Sentences with phrase «congressional seat»

It appears likely that lawmakers are going to let a federal judicial panel draw the lines for Congressional seats.

The election in the three - way race to fill a vacant congressional seat is 5 days away.

The state will lose two of its 29 congressional seats under redistricting because other states grew faster in population.

Too many political leaders, right and left, worry about the stability of their respective political parties and spend their days carefully counting congressional seats.

For $ 15,000, you can own your own congressional seat!

«We are targeting every Republican - held Congressional seat in the state this year, with an unprecedented unified, coordinated effort.

Pelosi and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are hoping to increase the number of congressional seats held by the Democratic Party.

Plus we would pick a lot of congressional seats in swing districts if the dems want to commit suicide with Mrs. C.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is set to receive the endorsement of the Uniformed Firefighters Association in her bid for an open Congressional seat in Queens.

The Democratic Party has already lost Congressional seats in coal states, such as West Virginia, as a result of supporting related proposals as part of Obama's «war on coal.»

There's also the fact that many Republicans register as «Democrats» in Democrat - dominated areas (like California, for example) which have closed party primaries; on the account that they don't need to bother voting in R primary due to R's rarely winning congressional seats and D primary being where the actual congresscritters are decided - voting in which requires one to register as a Democrat in case of a closed primary.

Three candidates for the new Queens congressional seat based in Flushing discussed their platforms at a forum last week, while behind - the - scenes legal battles played out in State Supreme Court.

We are unlikely to see a loss of congressional seats on Long Island since the population there grew relative to the losses north of Westchester County and east of Lake Erie.

From earlier today Buerkle upset Maffei by 648 votes in 2010, but Maffei reclaimed the Syracuse - area congressional seat from her in last year's election by more than 16,000 votes.

Former Syracuse mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams is reportedly collecting signatures to run for the central New York congressional seat currently held by Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus).

McMahon, who represents the North Shore on the City Council, and Straniere are running for the 13th District Congressional seat left open by Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican who opted not to seek re-election after it was discovered he fathered a child outside of his marriage.

Democrat Zephyr Teachout today announced she is running for the New York Congressional seat currently held by Republican Chris Gibson, who is not seeking a fourth term.

But while history may also be on the Democrats» side — the party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even when that President is not as controversial as the current occupant — they actually face a very difficult Senate map.

This is the latest in a series of stories on some of the candidates seeking Capital Region - area congressional seats in the June 26 primary and November general election.

Speculation is already beginning to fly about who will run for the 21st Congressional seat following the news that Rep. Bill Owens will not seek re-election.

Max Rose, a Democrat looking to flip a Staten Island congressional seat held by Republican Rep. Dan Donovan in November, will report a hefty $ 570,000 in campaign donations over the last filing period, his campaign said.

Republicans believe in preferences [in the form of gerry - mandered redistricing] to allow a lifetime's worth of GOP stranglehold on as many Congressional seats as possible.

GOP insiders are touting Turner, who won Anthony Weiner's old congressional seat on Democratic turf last year, as the man with the credibility and integrity to fuse the party's warring factions.

A prominent group of New York Democrats argued this weekend that Charlie Rangel's congressional district in Harlem needs to be preserved for an African - American successor while creating a new Latino congressional seat next door.

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

Wright, who is considering a candidacy for the Harlem congressional seat now held by Charles Rangel, threw his support to Heastie which was a major boost to The Bronx representative's chances because black and Latino legislators would not have to split votes between two black candidates.

U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein said Cuomo had to set a date for the election to fill the empty congressional seat by Friday after eight people sued the governor for not providing a valid reason to delay the vote.

Rhodes, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is running for the Hudson Valley congressional seat held by Rep. John Faso, facing a crowded Democratic primary.

The denial of the right to vote to felons actually derives from several other constitutional provisions pertaining the state establishment of the franchise and apportionment of Congressional seats which is not modified by any of the subsequent amendments due to their careful wording, rather than primarily from the 5th Amendment (which doesn't apply directly to the states anyway) or from the 14th Amendment due process clause (which incorporates many federal rights vis - a-vis the states).

Assemblyman Joseph Borelli — whose district completely overlaps with the vacant Staten Island Congressional seat once held by Michael Grimm — today proposed a pair of measures that would create hard time frames in which Gov. Andrew Cuomo would have to call special elections.

The councilman will run for New York's 25th Congressional seat, which was held by late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter until two weeks ago.

The abject dismissal of reality has become more and more mainstream in the party politicians, and its power soared upward like a hockey stick graph when the Tea Party gained congressional seats in the in 2010 election.

Or he could be the first Democrat to seriously contest Republican Denny's Rehberg's at - large congressional seat since the 1992 election.

With the state set to lose two congressional seats due to redistricting following the 2010 census, most political observers believe the 9th Congressional District — which covers Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, part of the Rockaways and Brooklyn — will be eliminated, which makes the seat less attractive to ambitious politicians.

A day after Aaron Woolf announced he would not run for the North Country's 21st Congressional seat again, another Democrat stepped up to say he will.

«Over the past few weeks, an overwhelming number of constituents and supporters have urged me to explore the recently vacated congressional seat representing Brooklyn and Staten Island,» Ms. Malliotakis said in a statement.

Ellen Abbot took a closer look at Ursula Rozum, a 28 - year old activist who works for the Syracuse Peace Council and is running in the race for the newly redistricted 24th Congressional seat as the Green Party candidate.

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.

The only race state - wide is that for the at - large congressional seat held by incumbant Republican Denny Rheberg.

Chairman Ed Cox has run the state party since 2009, and despite a Democratic enrollment advantage, has overseen some key victories: the Republican takeover of the state Senate after two years of troubled Democratic rule, and several Congressional seat pickups during the 2010 midterms.

You know, I'm wondering if these Democrats ever wondered why the States they dominate end up LOSING congressional seats while the more conservative and less regulated and taxed states tend to gain seats.

Here's a campaign flier from State Senator Adriano Espaillat attacking his Democratic primary challenger and fellow Dominican lawmaker, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, for endorsing Rep. Charlie Rangel in the newly drawn, majority - Latino congressional seat in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

The former New York governor said he has been approached about running for the Harlem congressional seat currently occupied by Rep. Charles Rangel...

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Deputy Executive Director Matt Canter argued that every current GOP Senate candidate is running from a hyper - conservative playbook, an extremism that Democrats feel will put multiple Congressional seats into play for them next year.

After a secret from his past surfaced, Jeff Gottlieb dropped out of the race for a Queens congressional seat last Thursday, and the man who replaced him bowed out a day later.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat has made it official, announcing his candidacy for the 13th Congressional seat of Northern...

«Everyone from the president of the United States on down wants him to leave for the good of the nation,» said Powell, whose father held the Harlem congressional seat before being unseated by Rangel in 1970.