Sentences with phrase «candidates running»

If I have so much money that I can put pressure on the candidates running for election - by funding TV ads or political campaigns or by threatening not to do so - I exercise a power far beyond my own voting power.

Cuomo has over the last several weeks worked to bolster his support from the left, brokering a unity deal in the state Senate that led to the dissolution of the Independent Democratic Conference and campaigning on behalf of Democratic candidates running in key down - ballot contests.

De Blasio's political activities are being investigated in part over the practice of funneling donations to county committees, which in turn aided Democratic candidates running in key swing districts and potentially purposely circumvented campaign donations.

Candidates running on the Democratic line won 31 seats in the 63 - member Senate in 2014.

IN VIRGINIA, the two candidates running in a special election to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Attorney General - elect Ken Cuccinelli II, in western Fairfax County's District 37, offer voters a stark choice.

We will have the opportunity to meet all six Democratic candidates running for Congress in NY's 19th District.

While both democrats and republicans have become more and more polarized, there's a growing concern about the pernicious impact of fervently populist or ideological rhetoric in candidates running to the extreme left or right just to satisfy their party platforms and in the process compromising their own core beliefs.

He is one of eight candidates running for the Republican nomination.

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Is going to be able to raise a lot more money that you could the good thing for everybody in buffalo and the greater buffalo area is you have three decent candidates running for this job.

It's the first time Obama has served as the main attraction at a fundraiser for the organization, which is the major outside group assisting Democratic Senate incumbents and candidates running in this year's midterm elections.

That way, all three uniquely qualified candidates running in the Democratic primary on Tuesday could order black robes and gavels for a January inaugural.

Assuming no more members defect to the IDC, candidates running on the Democratic line will need to win 39 seats to guarantee mainline Democrats have a majority next year, or an improvement of eight seats from 2014.

It appears that there are only fifteen minor party candidates running for U.S. House of Representatives and state legislature.

When candidates running on the Democratic line won a majority of the chamber's seats in 2012, the then - five - member Independent Democratic Conference formed a governing coalition with the GOP; the IDC will almost certainly have six members in January due to Marisol Alcantara's primary victory.

Candidates running for the 24th Congressional District seat, which includes Syracuse, agree there's no easy answer to the escalating violence in the Middle East.

In a statement, the state Democratic Party Committee's executive director, Basil Smikle, told POLITICO, «The state party routinely supports democratic candidates running for office.

A City business run by a former Conservative party treasurer has agreed to pay back donations made to five of the party's general election candidates running against Liberal Democrats following a shareholder revolt.

A spokeswoman for Governor Cuomo, Abbey Fashour says the event was «a Senate Democratic fundraiser», and she says two Democratic candidates running in a special election on April 24th also were there.

Four of the candidates running for Governor of New York will be participating in a debate airing on public television and radio stations across the state.

Fred Stevens fills out his ballot while voting at the Sportsmen's Club of Clifton Park on Tuesday in N.Y.. Two Republican primaries were held in the district for candidates running for seats in the state Senate and Assembly.

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Local candidates running on the Democratic line last November had a number of successes.

Michael Tolkin, a 32 - year - old tech entrepreneur who is among over a dozen long - shot candidates running to unseat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, appears to have outspent every other contender in the race, including the mayor, with a $ 5 million in - kind contribution to his own campaign.

Candidates running for office in NYC must also make their disclosures to the NYC Campaign Finance Board which posts the reports online through the day and days afterward.

Over three - quarters of the money went to help candidates running in districts outside of the county, according to documents filed in December, 2014.

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There are nine (9) candidates running.

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New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

U.S. Army veteran Max Rose, one of several Democratic candidates running for Congress in New York's 11th Congressional District (Bay Ridge - Southwest Brooklyn - Staten Island), has been endorsed by the Working Families Party.

Inclusion on the watch list is not an endorsement, which is why NewDemPAC has already added multiple candidates running in the same district.

ALBANY, NY (08/21/2012)(readMedia)-- Today, August 21, 2012, the 2.5 million member New York State AFL - CIO announced the endorsement of United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as well as the endorsements of candidates running for the House of Representatives.

Maxwell will first have to take on the other Democratic candidates running for mayor including Alfonso Davis and City Auditor Marty Masterpole for the party's nomination.

NYC Campaign Finance Board Disburses Public Funds for Primary Races The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has approved the first round of public funds for 75 qualifying candidates running in citywide and city council races.

Now he faces the same tall odds as one of eight candidates running to succeed Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who's giving up his 8 th District seat to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Mikulski.

The plan includes a total contribution limit of $ 2,600 for all candidates running for state office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officials.

Other candidates running for the seat being vacated by Katz are Democrats Heidi Harrison Chain, Karen Koslowitz, Michael Cohen, Mel Gagarin and Joseph Nocerino.

All four major - party candidates running for governor have already pledged to support nonpartisan, independent redistricting — a fundamental change that state lawmakers, intent on self - preservation, have resisted for decades.

ALBANY — Two of the three candidates running in the Democratic primary for Albany mayor sought support Saturday from the union for city blue collar workers, but incumbent Mayor Sheehan passed, claiming the union already backs an opponent.

«I hear that a lot,» said Kessner, a Syracuse councilor - at - large, one of three candidates running for the Democratic line in the Assembly race.

Democrats are yet to swing their support to any of the candidates running out in the 60th Senate District.

The two candidates running in the 24th Congressional District converged in Auburn Wednesday to separately address the issue of toxins in Owasco Lake in Cayuga County, each trying to position themselves as better equipped to handle the problem that's affecting drinking water for voters in the region.

Several candidates running for Utica Common Council this fall, such as Lou Poccia in the city's first ward, are coming out against the proposed downtown hospital.

The June 5, 2012 California primary ballot will list all 24 candidates running for U.S. Senate.

Grant Reeher (GR): Welcome to the first debate between the two candidates running to represent New York's 24th Congressional District, incumbent Republican John Katko and Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon.

This morning, as we predicted in a story a few weeks ago, five candidates of the eleven council candidates running to fill the vacancy in the Bronx 17th Council District were bounced from the February 23 ballot: Amanda Septimo, Carlton -LSB-...]

Gillibrand also name - drops the Democratic Senate candidates running in key districts that could decide control of the chamber, including Buffalo's Marc Panepinto, who the governor is yet to endorse (Cuomo is torn on the race, considering Sen. Mark Grisanti is the last sitting Republican in the chamber to have supported same - sex marriage in 2011).

«We would expect that the Women's Equality Party should consider all of the candidates running for this position before issuing an endorsement.»

The LCV solicited input from its state partners to choose from among hundreds of candidates running for governor and / or state legislative offices.