Sentences with phrase «challengers against those lawmakers»

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The challengers to the Independent Democratic Conference in a statement Wednesday morning said they would not end their candidacies against IDC lawmakers as a deal is reached to dissolve the conference.

A national group that opposes same - sex marriage has purchased billboards in each of their districts, vowing to unseat the lawmakers, and the senators have been eagerly raising money in an effort to defend themselves against possible challengers.

The Rochester Business Alliance on Friday endorsed Democratic Sen. Ted O'Brien, an incumbent lawmaker running a competitive race against Republican challenger Rich Funke.

But some donors say they are weighing whether to financially back primary challengers against Republican lawmakers unwilling to support Trump's aims.

As Klein relayed on Monday, mainline conference lawmakers continued to help primary challengers to the IDC, including Oliver Koppell, who unsuccessfully challenged Klein (The IDC also sent some money toward Betty Jean Grant, who was running a primary challenge against Sen. Tim Kennedy in Buffalo).

It would pit a group of pro-Trump primary challengers against sitting lawmakers who are perceived as more mainstream.

The Free Press documented the way a lawmaker who dared to make a peep of protest against charter schools getting whatever they want suddenly found himself in a race against a challenger heavily funded by the Great Lakes Education Project, the «powerhouse lobby» of the Michigan charter movement.