Sentences with phrase «congressional races by»

After the 2002 election, Democrats had a 17 — 15 edge in House seats representing Texas, although the state's voters voted for Republicans in congressional races by a 55 — 45 margin.

«The measuring stick of greatest significance are the results from June 26 of last year where Charles Barron lost the congressional race by 42 points, an unprecedented display of district - wide irrelevance,» said Jeffries spokeswoman Lupe Todd.

In any event, aside from David Weprin's defeat in the congressional race by Bob Turner, Lopez had a good night, with Espinal's victory and the win by Sharen Hudson in the contest for Civl Court judge.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, the Chamber was by far the largest dark money spender in US Congressional races, where $ 25.8 million of its total expenditure of almost $ 30 million.

She ran for Congress in 1952 and lost to a popular Democratic incumbent (she lost another congressional race under similar circumstances in 1970), but by then she was already a popular public speaker and formidable debater whose passions were unyielding anticommunism and a strong nuclear defense in the Cold War.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

Babinec is running in a three - person race for the 22nd congressional district in central New York, facing Republican Claudia Tenney and Democrat Kim Myers for the seat being vacated by Rep. Richard Hanna.

The Queens Democratic Party met this morning to designate candidates for the fall Assembly and Senate races, selecting, among others, Queens Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece for the 25th AD seat being vacated by Assemblyman and congressional hopeful Rory Lancman.

Gillibrand also won a tough race, surprising political observers by ousting scandal - scarred Republican Rep. John Sweeney in what was then the GOP - dominated 20th Congressional District.

Given the primary for Congressional races is now due to be held on June 26 and candidates would have to start gathering petitions by the end of next month.

The National Republican Congressional Campaign in a statement knocked Brindisi, linking him to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — a strategy deployed in the special election this month for a Georgia House race won by by GOP candidate Karen Handel.

Gary Berntsen, who switched from the NY - 1 congressional race to the US Senate race, announced this week he has been endorsed by state GOP First Vice-Chairman Vincent Reda, and a number of regional vice chairs, including: John Jay LaValle (Suffolk), Joseph J. Savino (Bronx), John DeSpirito III (Onondaga), Jim Ellis (Franklin), as well as Fulton County Chairwoman Susan McNeil, Saratoga County Chairman John Nolan and Allegany County Chairman Robert Christman.

So we've been talking about this effort by this group, the Republican State Leadership Committee, to put not huge amounts of money, but enough money to make a difference in a few dozen state legislative races, hoping that Republicans could then control statehouses, and after the 2010 census draw the new congressional lines.

IT»S BACK... «Texas Democrats look to single - payer in congressional races,» by Renuka Rayasam: «Democrats hoping to wrest congressional seats away from diehard repeal - and - replace Republicans are campaigning on an unlikely issue for Texas — single - payer health care.

The outpouring of praise follows the crash of a trial balloon floated by Cuomo supporters in April to try to push Hochul into the congressional race against Republican Chris Collins, and forcing out announced Democratic candidate Nate McMurrary, Grand Island town supervisor.

The Barack Obama Democratic Club endorsed Adriano Espaillat in his bid for the Congressional seat currently occupied by Charlie Rangel at a candidates forum at the Church of the Intercession on W. 155th Street that featured (almost) all five people running in the race.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's vow to help defeat Republicans in six key congressional races in New York was welcomed by Democrats — and, it turns out, by Republicans, too.

The Phoenix airtime purchase includes Arizona's 1st Congressional District, which is also considered «an emerging race» by the DCCC.

Congressional primaries next week in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia feature three Senate Democrats facing reelection in a state won by President Trump in 2016, and a number of competitive House races.

DCCC is attempting to mount competitive challenges in key congressional races outside of New York City, including the districts held by Reps. John Katko, Claudia Tenney and John Faso.

Democrats are especially focused on Nassau County races this year in particular, with potential pickup opportunities with the seat being vacated by Sen. Jack Martins, a congressional candidate, and the one held by incumbent Sen. Kemp Hannon, who is running for re-election.

The state party spent very little on the congressional races, which were boosted largely either by the NRCC or outside groups like American Crossroads.

Less than two hours after Assemblyman Rory Lancman dropped his Congressional campaign to avoid challenging incumbent Representative Gary Ackerman in the Democratic primary, Mr. Ackerman himself pulled out of the race by releasing the following statement:

Katko's seat has been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a significant race this fall in a broader effort to regain majority control of the House of Representatives.

On a night when the GOP retained a congressional seat in an Arizona special election, the race in Western New York was also being watched and trumpeted by Republicans looking for signs of momentum heading into November.

The 36th District race was highlighted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as 1 of 18 emerging races to watch.

Stephanie Murphy, Democratic candidate for Florida's 7th congressional district, here being interviewed by CQ Roll Call, won her race against incumbent Republican John L. Mica.

A new poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee surveying the 5th district House race showed former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D) had a 9 - point lead over state Sen. Andrew Roraback (R).

For the two other candidates in the race, Democratic City Councilwoman Liz Crowley and GOP Councilman Dan Halloran, the congressional election represents a free shot of sorts, as neither is up for reelection until 2013 and their day jobs would not be directly affected by a loss in any way.

This just in from the newly - announced Republican candidate for Louisiana's 3rd Congressional seat (soon to be abandoned by Charlie Melancon), who clearly feels that a robust online presence is a selling point: [Jeff] Landry launched his website for his race today in concert with his...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Friday its latest round of candidates in «Red to Blue,» a program that targets open - seat races and districts held by Republicans.

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 an official with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012 congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.

West Virginia 2: Democrats can't get over the fact that GOP Rep. Alex Mooney used to be a Republican state legislator from Maryland, and that he won his initial congressional race in 2014 by just 3 points.

A federal candidate has loaned his campaign $ 2.65 million for his April 22nd Republican primary race to fill the Florida 19th Congressional District seat vacated by former Rep. Trey Radel, R - Fla.

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.

Federal Election Commission filings compiled by the Sunlight Foundation demonstrate that outside groups were actively spending money in New York's Congressional primary races.

(CNN)- Freshman Republican Rep. Allen West, who was backed by the Tea Party in last November's election, has drawn another challenger in the 2012 race for Florida's 22nd Congressional District.

Public polling of the congressional race has showed Poliquin ahead by five to 10 points, while the Cain campaign's internal polling showed the race tied late last month.

The day is expected to be further complicated by brand new Assembly and Senate district lines, which have changed many voters» districts and polling places, as well as lingering doubts over the competency of the Board of Elections, which bungled the ballot count in June's Congressional race between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat so badly that it took weeks to learn the final results.

But when Gillibrand was under fire for months in the House race in the 20th congressional district by incumbent GOP Rep. John Sweeney to release her tax returns, she firmly refused to budge.

The race for the 27th Congressional District is a dead heat, that according to a recent poll conducted by the Buffalo News, WGRZ and Sienna College.

The race for the Maryland congressional seat currently held by Van Hollen got a last - minute candidate.

A race between two Republicans for the Southwest Brooklyn congressional seat is growing more heated by the day.

The 24th congressional district, a seat currently held by first - term Republican John Katko, promises to provide a lively and competitive race this coming November.

Even as the Congressional GOP has grown steadily more distasteful to the average resident of Massachusetts, Maryland, and Vermont, Republicans have managed to win governor's races in those states by localizing them.

The race for the 24th Congressional District has been characterized by its negative tone.

Male donors are also increasing their participation in the campaign finance system by some 60 percent this election cycle, with nearly 1 million men so far making a political contribution in a congressional race, compared with about 615,000 at this point in the 2016 cycle, according to the center's data.

Deacon — who is currently 23 percentage points down against incumbent Rep. Katko (R - N.Y.) in New York state's 24th Congressional District race — was officially endorsed by Hochul during the rally.

Filings with the Federal Elections Commission show that Democrat Zephyr Teachout has outraised Republican John Faso in the race for the 19th Congressional District by relying largely on small donations from her activist base.