Sentences with phrase «congressional race»

And the last undecided congressional race in the country.

Often, presidents are used to do messages for Congressional races when the race is close and campaigns are pulling out all the stops to win.

But the intensity will increase on competitive congressional races — mostly because there aren't that many of them.

It's no accident that these former gubernatorial candidates won congressional races.

There are a number of very interesting Congressional races coming up in the fall both upstate and down.

By announcing he wasn't running for a fourth term a year ago, he gave us what could be one of the few wide - open congressional races in the state.

But the ads mostly seem a wash, with the Left largely matching the Right in numbers of spots run (though targeted Congressional races may be a different story).

These include congressional races, gubernatorial contests, state school chief races, state school board elections, and state ballot measures.

It's the only congressional race with any intrigue this year.

I think this is the third congressional race in which the party has involved itself.

Here, you can see how the candidates in a given congressional race stack up.

In most Democratic and Republican congressional races $ 2500 checks are common.

So why isn't that happening in the current Congressional race?

Get ready for the most television - driven Congressional race of 2013.

The first was for president, the second for congressional races and, the third is for state offices.

In districts with competitive congressional races, that number jumped to as high as 14 percent.

This year's open congressional races could help show how well the new system is working two years in, as candidates and voters adjust.

Also, at the end, it suggests that Americans Elect might very well jump into congressional races in 2014.

A big difference, but one that will still present a challenge for the Democrats; even though they outnumber Republicans in the borough by five to three, Republicans have emerged victorious in a majority of Congressional races in the last 30 years.

Gay Republican Carl DeMaio (pictured) leads Democrat Scott Peters in the 52nd District Congressional race in California by a slim lead of 752 votes, but 180,000 provisional ballots still need to be counted.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki has established the «Tipping Point Super PAC» which will focus on congressional races in New York — including the local race in the 21st Congressional District, where Pataki owns a farm in Essex.

The Chamber's rivals — labor unions such as the AFL - CIO — have also rushed into the Central New York congressional race with large commitments of resources.

Israel ran through a handful of contested congressional races in New York, as in the 1st Congressional District, where Cantor immediately became an issue in a close Republican primary.

Money from pro-fracking concerns is pouring into the Southern Tier congressional race between incumbent Republican Tom Reed and challenger Nate Shinagawa, the Democratic candidate said on MSNBC's Up With Chris Hayes.

There are also several close congressional races in New York where presidential candidate preference and turnout could have an effect.

Romney isn't the only former presidential contender weighing in on upstate congressional races this week.

A blast of fresh air blew into the local congressional race last week in the person of independent candidate Diane Neal of Hurley, a familiar face for constituents who watch primetime police procedurals.

Rivera could well survive against Democratic nominee Joe Garcia, who lost Congressional races in 2008 and 2010.

For instance, Patrick Kennedy, who's retiring at the end of this year, gave $ 200,000 from his campaign war chest to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helps Democrats in tight congressional races around the country.

But The Fix is forward looking by nature, so we'll turn our attention to the 2008 congressional races by looking at the five of the six party campaign committees that have selected their leaders for the new cycle.

Tennessee could have one of the more interesting congressional races next year, pitting two education committee members against each other for a Senate seat.

(CNN)-- Republican Mark Sanford's bruised campaign is fighting to bounce back in the South Carolina special congressional race after having a few rough days last week.

The seat has been a hotbed for competitive congressional races since 2012.

Is Michael Steele delusional??? This win is the SEVENTH straight consecutive win for Democrats in special Congressional races since 2008.

(CNN)-- Republican Rep. Allen West's push to have votes recounted in his Florida congressional race against Democrat Patrick Murphy was granted late Friday when the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections ordered a retabulation of all eight days of early voting to begin Saturday morning.

The 24th District race is already the most expensive congressional race in Central New York history, with more than $ 6.2 million invested so far.

«It is one of the most important congressional races for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the nation for 2012,» said Rob Engstrom, the group's senior vice president and national political director.

Perhaps the hottest congressional race this year is the seat held by Rep. Dan Donovan (R - Staten Island), the only Republican representing New York City in Congress.

In other Congressional races in districts which include Suffolk, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, won in the 3rd C.D., replacing retiring Huntington Democrat Steve Israel.

Over the last several election cycles, groups of wealthy individuals have banded together to spend millions in hopes of influencing state legislative and congressional races as well as a variety of ballot initiatives.

But numbers whiz Nate Silver has cautioned against reading too far into whatever the results of this extremely close contest turn out to be, noting upstate NY congressional races have proven to be rather quirky in the past.

A blast of fresh air blew into the local congressional race last week in the person of independent candidate Diane Neal of Hurley.

New York has split primaries, with congressional races taking place in June and state and local contests held in September.

So far, GOP candidates have overcome challenges by Democrats in a handful of congressional races around the country, most recently in Montana, where Republican winner Greg Gianforte was charged with assaulting a reporter on election eve.

There are several contested congressional races taking place in New York, including the battle for NY - 19, where GOP Rep. Chris Gibson is being challenged by Democratic newcomer Sean Eldridge; and NY - 21, where two Republicans — Elise Stefanik and Matt Doheny — are battling in a primary for the right to take on another Democratic newcomer, Aaron Woolf, in the general election fight for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens.

A high - profile Southern California congressional race descended into chaos on Wednesday when Republican Carl DeMaio was peppered with questions from reporters about whether he had sexually harassed and then intimidated and attempted to bribe a former campaign staffer.