Sentences with phrase «congressional district offices»

Connellan is among five senior staffers Katko plans to hire to run his 24th Congressional District offices in Washington, D.C., and Central New York.

Congressman John Faso sometimes grouses that the placard - waving rallies in front of his congressional district offices have been «orchestrated» by partisan Democrats.

But most organizations will have to make a choice about where to concentrate, and here's why: most of our organizing tools aren't so great at targeting congressional district offices, where local voices can stand out.

Plus, they asked people to sign postcards about the issue, which they then delivered by hand to congressional district offices along the way (also great opportunities for photos).

Please note, many congressional representatives are in their home state for the month of August, which presents a special opportunity to send letters directly to their Congressional District office and / or make an appointment to visit them in person.

Not exact matches

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

Since Falwell began supporting Republicans in Virginia, Democrats have won the state «s top offices twice and recaptured the congressional district that includes Lynchburg, Falwell «s home town, when that district formerly had been Republican for three decades.

But for the past thirty - four years, the people of Virginia's 10th Congressional District, and indeed the people of the United States, have had a true public servant in Frank Wolf, whose convictions graced the office he held and ennobled the legislative body in which he served.

Lipinski's office «will make it very convenient for Orland Park residents who live in the 3rd Congressional District to stop in for information and help» and will increase Orland Park officials» access to their representative, McLaughlin said.

Other previous campaigns for city, county or congressional office can be cobbled together to cover a larger district (especially the parts that have strong Democratic preference).

A Republican - aligned super PAC has opened a field office in the 19th congressional district, considered one of the top battleground House races in the country.

Rep. Dan Donovan, a former district attorney who now represents Staten Island and part of South Brooklyn, stepped in after his domestic partner's son was arrested with a friend for «criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance (heroin),» according to an allegation filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics last week.

«He's going to look at it as a deployment,» joked Dan Odescalchi, a spokesman for the Kinderhook Republican, of Gibson's accommodations as he takes office representing New York's 20th Congressional District.

Trump attendance at the private fundraiser for Handel is his first such endeavor for a congressional hopeful since he took office and confirmation that the GOP sees Georgia's 6th Congressional District runoff as a barometer of the 2018 midtecongressional hopeful since he took office and confirmation that the GOP sees Georgia's 6th Congressional District runoff as a barometer of the 2018 midteCongressional District runoff as a barometer of the 2018 midterm elections.

Congressional Leadership Fund is opening a field office in New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance's district.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee placed field organizers in Issa's district nearly a near ago, and opened an Orange County office last year aimed at flipping the Issa and Royce seats to Democrats.

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries has proudly represented New York's Eighth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives since taking office on January 3, 2013.

A complaint filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics last week said the congressman from Staten Island, a former district attorney, stepped in after Timothy O'Connell, then 19, and a friend were arrested for «criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance (heroin),» the New York Post reported.

Katko, an SU alumnus who defeated Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon in 2016, has held two terms in office representing New York state's 24th Congressional District since 2014.

On the eve of the Federal Circuit Court's approval of Congressional district lines that were seen to be extraordinarily favorable to Ackerman, and with the primary - free backing of the Democratic Party virtually assured, Ackerman has informed his family, staff, friends and party leaders that he will not seek a 16th term of office.

«We're going to meet in my office in the next week in Washington and start going over how we can go over to help Central New York and his congressional district.

«(A) lifelong academic professional, serving Southampton College for 29 years and leaving the position of provost in 2002 to make his first - ever run for office, when he was elected to represent New York's 1st Congressional District in one of the closest elections in the nation.»

«I have enjoyed a great relationship with Gary over the years, from interning in his office when I was a high school student to having his support in all of my campaigns for public office, and I'll be supporting Gary this year in the new Sixth congressional district.»

A civic coalition seeking to improve how Albany governs is asking incumbents and candidates for state office this year to pledge publicly to back strict fiscal controls on state spending, stronger ethics and financial disclosure regulations, and a nonpartisan system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.

Gibson's 20th Congressional District is the second - largest in the New York; Valle said his staff is spread across five offices to ensure optimal constituent outreach.

Last night, not long after Magistrate Judge and special redistricting master Roanne Mann grilled legislative lawyers about the merits of considering incumbency, she released a set of proposed maps that seems to take the current configuration of congressional districts as a very loose template, but with some significant changes for a number of existing office - holders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. John Katko has turned to a neighboring congressional district to fill the top position in his Syracuse office.

The Republican is asking the «best and brightest» in the 11th Congressional District to apply to be staffers in his district District to apply to be staffers in his district district offices.

When Kakto takes office, it will mean the 24th Congressional District seat has changed parties every election since former Rep. Jim Walsh retired before the 2008 election after 20 years in office.

This past Mon., May 7th, Congressman Charles Rangel joined local arts leaders, students and parents as he announced this year's winner, Srey Beaulac of the The Dwight School, of the 15th Congressional District's Congressional Arts Competition, at the Harlem State Office Building.

Democrat Anna Throne - Holst charged that the incumbent, Republican U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, who represents the First Congressional District on Long Island, should have held a hearing on the troubled Veterans Affairs hospital in Northport as soon as he took office in 2015.

On January 6, John Katko takes the Oath of Office as the 24th district's Congressional representative.

The Connecticut Working Families Party said Friday that it has filed a complaint with federal election regulators against Republican 5th District congressional candidate Mark Greenberg and his campaign committee — for failing to pay a sufficient, market - value rent for campaign offices that he rents, in effect, from himself.

Taddeo last ran for office in 2016 in Florida's 26th Congressional District, when she faced former U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in the Democratic primary.

That's what's happened with Republican nominee Mark Greenberg in the 5th Congressional District: His campaign treasurer filed four amended campaign finance reports Thursday with the Federal Election Commission to reflect $ 6,400 in debt to the Greenberg - controlled Watertown Main Street LLC for eight months of office space rental.

Pat Ryan is one of seven Democratic candidates running for office in the 19th Congressional district

Rep. John Katko has turned to a neighboring congressional district to fill the top position in his Syracuse office, tapping Patricia «Trish» Vail Dellonte, who worked for retiring Rep. Richard Hanna, to serve as his district director in NY - 24.

Gibson, however, is not running for re-election in the 19th congressional district in the Hudson Valley as he considers a potential bid for statewide office.

Tenney met with 22nd Congressional District residents Monday in a series of small - group, open - door meetings in her New Hartford office billed as «Coffee with Claudia.»

Angle insists he never envisioned Lone Star as «a huge political operation,» and its small size certainly creates a David vs. Goliath struggle against the Texas Republican Party, whose officials control every statewide office and 22 of the state's 32 congressional districts.

«This community has just lost a giant, wonderful man,» said Art Jutton, of Fayetteville, who served as district director of Walsh's congressional office from 1971 to 1979 and later became Jim Walsh's chief of staff in Washington.

In other House races, NY1 is calling the 14th Congressional District seat race for Democratic incumbent Carolyn Maloney, and the New York Times is calling the 15th Congressional District race for Charlie Rangel, who it looks like will continue his 40 - year tenure in office.

Ruben Dario Vargas, a self - described «Northern Manhattan community activist» who has run multiple unsuccessful campaigns for public office, is throwing his hat into the crowded campaign for the 13th congressional district, where Charlie Rangel is running for re-election.

Bill Clyde has never held political office, has not raised much campaign cash and does not have the backing and organizational help of a major political party — yet he's one of two third - party candidates running in the 2nd Congressional District.

Phillips, who is challenging Hinchey, D - Hurley, for the seat in New York's 22nd Congressional District, said if he was in office, he would «be fighting for that money» and would bring representatives from the local hospital to Washington to illustrate the problem.

None of the candidates have run for office before, and they drew attention to the contrast between themselves and the experienced Faso, a fixture in state politics before being elected to New York's 19th Congressional district in November 2016.

«Gary Ackerman is a solid progressive... I have enjoyed a great relationship with Gary over the years, from interning in his office when I was a high school student to having his support in all of my campaigns for public office, and I'll be supporting Gary this year in the new Sixth congressional district.»

Miner said she has no plans to challenge Rep. John Katko (R - Syracuse), who has held two terms in office representing the 24th Congressional District.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee knocked the NRCC's effort, noting, correctly, that the three locations where the billboard truck is scheduled to appear today and Thursday — a local GOP headquarters and two Hochul Congressional offices — are not actually in the newly configured district.

While none of the six Democratic candidates for the 19th Congressional District have any experience in running for or serving in elected office, they are on relatively the same page when it comes to defeating Republican incumbent John Faso and reversing the policies of the Trump administration.