Sentences with phrase «district in a presidential year»

I can't imagine those Republicans will be very happy to welcome a lot of new Democrats into their respective districts in a presidential year.

His was not an impressive run, falling to a freshman Republican in a new district in a presidential year where Obama carried the environs by four points.

announced Thursday he will not run for re-election, putting Republicans in a tough spot to hold the southeastern Minnesota district in a presidential year.

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Those include 23 districts where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defeated Trump and various others that Republicans took away from Democrats in recent years.

He lost during the last presidential voting year in a district that was gerrymandered for him and he has contributed nothing since then... get a real opponent and he will lose by a large margin.

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Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

He finished fewer than a thousand votes (less than 1 percentage point) behind Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter in the 25th District in 2014, but doesn't look poised for victory this year unless Donald Trump's presidential candidacy floats all GOP boats.

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.

Florida Rep. John L. Mica's 7th District got bluer after recent redistricting, giving Democrats hope of knocking him off in a presidential year.

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.

Republicans, who are defending many more competitive seats in the House this year, are trying to keep pressure on Democratic recruits in districts that Democrats have been hoping to pick off during a presidential year.

But given the swing nature of her northern Virginia district and the higher turnout expected in a presidential year, Democrats say if they're going to take the seat, this is the time.

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.

Voter turnout is higher in presidential years and while New York is expected to go to Obama, the voting history within the district suggests otherwise.

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.

Farenthold's margin — 775 votes — and the overwhelmingly Hispanic nature of the 27th district make it a very tough hold for him in a presidential year.

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.

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney carried the 1st District by a 3 - point margin in 2012, while McCain carried it by the same spread four years earlier.

Even if all goes as planned for Jacobs, the huge enrollment advantage means the district isn't unwinnable for Democrats in a presidential year.

But they've fielded competitive challengers in most of these 10 districts, which, combined with the partisan fundamentals of these seats in a presidential year, make these 10 members the most likely to be looking for new jobs in 2017.

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.

Higher turnout in a presidential year will make the environment favorable to any Democrat who decides to run in the swing district, however.

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.

Taking all into account (drop off in vote totals because not a Presidential year) and poor primary performance by Ney and Space's base in Tuscarawas; anywhere from 233,000 to 285,000 votes will be cast in the district.

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.

And with the district's historic inclination to support Democrats in presidential years (Obama carried the district by an 11 - point margin in 2012), the seat could be a challenge for Republicans in 2016.

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.

That's not surprising given that 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney carried the 14th District by a slim 3 - point margin in last year's presidential race.

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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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.

Brendan Quinn, a former director of the Republican State Committee and an adviser to Brabanec's campaign, said the area was «a moderate district that she won because of the presidential race and in a different year she probably would not have won.»

«These districts are volatile districts where the Democrats won in the presidential year,» he said.

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