Sentences with phrase «congressional primary against»

The narrow victory was considered an upset at the time, and is still worth considering as Espaillat tries for a much bigger prize in a congressional primary against longtime, larger - than - life congressman Charlie Rangel.

(Earlier this summer, Cuomo backed Rangel in his hard - fought Congressional primary against state Senator Adriano Espaillat).

A state Supreme Court justice found late yesterday that Republican primary challenger Philip Pidot has enough signatures to qualify for a GOP congressional primary against Sen. Jack Martins, but will not issue a formal decision until today on the ultimate fate of a primary, which would either be held Tuesday or a at later date.

New York Communities for Change, an organization allied with de Blasio, endorsed on Wednesday the Rev. Michael Walrond, one of the Democratic candidates in a congressional primary against Rep. Charlie Rangel.

Not exact matches

In the 22nd Congressional District, Paladino has backed Michael Kicinski in the GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R - Barneveld.

Republican John Faso on Monday touted a series of TV and radio advertisements from his congressional campaign that push back against his GOP primary opponent, businessman Andrew Heaney.

Ball, a Putnam Valley lawmaker in his second term, has often been rumored to be a possible Congressional candidate, most recently against GOP Rep. Nan Hayworth in what could have been a potentially bruising primary.

The Daily News has backed newcomer Reshma Saujani against her Democratic primary target, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, praising her «moxie» in trying to be the first challenger to oust an incumbent member of the New York congressional delegation in close to two decades.

Now that the congressional primaries have passed and the general election battles are set, (for the most part), candidates in contested races across the state and their respective supporters have turned their attention to the opponents against whom they'll be facing off in November.

With seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for the 19th Congressional District — and little ideological daylight between them — campaigns are touting their candidate's electability in the November battle against incumbent Republican John Faso as they head towards a June 26 primary to decide who'll get the party's line.

Green Party congressional candidate Matt Funiciello said Tuesday he has secured enough signatures to get on June 24 primary ballot, but his campaign will continue to circulate petitions as a safeguard against any signatures that might be challenged and to show the strength of the campaign.

Martins said the congressional race needed to be moved back if the primary was delayed to allow absentee ballots to get to military voters overseas and to allow him to fully campaign against the Democrat in the race, Thomas Suozzi of Glen Cove.

Congressional candidate Liz Berney said she plans to appeal a Nassau appellate court ruling that dismissed her claims of fraud against Republican primary opponent Dr. James Milano.

Alan Grayson, the Florida representative and liberal firebrand hoping to win Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat, was attempting to explain the recent avalanche of explaining he's had to do as he runs in the Democratic primary against his congressional colleague Patrick Murphy, the preferred candidate of the Democratic Establishment.

Adem Bunkeddeko, a Democrat running against U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Central Brooklyn) in a Democratic primary in Brooklyn's Ninth Congressional District, has released a five - point plan that he said will improve affordable housing in Central Brooklyn.

One of the races mentioned by Israel is the Republican primary in the 22nd Congressional District pitting incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna against Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney.

In the 21st Congressional District in upstate New York, outside groups came to the rescue of former Bush administration aide Elise Stefanik, in her primary battle against investment fund manager Matt Doheny.

But Hunter dropped out of the race last week to assist Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, who is mounting a primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R - Barneveld, in the 22nd Congressional District.

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.

While he will end his campaign for Congress, he plans on assisting Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney with her Republican primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R - Barneveld, in the 22nd Congressional District.

A woman in the 19th Congressional District, who picked up a lot of Upstate New York votes in a 2014 primary run against Andrew Cuomo, is now one step closer to a seat in Congress.

In 2010, Republican Tea Party candidate Anthony Mele defeated the local GOP machine in a primary and then ran against incumbent Democrat Eliot Engel for his 17th District Congressional seat.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A raucous crowd cheered Colleen Deacon Tuesday night at a downtown Syracuse tavern after she declared victory in her 24th Congressional District primary race against two other Democrats.

Zephyr Teachout came out swinging against Republican John Faso after winning the 19th Congressional District's Democratic primary.

BY EVAN WECHMAN In 2010, Republican Tea Party candidate Anthony Mele defeated the local GOP machine in a primary and then ran against incumbent Democrat Eliot Engel for his 17th District Congressional seat.

A new television ad from Long Island Democratic congressional candidate Anna Throne - Holst pushes back against her primary opponent David Calone's attempt to tie her to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

At least one of those close races includes Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the 19th congressional district battleground who ran against Cuomo in a Democratic primary in 2014.

There are less than three weeks to go until primary day, and Claudia Tenney, who is running for Congress in a Republican primary against 22nd Congressional District Republican Richard Hanna, continues to push for a debate with her opponent.

Mr. Espaillat was familiar to voters: Not only had he represented Upper Manhattan in both the State Senate and the Assembly, he had run against and lost to Mr. Rangel in the two previous congressional primaries.

Grimm, a former marine and FBI agent, is attempting a comeback by running in the Republican primary for his old congressional seat against Donovan, the former Staten Island district attorney, who succeeded him.

Thomas and Dunn are squaring off against former U.S. Attorney Ken Sukhia in a heated North Florida Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, who is leaving her 2nd Congressional District seat after a 2014 redistricting decision led to radical changes to its political composition.

On June 28, the Democratic Party in the 24th Congressional District will be holding a primary to determine who will run on the party line in November against Republican incumbent John Katko.

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.

Republican congressional contender Christopher Cox last week began circulating petitions to wage what's called an «Opportunity to Ballot,» aimed at setting up a write - in primary Sept. 14 against Randy Altschuler, the minor party's designee.

Kaiman and Suozzi, who are running in the June 28 Democratic primary against three other candidates — and can not use their state campaign accounts for congressional bids — said their purchases were legal and meant to keep their political operations active in case they ran for office again.

LaVerghetta will face off against Ryan Brumberg in the Republican primary for Congressional District 14, which includes the East Side of Manhattan, Roosevelt Island and parts of Queens.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington has also backed Deacon in her primary against Syracuse University professor Eric Kingson, 70, of Manlius, and Syracuse lawyer Steve Williams, 52, of Baldwinsville.

«We called this meeting to highlight the issues around mass transportation on the East End,» said Ms. Throne - Holst, who is running a Democratic primary against attorney Dave Calone of Babylon for the First Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley).

NM - 1: Heather Wilson runs for the Senate, her congressional seat goes blue, Senate seat goes blue too... Congresswoman Wilson may not even win a primary against Steve Pearce.

A new television ad from congressional candidate Anna Throne - Holst pushes back against her Democratic primary opponent David Calone's attempt to tie her to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

She handily won June's Congressional primary, where she was pitted against Syracuse attorney Steve Williams and Syracuse University professor Eric Kingson.

Moser, a Houston journalist and the creator of a text - messaging tool instrumental in channeling progressive anger into activism against Trump, finished in second place in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Texas» seventh congressional district, Politico reported.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed 19th Congressional District Democratic candidate Zephyr Teachout, who ran against him in a spirited 2014 gubernatorial primary.

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.

The Oneidas said the tweet amounted to racist hate speech and spent about $ 600,000 against Tenney's campaign in a 2016 Republican primary in the 22nd Congressional District.

Yandik, 38, a Columbia County farmer, part - time journalist and Town of Livingston councilman, is running in the New York 19th Congressional District Democratic Party primary, which includes all of Ulster County and a large swath of Dutchess, against Zephyr Teachout of Dover Plains.

Thomas Suozzi defended his stance on woman's issues against an attack by his opponent in the Democratic congressional primary, Steve Stern.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A super PAC with ties to the Oneida Indian Nation formally launched a campaign Sunday against Claudia Tenney and her Republican primary campaign in the 22nd Congressional District.

ORANGE COUNTY — May 8 — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced TV / radio ad hits against top Conservative, Shawn Nelson, to interfere in the CA - 39 primary.

(CNN)- Jenny Sanford, former first lady of South Carolina, said she has decided against running for an open Congressional seat in the Palmetto State, a move that could have positioned her in a bitter Republican primary battle against her ex-husband.