Sentences with phrase «congressional seat before»

«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.

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But in a normally functioning political party, a president — who has to stand for reelection before a national audience — serves as a restraining force for congressional party members, who mostly have safe seats and can afford to indulge in ideological flights of fancy.

In an optimistic move, a Congressional candidate has registered a leadership PAC before winning a seat in Congress.

When Kakto takes office, it will mean the 24th Congressional District seat has changed parties every election since former Rep. Jim Walsh retired before the 2008 election after 20 years in office.

Mr. Perkins, who was a councilman before becoming a state senator, pointed out that both districts he had represented heavily overlapped with the congressional seat.

Before Assemblymember Keith Wright had conceded to Sen. Adriano Espaillat in their congressional race, speculation had already begun about which seat Wright would seek next if not victorious.

As a historical example, in 1854 it took 9 weeks and over 130 votes before a new Speaker was elected - prompting a change in rules to make winning easier (The winner only has to receive the most votes regardless of the number of ballots cast rather than an absolute majority of > 50 % of the congressional seats).

Hanna, R - Barneveld, said he's endorsing Wells, only days before Tuesday's Republican primary in the 22nd Congressional District, because he wants to make sure the seat stays in GOP hands in November.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In the final hours before the special election to fill the congressional seat in New York's 20th district, Democratic candidate Scott Murphy is using controversial Republican figures to get voters to come out to the polls on Tuesday.

His father, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., is a former city councilman who held the congressional seat for more than 20 years, before Rangel ousted him in 1970.

Before U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R - Middle Village) decided to make a run at a U.S. Senate seat, he briefly flirted with the idea of challenging Rep. Gregory Meeks (D - Jamaica) on his home turf for the new 6th Congressional District.

VJ, I tend to think both Phillips and Engel are putting the cart before the horse in campaigning so openly for a congressional seat that may not survive re-districting.

If there's any name that's as well known as Charlie Rangel's in the congressional district he's represented for forty years, it's that of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the guy who occupied the seat for the 20 years before Rangel.

Turner, the representative of the 9th Congressional District, was a relatively unknown businessman before winning a special election for the seat last year after U.S. Anthony Weiner resigned in the midst of a sexting scandal.

But it offers positive proof that Mr. Altschuler, who reportedly wanted to run for Congress in New Jersey before moving to St. James two years ago, is a carpetbagger and political opportunist trying to buy a congressional seat.

House Speaker John Diehl (R) went to great lengths to assure citizens and the Missouri Congressional delegation alike that redistricting committee members had not already made any decisions about which seat to cut the most aggressively before detailed Census information was delivered.

Espaillat had challenged Rangel, who held the congressional seat for 45 years, in back - to - back elections, losing narrowly each time before Rangel decided to retire.