Sentences with phrase «candidates running in the race»

We have a list of candidates running in races for the citywide and borough president positions, the two DA races, and all the City Council races.

Of the three main party candidates running in the race for New York's 21st Congressional District, Democrat Aaron G. Woolf has raised the least amount of money — least being a relative term.

«Our endorsements of challengers and candidates running in races for open Senate seats are based on these candidates» intent to support The Business Council's pro-growth policies, and in several cases, the candidates» pro-growth performance in other public offices,» said Heather C. Briccetti, president and CEO of The Business Council.

Not exact matches

Sanders may be the oldest declared candidate in the running, but he is widely believed to be the content marketing king of the 2016 presidential race.

Trump entering the race is a distraction and will take votes and attention away from candidates who are truly in it for the long run.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

I mean, I just find that the women candidates that we have running right now — and they are diverse in geography, in race, in profession, in life experience — are the bridges.

Even before The New York Times reported that the White House was considering running Sessions as a write - in candidate, it would've been pretty hard to avoid the elephant in the room: the accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around the race to fill Sessions's old seat.

A Wave of Losses Coming: There's an influx of female candidates running for Democratic seats in 2018 — but many of those women are running in races considered to be easy Republican wins.

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Since announcing his run for president in June, the real - estate developer and reality - TV star has dominated coverage of the 2016 race, much to the chagrin of other candidates.

«Presidential candidate Donald Trump came in at # 82, while «running for president» came in at # 84, referring to the withdrawal of candidates Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina from the race after disappointing results in New Hampshire,» wrote Smith.»

Pastors of congregations hoping for political clout, will not back a candidate who is running last in a three - man race.

And, although Ford lost his race in Tennessee, he is typical of the candidates put in place to run.

He finished third in 1912, when Roosevelt ran as a third - party candidate and split the Republican vote — perhaps explaining why Teddy picked him for the presidents race: guilt.

Northbrook resident Lise Schleicher, who voted at Wescott School's election location, said the two most important races for her were in the District 30 and in the Northbrook Park District, where four candidates ran for three spots.

Clyde Williams, a former DNC member and candidate for NY - 13 2012, said today he will run for Rep. Charles Rangel's seat once more, this time in an increasingly crowded open race.

In 2010, Caller started running in the race for the seat Felder vacated, but dropped out of the running after a chat with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was backing another candidate, Joe LazaIn 2010, Caller started running in the race for the seat Felder vacated, but dropped out of the running after a chat with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was backing another candidate, Joe Lazain the race for the seat Felder vacated, but dropped out of the running after a chat with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was backing another candidate, Joe Lazar.

A Labour councillor for New Cross ward since 2014, she came third in the race to be Labour's candidate for Lewisham mayor after running as the only BME and only female candidate.

De Blasio has defended his aid for the Senate Democrats, which involved large contributions made to county Democratic committees, which in turn helped individual candidates running in key battleground races.

Several names have been mentioned as potential Democratic candidates for Morahan's seat, including Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski Jr., whose late father ran unsuccessfully against Morahan in 1999 (a race that contributed to the repeal of the commuter tax), and Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who is currently running for LG, but says he won't primary whomever AG Andrew Cuomo taps as his No. 2 if it isn't himself.

Since Carvin's decision to enter the race, two new candidates have decided to run for US Senate joining George Maragos in the competition, Wendy Long and Congressman Bob Turner.

(Also in the running were former NYC Councilman / current Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky, who was the only white candidate in the race and drew fire by moving into the district to take advantage of the split black vote; former Sen. Carl Andrews, and Owens» son, Chris).

He's the only candidate in the race running on populist issues.

The race has potential statewide implications considering Republican Rob Astorino is running for a third term and is likely to be a candidate again for governor in 2018.

The tension between the Republicans and Conservatives is not limited to the governor's race, and there's now a distinct possibility that the erstwhile allies could end up running different candidates in three statewide contests.

Murphy's political allies had initially complained over the Democratic fundraising tactics in 2014, when donors at de Blasio's urging gave heavily to county party committees, which in turn supported candidates running in key battleground races.

If he moves quickly, he will be the first candidate in this race to run advertisements.

Latimer is a declared candidate in the race for the nomination to run against incumbent County Executive Rob Astorino this fall.

Amos Goodman, who ran a losing race as the first openly gay Republican candidate for Suffolk County Legislature in 2015, is breaking ground again as East Hampton Town's new GOP chairman.

Preliminary numbers post-Election Day found Clinton performed worse than President Obama did in every county Democratic Senate candidates sought to run competitive races.

In a session among Democratic senate candidates held by the Chicago Tribune to determine who the paper would endorse in the Democratic race to run against Kirk, Duckworth was asked about ensuring refugees would not pose a security risIn a session among Democratic senate candidates held by the Chicago Tribune to determine who the paper would endorse in the Democratic race to run against Kirk, Duckworth was asked about ensuring refugees would not pose a security risin the Democratic race to run against Kirk, Duckworth was asked about ensuring refugees would not pose a security risk.

«If the Democrats run a Brooklyn candidate in the congressional special, it signals that they aren't serious about the race.

The absence of a Democratic candidate in this race meant that the third - party candidates running for Vermont Lieutenant Governor, Dean Corren of the Vermont Progressive Party and Democratic Party and Marina Brown of the Liberty Union Party, had a better chance than usual of winning a statewide office.

While the lack of LGBTQ women in Congress is inextricably linked to the dearth of women on Capitol Hill, the story of lesbian candidates includes some close calls, quixotic races, and a movement still evolving to position more qualified LGBTQ women to run for higher office.

The Barack Obama Democratic Club endorsed Adriano Espaillat in his bid for the Congressional seat currently occupied by Charlie Rangel at a candidates forum at the Church of the Intercession on W. 155th Street that featured (almost) all five people running in the race.

In a fundraising email on Wednesday, Sanders announced he has endorsed three U.S. House candidates who support him in the presidential race and are seeking the Democratic nomination to run for CongresIn a fundraising email on Wednesday, Sanders announced he has endorsed three U.S. House candidates who support him in the presidential race and are seeking the Democratic nomination to run for Congresin the presidential race and are seeking the Democratic nomination to run for Congress.

In between stops, the actor and underdog candidate talked about how Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential race helped inspire her to run for governor and why she thinks Andrew Cuomo is not doing enough to help the statIn between stops, the actor and underdog candidate talked about how Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential race helped inspire her to run for governor and why she thinks Andrew Cuomo is not doing enough to help the statin the 2016 presidential race helped inspire her to run for governor and why she thinks Andrew Cuomo is not doing enough to help the state.

Republican leaders have failed to secure their top - choice candidate in eight of the 10 Senate races in states that Trump won in 2016, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott has yet to commit to his expected run for Sen. Bill Nelson's seat.

But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

On the Democratic side, a number of candidates have already entered the race to challenge the Republican councilman, including Paul Graziano, an activist and urban planning consultant; Austin Shafran, a former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration; Paul Vallone, an attorney, who ran for the seat back in 2009; and former state Assemblyman John Duane.

The candidates receiving StreetsPAC's initial endorsements in state - level races are running to represent New Yorkers in districts from the tip of Manhattan to the tip of Long Island.

Democrats are especially focused on Nassau County races this year in particular, with potential pickup opportunities with the seat being vacated by Sen. Jack Martins, a congressional candidate, and the one held by incumbent Sen. Kemp Hannon, who is running for re-election.

Also at 1 p.m., Yonel Sosa, a former NYC Council candidate who was denied the chance to run in the race to replace Julissa Ferreras - Copeland by Assemblyman Francisco Moya and the Queens County Democratic Committee, will announce his endorsement for ex-Sen.

That's no small thing for a candidate, even if it seems basic: the last two Democrats to run in the 19th district, Sean Eldridge and Zephyr Teachout, were dogged by carpetbagging criticism in the battleground races.

Republican gubernatorial candidate, and Westchester County Executive, Rob Astorino has accused Governor, and former HUD Secretary, Andrew Cuomo of «race - baiting» in comments related a long running lawsuit between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Westchester County.

Originally, 11 candidates filed paperwork to run in this race, but five of them were knocked off the ballot for a variety of reasons.

The pragmatists in the WFP argue the party needs to run as high a profile a candidate for governor as possible to ensure receiving 50,000 votes in that race this fall and preserving its ballot line for another four years.

With six candidates running for the Democratic nomination it is not surprising that Manhattan has sought a familiar, comprehensible narrative to explain the race in the distant 23rd District.

However, the key takeaway might not be the exact percentages, but rather the increased difficulty any candidate would have in reaching the 40 - percent threshold to avoid a run - off with Mr. Weiner in the race.