Sentences with phrase «current voting districts»

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(Also in the running were former NYC Councilman / current Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky, who was the only white candidate in the race and drew fire by moving into the district to take advantage of the split black vote; former Sen. Carl Andrews, and Owens» son, Chris).

Warren even lost her home district to current Mayor Tom Richards by 14 votes.

An additional district, depending on how it's drawn, could help the GOP strengthen its current slim one vote majority in the Senate.

In Illinois» 3rd District — a seat held by Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski — 34 percent of his current supporters said they would be less likely to vote for Lipinski if he opposed the Equality Act.

He has boasted about his ability to work with the current Republican leadership, and has been helpful to the conference's efforts to hang onto the majority, from his approval of a majority - gerrymandered district map to his general - election endorsement of a Republican incumbent who had voted for same - sex marriage.

President Obama carried Higgins» current district with just 55 percent of the vote in 2008 and if his lines change even slightly, it could impact his re-election chances — paticularly if he has to face off against a fellow Democrat first.

Perkins took 3,750 of the just 11,150 votes cast in the low - turnout race for the uptown district, which most recently belonged to Assemblywoman Inez Dickens, who bowed out of the Council after assuming her current seat last month.

«I think this referendum is very important because this country had a lot of problems with the current system,» 27 - year - old Ozcan Ayata told CNN in Ankara Sunday after voting at a local school in the Sogutozu district.

Stith, the third member of the board's current voting majority, added that he and his colleagues consider the commissioner's visit to be beneficial because, in his view, the district needs more funds from Albany.

Huey's current second - place showing in a district where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by almost two - to - one can largely be attributed to a split Democratic vote between Hahn, Bowen, and Democratic activist Marcy Winograd, who garnered 9.5 percent of the vote.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One year after Nikolai Vitti left Jacksonville to take over Detroit's public school system, the Duval County School Board voted to offer Dr. Diana Greene, current superintendent of Florida's Manatee County School District, the job as Jacksonville's top educator.

Many districts have recently voted to increase the per - square - foot fees they are allowed to charge home builders under current conditions.

When her district's current state senator, Adam Driggs, voted in favor of this year's discriminatory SB 1062, she made the decision to run for his seat in the Senate so that her fellow LD 28 constituents could be represented by someone who would advocate for the rights and dignity of all Arizonans.