Sentences with phrase «council seat as»

Democrat Michael Madsen parleyed two terms on the council into a seat on the county legislature while Hayes Clement used the council seat as the springboard for his recently concluded mayoral campaign.

Ellis then used that council seat as a launching point for his 2009 Democratic mayoral bid.

Some are now wondering if Holden will take his council seat as a Republican if he's declared the winner.

I was running in a Democratic primary for a Council seat as an «insurgent,» meaning that I was running against the candidate that was supported by the Queens County Democratic Organization.

A man who tried in 2015 to win a town council seat as an independent is collecting petitions to force a primary to get onto the Democrat slate as a council candidate.

Not exact matches

Following gigs as the business manager at the University of Alberta's student newspaper and a government relations director at the students» union, Iveson beat an incumbent for a seat on city council.

In his election to the seat of St Peter, Pope John Paul II asked this question about Vatican II: «Indeed, is not that Universal Council a kind of milestone as it were, an event of the utmost importance in the almost two - thousand - year history of the Church, and consequently in the religious and cultural history of the world?»

In abolishing the practice of deacons» communicating the presbyters, the Nicene Council characterized as against tradition what had, in fact, been primitively the natural function of the servants of the bishops, namely, to pass the bread and wine and first of all to the liturgically nonparticipant but revered and seated elders (presbyters) of the congregation.

Celtic, following the example of German clubs such as Hoffenheim, installed nearly 3,000 rail seats last year in the Lisbon Lions Stand at Celtic Park after being granted a licence by Glasgow City Council.

All the seats are being contested on 27 county councils and six unitary authorities, as well as one - third of the seats in Bristol.

When that didn't work, Felder resigned his Council seat to take a job as a deputy in the office of the man who won the 2009 comptroller's race, John Liu.

The former healthcare consultant and Simple Minds fan started as a Conservative supporter but grew disillusioned in the early David Cameron years, standing — and winning — a seat on Waverley council in Surrey as an independent in 2006.

Mascia, who's now 70, is running for a seat on the Common Council as a Democrat in a three - way primary.

Nearly 10,000 candidates are fighting for seats at 34 English top - tier counties and unitary authorities, as well as the Isle of Anglesey council in Wales.

For some it's a simple calculation: they wouldn't have to give up their Assembly seats if they lost, and if they won they'd be making almost twice as much money as Council Members (Assembly makes $ 79,500, Council makes $ 148,500).

But come January when the legislative session begins, the Democrats are expected to lose two members — Ruben Diaz of the Bronx who won a City Council seat, and George Latimer of Westchester who beat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino for County Executive as part of that previously mentioned «Blue Wave.»

Adam McFadden, a Democrat who currently serves as the vice president for the Rochester City Council, has announced his plans to run for the NY - 25 seat formerly occupied by the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.

But, as he noted during a CapTon interview on the day of his annoucnement, Ulrich has little to lose here — other than the $ 30,000 salary difference between a Council and Senate seat and the time he'll spend commuting to Albany if he wins — since he's not up for re-election until 2013.

There was talk that either Senator Simcha Felder (registered as a Democrat but caucusing with the Republicans in the State Senate) or the son of Assemblyman Dov Hikind could find a way to run for the Council seat.

As the London Labour party's email to members this week points out, the Conservatives have already won seats on the council.

This saw them contesting seats on councils, using that as a springboard to winning parliamentary representation — which has also been done by other small parties, with UKIP recently adopting such a strategy.

When weighted by the number of seats they have up for election, the average Remain vote in those councils that have elections on Thursday is as much as 52 %, some five points above the overall Remain vote in England in June 2016.

It is not a sure thing, however, as Chris Banks, the man who ran a tough primary race against Inez Barron in 2012, is seeking the Council seat this year.

And Mr. Gentile's office, too, would not say whether the councilman was definitely running for the seat — but said that as a prosecutor, state senator and now deputy majority leader in the Council, he'd «never backed away from a fight.»

We also want a strong presence in Sedgley as Bill Etheridge MEP campaigns to retain his council seat.

The outspending to Democrats reflects the party's dominance in both the city council (where it now has 48 of the 51 seats), as well as the state assembly (where Democrats hold 102 of the 150 seats), Mr. Sheinkopf said.

New York City Housing Authority General Manager Vito Mustaciuolo was inside a city council hearing Wednesday, in the hot seat again, as he was grilled about health hazards.

Greenfield, according to his 2010 disclosure form, reported earning between $ 100,000 and $ 250,000 from the Sephardic Community Federation — even though he left his post as executive vice president of the organization before taking his council seat.

Our last subject in the race for the 36th Council District seat is the Rev. Conrad Tillard, formerly known as Conrad Muhammad, formerly known as Conrad X. Reverend Tillard first came to public attention as the chief youth minister of the Nation of Islam, and then the minister of Harlem's famed Mosque No. 7, the former seat of Malcolm X. Reverend Tillard made some conventionally controversial remarks against white devils and Jewish slave masters, etc. from that esteemed perch, was later stripped of his ministry under a cloud of suspicion, and then underwent a second Damascene moment when he left the NOI and returned to the faith of his fathers, receiving baptism by the Reverend Calvin Butts.

The field of candidates eyeing northeast Queens» 19th City Council District seat grew larger this week as its embattled incumbent, who will not seek re-election, faces an ethics probe on allegations that he had affairs with a former intern and former deputy chief of staff.

In terms of the ratio between a constituency's territory / area and the number of seats being assigned to it, Mayo emerges as having the highest level in the state with an average of 1,308.6 km2 territory per council seat in that four seat general election constituency.

Both Levine and Rodríguez are considered candidates to replace Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is vacating her District 8 Council seat due to term limits, as the next Council Speaker.

Ydanis Rodriguez was sensitive to the matter of corruption, as he is hoping to fill the seat of Miguel Martinez, one of the most notorious criminals to serve in the City Council in recent memory.

The Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats as they maintained their control of Cheltenham Borough Council.

It worked out beautifully: the Mayor won and Mr. Linares, who was term - limited out of his Council seat in 2001, got a plum sinecure that enabled him to make fact - finding trips to the Caribbean as often as he liked, to walk in parades, and to speak sonorously about Federal immigration policies that he had no power over.

Ydanis Rodriguez, who has run for the Council seat before, is the likely front - runner as the dust settles among the field of previously - announced candidates.

In Birmingham the Conservatives lost six seats and their status as the council's largest party.

Ignizio who served in the 51st Council District, which he vacated the seat on Friday after taking a job as the CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

Although 3 of the 7 Ukip council seats in a havering were took from former Labour councillors, and 5 of those seats would be described as working class areas, the other two were above middle class areas where the average price of a house is 650,000 ′, If anything in havering Ukips vote destroyed he 4,000 majorities of some Tory councillors resulting in them winning with 350 votes

Also in the Democratic primaries, several council seats were contested, as was three city judge seats and chief city auditor.

LeFevre won her Plattsburgh town council seat last year against Republican candidate Tom Metz, joining the council not just as the only woman, but the youngest member in her early 30s.

Corbynites take over Totnes CLP choose ineligible candidate who runs as «Independent» & lose our only seat on South Hams council!

Dennis Walcott spent his first day as chancellor - designee on a City Council hot seat on April 8, as members of the Education Committee grilled him on the mayor's plan to lay off thousands of teachers.

Councils to look out for include East Riding of Yorkshire, Bath and NE Somerset, Waverley, Rugby, Basingstoke, Barrow in Furness, Brighton and Hove, Braintree, Chester, Ipswich, Maidstone, and perhaps also Bury, as well as winning a majority of the seats on North Tyneside, although a Labour Mayor means that authority will remain under Labour control.

In Basildon the Conservatives took control of the council as they picked up half of 10 seats lost by Ukip.

Lunati ran for a council seat once before unsuccessfully, and this year was appointed as an alternate member of the town's Planning Board.

Denying the Tories overall control in Trafford (by gaining four council seats) was exactly as party sources were predicting.

The City Council's 51 seats are up for a vote, as are all five borough - president seats, two district - attorney positions, and the roles of public advocate and comptroller.

As recently as 2006, Republicans held four seats on the council and routinely offered up full slates of candidateAs recently as 2006, Republicans held four seats on the council and routinely offered up full slates of candidateas 2006, Republicans held four seats on the council and routinely offered up full slates of candidates.

The younger Vallone, who was first elected to his Astoria City Council seat in 2002, pointed to his time in office tackling local issues like graffiti and fighting cuts to the police department's budget as head of the City Council's Public Safety Committee.