Sentences with phrase «congressional seat now»

Walsh, who once held the Congressional seat now occupied by Maffei, served as honorary chairman for the event after Buerkle left for the wedding.

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.

Not exact matches

Former Congressman Blake Farenthold today sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott explaining why he will not pay for the special election to fill his now vacant District 27 Congressional seat.

Former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel spent years defending competitive open seats, but now his retirement leaves one behind.

John Faso is running to fill the 19th Congressional District seat now held by Congressman Chris Gibson (R), who is not seeking re-election.

There are a number of Democrats planning to challenge Donovan; the Staten Island Advance reported Wednesday that there are now five Democrats running for the Congressional seat.

He noted the parties agreed to name Republican Lee Zeldin of Shirley, now a congressman, to take back the 1st Congressional District seat in 2010.

Espaillat, now in his third attempt to claim Rangel's Congressional seat, is facing off in a crowded election race against Assemblymembers Keith Wright and Guillermo Linares, former Assemblymember Adam Clayton Powell, former Democratic National Committee political director Clyde Williams and others.

«Right now I'm supporting Hillary Clinton for the United States and as the borough president, there are a number of congressional seats throughout our borough that people are asking for my support and there is also the state Legislature so I want to get through 2016 first and then you can ask me,» Diaz said.

Which just happens to be the center of the 19th Congressional District, where she's now the favored candidate to win the nomination for an open seat.

While Democrats still expect to pick up a few seats, the National Republican Congressional Committee concluded from the primary results that the majority now ends in California — it's no longer a path there for Democrats.

Sweeney ran for a fifth term in 2006, and lost his 20th Congressional District seat to Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, now a U.S. senator.

With the battle over, the question now is whether the Republicans can form any sort of detente that will allow them to defend several Council seats against in the next city election, take on State Sens. Tony Avella and Joe Addabbo in 2012, and defend Bob Turner «s congressional seat.

Ladra dares Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez to put his committee vote into action and resign his seat now The open congressional seat thanks to the announced retirement of...

A woman in the 19th Congressional District, who picked up a lot of Upstate New York votes in a 2014 primary run against Andrew Cuomo, is now one step closer to a seat in Congress.

Now, the former South Carolina governor says he is looking for forgiveness as he mounts a bid for the congressional seat he held from 1995 to 2001.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

Mr. Adler, who is both a registered Democrat and a donor to the right - wing Conservative Party, was appointed in 2012 to pursue charges after the Staten Island district attorney, Daniel M. Donovan Jr., who is now a candidate for the island's congressional seat, recused himself.

The latest poll from Siena University says that Julian Schreibman, the democrat vying for the 19th Congressional District seat in the House, replacing Maurice Hinchey, is only five points down to incumbent (although in a far different looking district now) Chris Gibson.

There interesting thing is going to be how aggressively Bloomberg campaigns for the Republicans running now for the 2 Senate seats and for other Republicans running for races whether the Governors race or Congressional seats.....

But now interest in the congressional seat has surged among both Republicans and Democrats after Hanna decided to retire at the end of his term.

Democrat Kim Myers had an early lead, but it was Republican Claudia Tenney surging at the close to win the 22nd Congressional District seat now held by Richard Hanna.

Now she and her cohorts have their eyes set on an upstate New York congressional seat, in an area she neither knows nor has any connection to, as a platform from which to push their leftist agenda nationally.

Now Donovan is now running to replace disgraced Rep. Michael Grimm, who had to step down from his congressional seat following charges of tax fraNow Donovan is now running to replace disgraced Rep. Michael Grimm, who had to step down from his congressional seat following charges of tax franow running to replace disgraced Rep. Michael Grimm, who had to step down from his congressional seat following charges of tax fraud.

Faso, the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform candidate running for Congress in the 19th Congressional District, is running to fill the seat now held by Congressman Chris Gibson (R), who is not seeking re-election.

The Powell family saga has many odd twists and symmetries, like the fact that Assemblyman Powell is now, for the second time in his career, trying to take back from Charles B. Rangel the congressional seat Mr. Rangel wrested from his father, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., in 1970.

New York (CNN)- The special election for an empty Congressional seat in upstate New York has now turned into a dead heat with only a few votes separating the candidates on Tuesday night.

«I now want to take this opportunity to let you know that I will be formally entering the race for the 23rd Congressional District seat and this time we will defeat Bill Owens,» Hoffman said on his campaign Web site Monday night.

In 2016, he lost a contentious Democratic primary for his retiring mentor Charles Rangel's congressional seat to rival Adriano Espaillat, then a state Senator, and now he is facing blowback for accepting a job at a prominent lobbying firm following his years as a state legislator.

Now both are campaign fodder in the race for a congressional seat on Long Island.

A Houston - area congressional seat, now held by Republican John Culberson, pits national liberal groups against Democrats» House campaign arm in Washington.

No recommendation is being made at this time in the race for Brooklyn's 8th Congressional District, the seat now held by Rep. Edolphus Towns, who did not seek re-election, nor in the 11th CD (Brooklyn - Staten Island), a seat now held by Republican Michael Grimm.

With the prospect of one less congressional seat, Hardwick says that may affect the decisions people make if they want one of the remaining congressional seats or to hold on to one they already have, with two presidential elections and a congressional election between now and the new lines.

With familiar names now on both sides in the race for New York's 19th congressional district seat, WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne has a look at perhaps the not - so - familiar ones.