Sentences with phrase «by incumbent mayor»

The Sept. 15 Democratic primary will test Albany's insular political tradition represented by the incumbent mayor versus a new generation of values represented by Obama's victory that Ellis relies upon.

Not exact matches

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.

«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.

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.

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.

Massey attributed his withdrawal as driven by money, or the lack thereof, saying that he did «not see a path to raising the necessary funds to beat an incumbent mayor.»

Incumbent mayor Kathy Sheehan, and challengers Carolyn McLaughlin and Frank Commisso, Jr., discussed the measure during a Wednesday debate hosted by the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy.

Joe Ganim celebrates with supporters by taking a selfie at his campaign headquarters after claiming victory over incumbent mayor Bill Finch in the Democratic mayoral primary in Bridgeport on Sept. 16, 2015.

Phillips, the mayor of Flower Hill who is running for the Senate seat vacated by incumbent Jack Martins, received $ 170,000.

The incumbent mayor, who is standing for re-election on May 3rd, was accused of not having acted soon enough by his main challenger, Labour's Ken Livingstone.

Noble noted that the current «strong mayor» system was enacted hastily 20 years ago when Mayor T.R. Gallo (the incumbent's late brother) orchestrated a rapid about - face from a proposed city manager system which would have left day - to - day operations in the hands of a professional hired by elected council members.

She pointed to a 2013 poll conducted by the same institute that appeared to dramatically understate the support of Rochester's then - City Council President, Lovely Warren, who roundly defeated the incumbent mayor.

The Democratic incumbent and Rockland native, Senator David Carlucci, is being challenged by Republican and former Ossining village trustee and deputy mayor, Janis Castaldi.

The departure of five aldermen from the council, including three who stepped down to run for mayor, has led to a scramble by Democratic would - be lawmakers who might otherwise be discouraged from challenging an incumbent.

It was a grand night for the Nobles, what with uncle Jim Noble easily securing renomination for alderman - at - large by crushing challenger Jeanette Provenzano by a more than 2 - 1 margin and nephew Steve edging an incumbent mayor.

Ganim, a Democrat, has many supporters in Bridgeport, where he unseated Bill Finch, the incumbent mayor, but his attractiveness as a statewide candidate is tarnished by the 2003 corruption conviction that landed him in federal prison.

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Bill de Blasio is throwing his support behind incumbent Laurie Cumbo in her city council race defined, in part, by a major development back by the mayor, according to a Politico report.

Wellington E. Webb became Denver's first African - American mayor after mounting a novel «Sneaker Campaign» in which he beat a popular incumbent by walking door - to - door and individually introducing himself personally to thousands of his potential constituents.

He's approached by the corrupt, incumbent mayor (Russell Crowe, disconcertingly blond), who is in a tough race against a reformist challenger (Barry Pepper) and is convinced that his wife (Catherine Zeta - Jones) is having an affair.

Failure was also the outcome of Finch's re-election plans, when the incumbent mayor was defeated in November 2015 by former Bridgeport mayor, Joe Ganim, who had returned to Bridgeport after serving seven years in federal prison for corruption.