Sentences with phrase «congressional races this week»

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

Not exact matches

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.

The slugfest between congressional candidates Tim Bishop and Randy Altschuler is making the most noise on the East End, but that race is just one part of the crowded ballot voters will face when they head to the polls in next week's elections.

As everyone knows, there were big events this week in the race for the nomination for congressional district NY - 21.

In recent weeks, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has circulated information to local reporters about Republican candidates in close races.

The Democratic primary race in New York's 21st Congressional district narrowed again this week as Don Boyajian dropped out.

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.

With three weeks to go before Election Day, the DCCC and the National Republican Congressional Committee have been shifting money away from races that appear less competitive and toward ones that now pop a little brighter on the committees» radars.

As in many races around the country, female voters are being fought over in Washington state's 1st district, where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week launched a $ 250,000 ad buy targeting GOP nominee John Koster's strong opposition to abortion.

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.

New York's congressional primary is on June 26, and petitioning for the race is expected to start as early as next week.

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(CNN)- Two weeks after President Barack Obama's re-election, the «Blue» map keeps expanding as the last few «too close to call» congressional races break for Democrats.

Though Democrats far outnumber Republicans in both the city and state, the hope is to train at least 200 potential activists from the black, Hispanic and other non-traditional GOP communities over a six - week period that can be used throughout New York for upcoming congressional and state Senate races as well as be dispatched nationally, Weingartner said.

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.

As House Majority Whip Steve Scalise continues to recover from the shooting at the Republican baseball practice last week, his campaign team sent its support to the Republican candidate in Georgia's 6th Congressional District race.

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.

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

(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 race for the Republican nomination in the 19th congressional district grew more heated this week with John Faso's campaign alleging in a letter to rival Andrew Heaney that he is illegally coordinating with a super PAC that is funding misleading advertisements.

A female congressional candidate dropped out of the Kansas race over a 12 - year - old lawsuit accusing her of sexually harassing a male subordinate, an unusual case of a woman facing the sort of misconduct allegations that have forced numerous men out of their jobs in recent weeks.

Less than one week after saying his name was confirmed on the ballot, one of the Republicans in a New York congressional race is bowing out.

Faso's opponent in the congressional race, Zephyr Teachout, who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a primary in 2014, is also skipping the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week.

(CNN)- As the race in New York's 20th congressional district continues to tighten, the Republican National Committee is sending another $ 100,000 to the state party in New York - the second time in less than a week it's spent that sum on the special election contest there.

Perez Williams was selected to be part of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's (DCCC) competitive «Red to Blue» program less than two weeks ago, but her Democratic opponent is optimistic she can get another 150 signatures invalidated, which would disqualify her from the race.

In a tweet, Assini posted that he'll be making an announcement in regards to the 25th congressional district race next week, a position he has run for twice before, but lost both times to longtime incumbent, Democrat Louis Slaughter.

The often caustic race for New York's 18th Congressional District had always looked to be a close one, with Maloney leading Hayworth by 5 percentage points in a Siena College poll released last week.

While some Congressional races garner more news than others, District 27 covering Miami is getting a lot of attention this week.

The statement by Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, echoed criticism by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi earlier in the week, in which she said race was a factor in how Republicans responded to President Barack Obama's administration.

The super PAC's spending in the battleground 19th congressional district stands at $ 2 million as a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll last week showed the race was a dead heat for the seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Chris Gibson.

County Executive Mike Hein, once the subject of much speculation as a congressional possibility, didn't attend last week's candidates» night, but his shadow looms over this race.

Just four weeks ahead of the congressional race, polling in the three - way race remains scant.

In the weeks before the midterms, polls of congressional races were starting to register the results of the rising dissatisfaction with Obamacare, combined with the surging wave of Tea Party activism.

Faso's opponent in the congressional race, Zephyr Teachout, who primaried Andrew Cuomo for governor in 2014, is also skipping the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week.

The two candidates for the 19th Congressional District seat have a combined $ 1.8 million in cash on hand as the race enters its final weeks.

One of the top Republican candidates running to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen in Florida's 27th Congressional District withdrew from the race earlier this week, leaving two GOP candidates and a slew of Democrats in the mix for 2018.

But Perez Williams entered the race, with the backing of the national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, less the two weeks before the petitions were due.

Derrick received a fresh boost of momentum last week when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee moved his campaign into their Red to Blue Program, which means the race has been selected as one of four dozen targeted as necessary to flip the House this fall.

Espaillat formally announced his reelection run Wednesday after earlier this week dropping his lawsuit alleging voter suppression in the congressional race.

Walden, who has served as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee for nearly two years, traveled to New York last week to show his support for a few Republican candidates running in competitive races.

Grechen Shirley said that since March 1, she has paid a babysitter $ 22 an hour to watch her two children, ages 1 and 3, for about 17 hours a week while she has worked on her congressional race.

In a phone interview Monday, Bass explained that he opted to withdraw from the primary contest after he learned the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is assisting Juanita Perez Williams, a Democrat who entered the race last week.

For the second straight week, national Democrats are out with a new TV ad in the 24th Congressional District race linking Republican congressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other HouseCongressional District race linking Republican congressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other Housecongressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other House GOP leaders.

He held an awkward news conference pledging to stay in the New York City mayor's race last week just after the disclosure he exchanged more lewd text messages with another woman — the same kind of scandal that cost him his congressional seat.

As of this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hiring full - time operatives to do political organizing work in 20 key Republican - held districts — an unusually early investment in House races that do not even have declared candidates yet.

Linda Rosenberg, with the Communications Workers of America, agreed that with just over two weeks before election day in a very close 24th district congressional race, there's work to be done.

He said, «We have two weeks to go in a congressional race that means a lot to the people of Staten Island.

Up to last week, Livingston town Councilman Will Yandik was the footnote in 19th Congressional District race, as in «also expressing interest was...»

There were plenty of responses to last week's pieces tearing apart Rick Hess» and Michael Petrilli's op - ed accusing fellow school reformers of race - baiting for raising concerns about efforts by congressional Republican powers John Kline and Lamar Alexander to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act's accountability provisions.

Your editor has spent way too much time already tearing apart Rick Hess» and Michael Petrilli's this week's piece accusing fellow school reformers of race - baiting for raising concerns about efforts by congressional Republican powers John Kline and Lamar Alexander to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act's accountability provisions.