Sentences with phrase «after defeating republican»

Harry Bronson has once again claimed the 138th state Assembly District, this time after defeating Republican challenger Bob Zinck 64 percent to 36 percent.

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

In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, second from left, celebrates with his father, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, and his mother, Matilda, left, after defeating Republican challenger Rob Astorino.

This year, Crist was elected to the Sunshine State's 13th District after defeating Republican Rep. David Jolly 52 percent to 48 percent.

In his letter, sent just before Christmas, Khojasteh notes he is so far the only Republican who has filed paperwork declaring his intention to run for the Hudson Valley seat vacated by former Democratic Sen. George Latimer, who is now Westchester County executive after defeating the Republican incumbent, Rob Astorino, last fall, though a number of other potential contenders have been mentioned.

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

In other northeast Queens results, Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Bayside) was re-elected after he defeated Republican Timothy Furey and Bob Friedrich, who ran on the Conservative line after losing the Democratic primary to Weprin.

On Staten Island, Michael McMahon will be the next district attorney after he defeated Republican Joan Illuzzi by about 10 points.

Not exact matches

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.

(CNN)- There's been a lot of debate about the Republican Party's need to rebrand after the 2012 presidential defeat, but could evangelicals face the same challenge?

After working on the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign of 1952, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. summarized his candidate's defeat by saying, «Having been enabled by Democratic administrations to live like Republicans, the new suburbanites ended up voting like Republicans.»

The WFP was also active in several races outside the five boroughs, including the Albany mayor's race, where City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan is poised to become the city's first female leader after defeating her primary opponent, former Councilman Corey Ellis; and Nassau County, where Tom Suozzi is one step closer to his effort to take back his old county executive post from Republican Ed Mangano after beating Adam Haber on Tuesday.

A number of Republicans considered throwing their hat into the ring after Massa's implosion, including former Rep. Randy Kuhl, whom Massa defeated in 2008 by just two percentage points.

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.

One day after the release of a Siena College poll showing Cuomo with sizable leads over his potential Republican challengers, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco's campaign critiqued past public polls and insisted that the incumbent Democratic governor can be defeated this year.

At the eastern tip of New York's Long Island, state lawmaker Lee Zeldin will be the House's new Jewish Republican after defeating Bishop.

In their first public break since they made amends after Greenfield's landslide victory over the Hikind - backed / funded / inspired Joe Lazar, Assemblyman Dov Hikind has decided to endorse a Republican challenger to defeat centrist Democratic Congressman Mike McMahon.

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 Democratic victor in the Nassau County executive's race vows a «new era» after Republican Jack Martins concedes defeat.

She'd been appointed to the Senate after her husband, Senate candidate and Gov. Mel Carnahan, was killed in a plane crash a few weeks before the 2000 election and was elected posthumously, defeating Republican Sen. John Ashcroft.

Also, Republicans will hold an 11 - 8 majority in the Legislature, even after Lafazan defeated two - term Republican incumbent Donald MacKenzie in the 18th District.

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...

Maragos, who was elected comptroller in 2009 — and left the Republican Party last year — conceded defeat after 11:30 p.m..

Gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio insisted today that after the bitter primary battle between himself and Carl Paladino is over, Republicans and Conservatives will «come together» as one big happy family with a common goal: Defeating the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo.

But after three terms of Spano fatigue in the Democratic - heavy county, the Republican came back to defeat him in a lopsided victory in 2009.

Hoffman, running on the Conservative Party line in a special election last year, came within 4,000 votes of defeating Owens after Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the race on the weekend before Election Day.

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.

Las Vegas (CNN)- On his heels after two straight primary defeats to rival Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich insists he is in the Republican presidential race until the August nominating convention.

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.

The lone Republican candidate, Ronnie Cabrera, is again seeking the local Assembly seat after being defeated by Rosa in the general election in 2012.

Walsh was eventually endorsed by the Reform Party in May and, after launching a write - in campaign, defeated Republican candidate Laura Lavine in September's primary to snag the Independence Party line.

The day after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, the Democratic governor phoned into NY1 to recount how he called the Republican commander - in - chief - to - be to proffer his congratulations, and to discuss the possibility of securing further federal funds for his plan to fortify New York's infrastructure.

Mr. Goodman, who is 34 and runs a corporate advisory firm focused on aerospace and defense industries, takes the helm of the Republican Committee after a disappointing campaign in which its candidates for supervisor and town board were defeated by wide margins and just two of its nine candidates for town trustee prevailed in the November election.

After a hotly contested race, Democratic New York state Senator George Latimer defeated incumbent Republican Rob Astorino for Westchester County executive.

Kucinich's primary loss came in March, when he was defeated by fellow Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur after the Republican - led state legislature combined their districts.

Grimm defeated fellow Republican Michael Allegretti in the 2010 primary and then ousted Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who had held the seat since 2008 special election after ex-Rep.

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.

Schneiderman, who launched an upstate «justice» tour today — just days after he skipped two back - to - back upstate debates — rejected the suggestion made by Sean Coffey and sources close to Cuomo that he's too liberal to defeat the Republican AG candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in November.

Trump achieved a significant legislative victory after nearly a year of humiliating defeats in Congress, making good on his promise to deliver what he called a «big, beautiful» tax cut before Christmas and finally demonstrating the political power of unified Republican control in Washington.

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.

«Steve was a staffer who worked for me after I had already won the nomination by defeating 17 candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican party,» Trump said in the statement.

After taking a pass on challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand despite the fact that multiple polls showed him to be the Republican most likely to defeat her, Pataki launched a national PAC — Revere America — to spearhead a national petition drive calling for repeal of the health care reform bill.

Less than 18 months after being elected speaker, Paul Ryan has emerged from the defeat of the health care bill badly damaged, retaining a grip on the job but left to confront the realities of his failure — imperiling the odd - couple partnership that was supposed to sustain a new era of conservative government under unified Republican rule.

After winning in 2008, Conroy was defeated by Republican Len Greene Jr. in 2010.

Just hours after defeating four other candidates in a Democratic primary Tuesday, Schneiderman challenged Donovan to a debate on policing Wall Street, penning a letter to the Island Republican and releasing it to the media yesterday morning.

Seven months after Barack Obama defeated him in the U.S. presidential election, the Republican senator from Arizona said Sunday he thinks his former Senate colleague is making things happen in the White House.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska - daughter of Frank Murkowski, who was defeated by Sarah Palin in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary - released a statement Friday after the governor announced her decision to leave office by the end of the month.

Two months after Mr. Albanese's primary defeat, Mr. McCreight steered Mr. Gentile to re-election over Republican John Quaglione.