Sentences with phrase «district in a presidential election year»

After pulling 33 percent in the Democratic primary against a sitting governor just two years ago, Teachout seems a good bet to get the House nomination now — and a real threat to win even a Republican - leaning district in a presidential election year.

Not exact matches

They will represent districts Democrats carried with big margins in presidential election years — seats the newly minted Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján will probably want back.

But until polls are released suggesting otherwise, there's no reason to think Gipson will enjoy the turnout edge that Democrats typically benefit from in presidential election years: The district contains parts of Dutchess and Putnam counties, both of which went to Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary and overwhelmingly to Donald Trump in the GOP's contest.

The constituency, which was previously under the West Akim district, has over the years voted massively for the governing National Democratic Congress NDC in both parliamentary and presidential elections.

Kingson said he likes the chances for a Democrat to recapture the 24th District in 2016, a presidential election year that is likely to have former U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D - N.Y., at the top of the Democratic ticket.

The Hudson Valley Senate district has long been eyed by Democrats as a possible pickup opportunity, especially given the presidential election year in which down - ballot Democratic candidates tend to do better.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerdistrict for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of PuerDistrict of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

But between the new district lines and the Democratic enrollment edge in a presidential election year, the Republicans are probably going to need every penny to assist members in tough general election battles, and perhaps in trying to help non-incumbents like Bob Cohen, who's making his second attempt at winning retiring Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat.

Dadey said he wants a strong Republican candidate with the ability to hold the seat in a presidential election year, which favors Democrats and their small enrollment advantage in the district.

The 13th CD spans two assembly districts where Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump 5 to 1 (80AD) and 3 - 1 (82AD) in last year's presidential election.

But Democrats outnumber Republicans by 63,000 in the district, an enrollment advantage that could be difficult to assail in a presidential election year that will boost turnout dramatically.

The Independence Party in the past two elections has meant about 4,900 votes in the First District — less than 2 percent of the vote in a presidential year.

But Democrats in the Senate typically make gains in a presidential election years, and they are playing offense in districts on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley (Republicans want to flip a western New York seat as well as a district in Westchester County).

Hannon is running for re-election in a Nassau County Senate district Democrats have long coveted, especially in presidential election years when his margins of victory are often smaller than in non-presidential cycles.

A swing district more beneficial to Democrats in presidential years, it could buoy Ms. Teachout with a large Democratic turnout for the presidential election this November.

While the 1st Congressional District has traditionally been flipped in mid-term election years, the current political climate makes it difficult to predict whether it could turn Democrat again without the boost in voter turnout typically seen in a presidential election year, when the party benefits from increased participation by minority and female voters.

Since the 1952 election, the 1st District seat has flipped just three times in a presidential year, but each time it turned over in favor of the party that won the presidency.

Katko is also the first Republican to win the 24th District seat in a presidential election year since 2004, when Walsh won his ninth term.

«But heading into a presidential election year in his district — which has flipped back and forth between the two parties in the 2010 and 2014 GOP waves — the seat is prime for a flip again this cycle,» Rothenberg and Gonzales wrote.

Two years later, the GOP's Mitt Romney carried the district by 4 points in the presidential election.

«Nothing that happens on Tuesday is a reflection of what's likely to happen a year from now in a presidential election year, high turnout year, when there are real campaigns going on across the state in a variety of districts between the Democrats and Republicans for control of the Senate.

The group points to President Barack Obama's performance in the 24th Congressional District — he won the district in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote — as they make the case that Katko can be defeated in 2016, a presidential electiDistrict — he won the district in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote — as they make the case that Katko can be defeated in 2016, a presidential electidistrict in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote — as they make the case that Katko can be defeated in 2016, a presidential election year.

The 24th District race wouldn't be a close contest if the same people who voted in the presidential election in 2012 voted this year, Clinton said.

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