Sentences with phrase «bid for the seat»

Michael Simanowitz, the longtime chief of staff to retired Queens Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn, wasted no time in formally announcing his special election bid for her seat in the 27th AD after receiving the nod from his fellow Democrats earlier today.

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She potentially faces a primary from former state Sen. Al Lawson, who has lost two bids for the seat held by GOP Rep. Steve Southerland II.

SEIU 1199 has endorsed Assemblyman Adrian Espaillat's bid for the seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman is vacating to run for AG, giving the Manhattan Democrat yet more field firepower as he prepares for the September primary.

-- 32BJ has backed Assemblyman Mike Gianaris» bid for the seat of retiring Sen. George Onorato.

Republican NY - 23 congressional hopeful Matt Doheney is scheduled to meet privately this Monday in Washington, D.C. with leaders of the Club for Growth — the conservative organization that played a key role in the 2009 campaign of Doheny's primary opponent, Doug Hoffman, spending and / or bundling more than $ 1 million for his special election bid for the seat vacated by ex-Rep.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat has conceded to Congressman Charlie Rangel in the 13th district congressional primary — and he will launch a re-election bid for his seat in Albany.

Vallone, brother of outgoing Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. of Astoria, and son of former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., was making his second bid for the seat in northeast Queens, which includes parts of Bayside and Bay Terrace.

Two years later, when Barbara Dillon was 27, Mondello tapped her for what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the Nassau County Legislature.

The freshman legislator, who was sworn in this week, came up short in a long - shot bid for the seat during a special election in April, but won in November when she had the Democratic nomination.

Espaillat, who lost two consecutive bids for the seat against Rep. Charles Rangel, is facing Assemblyman Keith Wright, former Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, former DNC political director Clyde Williams and several others.

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who also ran and lost in the 2012 congressional race and is making his third bid for the seat, has been rolling out what his campaign bills as a set of «specific policy proposals» on various issues.

Convicted felon and disgraced former Queens politician Hiram Monserrate lost his comeback bid for a seat on the NYC Council as voters in his working class district couldn't look past his history of corruption and domestic abuse, electing Assemblyman Francisco Moya instead.

In addition to the redistricting process looming over our district; I will likely face a primary challenger in his fourth bid for this seat.»

Sources say Pigeon helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo navigate politics in western New York and backed the governor's unsuccessful first bid for the seat he now holds.

P&G, the largest company in history to face a proxy fight, said on October 10 that shareholders rejected Peltz's bid for a seat on the company's board.

At least 60 candidates with scientific backgrounds are bidding for seats in the U.S. Congress, almost all of whom are Democrats energized by what they regard as a rising antiscience sentiment pervading Washington, D.C..

Latimer faces Rye City Councilwoman Julie Killian in his re-election bid for the seat he first won in 2012, a Democratic hold after the retirement of Suzi Oppenheimer.

And he did so using social media as a pulpit, having been outspent due to party policy not to accept corporate donations, raising just $ 13,899 in his second bid for the seat, which he launched in March.

She did not win her bid for a seat representing New York in the House of Representatives.

The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.

Schumer is the highest - profile Democrat to back Kaminsky in the race since Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued his nod earlier this year when the former federal prosecutor formally announced his bid for the seat.

After Libous was forced from office, Cuomo quickly endorsed Fiala's bid for the seat, an unusual move for a governor who has often sought to stay clear of the state Senate's thorny politics.

Assemblyman Greg Ball has a new Web video he hopes to get up onto the air within the next few days that portrays him as a maverick Albany outsider in his bid for the seat Sen. Vincent Leibell is vacating to run for Putnam County executive.

Thankfully, Ball is not shy about generating press — particularly now that he has competition in his bid for the seat Sen. Vincent Leibell is vacating to run for Putnam County executive.

Assemblyman William Colton's bid for the seat was not being taken seriously, one Brooklyn Democratic source told the Observer.

But, according to a number of sources, her bid for the seat is predicated on a series of political deals and exchanges of favors that would leave her indebted to a vast array of political machines and prominent political actors.

Flushing activist and urban planning consultant Paul Graziano raised $ 19,493 in his bid for the seat, records showed.

The Nebraska Attorney General, Republican Jon Bruning, announced his bid for the seat last month.

He gestured toward the retirement of the «legendary» Margolis — who recently dropped her bid for the seat amid fallout from a disparaging comment she made about her opponents — as the impetus for his announcement.

There's buzz that former Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is mulling a bid for the seat, according to the Desert Dispatch.

Collins, 56, is the first Democrat to announce a bid for the seat currently held by Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam.

Councilwoman Annabel Palma, another possible contender, may not make a bid for the seat, as she was recently named a deputy commissioner in the de Blasio administration.

Phil Oliva, senior adviser to Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC signaling his bid for the seat held by Demcoratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney in NY - 18.

Teachout, a former gubernatorial candidate, has raised more than $ 3.2 million since kicking off her bid for the seat in January.

Democratic District Leader Ari Espinal on Monday announced her bid for the seat vacated at the start of the year by New York City Councilman Francisco Moya.

Kathryn Thome, a Forest Hills resident and softball coach, and Forest Hills resident Michael Reddy said they appreciated Katz's decision not to run for a third term in the City Council, even though they said she would have won «hands down» had she made another bid for her seat.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine continues to mull the prospect of a bid for the seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Webb (D) in 2012, delaying any announcement until at least next week.

Hoffman lost his bid for the seat last year to Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh.

He is unlikely to have shed any tears when Zephyr Teachout, who challenged him from the left in 2014, lost her bid for a seat in Congress.

Democrat Joaquin Arambula, an emergency medical doctor in the Central Valley, is mulling a bid for the seat, according to multiple Democratic operatives.

Miner, who leaves office at the end of the year, is also weighing a bid for the seat held by Rep. John Katko.

Democratic state Senate candidate Marisol Alcantara is being endorsed by a labor group that represents cafeteria and other service industry workers in her bid for the seat being vacated by Adriano Espaillat.

Democratic Senate candidate Sara Niccoli will report having raised more than $ 130,000 in contributions since starting her bid for the seat held by Republican Sen. George Amedore.

Ryan, a Democrat from Geddes, said he had been approached by party officials about making a bid for a seat that has been without an incumbent candidate only twice in the past 52 years.

Iannece had already run for the City Council in 2009, when he was defeated in the Democratic primary and ultimately lost his bid for the seat currently held by Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone).

Cappelli's announcement comes on the same day Syracuse Common Council member Jean Kessner, who was vying for State Senator David Valesky's seat, dropped her bid for the seat.

Two Democrats who are new to politics have already announced their bid for the seat — Anne Messenger, of Manlius, and Dana Balter, of Syracuse.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats say they're recruiting a top - tier candidate to challenge Rep. John Katko in the 2018 election in case Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner declines to launch a bid for the seat.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Broome County legislator whose family started the Dick's Clothing and Sporting Goods chain says she will run for Congress as a Democrat in a bid for the seat of retiring Rep. Richard Hanna.