Sentences with phrase «competitive primary against»

His chances: If Walter makes it through a competitive primary against Wendy Rogers, who ran an unsuccessful race for the nomination in 2012, and other potential candidates who are said to be mulling bids, he has a shot of winning the district.

This cycle Canseco faces a competitive primary against former CIA agent Will Hurd — and it's not clear whether he has the national GOP's full support in his comeback attempt.

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.

Mr. Akselrod is running in a competitive primary against incumbent Democrat Steve Cymbrowitz.

But two - thirds of these female candidates face competitive primaries against one or more male candidates, so the NRCC won't officially back their campaigns.

Not exact matches

He must win the Aug. 28 primary against state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who served in the House from 2001 to 2011, then pivot and win a competitive general election in a swing state in a poor environment for the president's party.

In upper Manhattan's 13th Congressional district, one of the country's most competitive and closely watched Democratic primaries pits four - decade incumbent Rep. Charlie Rangel against upstart state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in a district that was recently redrawn to include a majority Latino population.

Now, with the courts and Albany both appearing likely to divide Mr. Turner's seat up between its neighbors, creating a new Asian or Latino - plurality Queens district — with a strong ethnic white and Jewish presence still — Mr. Lancman is doing event after event to lock down these diverse constituencies instead, possibly preparing for a competitive Democratic primary against sitting Congressman Gary Ackerman.

The mountain of signatures shows that the Vermont senator and Brooklyn native intends to run a competitive race in the Empire State against Hillary Clinton, the former New York senator senator and Secretary of State — should he remain viable after primary contests held in two dozen other states.

A conservative Super PAC hoping to sway a competitive primary runoff in Houston, Texas, recently released an attack ad against Republican congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw that cuts out the retired Navy SEAL's battle wound.