Sentences with phrase «by incumbent democratic»

On March 16, 2010, DioGuardi announced at Grand Central Terminal in New York City that he was seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Invitations have been accepted by incumbent Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Republican Rob Astorino, as well as Howie Hawkins of the Green Party and Libertarian Michael McDermott.

Not exact matches

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, tasked with defending 10 incumbent senators in states won by Trump last year, has monitored the Jones race and advised on staffing — but has not yet committed resources to the race.

She ran for Congress in 1952 and lost to a popular Democratic incumbent (she lost another congressional race under similar circumstances in 1970), but by then she was already a popular public speaker and formidable debater whose passions were unyielding anticommunism and a strong nuclear defense in the Cold War.

Another high - profile campaign for commissioner is taking place in the Northwest Side's 12th District, where three - term Democratic incumbent Ted Lechowicz is being challenged by Forrest Claypool, a former head of the Chicago Park District and two - time chief of staff for Mayor Richard Daley.

The interpretation is in view of a suit challenging the candidature of Dr Zanetor Rawlings as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary nominee for Klottey Korley by the incumbent Member of Parliament, Nii Armah Ashietey.

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Director of Communications, Nana Akomea, says he is excited by what he calls the numerous mistakes being committed by the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

«Many of these seats have been long - held by entrenched Democratic incumbents who simply stopped listening to voters.

The campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino has raised $ 3.4 million in the past six months, but that's significantly less than the $ 8.5 million taken in during that time by Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

It is now incumbent on the African Union and the international community to persuade or put pressure on Nkurunziza not to take revenge against the demonstrators or coup plotters (both are from different constituencies), and to respect the Arusha agreement by stepping down, postponing the elections, and allowing democratic process to function.

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.

«All Senate Democratic incumbents were re-elected by their constituents, including Senators Todd Kaminsky and George Latimer.

President Donald Trump is invoked in the opening moments of a new TV ad being released Wednesday by Democratic Westchester County executive George Latimer, who has sought to link him to Republican incumbent Rob Astorino.

Senate District 7: Republican incumbent Jack Martins is running for the congressional seat being vacated by Democratic Rep. Steve Israel in Nassau County.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

The meeting between Trump and New York Republicans over a potential run for governor by Trump in 2014 against Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo.

With ballot counting completed in the 8th Senate district, Democratic candidate John Brooks leads Republican incumbent Michael Venditto by 41 votes, an outcome that is almost certainly headed to state Supreme Court in the undecided race for the state Senate seat on Long Island.

But hopes that Assemblyman Jim Skoufis would run against Bill Larkin haven't worked out, and Assemblyman Sean Ryan of Buffalo has also opted not to leave the Assembly to run for the seat being vacated by departing Democratic incumbent Marc Panepinto.

The Republican Candidate for Buffalo Mayor is filing a formal complaint with the State Board of Elections over a campaign ad run by Democratic Incumbent Byron Brown.

Nixon's bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against incumbent Andrew Cuomo has been buoyed last month by the WFP's endorsement.

The site's raison d'être is to highlight incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's upbraiding of an Army general for repeatedly referring to her by the female honorific rather than as «Senator» during a hearing — pretty thin gruel for a scandal, though not Boxer's best moment as an elected official.

As the leading moderate, centrist and populist political party, it represents the sixty percent of moderate voters ignored by the Democratic and Republican incumbents.

One of the traditionally «safe» incumbents is a Democratic Assemblyman by the name of Steve Cymbrowitz.

Progressive Democrats notched a big victory over their establishment counterparts in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary Tuesday as an insurgent candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) upset the incumbent lieutenant governor.

In the governor's race there, Republican Bob Beauprez leads the Democratic incumbent, John Hickenlooper, by 0.8 percentage points with 82 percent of precincts reporting.

Bishop's seat was viewed as vulnerable by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Bishop was a member of their Frontline Program to protect vulnerable incumbents.

Barely two months after Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump, she is being urged by major Democratic donors and leaders to make a bid for New York City's mayor and challenge incumbent Bill de Blasio, Newsmax has learned.

Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo, 56 %, leads his Republican challenger, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, 30 %, by...

«The election will not be taken for granted by me,» said Koch, who had been elected mayor four years earlier by defeating incumbent Mayor Abe Beame, colorful congresswoman Bella Abzug, and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo in a crowded and bitterly contested Democratic primary and runoff before whipping Republican Roy M. Goodman and Cuomo, who was running on the Liberal Party ticket, in the general election.

He generated bad press for the administration by offering a job to Colorado Democratic Senate primary candidate Andrew Romanoff when the administration was trying to get him not to run against incumbent Michael Bennet in 2010.

Foley's grudging support for the payroll tax is mirrored by a number of incumbent Democratic senators, all of whom voted for the MTA rescue package.

New York Democratic candidate for Governor Cynthia Nixon delivered a blistering speech against incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo and was immediately criticized by a Cuomo associate, who appeared to take a shot at Nixon's sexual orientation.

Incumbent Tim Bishop (D) was defeated by Lee Zeldin (R), switching the partisan control of the seat from Democratic to Republican.

By less than 5,000 votes, he defeated Ceretto, a three - term incumbent who switched party affiliation from the GOP to Democratic in the summer of 2015.

He also endorsed incumbent Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, who is being challenged by Republican Bob Choen.

Incumbent NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, polling ahead of all rivals by double digits and raising millions more than all challengers combined, squared off in a debate last night with Sal Albanese, his main but long shot rival for the Democratic mayoral nomination.

When Democratic Westchester County executive hopeful Noam Bramson announced his full - throated support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's women's agenda, the campaign of Republican incumbent (and possible gubernatorial candidate next year) Rob Astorino hit back hard by wondering why their opponent supports Silver remaining in office.

Local reports have claimed that Ghana loses US$ 4.5 billion every year (annually) from nominal gross domestic product (Nominal GDP) growth as a result of economic corruption and economic crime by the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of Ghana led by John Dramani Mahama.

The first of three congressional polls being released by Siena this morning finds an incumbent Democratic considered one of the GOP's top targets this fall, Long Island Rep. Tim Bishop, with a solid double - digit lead over his GOP / Conservative challenger, Randy Altschuler.

Incumbent Byron Brown still holds a commanding lead over his two Democratic primary challengers as he seeks a fourth term as Buffalo mayor, according to a new survey by the Siena College Research Institute and Spectrum News.

Brought to statewide attention because of her whistleblowing on ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders, [1] she won election in 2006 by first defeating the incumbent governor in the Republican primary, then a former Democratic Alaskan governor in the general election.

It was a little closer than polls predicted, but by the end of the night, incumbent Byron Brown, unofficially, had come away with a decisive 15 point victory in the Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor.

Less than two hours after Assemblyman Rory Lancman dropped his Congressional campaign to avoid challenging incumbent Representative Gary Ackerman in the Democratic primary, Mr. Ackerman himself pulled out of the race by releasing the following statement:

Democratic challengers in some of this year's most competitive races are appealing to Americans» fears about terrorism to broach gun control, specifically by calling out Republican incumbents for not backing New York Republican Rep. Peter T. King's bill, first introduced nine years ago, to prevent people on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms.

Stephanie Murphy, Democratic candidate for Florida's 7th congressional district, here being interviewed by CQ Roll Call, won her race against incumbent Republican John L. Mica.

Nixon, challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination, seized on the weird criticism launched at her one day earlier by the incumbent's surrogate, former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will announce Thursday the first 14 members who will join its Frontline program for the party's most vulnerable incumbents, according to an early copy of a news release obtained by CQ Roll Call.

One Democratic incumbent was outraised by a GOP challenger.

Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's re-election on Thursday was endorsed by the state Troopers PBA, the latest in a string of labor endorsements for the incumbent.

The General Secretary of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has dismissed assertions by NPP Flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo, that...