Sentences with phrase «council seat back»
In the interim, he earned a place on the Approved List of Candidates, and fought the parliamentary seat of Huddersfield in the 2005 general election — as well as a county council seat back home in Amersham.
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The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.
Congressman Daniel Donovan, the representative of the sole red beachhead in blue New York City, today backed one of his former staffers for a soon - to - be-vacant City Council seat that overlaps heavily with the Brooklyn end of Donovan's Staten Island - based turf.
Fox, whom we backed in the 2013 race for this seat, has worked for Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and was Chief of Staff to Council Member Jumaane Williams.
The Greens built their success in Brighton Pavilion on the back of contesting council seats.
Rev. Michel Faulkner, the former Jets lineman - turned - minister - turned mayoral candidate, has a long way to go in his bid to win the Republican nomination and oust Mayor Bill de Blasio — but he's already out backing GOP contenders for open City Council seats.
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.»
Convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate has a real shot at winning back his old City Council seat in Queens, according to Democratic insiders.
The WFP failed in its bid to unseat Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano (it backed Democrat Tom Suozzi), but saw another candidate, Anthony Eramo, a registered WFP member, win a seat on the Long Beach City Council.
Democratic NYC public advocate candidate Tish James is remaining loyal to the WFP, which propelled her to her City Council seat a decade ago, urging New Yorkers to vote for her on the labor - backed party's ballot line on Nov. 5.
Moya was not the preferred candidate back when he ran in a special election for the NYC Council seat being vacated by Monserrate when he was first elected to the Senate.
Nine of the 15 Common Council seats are contested on Nov. 7 in Albany, with many of the challengers who lost in the Democratic primary back on the ballot on minor party lines.
Freeman — who in the 2007 Democratic primary defeated incumbent Albany County Legislator Lucille McKnight on the machine count only to lose by four votes once absentees were tallied — this time held his lead over party - backed candidate Victor Cain for Albany's 2nd Ward Common Council seat.
BY ANDY HUMM State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., 74, has a bad back and wants to take over the closer - to - home City Council seat opening up this fall in the South Bronx, including parts of Parkchester, Soundview, Unionport, and Castle Hill.
Another candidate for Jackson's seat, Cheryl Pahaham, accused Levine of attempting to make a back door deal with elected politicians to move her out of the Council District.
Monserrate reported only $ 350.94 in campaign expenses over the past six months in his quest to win back the seat in the council's 21st District.
In February 2009, when Moya and Ferreras first battled for the 21st Council seat in a special election, Moya was backed by Crowley's County organization.
Democratic State Senator Tony Avella is not ready to back his party's nominee for the City Council seat he once held.
Carpetbagger Mike Ricatta??? He moved into the district to take his stab at the Council seat and moved right back out.
He's running for a City Council seat in Northern Queens and facing off against Assemblyman Francisco Moya, who is being backed by the powerful Democratic County machine.
Public Advocate Letitia James, who won a seat in the New York City Council and her current office with the aggressive backing of the WFP, wished the liberal party supported her pick instead, Hillary Clinton.
But the immediate task is to rebuild the Lib Dems as a campaigning party, continuing to grow the membership — which has jumped by 18,000 since polling day — and winning back council seats before attempting to get more MPs elected in 2020.
UFT - backed candidate Francisco Moya won the Democratic Primary on Sept. 12 in the contest for the open seat on the New York City Council for the 21st District in Corona and Elmhurst, Queens.
A committee - backed slate dubbed «Restore Kingston Pride» secured just one seat, Ward 7's, on the city's nine - member Common Council.
Convicted felon Hiram Monserrate has a real shot at winning back his old City Council seat in Queens, according to Democratic insiders.
The powerful United Federation of Teachers has decided to back Karen Koslowitz in the race for Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) City Council seat.
In Portland, Nicholas Caleb, backed by both Socialist Alternative and the International Socialist Organization (ISO), failed to win a city council seat in the last election but is credited with advancing the «15 Now» agenda in that city.
The Kingston unit of the CSEA, which represents about 150 city employees, took the unusual step in early October of endorsing only Republican - and Conservative - backed candidates for Common Council seats.
The Elmhurst native has knocked on thousands of doors since January and he believes it is this effort and not landing endorsements from groups like the Queens County Democrats, which backed Koslowitz, or the Working Families Party, which supported candidate Lynn Schulman, that will help to usher him into the 29th Council District seat.
Ayala had the backing of that seat's term - limited incumbent, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.
Several sources said the councilman had thought about running for the borough president seat back in 2009 but changed his mind after the Council voted to extend term limits for all city elected offices.
I am a strong grassroots campaigner — in the 1998 local elections Labour held control of the council because we won back a Lib Dem seat by three votes after a relentless campaign in my ward (Jeremy Corbyn and Stephen Twigg know the work involved)
Look back at our live coverage as votes were counted and results declared in council seats across England
The 300,000 - strong health care workers union 1199 SEIU has backed Democratic challenger Daniel Dromm over incumbent Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights) in the race for the 25th District City Council seat.
But this election season — with Citizens United opening the floodgates and with 21 of the 51 council seats up for grabs — the REBNY - backed PAC is going all - in on council races.
BACK SCRATCH: John Tabacco (left) says his campaign for a Staten Island CIty Council seat scored the nod of the state Independence Party after he agreed to lend $ 10,000 to Government Response Inc., a computer - services company run by Kristin Mackay, wife of party Chairman Frank MacKay (right).
While this isn't a huge investment (a full - page ad set him back several thousand dollars), this move was described by two different people as a «pre-emptive» strike by the Democratic councilman — just in case anyone hasn't yet gotten the message that he intends to run, either for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat, assuming Kruger 1) is convicted of a felony in his corruption trial, which is scheduled to start Jan. 17, or 2) resigns as part of a plea deal; or for the so - called «super» Jewish district Senate Republicans are dreaming of having tailor - made for Fidler's former Council colleague, Simcha Felder.
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The Democratic Party and California need your efforts as we work to take our country back, elect a Democratic Congress, and support Democratic candidates for City Council and School Board seats.
-- Bronx Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, who shelled out more money than any Council candidate on record in his quest to take over the Throggs Neck and Pelham Bay seat being vacated by Jimmy Vacca, won narrowly over district leader Marjorie Velazquez, who got Vacca's backing.
Letitia James, of Brooklyn, became the first WFP - backed candidate to win a City Council seat, in 2003; last November, the party broke through citywide, helping to elect Bill de Blasio as public advocate and John Liu as comptroller.
«Beat the Heat, Check the Back Seat» is the brainchild of College of Veterinary Medicine employees Hollie Lee and Sharron Barney, who serve on the Auburn University Staff Council's Health and -LSB-...]
When Canada was running for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council back in 2006 our election pledges included to consider ratification.