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Shelley Mayer, left, and Julie Killian, right, are vying for an open New York State Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, one of 11 legislative seats being decided by voters that day.
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DeFrancisco has not said whether he will run again for the 50th District New York State Senate seat.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Democrats in Onondaga County have designated John Mannion to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by John DeFrancisco.
One New York state Senate seat that has been hotly contested in recent years in central New York, will not be this year.
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.
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 -LSB-...]
Republican Bob Antonacci moved a step closer Thursday to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.
A Democratic assemblyman is exploring a run for the New York state Senate seat that has been in the Republican hands of a longtime state lawmaker.
The Onondaga County Democratic Committee selected a Camillus high school teacher to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by Rep. John DeFrancisco (R - DeWitt), Syracuse.com
The Onondaga County Democratic Committee selected a Camillus high school teacher to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by Rep. John DeFrancisco (R - DeWitt), Syracuse.com reported on Saturday.
When the music stopped this week in Suffolk County, Islip Town Board member Anthony Senft, the Conservative, Republican and Independence candidate for the New York State Senate seat in the 3rd District filed a letter on Monday declining the nomination.
The race is set for a New York state Senate seat left vacant since January 1, when Democrat George Latimer took office as Westchester County Executive.
Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.
Democrats in Onondaga County have designated John Mannion to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by John DeFrancisco, who isn't seeking re-electin after ending his gubernatorial bid.
Not exact matches
Kennedy: «I'm disappointed with the addition of the 63rd Senate seat, besides adding to the cost of government, it was put in a place that has no impact on western New York and quite frankly has no impact on the population shift in New York state and if there was going to be an additional seat added that despite the fact that I disagree with you that the Constitution was in fact violated and you say that it was not violated — the fact that this additional seat adding to the cost and size of government was added to a place in the Capital Region rather than a place where distinctly the population grew down in New York City I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City area.
The 42nd Senate district in the Hudson Valley is one of several seats Democrats in the state Senate hope to be competitive in this fall, with others around the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island.
The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.
New York City political journalist Ross Barkan announced Tuesday is running for the state Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Martin Golden.
«That makes Lew a threat to the GOP establishment and their lone, historic foothold in New York — the State Senate where they hold a narrow 2 - seat majority.»
The race on Long Island remains too close to call, but Republicans are likely to retain a working majority in the state Senate with a western New York seat flipping to the GOP column and Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder announcing his intention to once again align with their conference.
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.
Bedford attorney Sarmad Khojasteh ended his state Senate campaign and declared his support former Rye Councilwoman Julie Killian for a vacant seat in New York's 37th District, considered pivotal for control of the Senate.
One is state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who is not seeking re-election to his current Central New York seat this fall.
The coalition created out of the Working Families Party convention to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands is quickly putting together its list of seats to target and / or protect, and apparently one of just two remaining Republican senators representing New York City is in its crosshairs.
Cuomo and other prominent New York Democrats campaigned today in the Westchester County Village of Larchmont for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, who is running for the state Senate seat vacated by now Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
«I am proud to endorse Adriano Espaillat for my seat in the New York State Senate.
The US Senate seat in New York state being vacated by Hillary Clinton might be filled by either Andrew Cuomo or Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg — depending on which prospective candidate does a better job convincing Governor David Patterson (via key state & national Democrats) that s / he...
StreetsPAC today announced three additional candidate endorsements for Tuesday's general election, supporting the re-election campaigns of New York State Assemblymembers Dan Quart and Michaelle Solages, and the State Senate race of Adrienne Esposito, who's running for an open seat on Long Island.
In the Kaminsky - McGrath race, for example, the Communications Workers of America PAC, which endorsed Kaminsky, gave $ 109,600 to Nassau Democrats on April 12, while the state Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption convicstate Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption convicState Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption conviction.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and other prominent New York Democrats are campaigning Sunday in the Westchester County Village of Larchmont for an Assemblywoman who is running for a vacant state Senate seat.
New York state senators applaud a group visiting from the Queens borough of New York seated in the gallery during a legislative session May 8 in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany.
In between are the choices for both of New York's federal Senate seats, state comptroller and attorney general and state Supreme Court, County Court and Family Court judgeships.
There are special elections in New York on Tuesday to fill nine vacant state Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats.
Another sitting state legislator, Sen. Rob Ortt, has been indicted on corruption charges, along with George Maziarz, who held the western New York Senate seat before him.
Morris promotes Ball's «plan for taking back the New York State Senate,» when he's running for an open seat being vacated by a Republican.
Canvassers plan to speak to New Yorkers in targeted state Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island (several of those areas — especially western New York and Dutchess County — are considered by Democrats as ripe for picking up at least one or two seats next year).
Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by then - New York Gov. David Paterson, who picked Gillibrand to fill the seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton, who had been nominated to serve as secretary of state.
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.»
ALBANY - More than 25 candidates vying for State Senate and Assembly seats on Long Island were omitted from a government reform survey led by former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch, records show.
In one instance in 2012, the Real Estate Board of New York solicited donations for Lewis A. Fidler, a Brooklyn Democrat who at the time was running for a State Senate seat (whose previous occupant had pleaded guilty to accepting bribes).
NEW YORK (CNN)- Caroline Kennedy has called New York Gov. David Paterson to ask about the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she is confirmed as secretary of state in the new Barack Obama administration, Democratic sources tell CNN.
That's the proportion of registered voters in the state who say Governor David Paterson made the right choice in appointing Gillibrand to New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
In 2018, New York will be home to elections for statewide seats including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Comptroller, as well as one of its two United States Senate seats.
In 1985, he was elected to the New York State Senate to a seat that was once held by his father, former New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson.
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.
He won the seat again in 1986 for a full term representing the 29th District in the New York State Senate, and served as senator until assuming the office of Lieutenant Governor on January 1, 2007.
While initial rumors focused on Wright running for the State Senate or Dickens» City Council seat, The New York Post recently reported that Wright associate Charlie King is trying to gauge reaction and garner support for a Wright mayoral bid.
Following a plea agreement with the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leibell resigned his state Senate seat and did not assume the office of County Executive on January 1, 2011.
However, now that Republicans have regained control of the State Senate, Central New York would be better served by my returning to my Senate seat, as a majority member and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Long regarded as a Republican stronghold, the New York State Senate currently includes 30 Republicans, 28 Democrats and five «swing» seats who identify with the Independent Democratic Caucus but typically vote with the Republican bloc.