Sentences with phrase «election on the working families»

Richardson — who initially won a four - way, 2015 special election on the Working Families Party line — scored a one - year conditional discharge of the charges against her in July, court records show.

The former councilman's most prominent opponent is Kimberly Council, an East New York activist who ran against Espinal for the City Council seat, losing both in the Democratic primary and the general election on the Working Families Party line.

Not exact matches

The election cycle happily fading into the rear - view mirror brought the sorry condition of many white working - class communities to national attention; no one tells the story of one part of that world, its strengths and its pathologies, better than J.D. Vance in Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Harper)-- a tough and occasionally hilarious book that also suggests, inadvertently, an enormous evangelical failure on the part of both Protestants and Catholics.

«The next election» said Kirsty Walk on Newsnight on November 12th «will at least be partly fought on the parties» understanding of how modern families work».

Among those she defeated were Newell and former Assemblywoman Alice Cancel, whom the disgraced speaker helped install to represent his district via an April special election in which Niou ran unsuccessfully on the Working Families Party line.

One such law requires New Yorkers to vote only on Election Day, creating an artificial barrier to voting for those with personal, family, or work obligations on Election Day.

«I join Senator Kavanagh in urging the Governor to include early voting in the budget so that all New Yorkers can have a fairer government where elections are a right accessible to all rather than a burden on working families,» Senator Leroy Comrie said.

If she loses, her name could still appear on the Working Families Party ballot line in the November general election.

For his part, Schreibman argues that his upbringing — he was the first person in his family to go to college — and his legal work on security issues make him best suited for an election he predicts will be about the economy and national security.

In the primary election on June 24, 2014, Maloney ran uncontested for the Democratic and Working Families Party nominations, but Hayworth defeated him in the Independence Party primary.

This image comes courtesy of New Yorkers for Growth, which is on a tear against the Working Families Party and Democratic gubernatorial Andrew Cuomo's possible acceptance of the labor - backed party's endorsement in the general election.

Diana Richardson (Working Families and Green Parties) defeated Menachem Raitport (Republican and Conservative Parties), Shirley Patterson (Independent Party) and Geoffrey Davis (Love Yourself Party) in the special election on May 5.

Most notably, he's also been endorsed by the Working Families Party, a group that could theoretically provide a general election ballot line in addition to troops on the ground.

That problem would become especially pronounced if the 2018 elections again leave the IDC as king - makers; activists like the Working Families Party would question Gov. Cuomo's commitment to the Democratic Party on the eve of his run for President.

The state's highest court in a ruling on Tuesday found that a special prosecutor can continue an investigation into whether the labor - backed Working Families Party broke election laws during a 2009 Staten Island city council race.

As a coalition of labor groups, Working Families Party activists and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have agreed to help Democrats retake the Senate, Independent Democratic Conference will remain in tact through Election Day, Sen. Diane Savino on Thursday insisted to reporters.

``... And not just to flip it to Democrat control, but to flip it to Working Families - style Democrats so we can actually get this quite important agenda on minimum wage, on public funding of elections, on marijuana decriminalization, on the Women's Equality Act.»

In the 2016 general election, Kennedy ran unopposed, on the Democratic, Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality ballot lines and received 89,650 votes.

On Sept. 13, Democratic and Working Families candidate Nily Rozic, of Fresh Meadows, bested Iannece, the Independence candidate, in the Democratic state Assembly primary with roughly 500 more votes, according to official results from the city Board of Elections.

Helsmoortel, all of whose votes in the Independence primary came via write - in will appear on the Democratic and Working Families lines in the general election.

I urge all Latinos and progressives to join me in voting for the entire Working Families Party ballot line on Election Day.

Past midnight on Election Night, Majestic had 1,002 votes on the Republican and Conservative Party lines; challenger Lisa Lindsley was breathing down her neck with 981 votes on the Democratic, Working Families and Women's Equality Party lines; and 124 absentee ballots plus an undetermined number of affidavits still remained to be counted.

The special election is on Tuesday, February 23 and Mr. Salamanca, who has support from the Working Families Party and the City Council's Progressive Caucus, faces five other challengers.

«They were not bilingual... They were requesting IDs and making people believe they needed IDs to vote... They removed entire families from the book... They switched the names so they can not be found in the book,» charged Espana Aristay, an Espaillat supporter who worked as a poll watcher in the 72nd Assembly District on Election Day.

Dionisio, who will run in the general election on the Republican, Independence and Working Families lines, said losing the Conservative line — and, therefore, gaining a second opponent on Election Day — does not change the way he will approach the remainder of his celection on the Republican, Independence and Working Families lines, said losing the Conservative line — and, therefore, gaining a second opponent on Election Day — does not change the way he will approach the remainder of his cElection Day — does not change the way he will approach the remainder of his campaign.

Specifically, the Vote Better NY advocates call on lawmakers to adopt the following common - sense reforms: Early voting: (A8582 / S3813B) New Yorkers should have a two - week period including Saturdays and Sundays to ease long lines on Election Day and give voters flexibility as they juggle work and family obligations.

Three months later, eleven upstate county chairs contemplating a special election settled on Dede Scozzafava, a thoroughly moderate Republican who had previously been endorsed by the Working Families Party.

The forms still show the same expenditures that appeared in the aftermath of the 2014 election, including large payments to the Working Families Party, Metropolitan Public Strategies and Global Strategy Group for work on Senate campaigns.

Nixon has not said whether she would stay on the Working Families Party line though the general election, potentially taking votes from Cuomo and helping the Republican candidate.

Only 54 percent of Republicans polled said they would vote for Astorino on either the G.O.P. or Conservative lines if the election were held today, while 25 percent said they would choose Cuomo on either the Democratic, Independence or Working Families Party lines.

This year's special election for state Assembly features two formidable candidates in John McManmon, endorsed by the Democratic, Independence and Working Families parties, and Anthony Palumbo, running on the Republican and Conservative lines.

August 3, 2011: Blue Oregon Has Lengthy Story on Working Families Party August 1, 2011: Four Qualified Minor Parties May Have Contested September Primary in Schenectady, New York Mayoral Race July 24, 2011: New York Special U.S. House Election Will Have 3 Candidates on Ballot July 1, 2011: Pennsylvania Gets its First Working Families Party Office - Holder

Candy Piercy, a close friend and adviser who worked with Kennedy on his final election campaign, said the congregation was predominantly made up of local people who cared for and respected the family: «That's the Highland way.»

A total of 2,593 were cast on the Working Families line in Ulster, compared to 1,936 on the Conservative line and 1,118 on the Independence line, according to the Ulster County Board of Elections.

But in both of these races, a candidate who lost the Democratic primary to Warren appeared on the general election ballot on the Working Families and Independence lines, and the share for that second Democrat decreased from 39 percent to 14 percent.

In a letter of complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Connecticut Working Families Party's executive director, Lindsay Farrell, cited an Oct. 9 Courant article — which reported that Greenberg's campaign committee hadn't listed many rent payments on campaign finance reports from late 2013 into the first part of 2014.

August 1, 2011: Four Qualified Minor Parties May Have Contested September Primary in Schenectady, New York Mayoral Race July 24, 2011: New York Special U.S. House Election Will Have 3 Candidates on Ballot July 1, 2011: Pennsylvania Gets its First Working Families Party Office - Holder

It's a perfect echo of what happened last year in the run - up to the Working Families Party convention, where Cuomo - aligned unions blocked the minor party from endorsing Zephyr Teachout, and spared Cuomo a mainstream, left - flank challenger on the general election ballot.

Come general election time, the Green Party's Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones got more votes than Cuomo did on the Working Families Party line, pushing the WFP down a spot on the ballot.

Earlier this week, Balter filed petitions to the state Board of Elections to appear on the Democratic, Working Families and Women's Equality party lines.

«In the 100 days to the General Election, the NASUWT will be reminding teachers, parents and the public of the impact of the Coalition Government's policies on children and young people and on ordinary working people and their families.

Union members from throughout the state will work together in a coordinated effort to ensure that our endorsed candidates, and in turn an agenda that puts workers and their families first, are successful on election day.»

The labor - backed Working Families Party knocked Cuomo on the night of the election for forming the Women's Equality Party, which it called a «fake party» and blamed him for Democratic defeats.

Chang faces two Democrats for the special election: Alice Cancel, a press - shy candidate who has been linked to Silver allies in the district, and Yuh - Line Niou, a Democrat running on the Working Families Party.

We have supported her in the past, and she won on her second try on the Working Families Party line against the official Democratic Party candidate in a special election.

In the 2004 presidential election, Senator John F. Kerry received 81.8 % of the vote in the Bronx (79.8 % on the Democratic line plus 2 % on the Working Families Party's line) while President George W. Bush received 16.3 % (15.5 % Republican plus 0.85 % Conservative).

The investigation centers on allegations that dozens of absentee ballots were forged or contained false information attributed to voters when the documents were submitted to the Rensselaer County Board of Elections during last September's Working Families Party primary electionsElections during last September's Working Families Party primary electionselections in Troy.

Maybe people do not realize this, but the Working Families Party has a line on the General Election Ballot, and Lynn Schulman, who lost to Karen by only a little over 200 votes in the primary, will be on the WFP's ballot line.

Moskowitz even filed a complaint with the Board of Elections, in which she faulted Stringer for failing to report in - kind contributions from the Working Families Party in the form of phone calls and mailings on his behalf.

Common Councilman Judd Krasher, who is running on the Working Families Party line for his 11th Ward seat in the general election against Democratic primary winner Alfredo Balarin, said including raises for mid - and high - level management is «absurd,» given the continuation of the city's trash fee and a tax increase.