Sentences with phrase «by holding special elections»

School districts that feel confined by the tax cap can try to pierce it by holding special elections, but the law requires 60 percent of voters agree before the cap can be lifted.

Not exact matches

The special election to fill the seat vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer will be held April 24.

Turner, the latest addition to this GOP party, had insisted that his surprise victory in last September's NY - 9 special election, in which he won the Democrat - dominated district long held by former Rep. Anthony Weiner, boosted his name recognition and made him a strong statewide contender.

A special election being held next could add Chris McGrath, but he is locked in a tight race with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky for the district formerly led by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Kaminsky, elected to fill the chair held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, won a special election and won a full term in a presidential election year.

The special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Republican ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos will be held April 19, the same day as the state's presidential primary.

Even the deal to unite the party, forged late last year, was criticized by liberals for holding a special election after the budget is meant to come due, effectively keeping Republicans at the bargaining table.

If a special election is declared by the governor, the election would have to be held within 70 to 80 days after the governor's proclamation.

One of the plaintiffs part of a lawsuit challenging Governor Cuomo for not holding a special election after Rep. Louise Slaughter's death says he was recruited to join the suit by a representative for the Republican candidate...

Those are the two conflicting viewpoints following a surprise win by a Bernie Sanders supporting candidate in a special election this week for an Assembly seat that went overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 and has traditionally been easily held by Republicans.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said she expects the seat of former Sen. Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who won a City Council post, to be filled by another mainstream Democrat when a special election is held on May 23.

Optimistic partisans digging through the data have even found reason to cheer some of the special election defeats: In one of the Democratic losses, a race for a Connecticut seat held by Republicans for more than a century, the GOP candidate won by 10 percentage points, compared with a 22 - point GOP victory margin in an election for the same seat just three months earlier.

My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.

«So, the issue now is whether this Court can mandate that the Governor call a special election forthwith, or at least sooner than the time selected by the Governor for holding the special election.

Republicans in NY - 29 have lost their lawsuit that sought to force Gov. David Paterson to immediately call a special election to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Eric Massa instead of his (extremely confusing) plan to hold one concurrent with the general election.

The union has endorsed Sen. Todd Kaminsky's re-election in the 9th Senate district, the seat formerly held by ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos in an April special election.

(A governor has limited scheduling ability however, as state law requires that such a special election be held between 70 and 80 days from the date of a formal proclamation by the governor.)

«Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that a special non-partisan election will be held in the 28th Council District on November 2nd, the date of the regularly scheduled general election, to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Council Member Thomas White, Jr..

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

A special election will be held to choose who fills Latimer's seat, the date of which will be announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and should take place sometime in the next three months.

The unification plan put forth by leaders of the New York State Democratic Party, predicated on a special election likely to be held after the state budget is approved in late March or early April, would bring together the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) with the 23 mainstream Democrats in the Senate.

(CNN)-- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said Monday that a special election will be held to fill the congressional seat vacated by former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who stepped down last week amid an ethics probe and ongoing health problems.

The special elections on Tuesday for the seats formerly held by Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver, the two state legislative leaders who were forced to depart Albany after being convicted on corruption charges last year, were supposed to be a test of how long a shadow corruption could cast on a race.

Niou's victory in the seat formerly held by Silver and briefly occupied by Cancel, who defeated Niou in a relatively close April special election, is a boost to the Working Families Party, who backed Niou, and a blow to Silver's old downtown machine.

When twelve months or more remain in a unfilled term, a special election must be held within the allowable time frame set by law.

There also are two vacancies in seats previously held by Democrats that could come up for special elections.

Given the fact it's one of only three seats held by Democrats that the GOP has a realistic chance of picking up in the immediate future, they would almost certainly mount a vigorous campaign in a special election that would likely be decided by atypical turnout patterns.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the special election — held on the same day as the closely watched New York presidential primary — to fill the seat left vacant by Silver, who represented Lower Manhattan for 35 years before he was found guilty of corruption charges related to two separate bribery schemes.

BOSTON (AP)-- Businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez and veteran U.S. Rep. Edward Markey will face each other in a special election in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by John Kerry.

The special election to replace Mr. Sampson is likely to be held in November and Mr. Barron, a proud radical, is not being considered by the Brooklyn Democratic Party.

In 2011, the Conservative Party provided the margin of victory in a special election to Bob Turner who took back a Congressional Seat held by Democrats for eighty years.

The special election is also an early test for Flanagan to keep a district that has historically been held by a Republican for the last century.

Voters in the Nassau County Senate district formerly represented by Dean Skelos could determine whether Democrats gain total control of state government pending the outcome of a special election behind held today.

Low turnout is expected in the special election scheduled to be held tomorrow to fill the NYC Council seat vacated by now - Assemblywoman Inez Dickens.

In another special election Tuesday, Democrat Alice Cancel held off a strong challenge from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou to win the seat vacated by disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

A special election will be held on April 19 to fill the seat last held by Councilman Joe Borelli before he left for the city position.

A special election to fill former Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat will be held on Sept. 13, according to a statement released Friday by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Under current state law, special elections are held between 30 and 40 days from their announcement by the governor.

Mr. Krupski has held the seat since January 2013, when he defeated Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter (R - Wading River) in a special election to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Ed Romaine.

Earlier this year, Brown won a Senate special election to fill the seat held by Sen. Ted Kennedy before his death.

MAJOR news in Senate races: A judge has ruled that the Mississippi Senate special election has to be held by March 19th — which is certainly great news for Democrats.

The request came in response to a controversial vote last week by the Republicans, who hold a narrow, 32 - 30, majority, to prohibit Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy from casting a tie - breaking vote to pick a new majority leader if the Democrats win any special elections during the next two years, thereby producing a 31 - 31 split.

The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

The same trend held in the Alabama Senate special election in December, won in an upset by Democrat Doug Jones.

Gianaris said there was already a test run of the relative strengths and weaknesses of Clinton and Trump in the suburbs during the special election in April to fill the Long Island seat held by former Senate Leader Dean Skelos.

By Dan Murphy The special election for State Senate to be held April 24 in a large part of Westchester County in the 37th District...

It's a personal thing, done by immature hubris - soaked power people.In the NY CD 26th district, where a special election was held on May 24th, and won by a Dem.

Kaminsky, a Democrat, is running for a full two - year term after winning a special election in April to fill the vacant Senate seat formerly held by ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Before a round of redistricting in 2012, the area had been the site of a heated special election to fill the seat held by Republican Rep. John McHugh.