Sentences with phrase «divide election districts»

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On one hand, their districts are closely divided, and they need to display independence from the liberal House Democratic leadership in order to appeal to the centrist, swing voters who will likely make the difference between winning and losing in the 2014 elections.

It would not have been that hard to divide Iowa into four districts where two were Republican and two were Democrat such that only a huge wave election could have resulted in three Republicans winning.

The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania's Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early this morning — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that the president won by nearly 20 percentage points.

The election in the narrowly Democratic district could determine which party controls the closely divided state Senate in January.

Although many New York Assembly Districts contain multiple Democratic clubs whose jurisdictions are divided into the various Parts of the Assembly District, the Lexington Democratic Club is the «official» Democratic Club for the entire 73rd Assembly District and accordingly, its members have substantial influence in the election of six District Leaders and two State Committee representatives.

NY - 24 is a pretty evenly divided district, with 141,823 active registered Democrats, 140,099 Republicans and 100,647 so - called «blanks» as of April, according to the state Board of Elections.

Like if there are 100,000 Party A voters and 100,000 Party B voters to be divided among 10 districts, a fair election should presumably result in 5 winners for party A and 5 for party B.

If a petition is circulated after redistricting and before the next gubernatorial election, the number of qualified electors in each district is equal to the total number of votes cast for governor statewide divided by the total number of districts.

And while Weprin has a strong advantage among voters 55 and under, the two candidates are evenly divided among voters 55 and older, a large and influential voting bloc in the district, especially in a special election.

This is notable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Katko's district, NY - 24, is fairly closely divided and has changed hands between the major parties over the past several election cycles, which means whoever the incumbent is needs NOT to hew too closely to the party leadership and orthodoxy.

In some more sparsely populated areas of the state, the districts are further divided into subdistricts for the election of delegates.

Despite revisions to the court - drawn plan, Brown argued that the map still inappropriately divided counties and, due to staggered Senate elections, would leave at least one district without representation until 2014.

That alone might be controversy enough for a school district, but after the 2015 election yielded a divided board, discord rose to new heights.

Divided Over L.A. Unified One nasty election later, there is no sign that the divisiveness in the Los Angeles Unified School District will abate.

This week, despite fears of lowered attendance tied to economic uncertainty following the U.S. election, or to the spread of the Zika virus, this committed set showed up in droves in Miami, dividing their time across ambitious museum and gallery openings, public art installations, more than 20 satellite fairs, and the just - opened Faena arts district.