Sentences with phrase «senate special election»

As dramatic as the Senate special election in Alabama was earlier this week, an equally important vote will take place on Thursday morning as the FCC decides whether or not to repeal net neutrality regulations established in 2015.

A judge directed Alabama election officials Monday afternoon to preserve all digital ballot images in Tuesday's hotly contested U.S. Senate special election.

Instead, it is about an important lesson reformers should be learning today from Doug Jones» victory yesterday over the notorious Roy Moore in yesterday's Alabama U.S. Senate special election: The need to rally poor and minority communities in advancing systemic reform to help all children.

We recently supported Democrat Patty Schachtner in a state Senate special election, flipping a seat President Trump won last year.

This past year we've petitioned for District Leaders, County Committee Members, and been part of the district convention to choose a nominee for our State Senate special election.

Bannon is firing his opening shot in the Alabama Senate special election, squaring off against McConnell in a race the Senate leader and his allies have spent millions of dollars to win.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker continues to lead his Republican opponent by double digits with just one day to go in the New Jersey Senate special election.

But he has been criticized before for how he has handled helping fellow Republicans — including 2013 Virginia gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli and Steve Lonegan, the GOP nominee in New Jersey's Senate special election last year.

Sarah Palin will hit the campaign stump on Saturday ahead of next week's New Jersey Senate special election.

If the Democrats win a state Senate special election set for April 24, Cuomo plans to unveil an agenda the next day for the rest of the session that he hopes will pressure Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn to return to the Democratic fold, a source familiar with the plan says.

With just a day to go before a crucial Senate special election on Long Island, the results are mixed.

(Whoever came up with that nickname for the Massachusetts Senate special election is a genius.)

Former Rye City Councilwoman Julie Killian's defeat last week in a state Senate special election unleashed a flood of retirement announcements from longtime GOP senators.

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Turnout in the 37th State Senate special election was 14 percent, according to unofficial results from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

ALBANY - The law firm of a Long Island Republican running in a crucial state Senate special election once represented a firefighter fired by the city after riding on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.

The US Office of Special Counsel announced Tuesday that White House aide Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act on two occasions by «advocating for and against candidates» in last year's Alabama Senate special election.

Paul Newell, stinging over losing the Democratic nod for the 26th state Senate special election to Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, said the former occupant of that seat, former Sen. Daniel Squadron, «has brought shame» to his legacy as a reformer.

You should always be careful in extrapolating results from a state Senate special election or a nonpartisan race for the state Supreme Court.

The same trend held in the Alabama Senate special election in December, won in an upset by Democrat Doug Jones.

In last year's election for county executive, and now the recent Senate special election, Republicans dumped millions in negative campaign television commercials and mailings against Latimer and Mayer.

State Rep. Will Barclay, who lost a 2008 state Senate special election to Aubertine, could well be the Republican pick.

MAJOR news in Senate races: A judge has ruled that the Mississippi Senate special election has to be held by March 19th — which is certainly great news for Democrats.

Earlier this year, Brown won a Senate special election to fill the seat held by Sen. Ted Kennedy before his death.

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.

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In an ad for his campaign for the 37th State Senate special election, Wagner attacks Sacramento politicians for that very thing.

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

There is just one mechanical hitch in the hope of a primary turnout fueling votes in the Senate special election: The presidential primary and state Senate special election will be on different ballots.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is expected to announce later this week he will seek the Democratic nomination for a crucial state Senate special election in Westchester County that could impact which party controls the chamber.

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.

In February 2006, Jacobs was the Republican nominee in a Senate special election to fill the seat vacated by Byron Brown when he became mayor of Buffalo, but lost to Democrat Marc Coppola.

Julie Killian, a Republican running in a critical state Senate special election in Westchester County, says she supports the Child Victims Act, a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults.

(CNN)- Democratic Rep. Ed Markey, a longtime U.S. congressman, and Republican businessman and political newcomer Gabriel Gomez will face off in the Massachusetts Senate special election after winning their respective party nominations in Tuesday's primary, the Associated Press projected.

Much of the $ 2.2 million difference between 2007 and 2015 could be seen as coming from one expensive Senate special election on Long Island.

Chris McGrath, the Republican candidate for a crucial April 19 state Senate special election on Long Island, supports raising the $ 9 - an - hour minimum wage, a top aide said.

The City of Yonkers has become the focal point of the State Senate special election to be held on April 24 between Democrat Shelley Mayer and Republican Julie Killian.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R - Texas, endorsed former state Speaker T.W. Shannon in Oklahoma's Senate special election, marking the latest tea party leader to back his candidacy in the Sooner State.

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.

Before his exchange with DeWitt, Cuomo praised the voters of Alabama, a deep Republican state, for rejecting Republican Roy Moore in the U.S. Senate special election.

At this moment, Republican candidate David Storobin has a 119 vote lead over his Democratic opponent Lew Fidler in last Tuesday's State Senate special election in Brooklyn, up one vote from yesterday, according to a source following the proceedings.

Democrats now crow about the result of a recent Senate special election along with the well - deserved retirements of several long - term GOP state Senators, claiming it's a harbinger for November.

Republican Party leaders picked Julie Killian to run in a state Senate special election for an open seat that could shift New York's power structure, selecting the former Rye city councilwoman over former Yonkers inspector general Dan Schorr.

«Never mind that you could have people coming for the presidential and then just deciding to skip the state Senate special election because they don't care.»

On that day, there are two State Senate special elections to fill empty seats, and Democrats will win both.

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.

Cuomo had also faced criticism for waiting to call this year's Senate special elections until after the state's budget deadline, which made certain the GOP would control the chamber through the crucial budget talks.

Democrats won two New York state Senate special elections Tuesday, gaining a numerical majority of the number of representatives in the chamber.

Four Republican senators have announced plans to retire since Democrats won two Senate special elections last week to win a numeric majority in the 63 - seat chamber.

Our electoral targets include the open governor's seat, and the state House and the state Senate special elections.