Sentences with phrase «citywide races»
"Citywide races" refers to political elections that take place throughout an entire city, where candidates compete for positions such as mayor, council members, or other city-wide government positions. Full definition
If a candidate fails to reach 40 %, the threshold in New York City for winning a party's nomination in citywide races, the ballots would be counted again,...
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He has won two citywide races for auditor and has been elected to the Common Council and the Onondaga County Legislature.
As top Albany Democrats get ready for campaign season, some familiar faces are jumping into citywide races as well.
Branching out into different demographic groups will likely be important in the race for comptroller, expected to be one of the more hotly contested citywide races this year.
In other citywide races, Public Advocate Letitia James was re-elected with over 73 percent of the vote.
However, the lack of a big citywide race in Buffalo could impact Erie County races.
The Green Party is fielding candidates in a handful of other City Council races, as well as a full slate in the three citywide races for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate.
In citywide races, state law requires Wilson - Pakulas be granted by a majority of executive members from the five county committees within New York City.
Without hotly contested citywide races this year, Menchaca was concerned that low turnout could help the candidate backed by the county organization.
The insider cited James» experience winning a citywide race as evidence she could pose a real threat to de Blasio in a Democratic primary.
For a citywide race like this, the five Republican county leaders (each borough is also a county) come together to decide whether to let Dietl, a non-Republican, run in the Republican primary.
In the citywide races, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Scott Stringer all cruised to another term.
«I've heard he is seriously thinking about getting into a citywide race in 2013 and would like it to be mayor,» said a source with ties to Weiner.
Runoffs are currently only required in the three citywide races, for Mayor, Public Advocate, and Comptroller, and occur among the top two vote - getters if no candidate hits 40 percent in the first round of the primary.
It is one of three citywide races, along with those for Mayor and Public Advocate, happening this fall.
The Board of Elections is exploring «instant runoff voting» in this year's citywide races, allowing voters to select their first and second choices for citywide offices at the ballot box in September.
In his most recent race against City Auditor Marty Masterpole in 2015, Hawkins took 35 percent of the vote in a citywide race.
Tuesday represents another mile - marker for citywide races in Albany: June 6th, when candidates begin building their petitions.
Melissa Mark - Viverito, the city council speaker, and Dan Garodnick, an East Side councilman, are both about to be out of jobs due to term limits; Tish James, the public advocate, has won a citywide race and could cut into de Blasio's share of black votes.
In addition to these citywide races, the Brooklyn district attorney race will be a closely watched contest.
Developers such as Lloyd Goldman, the Chetrit family and commercial broker Robert Knakal have recently opened their wallets as the citywide race for comptroller...
The last Republican to win a citywide race for a city hall post was in 1999, when Joanie Mahoney won a councilor - at - large seat.
The last Republican to win a citywide race was ten years ago, when city Judge Jeffrey Merrill won a 10 - year term.
The HTC / WFP / 1199 alliance proved itself pretty strong in the 2009 citywide races.
He has twice won a citywide race for auditor and has been elected to the Common Council and the Onondaga County Legislature.
Debates for citywide races in New York — for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate — have played no small part in helping New Yorkers decide which candidates best represent their interests.
In citywide races, however, she said the impact would be minimal since candidates tend to rely on larger contributions, and it would in fact aid established candidates with stronger small - dollar fundraising operations.
Whether that will work in a citywide race remains to be seen, he said.