sarmad M. Khojasteh late last week filed to run for the soon - to - be-vacant Senate seat in Westchester County that could be pivotal for control of the chamber.

The 37th Senate district, along with the seat being vacated by Sen. Ruben Diaz of the Bronx, is at the heart of a proposed unity plan between the mainline Democratic conference in the chamber and the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference.

The vacancies include six seats in the Democratic - controlled Assembly and the Senate seat held by Democrat Eric Adams, who is leaving the chamber to take ofice as the next Brooklyn borough president.

In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic ConferencIn an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conferencin the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conferencin part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.

The race is a key one for Senate Republicans, who have held the Southern Tier - area seat for the last 100 years, as the conference holds a narrow majority in the chamber.

Spano's brother Nick held a neighboring seat in the chamber until 2006, when he was unseated by Andrea Stewart - Cousins, now the Senate minority leader.

Their open seats are predicated on the plan to have Democrats unify in the Senate chamber amid a push to have the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference form a coalition with the 23 - member mainline conference of Democrats.

It is one of two open seats in the Senate that Democrats hope to fill in order to work toward a governing majority in the chamber.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC Comptroller Scott stringer and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James have endorsed Kavanagh for the seat, which is safely Democratic, and won't be a factor in the upcoming rematch over control of the Senate chamber.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday won a pair of open seats in the state Senate giving them 32 enrolled members in the 63 - seat chamber, but for now are denied a working majority.

He will likely be a key lawmaker should Democrats win both vacant Senate seats this spring and regain a numerical majority in the chamber.

The seat is one of two districts open in the closely divided Senate chamber, narrowly controlled by Republicans.

But Democratic unity in the Senate has been difficult to come by: Democrats failed to achieve a net gain of a seat in the chamber, despite hoping to run competitive races in suburban districts.

Felder announced Tuesday he would sit with the Senate GOP, hours before polls closed in two key Senate races that saw Democrats retain two open seats in the chamber.

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans and Democrats exhausted their main campaign accounts, and slug fest resulted in no side emerging a clear winner in the sense that they have firm control over the chamber (Democrats have already won a majority of the seats giving them a numerical advantage and two races remain undecided).

But even if Democrats do win both Senate seats in the special elections, they still have to convince a Democratic senator from the Brooklyn area to stop caucusing with the GOP in order to take control of the chamber.

Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky outlines the fight for control of state Senate seats on Long Island, where Senate Democrats are hoping to win enough elections to gain a majority in the chamber.

Former Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr on Thursday announced his bid for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County, a seat that is at the center of a fight over control for the chamber.

Former Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor, who is part of the team of election attorneys handling the recount fight for the Democrats in the Thompson race, said the whole mess could take weeks — or maybe even months — which means there might be empty seats in the chamber when the Legislature returns to Albany in early January.

Battleground chamber: The Nevada Senate held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of one seat, which amounted to 9 percent of the seats up for election in 2014.

The Democratic Party actually currently holds a majority of the seats in the Senate but the Republicans control the chamber thanks to Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the GOP, and a group of eight other breakaway Democrats aligned with them.

Democrats are eyeing the 7th Senate District seat after party candidates won Senate special elections Tuesday night in the Bronx and Westchester County, giving the party a numerical edge in the chamber.

Battleground chambers: The Pennsylvania Senate held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of four seats, which amounted to 16 percent of the seats up for election in 2014.

Battleground chamber: The Maine Senate held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of four seats, which amounted to 11.4 percent of the chamber.

The 2010 Republican wave election was an exception as Senate Republicans won a 21 - seat majority, their largest ever in the chamber.

After Republicans lost a Westchester County Senate seat in November, they hold a 34 - 28 majority in the chamber.

Battleground chamber: The New York Senate held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of three seats, which amounted to 4.8 percent of the chamber.

Special elections took place in the Washington State Senate and Washington House of Representatives on November 7, 2017, in order to address eight vacated seats between the two chambers.

if I didn't hear them shouting from their seats as they sat in the Senate or Assembly chambers about this unsustainable course we're on — they need to retire and get a real job.

Squadron's Senate seat is safely Democratic, but he joins several lawmakers in the mainline conference who are seeking to leave the chamber, including Republican Sen. Phil Boyle and Democratic Sens. George Latimer and Ruben Diaz Sr., who are running for local elected office.

One strategy for Democrats to win back the majority in the chamber has been through Long Island where they are currently running Todd Kaminsky to fill the seat once occupied by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Republicans ousted three incumbent Democrats and held all but one of their seats in the State Senate, leaving them with 32 seats in a 63 - seat chamber.

His expulsion from the State Senate leaves Republicans with 31 seats in the 63 - seat chamber, one seat short of a majority.

Republicans now have a one - seat majority in the 63 - seat chamber, but Democrats hope to take over following two special Senate elections April 24 in the Bronx and Westchester County.

In particular, many Westchester voters (those suburban voters that Cuomo so eagerly courts) noticed because they went unrepresented in budget negotiations, and their empty Senate seat could have tipped the balance of the upper chamber to the DemocratIn particular, many Westchester voters (those suburban voters that Cuomo so eagerly courts) noticed because they went unrepresented in budget negotiations, and their empty Senate seat could have tipped the balance of the upper chamber to the Democratin budget negotiations, and their empty Senate seat could have tipped the balance of the upper chamber to the Democrats.

In the meantime, Felder's defection brings the Senate GOP's total to 31 — one vote shy of the 32 necessary to control what will be a 63 - seat chamber come Jan. 1.

With Assemblyman Guillermo Linares running for the State Senate, his seat in the lower chamber is now up for grabs.