Sentences with phrase «competitive congressional run»

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In other words: The fact that Long's chances at unseating Gillibrand are so slim (she's vastly underfunded and trailing badly in the polls among the few voters who even know who she is), that it makes things harder for her fellow Republicans running in competitive down - ballot congressional races.

The group is running field operations in competitive House races this cycle, and efforts in New York so far include the 24th and 22nd congressional districts.

The National Republican Congressional Committee sent a staffer out to the Golden State last week to search for and meet with potential candidates and convince them to run in competitive districts in San Diego, Palm Springs and Sacramento, according to a source with knowledge of the visit.

Kingson, 69, of Manlius, is the first Democrat to publicly declare interest in running for the 24th Congressional District seat, one of the most competitive House districts in the nation over the past eight years.

Murphy is running against Republican New York assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a highly competitive race to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's vacant congressional seat.

He also wouldn't predict what he expects turnout to look like as polls show Democrats running in competitive Congressional and state Senate races behind, in some cases by double - digit percentages.

Israel hoped Cantor's loss would have a similar effect in the 21st Congressional District, where Elise Stefanik, a former aide to George W. Bush, is running a competitive primary against Matt Doheny, who twice lost to incumbent Democrat Bill Owens.

But NY - 13 is incredibly diverse, and anyone running to win this Congressional seat will need to be competitive in every neighborhood and with every racial and ethnic group.

Walden, who has served as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee for nearly two years, traveled to New York last week to show his support for a few Republican candidates running in competitive races.

Two Republicans running in competitive California congressional races contracted with Cambridge Analytica, the political data firm embroiled in controversy over its use of improperly obtained personal information from more than 50 million Facebook users.