Sentences with phrase «candidates running in the special election»

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

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.

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.

«These are all core, essential progressive principles that were not passed in the budget and which we will not pass until we have a Democratic Senate,» Cuomo said, echoing comments from the night before, made at a fundraiser for a Democratic Senate candidate running in a special election for a key empty seat in Westchester.

In other words, more Republican voters could turn out on April 19, helping down - ballot GOP candidates running in special elections.

Also at 6 p.m., the four candidates running in the special election for the seat vacated by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver participate in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the City of New York, The Villager, The Downtown Express and the Downtown Alliance, LMHQ, 150 Broadway, Manhattan.

(CNN)- The conservative Club for Growth is taking aim at both the Democratic and Republican candidates running in the special election to fill former New York Rep. John McHugh's seat.

The conservative Club for Growth is taking aim at both the Democratic and Republican candidates running in the special election.

Not exact matches

The real reason is that Queens County Democratic Leader Joe Crowley has settled on Francisco Moya as his candidate, and Moya can't run in a special election because he only moved into the district last September.

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It appears that Democratic Party leaders are coalescing behind Kavanagh in advance of today's vote by party leaders to select a candidate to run in the yet to be called special election.

After several false starts, the local party plans to hold a mini convention Jan. 9 at which committee members will select a candidate to run in the yet - to - be-called special election.

The special election would be Drucker's first run for office, although Jacobs said he has worked for the party and Democratic candidates in the past.

Democrats, too, may be wary of turning to a candidate without local ties to a district after the special election in Georgia's sixth district, in which Jon Ossoff struggled to combat the criticism he didn't live in the House seat he was running to represent.

The Senate Republicans may have drawn their own special election candidate David Storobin out of the district he's running in, but Mr. Storobin says he'll simply move into the newly created Orthodox Jewish district if the maps hold.

The civil lawsuit, filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 2, pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

Moya was not the preferred candidate back when he ran in a special election for the NYC Council seat being vacated by Monserrate when he was first elected to the Senate.

Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels.

[24][25] Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels.

With a special election apparently off the table, both parties continue the search for candidates to run in the fall.

Councilman Mark Weprin, Fomer councilman Eric Gioia, and former councilwoman Melinda Katz — who lost to Weiner in 1998 — have all emerged as potential candidates who may run in a special election later this year.

This year's special election for state Assembly features two formidable candidates in John McManmon, endorsed by the Democratic, Independence and Working Families parties, and Anthony Palumbo, running on the Republican and Conservative lines.

The civil suit pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

«We will run a great Republican candidate and we will retain the seat in Republican hands in a Special Election,» he said.

«We will run a great Republican candidate and we will retain the seat in Republican hands in a Special Election.»

Staten Island Democrats still do not have a candidate to run in the yet - to - be-called special election for ex-Rep.

At least seven candidates are in the mix to run in a special election for the State Senate seat vacated last week when Dean Skelos was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.

Chang faces two Democrats for the special election: Alice Cancel, a press - shy candidate who has been linked to Silver allies in the district, and Yuh - Line Niou, a Democrat running on the Working Families Party.

A Republican congressional candidate running in a Montana House special election has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he was accused of «body slamming» a reporter before an invent.

Benjamin is running in a heavily Democratic Manhattan Senate in a special election scheduled for May 23 and was nominated to be the party's designated candidate earlier this month.

American Third Position Party candidate Harry Bertram, who got 0.35 % of the vote for Governor of West Virginia in the recent special election, ran a controversial ad in the campaign's closing days that proclaimed him to be the «voice for white American issues,» according to WTOV channel 9.

On Long Island, Mr. Cuomo endorsed two Democratic candidates for the Senate on Monday: Adam Haber, who is running for an open seat in the Seventh District, and Todd Kaminsky, who won a special election in April in the Ninth District.

A candidate running in a November special election to replace convicted ex-state Sen. John Sampson is an admitted crook still on federal probation for fleecing Haitians of more than $ 11,000...

Others, reportedly including former GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who was urged to run himself, were were pushing for Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, who has the advantage of being able to self - fund — a big plus in the compressed timeframe of special elections.

Castorina will run in the April 19 special election to fill Borelli's vacant Assembly seat, and no Democratic candidate has been named yet to run against him.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island Democrats still do not have a candidate to run in the special election for Congress against Republican District Attorney Daniel Donovan, even after the Democratic executive committee interviewed three prospective candidates Wednesday night.

Levy, the president of New York State's Committee to Legalize Marijuana, is the latest candidate to announce his run in the special April 19 election called to replace disgraced Assemblyman Sheldon Silver.

A few other candidates are running only in the coinciding special election to fill the final two months of Inslee's term.

The candidate he worked for was Doug Hoffman, who ran on the Conservative Party line and a protest vehicle against the local Republican Party, which had selected a moderate, Dede Scozzafava, to run in a special election for an open seat.

The state Independence Party has announced its support of Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan's run to fil the House seat vacated by former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, giving the Republican candidate three ballot lines in the May 5 special election.

But the Republican candidate, who faces Democrat Yuh - Line Niou, running on the Working Families Party line, in an April 19 special election, has been pounding away at the issue of corruption in the Legislature.

Samuel Pierre, a Democratic candidate running in a November special election to replace convicted ex-state Sen. John Sampson, is an admitted crook still on federal probation for fleecing Haitians of more than $ 11,000 after promising to help them solve immigration problems.

Donovan later cleared MacKay in a probe that involved a candidate seeking the Independence Party endorsement in a NYC Council special election whose company had loaned $ 10,000 to a software company run by MacKay's wife, Kristin.

And in Southold Town, two very strong candidates are running in a special election for the Board of Trustees.

Public Advocate Letitia James today became the latest leading Democrat to endorse Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat — spurning Alice Cancel, the candidate running on the Democratic line in the April 19 special election.

Since a primary will not be held for the vacated seat, county Democratic leaders will be tasked with choosing a candidate to run in a special election.

Yuh - Line Niou, the chief of staff for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, withdrew from the Democratic Party candidate race after calling the process flawed, and instead ran in the special election as the Working Families Party candidate.

Westchester County Republicans are expecting to choose from a pool of two candidates to run in a special election to fill County Executive George Latimer's recently vacated state Senate seat.

For Ms. Niou, the victory was a vindication of sorts; she was passed over for the Democratic nomination in the special election, and ran as the Working Families Party candidate, only to lose to Ms. Cancel.

The Republican, Schorr, a one - time county district attorney candidate who lives in White Plains, is hoping to obtain his party's backing to run in a special election.