Sentences with phrase «congressional elections approach»

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., said Republicans would find opposition difficult «in a political season» as presidential and congressional elections approach.

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WASHINGTON, April 11 - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-election and will leave his post at the start of 2019, dealing a blow to fellow Republicans and President Donald Trump ahead of fast - approaching congressional elections.

It's also worth noting, however, that Bob Turner won a neighboring district congressional special election in 2011 (to replace Anthony Weiner) by galvanizing discontent with Obama's approach to Israel.

Cottrill found that «particular types of [non-legislative approaches] encourage the appearance in congressional elections of experienced and well - financed challengers.»

In 2011, James Cottrill, a professor of political science at Santa Clara University, published a study of the effect of non-legislative approaches (e.g., independent commissions, politician commissions) to redistricting on the competitiveness of congressional elections.

Bill Clinton and Governor Andrew Cuomo appear in robo - calls targeting New York's 9th Congressional District as election day approaches, USA Today reports:

Congressional Democrats reaped modest gains in last week's hard - fought elections, which some observers here say could step up pressure for a more centrist, bipartisan approach to federal education policy on Capitol Hill next year, regardless of which candidate ultimately wins the White House.

With 2018 midterm elections approaching, Downtown for Democracy hosted a Take Back The House event for Swing Left to raise awareness about voting in the upcoming elections in Florida's 27th Congressional District (FL - 27) and other swing districts around the country.