All five were vying to run against state Sen. Jack Martins (R - Old Westbury) in the November general
election in a district in which Nassau composes 50 percent of the registered voters, compared with 30 percent in Suffolk and 20 percent in Queens.
He was trying to point out that there were
elections in that district last month, and Orthodox Jewish leaders have consistently been re-elected to the board by large margins.
NY1's Courtney Gross reported on Friday that it may have been in an effort to vote in a contentious 2016
congressional election in the district encompassing the Montauk address Nixon used to register, which is listed on her 2017 Manhattan BOE form as her prior voting address.
«Our first five endorsees are
seeking election in districts that face very different transportation issues,» said Peter Frishauf, a board member of StreetsPAC.
The Court of Appeal had last year nullified Mr. Mark from the Senate and ordered the Independent National Electoral Election to conduct a
fresh election in the district.
Hunter won his
previous elections in the district by high double digits, beginning in 2008, when he succeeded his father, who served in Congress for almost three decades.
Gabriella Rosa forfeited her seat in the state Assembly on Friday, after pleading guilty to two counts of falsifying information to the federal government prior to her 2012
election in a district in Upper Manhattan.
A candidate of a new political party must file signatures equal to at least one - tenth of 1 percent of the total votes cast for the winning presidential or gubernatorial candidate at the last
general election in the district the candidate seeks to represent.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not yet called a
special election in the district, although with the passage by both the Senate and Assembly this week of his bill to extend the special election timeline, an announcement could be imminent.
In past
congressional elections in the district, Democratic votes have rivaled Republican votes, but relatively large totals on the Conservative and Independence Party lines have aided Mr. Grimm.
Between the general elections of 1999 and 2003, New Brunswick held three provincial by -
elections in the districts of Campbellton, Caraquet, and Kent South.
Incumbent from the 23rd District, Bill Owens won
the election in the district.
Incumbent from the 3rd District, Peter T. King won
the election in the district.
Democrat Sean Maloney won
the election in the district.
«If you look at the last two
elections in the district,» he volunteered, «the combination of Republican and Conservative votes outnumbered Democratic and Working Families votes by about 10,000.»
Unless endorsed by a party that has a slot on the ballot, a congressional candidate has to collect signatures on a petition from 1 percent of those who voted in the last
election in the district.
Republican Josie Tomkow and Democrat Ricky Shirah are running in the May 1
election in District 39, which includes parts of Polk and Osceola counties.
The Democratic primary is tantamount to the general
election in this district, which President Barack Obama carried with 66 percent in 2012.
The winner of the Democratic Party primary is expected to win the November general
election in the district.
Rangel, who called it an «awkward race,» also noted the historic nature of
the election in a district that has been represented by two African - Americans since Adam Clayton Powell Jr. took office in 1945.
The Green Party contested
an election in the district for the first time, putting up a candidate in every ward and coming fourth in terms of vote share.
Notably, UKIP came a close second and gained 4 seats, despite not previously contesting
an election in the district.
Republican Josie Tomkow and Democrat Ricky Shirah face off in the special
election in District 39, which includes parts of Polk and Osceola counties.
By comparison, fewer than one - third of the board members reported that business groups were «very» or «somewhat» active in
elections in their districts.
His union, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, spent $ 150,000 on
the elections in its district.