Coleman stepped down from
his state Senate seat last week without having applied to the nonpartisan Judicial...
Mike Nofs announces his winning of
a state senate seat last fall in Marshall.
Not exact matches
Jill Carter on Monday to the vacant Baltimore
state Senate seat surrendered
last month by the disgraced Nathaniel T. Oaks.
Republican
state Senate hopeful Sarmad Khojasteh has raised $ 128,555 over the
last six weeks to run for an open
seat in Westchester County, his campaign said Tuesday.
That's according to
state Democratic Party Vice Chair Christine Quinn, who put the Bronx Democrat squarely on the hot
seat during a CapTon interview
last night about the effort to force the warring Democratic factions in the
state Senate to reunify.
«
Senate Republicans are seeing the writing on the wall and realizing their grip on power is crumbling In the
last two weeks the
Senate Democratic Conference has grown by 10 members and a blue wave is sweeping across the
state that will net us even more
seats in November,» said
Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.
After a failing congressional bid
last year cost him his
state Senate seat, Republican Jack Martins launched his campaign for Nassau County executive, promising to «rewrite the county's history» and restore its ingenuity and financial prosperity.
Up until
last month, Republican Sen. Michael Venditto was not considered in danger of losing his
seat in the
state Senate.
Last cycle at this time, no one really thought the retirement of Kent Conrad from the Democratic
Senate seat in North Dakota — a
state McCain won with 53 % and Romney won with 58 % — would lead to a new Democratic freshman, Heidi Heitkamp.
I feel I am carryingboth his and Eleanor's legacies: FDR was the
last Democrat to hold the
State Senate seat I am running for.
Former Republican Assemblyman George Amedore is expected to announce Monday that he will run again for the
state Senate seat he lost
last year by just 18 votes.
Democrat Luis Sepúlveda won a special election for a
seat on the
State Senate in the 32nd senatorial district
last night, easily defeating his two challengers.
Clarkstown Clerk David Carlucci and Ramapo resident Grant Valentine announced
last week that they would seek the Democrat nomination for Morahan's
State Senate seat.
A 63rd
Senate seat would likely help keep the Republicans, who hold a slim one
seat majority, in power in the
Senate, even though over the
last several years the number of Republicans in the
state is declining, while the number of Democrats is growing.
Martins gave up his
seat in the
state Senate last year to run for an open congressional district being vacated by Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.
Former
state Senate President Ken Bennett, a Republican, announced his own candidacy for the
seat last month, while two others —
state Sen. Steve Pierce and former U.S. Army intelligence officer Jonathan Paton — are considering their own campaigns.
Republican Christopher McGrath, who lost a special election
last month to fill Dean Skelos»
State Senate seat, will face off in a November rematch against Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach).
Gillibrand was a little - known second - term congresswoman from a rural Republican district when Gov. David Paterson tapped her
last month to fill the
Senate seat vacated by Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
An Islip Town councilman who dropped out of a
State Senate race
last year after fallout surrounding the illegal dumping scandal in the town was nominated Wednesday night by Islip Town Republicans to run for a District Court
seat in Suffolk County.
Things didn't go de Blasio's way in the 20th
state Senate District either, where Jesse Hamilton pulled far ahead of his opponent Rubain Dorancy for the
seat vacated
last year by Brooklyn Borough President Adams.
When the lines for
state Senate and
state Assembly
seats were unveiled
last week, the drawn districts were widely criticized across the borough and viewed as breaking up communities and gerrymandering the districts to suit elected officials.
The Westchester County executive is in Albany for a meeting of county Republican chairs who are huddling after the GOP failed to win any
seats statewide, but did capture full control of the
state Senate last month.
Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two
seats in the US
Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the
last election, so 3
seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a
state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)
While we were all focused on the battle for control of the
state Senate, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the majority's political arm, DACC, quietly racked up five wins
last night, bringing the total number of Democrat - controlled
seats to 106.
Killian announced that she plans to seek the New York
state Senate seat for the 37th District currently occupied by Latimer, a Democrat, at a Rye City Republican Committee meeting
last month, the Review has learned.
Last Friday, Senator Chuck Schumer finally read the writing on the wall as he whole heartedly endorsed Joseph Addabbo for
state senate and effectively put to rest all hopes of Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich taking the
seat.
In the area's two
state Senate races —
seats currently held by Republicans George Amedore and Hugh Farley — all of the candidates during interviews
last week took swipes of some kind at the controversial education standards and
state tests that drew an over 20 percent opt - out rate for the second straight year this spring.
Jared Polis, a web entrepreneur who launched his bid for a Colorado U.S. House
seat last May and has received the endorsements of openly gay Rep. Tammy Baldwin as well as the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, was bypassed by top gay fundraisers and activists in his home
state in favor of Joan Fitz - Gerald, a former Colorado
Senate President.
«Today, Democrats may have one
last opportunity to save their
Senate seat by opposing an amendment to fund Obamacare,» reads a release the National Republican Senatorial Committee is sending to five
states that have a Democratic senator and large numbers of conservatives.
That's why Akshar said he has what it takes to represent the 52nd District in
state Senate, replacing Tom Libous, who has held the
seat since 1988 and was convicted of a felony
last month.
Long shut out of statewide office, Southern California Democrats saw a glimmer of hope
last week, when Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez announced a bid for the Golden
State's open
Senate seat.
DeFrancisco said
last week that he fully understands
state election law bars him from running for his
Senate seat if he becomes the GOP nominee for governor.
Setting up a high - profile Democratic primary, former
state Rep. Irv Slosberg opened a campaign account to run for a Palm Beach County
Senate seat that became vacant
last week with the resignation of Lake Worth Democrat Jeff Clemens.
Candidates,
state and county campaign committees and independent groups spent more than $ 7.1 million on last month's special election to fill the State Senate seat of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, according to state Board of Elections rec
state and county campaign committees and independent groups spent more than $ 7.1 million on
last month's special election to fill the
State Senate seat of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, according to state Board of Elections rec
State Senate seat of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, according to
state Board of Elections rec
state Board of Elections records.
The Daily News reported
last year Biaggi had been courted by mainline Democratic lawmakers in the
Senate to run for the
seat, but that appears to have been before
state party leaders and the factions in the
Senate agreed to a unity deal.
When Marisol Alcantara first ran for an open
State Senate seat in Manhattan
last year, her campaign looked like an extension of the Bernie Sanders revolution.
Sampson will have to forfeit his
seat in the
Senate, making him the second sitting
state Senator to do so in the
last three days.
Nevertheless, the
Senate Republicans are also feeling bullish about Republican Greg Bernard, who won a special election to fill the remainder of former Yorktown Town Board Member Terrence Murphy's term after Murphy departed at the end of
last year to take a
seat in the
state Senate.
The Binghamton - area
seat was
last in Democratic hands when Franklin Roosevelt was a member of the
state Senate.
At least seven candidates are in the mix to run in a special election for the
State Senate seat vacated
last week when Dean Skelos was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.
Amid a growing buzz in Republican circles, two - term Republican
state Sen. Tom Croci acknowledged
last week that he is undecided about whether to seek re-election in November, potentially leaving behind a battleground
Senate seat.
Republicans note that they made gains in Burlington County in
last week's
state elections including winning an open
state Senate seat.
City Councilman Eric Ulrich (l.) and
state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (r.) scuffled over their records at
last Thursday's debate for the hotly contested
Senate seat.
Former City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) announced his intention to run for the
State Senate seat currently held by the last Republican state legislator in Queens, Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Beller
State Senate seat currently held by the
last Republican
state legislator in Queens, Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Beller
state legislator in Queens, Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose).
Seeking to capitalize on the excitement among Republican potential donors after Scott Brown's stunning capture of a
Senate seat in Massachusetts
last week, two independent groups focused on helping the party regain
state legislative majorities before next year's nationwide redistricting are significantly ramping up their efforts.
The
state Senate opened session
last week; Amedore was
seated, but not allowed to vote pending the outcome of court action.
But critics say Alcantara has had few opportunities to vote since being elected to replace Espaillat in the
State Senate District 31
seat last year.
Last year, former
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted of conspiracy and extortion, and Democrats were able to flip his South Shore
seat.
A Leominster city councilor cinched the Democratic nomination for the Worcester Middlesex
state Senate seat after her successor left the legislature
last summer to serve on a high - profile
state regulatory board.
Brian Benjamin «s victory
last week in the special election to fill Harlem's vacant
State Senate seat will once again leave registered Democrats with a one - member numerical majority in the upper chamber of the
State Legislature.