Sentences with phrase «area congressional seats»

This is the latest in a series of stories on some of the candidates seeking Capital Region - area congressional seats in the June 26 primary and November general election.

Maffei, who was first elected to the Syracuse - area congressional seat in 2008 with the Obama wave, lost the seat to Buerkle in 2010 by 648 votes.

That opposition helped catapult her political career, which later included an unexpected victory in a nationally watched special election for a Buffalo - area congressional seat.

Buerkle, Maffei and outside groups spent more than $ 4 million in the 2010 campaign for the Syracuse - area congressional seat.

The «Hillary for New York Leadership Council» also includes Rhea Jezer, of Preble, a longtime Clinton friend and environmental advocate who ran for the Syracuse - area congressional seat in the 1990s.

Closer races are expected for the House of Representatives, including Democrat Dan Maffei's attempt to oust Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle and recapture the Syracuse - area congressional seat.

A Houston - area congressional seat, now held by Republican John Culberson, pits national liberal groups against Democrats» House campaign arm in Washington.

Former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, who battled Maffei in two elections for the Syracuse - area congressional seat, was paid $ 155,500 last year as a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

It was the most expensive campaign on record for a Syracuse - area congressional seat.

From earlier today Buerkle upset Maffei by 648 votes in 2010, but Maffei reclaimed the Syracuse - area congressional seat from her in last year's election by more than 16,000 votes.

Not exact matches

LG Kathy Hochul says she fully anticipates running again as Cuomo's running mate in 2018, despite some Democrats hoping she would challenge an incumbent Buffalo - area Republican for her old congressional seat.

The conclusion is forgone that one congressional seat will evaporate from the NYC area, and another from upstate.

Both national political parties have already targeted the 24th Congressional District seat as a top priority for 2016, signaling they plan to invest heavily to win the Syracuse area seat.

ALBANY — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul says she fully anticipates running again as Gov. Cuomo's running mate in 2018 — despite some Democrats hoping she would challenge an incumbent Buffalo - area Republican for her old congressional seat.

And for the first time since 1992, the area has experienced a congressional race for an open seat, with the retirement of Maurice Hinchey.

Rep. John Katko is building on his wide lead over Democrat Colleen Deacon as the campaign for the Syracuse area's congressional seat enters its final two weeks, according to a TWC News / Siena College poll.

«When people are trying to buy a congressional seat, that's what disturbs me — not necessarily that their ties to the area are tenuous,» said Funiciello.

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.

The father of Democratic congressional candidate Colleen Deacon is the focus of her first television ad of the 2016 election against U.S. Rep. John Katko for the Syracuse area's congressional seat.

The recipients were Sen. Sue Serino, Gipson's opponent in District 41, Terrence Murphy in the Westchester - area District 40, and Elaine Phillips in Northern Nassau, where the seat was vacated by Republican Jack Martins (he's pursing a congressional seat).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. John Katko is building on his wide lead over Democrat Colleen Deacon as the campaign for the Syracuse area's congressional seat enters its final two weeks, according to a new poll Thursday night.