Sentences with phrase «assembly seat»

The county will hold elections today in a pair of primary races for county court judge and a state assembly seat.

However, thanks to creative boundaries they win about 66 % of assembly seats.

After identity verification at a voting centre, each voter receives two paper ballots, one for the parliamentary seat of the constituency and another for the state assembly seat.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the Working Families Party are locked in a fierce battle over Tuesday's special election for a vacant Assembly seat in Brooklyn.

► PTA Mom Wins Primary for Assembly Seat on the Upper East Side ► Assemblyman Felix Ortiz Fends Off Challenger to Win Democratic Primary ► District Leader Wins Democratic Primary for Eric Adams» Senate Seat ► Williamsburg State Senator Defeats Progressive Challenger in Primary ► State Sen. Toby Stavisky Tops Community Activist Challenger S.J. Jung ► Adriano Espaillat Narrowly Defeats Robert Jackson in Primary Race ► Assembly Incumbent Margaret Markey Beats Primary Challenger in Queens

But New Yorkers living in the 59th, 62nd and 65th State Assembly districts will also be casting their ballots to fill vacant assembly seats in the state legislature.

Some sources, perhaps wishfully, are suggesting that Faso, a former eight - term assemblyman, might want, with all the grief he's getting as a congressman, to seek the open state Assembly seat vacated by Pete Lopez of Schoharie.

A former top political operative for President Obama is strongly considering a run for the newly open Assembly seat in the Bronx, the Daily News has learned.

Mr. Stringer, 55, is a down - the - line liberal from a political family, an ambitious but deliberative politician who climbed steadily from a State Assembly seat on Manhattan's Upper West Side into the offices of Manhattan borough president and then comptroller.

Democrat Christine Pellegrino ran against Conservative Tom Gargiulo, 59, a retired BOCES special education teacher from Babylon, for the 9th District Assembly seat vacated by Joseph Saladino, who resigned in January to be appointed supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay.

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

«The fact the wives of convicted con artists Shelly Silver and William Rapfogel were allowed to participate in the selection of Alice Cancel as the Democrat standard - bearer in the April 19 special election to fill the former Assembly seat of the disgraced Shelly Silver is indicative of how deep corruption runs in the political clubhouses of the district.»

More than 60 supporters rallied with activist Bobby Digi, who announced his candidacy for the Staten Island Assembly seat left open by retiring Assemblyman Matthew Titone, and he will face at least one rival in former de Blasio aide Charles Fall.

After several failed bids to win a State Assembly seat representing the Morrisania and East Tremont sections of the Bronx, Stevenson finally won office in January 2011.

Now - City Councilman Joe Borelli left the South Shore Assembly seat vacant when he resigned in November.

In Lower Manhattan, Sheldon Silver's apparatchiks lost control of his old Assembly seat in September to Working Families Party - backed candidate Yuh - Line Niou.

Republicans, who haven't held a Brooklyn Assembly seat since one - term lawmaker Arnaldo Ferraro lost to Democrat Peter Abbate in 1986, are confident they can win.

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1974, he was elected to a New York Assembly seat from Brooklyn at age 23.

What a lot of folks seem to have overlooked is that Dilan is the leading candidate to fill what many people expect to be an open assembly seat when Assemblyman Rafael Espinal wins the 37th city council district.

Angelo J. Morinello, a former Niagara Falls City Court Judge, received the endorsement Saturday from the Niagara County Independence Party in his bid for the 145th district State Assembly seat currently held by John D. Ceretto, D - Lewiston.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, who was boosted in his 2014 run for a Long Island Assembly seat by robocalls from his legendary relative, may now deliver the State Senate into Democratic control next month by winning a special election that will reverberate heading into the November elections.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will headline a fundraiser tonight for Lester Chang, the Republican who is mounting a bid for the lower Manhattan Assembly seat formerly held by ex-Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Erik Bohen, who won a special election for the NYS 142nd Assembly seat last week, was sworn in to his seat on Monday.

Still, if Ms. Barron is successful, Mr. Barron is expected to stay active in local politics, very possibly running for Ms. Barron's Assembly seat if she wins and keeping the area in the family name.

SEIU 32BJ is throwing its support behind Francisco Moya's effort to land the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Jose Peralta after his special election success in blocking the return of expelled ex-Sen.

Plaid also failed to gain any of its targets including Ynys Mon, where former leader Ieuan Wyn Jones was standing, as well Llanelli and Rhondda — a Welsh Assembly seat which party leader Leanne Wood took from Labour after a tough campaign in 2016.

While Vazquez lost her bid for Grace Meng's vacated Assembly seat with just 521 votes, hope is not lost for the longtime community service advocate whose name appeared on the ballot for two different offices.

That is, until he saw the opportunity to run for a vacant Bronx assembly seat, did he suddenly decide to recreate himself as a prodigal son returned home.

Mr. Palumbo has held the second district Assembly seat since 2013, when he won a special election, and was re-elected for two - year terms in 2014 and 2016.

Though his margin of victory shrunk from 288 to 161 after the counting of absentee ballots, Schoharie Republican leader Christopher Tague officially defeated Greene County legislator Aidan O'Connor Jr. in the April 24 special election to fill the 102nd District State Assembly seat formerly held by Pete Lopez, who resigned to become regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Six Democrats are battling for the party's nomination to run for the lower Manhattan Assembly seat once held by Silver, making it one of the most closely watched and unpredictable contests in Tuesday's slate of state legislative primaries.

She won the 143rd Assembly Seat in 2014 after it was vacated by Democrat Dennis Gabryszak, who retired amid allegations of sexual harassment against a number of female staffers.

Eve, the well - known Buffalo Democrat, held that Assembly Seat before Peoples - Stokes.

Lawyers for Sargeant's son Jack, who was elected to his father's former Welsh assembly seat in February, have written to the QC leading an inquiry into the handling of the sacking.

He has decided to instead run for a New York Assembly seat.

In 2002, he had already served two terms in the County Legislature when he won a State Assembly seat at 28, becoming the youngest state lawmaker in New York.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When voters go to the polls for the New York presidential primaries on April 19, those on the South Shore may also cast ballots in a special election for the vacant Assembly seat recently held by Joe Borelli.

Monserrate has been speculated to be a potential candidate for the 39th Assembly seat vacated by his successor, Sen. Jose Peralta.

Sen. Todd Kaminsky has endorsed Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo for his former Assembly seat ahead of the Sept. 13 Democratic primary against former Nassau Legislator Jeff Toback.

Burke, and fellow Republican, Bill Nojay, are running for the 133rd Assembly seat.

That cleared the way for Wozniak, a Republican, to win the Democratic - leaning Cheektowaga - based Assembly seat, last November.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

«I am endorsing Cindy Doran for the 107th NYS Assembly seat with great enthusiasm because of [her] tremendous experience and energy as a former teacher, mentor and public servant,» said Fahy, D - Albany.

Giordano said he wants to run for the 127th District Assembly seat because he feels that Stirpe isn't representing Central New York.

Steve Stern handily won a Suffolk County Assembly seat long held by Republicans, and Mayer's wide margin of victory indicated strong Democratic turnout.

On April 24, Doran will face off against Republican county legislator Jake Ashby, with both looking to fill the empty assembly seat that was formerly held by Republican Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin.

He stated at his selection that he would not resign his London Assembly seat as the resultant by - election, which would see around 400,000 voters go to the polls, would be unduly expensive.

Democrat Christine Pellegrino is emotional as she hugs Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone after declaring victory in the special election for the Ninth Assembly seat left vacant when Joe Saladino became Oyster Bay Supervisor, Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017, in Massapequa Park.

The operative, Sigfredo Gonzalez, who in 2008 lost an election for the 79th District Assembly seat now held by Mr. Stevenson, had begun cooperating with authorities after he was caught trying to bribe Mr. Castro, who was already assisting the government.