Sentences with phrase «after defeating democrat»

Stefanik, 30, is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress after defeating Democrat Aaron Wolf and Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello in November.

Mr. Zeldin, a former New York State Senator, took over the seat in 2014 after defeating Democrat Tim Bishop of Southampton by more than 15,000 votes.

The campaign repaid Maragos $ 984,000 after he defeated Democrat Howard Weitzman, a former Nassau comptroller, in a rematch of their 2009 contest.

Not exact matches

The New Democrats have a choice: prop up a government hungry for their left - leaning supporters, or defeat the budget that they helped craft and force an election just 19 months after the last one.

The post came just a few days after National Journal took a similar view, hypothesizing that Franken's wit and celebrity could help rally Democrats to defeat Trump.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii, will become the first Hindu - American congresswoman, after defeating her Republican rival on Tuesday.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The Buffalo News reported this morning that Silver refused to say yesterday if Kearns would be allowed to caucus with the Democrats after his upset defeat of the party's preferred candidate, Chris Fahey, a top aide to Rep. Brian Higgins.

Returning to Chicago, where he first declared victory in 2008, Mr Obama delivered a mostly positive message to Americans after a divisive election campaign which saw Mr Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.

After five years of coalition, last Thursday's results remind us how far Labour and the Liberal Democrats» fortunes are co-dependent — and their attacks on each other self - defeating.

The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee reported $ 191,283 in cash on hand after spending heavily in the special election, which ended with Democrat Todd Kaminsky defeating Republican candidate Chris McGrath last month.

After my grass - roots victories in the Republican and Conservative primaries, I look forward to working with you on our shared goal of defeating the liberal incumbent Democrat.

The poll will add to pressure on Mr Cameron who has been the subject of speculation about his leadership after the Conservatives suffered a bruising defeat to both the Liberal Democrats and Ukip in the Eastleigh by - election.

After the defeat in the 2005 election, in which the Social Democrats lost five seats and failed to regain the majority it had lost in the 2001 election, former Minister of Finance and party leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned his post, taking responsibility for the poor election results.

Rep. Scott Peters, D - Calif., officially defeated Republican Carl DeMaio Friday, after a new bunch of ballots gave the freshman Democrat an insurmountable lead in California's 52nd District.

Bill de Blasio will be the first Democrat in two decades to serve as the 109th mayor of New York City, after having defeated Republican...

In the House, Republicans defeated 36 - year incumbent Nick Rahall in West Virginia and snuffed out South Florida Democrat Joe Garcia's congressional career after just a single term.

GOP leaders allowed the votes in a compromise after Amash and a group of libertarian Republicans threatened to join with Democrats to defeat the rule to the Defense bill on the House floor.

After handily defeating seven candidates, the Democrat said he now wants to work with federal, state and local officials to improve quality of life in the state's largest city.

With President Obama out of office and Clinton out of the limelight after a two - time defeat for the White House, Democrats are looking for their future leadership.

But it represented a bitter defeat for many liberal Democrats who sought to use the party's leverage on the budget to resolve the plight of immigrant «Dreamers» who face deportation after being brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Despite Espada's efforts, the bill was narrowly defeated on Tuesday, after several Democrats who had earlier supported the legislation voted no.

Faso was defeated in landslide in 2006 against Democrat Eliot Sptizer; Collins bowed out of running in 2010 after he compared then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to Adolf Hitler and apologized.

Queens Democrat Grace Meng became the first Asian - American from New York to be elected to Congress when she defeated Republican Councilman Dan Halloran on Tuesday, but after her victory, she focused on her status as a female elected official rather than her background.

Johnson's defeat was a blow to same - sex marriage advocates, who worked hard after the December 2009 defeat of the bill in the Senate to oust «no» voting senators — both Democrats and Republicans.

Incumbent Democrat Bill de Blasio handily defeated Lhota after he defeated John Catsimatidis in a GOP primary.

It's a tough day for Democrats in New York after David Weprin was defeated by Republican Bob Turner in the race for New York's ninth Congressional district.

President Donald Trump aimed blame for Friday's failure to advance an Obamacare - repeal bill at the far right faction of his party, grouping them with Democrats, at whom he had pointed the finger in the hours after the stinging defeat.

Former city Comptroller William Thompson, a Democrat who lost his bid for mayor in November, officially announced his candidacy for mayor in the 2013 campaign just a couple months after he was defeated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The amendment tabled by the rebel Tory backbencher Dominc Raab was defeated 241 to 97 votes after Labour and the Liberal Democrats voted against the measure.

The surge of liberal activism in response to President Trump's election has transcended the divisions that some Democrats feared would cleave the party after its defeat in November.

While Wright's success was short - lived (he was defeated in 2015), Lamb has retained his seat, which is after the 2015 election was one of only two Liberal Democrat seats in southern England, and one of only eight in the whole UK.

He was fast - tracked on to the A-list of would - be candidates in 2006 and defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Susan Kramer at the 2010 general election after Goldsmith accused the Lib Dems of tainting his reputation by repeatedly bringing up his tax status.

The payroll tax emerged after months of rancorous talks about a subsidy package for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority when a plan to impose tolls on the East River bridges was defeated amid opposition from some Democrats in the state Senate.

After all, Paladino handily won western New York, but was still defeated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

The party also sees an opening after Democrat Mark Poloncarz defeated Republican incumbent County Executive Chris Collins this month.

After the merger with the Liberal Democrats in 1988, Owen continued in a much smaller «reformed SDP» which lasted barely two years, dissolving after a series of humiliating by - election defAfter the merger with the Liberal Democrats in 1988, Owen continued in a much smaller «reformed SDP» which lasted barely two years, dissolving after a series of humiliating by - election defafter a series of humiliating by - election defeats.

Less than a month after Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election, the lists went up: Ten Potential Democratic Candidates for 2020; 11 Democrats Who Could Defeat President Trump in 2020; Which Democrats Will Run for President in 2020?

Washington (CNN)- Two days after Democrats suffered losses in special House seat elections, Republican campaign officials are calling the pair of defeats a reflection of President Barack Obama's failed economic record, and predicting similar losses for Democrats running on Obama's ticket in 2012.

But Republicans are licking their chops as Democrats push each other leftward, warning that going after single - payer supporters (categorized as left of center) in primaries next year will signal certain defeat in the November general election, particularly in the purple 19th and 21st districts, which are held by the GOP.

Incumbent Republican chairman Dan Alfonso, after failing to secure a majority from his caucus, went to minority Democrats, who gave him the votes to defeat caucus nominee Phil Sinagra.

After Democrat John Hall defeated Kelly in 2006, DioGuardi decided to run against Hall in 2008.

She became the third and final leader of the main opposition parties to quit in the wake of their crushing defeat after Iain Gray and Tavish Scott, her Labour and Liberal Democrat counterparts, announced their resignations at the weekend.

With 120 democrats voting, the party also chose Fred Costello Jr. to be candidate for town supervisor, and planning board member Paul Andreassen and John Schoonmaker to be their town board candidates after they defeated local contractor Chad McPeek in a caucus vote.

Democrat Al Stirpe is once again a New York State Assemblyman after defeating Republican Don Miller for a seat that was once Stirpe's.

Less than a month after Donald Trump was elected president, the lists came out: «Thirteen Women Who Should Think About Running for President in 2020 ``; «11 Democrats Who Could Defeat President Trump in 2020 ``; «Which Democrats Will Run for President in 2020?.»

If Bob Holden, a CUNY professor and president of the Juniper Civic Association in Middle Village — a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican, Conservative and Reform lines in the general election — ends up defeating incumbent Queens Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley after all the paper ballots are counted, then the Council will have 11 new members.

Stefanik, 30, soundly defeated opponents Aaron Woolf, a Democrat, and Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello, shortly after returns started coming late Tuesday, putting a definitive end to the prolonged race for the open seat being vacated by Congressman Bill Owens.

Cuomo's commitment to pushing for fairer lines has come under scrutiny over the last few days after he told The Democrat and Chronicle's editorial board that he had basically been defeated by the legislature in the fight for independent redistricting.