Sentences with phrase «city council seats since»

The average turnout for nonpartisan special elections for city council seats since 2001 was 10.25 %, 57 % higher than for partisan special elections for state legislative contests.

Eugene has held his City Council seat since 2007, when he became the city's first Haitian - born councilmember.

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Rodriguez, who has been a member of the State Assembly since 2011, is running for the open seat held by the City Council's term - limited Speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Bishop has long since abandoned his dreams for the mayor's office and settled into a bid for an at - large City Council seat.

Hartzog, who's running for Jessica Lappin's soon - to - be-vacated District 5 City Council Seat, has raised $ 20,128 since submitting his candidacy in mid-December, according to the New York City's Campaign Finance Database.

The seat has been empty since late November, when then - Assemblyman Joe Borelli left after winning an uncontested race for City Council.

A city councilman representing southeast Queens since 2011, Wills now automatically loses his council seat.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the Democrat of Brooklyn said he was endorsing City Council Member Charles Barron in the Democratic primary for the seat he has held since 1983.

Benjamin Kallos — one of several candidates vying for the District 5 City Council seat — has touted himself as a political outsider since launching his campaign last year.

Eugene has served in the District 40 seat since a special election in 2007, when he was sworn in as the first Haitian - born City Council representative in New York.

In an interview with Howard Koplowitz, Senator Tony Avella sits down to explain the progress he's made since leaving City Council for his seat in the state capitol.

Ulrich, the city chairman for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, has been on the Council since winning Addabbo's old seat in a special election in 2009.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.