Sentences with phrase «state senate seat last»

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 recstate 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 recState Senate seat of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, according to state Board of Elections recstate 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 - BellerState Senate seat currently held by the last Republican state legislator in Queens, Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerstate 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.