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Washington — Rep. Dan Maffei, after winning the most expensive campaign on record for a Central New York congressional seat, says it is time to take the big money out of politics.

A moderate Republican whose candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat had set off a storm of national conservative opposition abruptly withdrew on Saturday, emboldening the right at a time when the Republican Party is enmeshed in a debate over how to rebuild itself.

It was the most expensive campaign on record for a Central New York congressional seat.

Democrat Zephyr Teachout today announced she is running for the New York Congressional seat currently held by Republican Chris Gibson, who is not seeking a fourth term.

Now she and her cohorts have their eyes set on an upstate New York congressional seat, in an area she neither knows nor has any connection to, as a platform from which to push their leftist agenda nationally.

Adriano Espaillat's victory in a Democratic primary for a New York congressional seat was a watershed for Dominican immigrants hoping to send one of their own to Washington for the first time.

This past Election Day, all three statewide incumbents were easily re-elected, the Assembly's Democratic majority got bigger, but consistent with the overall Republican political tsunami seen across the nation, the Republicans took back control of the state Senate and picked up some New York Congressional seats.

Not exact matches

Babinec is running in a three - person race for the 22nd congressional district in central New York, facing Republican Claudia Tenney and Democrat Kim Myers for the seat being vacated by Rep. Richard Hanna.

Democrat Dan Maffei, who's trying to win back his seat from the Republican who ousted him from it in 2010, Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, was one of several New York congressional contenders boosted recently by brief visits from Bill Clinton.

I wrote yesterday about House Speaker John Boehner's diss of Wendy Long when he said there's no «significant» US Senate race in New York — a factor that could hurt down - ballot Republican congressional candidates who are fighting to retain their seats or oust incumbent Democrats.

According to an invite forwarded by a reader, Emanuel will join unspecified members of the New York congressional delegation at a $ 1,000 luncheon for Bishop ($ 2,400 for a VIP ticket that includes «preferred» seating and an honor roll listing) at The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel on Central Park South in Manhattan.

Patel, a Democratic challenger to New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney's congressional seat, shot back: «I guess I didn't realize Rep. Maloney hired Steve Bannon as her campaign strategist.»

Grimm led Donovan, 49 percent to 39 percent, among GOP voters in New York's 11th District in the poll released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats» political arm, which hopes to flip the seat blue in November.

In today's Congressional Corner, New York state Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Democratic candidate for New York's 22nd House district seat, wraps up his conversation with WAMC's Alan Chartock.

Following the 2010 United States Census, New York lost two congressional seats.

When New York Representative Kirsten Gillibrand took Clinton's senate seat, the race for her congressional slot was on.

WAMC / Northeast Public Radio will host a live debate among the Democratic candidates for New York's 19th Congressional district seat held by Republican John Faso on May 31 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. at The Linda in Albany.

And there's some in Upstate New York, some congressional Democrats that won again in either 2006 or 2008, very strong Democratic years, in seats that have traditionally been kind of squishy, not very Democratic, a little bit more Republican, and all of them could face some problems.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler won the Democratic primary Tuesday for a New York City congressional seat he's held for nearly a quarter - century, defeating his opponent in the first Democratic primary challenge he's faced in two decades.

Hayworth held a U.S. House seat in the 19th District from 2010 - 2012, and after New York's redistricting, was defeated by Maloney in the 2012 18th Congressional District election.

«Many immigrants who are already terrified of being deported and targeted under this administration, will simply choose not to participate, out of fear that the information they provide is being used to target them,» said Meng during a press conference at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), where lawmakers and advocates warned that lack of immigrant participation would lead to inaccurate census data and could jeopardize New York's share of federal funding and Congressional seats.

The WFP, he said, must remain united in order for Democrats to win back the state Senate and «defeat nasty Republicans who sit in these congressional seats all across New York state.»

Stephanie Miner, the former Democratic mayor of Syracuse, announced Thursday she will not challenge Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) for his congressional seat this November, The New York Times reported.

New York State has a slew of fascinating congressional races, from sure things for one party that will still bring a new face, like the contests to replace Charlie Rangel in CD13 after nearly fifty years or Steve Israel in CD3, to a bunch of races that could unseat young representatives and flip seats, such as Republicans Lee Zeldin on Long Island (CD1) and Elise Stefanik (CD21) or Democrat Sean Maloney (CD18).

On a night when the GOP retained a congressional seat in an Arizona special election, the race in Western New York was also being watched and trumpeted by Republicans looking for signs of momentum heading into November.

The independent expenditure arm of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today made a new round of television ad buys in seven districts, including two New York seats where the DCCC has not previously purchased air time.

The 2010 Census determined that New York state would lose two congressional seats, and conventional wisdom holds that one seat upstate and one downstate will be dissolved.

Two of the Democratic candidates for the party's nomination to take on incumbent Republican John Faso for the 19th New York Congressional District's seat have set upcoming forums in Kingston about healthcare.

The latest flare up in the will - she - or - won't - she drama of Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul happened Monday amid a Buffalo News report that Democrats were moving to take Nate McMurray out of the running for a congressional seat in western New York and replace him with Hochul.

«New York is still very much a blue state, with 2.5 million more registered Democrats than Republicans, which makes our having flipped between 5 and 7 Congressional seats from Democrat to Republican, the most in any State, an even bigger accomplishment,» said state Republican Party spokesperson Alex Carey.

They're vying for the 24th congressional seat in New York.

Mr. Blass ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for New York's 1st Congressional District seat in 1986, losing to Democratic candidate George Hochbrueckner.

They are vying for the 24th congressional seat in New York.

New York State has 29 congressional seats, 14 of which are from the city.

WAMC / Northeast Public Radio will host a live debate between the candidates for New York's 19th Congressional district seat, Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout, on September 15 from 1 - 2 p.m. at The Linda in Albany.

The New York State Conservative Party has given its endorsement to former Erie County Executive Chris Collins, in his run for the Congressional seat currently held by Democrat Kathy Hochul.

Concern that the special master's congressional maps will cost Democrats seats in true blue New York has spurred House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to get involved in the state's redistricting battle.

The race for New York's 19th Congressional district seat is one of the most closely watched in the country.

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon endorsed former New York Rep. Michael Grimm's challenge to Republican Rep. Dan Donovan for his old congressional seat.

A woman in the 19th Congressional District, who picked up a lot of Upstate New York votes in a 2014 primary run against Andrew Cuomo, is now one step closer to a seat in Congress.

The Green candidate who twice ran for northern New York's congressional seat announced late Tuesday afternoon that he will not run a third campaign.

Multiple candidates have announced their intention to run for New York's 22nd Congressional seat

The atmosphere in Hasbrouck Park last Friday morning was festive, even electric as a crowd of approximately 1,300 people congregated to hear Socialist Vermont senator and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders deliver a ringing endorsement of Zephyr Teachout's bid to reclaim New York's 19th Congressional District seat for the Democrats, after it was held for three terms by retiring Republican Chris Gibson.

He said Democrats can not afford to lose the race for New York's 19th Congressional District seat and that he has the ability to raise more money than Faso, as well as outwork the congressman and build a real organization of staff across the district who will work to get the message out.

Multiple candidates have announced their intention to run for New York's 22nd Congressional seat being vacated by Republican Richard Hanna.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

Unions representing law enforcement officers in central New York are throwing their support behind former federal prosecutor John Katko in his race against Democratic incumbent Rep. Dan Maffei for the 24th Congressional District seat.

QUEENS — City Councilman Dan Halloran fired a shot across the bow of Assemblywoman Grace Meng's campaign Monday, saying that the Bayside Democrat had something to hide if she didn't agree to a series of five televised debates in the race for New York's 6th congressional district seat.

Murphy is running against Republican New York assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a highly competitive race to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's vacant congressional seat.

The race in New York's 26th Congressional district was to fill the seat of former Republican Congressman Chris Lee, who resigned over pictures and e-mails of him trying to find a date on Craigslist.