Sentences with phrase «elections in the state senate»

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Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones are neck and neck in Alabama ahead of the state's special election on December 12.

On the elections front, Zuckerberg highlighted efforts to identify misinformation and remove «tens of thousands» of fake accounts sharing content related to elections in France and Germany, as well as a special Senate election in the United States.

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence panel told USA TODAY that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked to the website The Intercept.

He spent more than $ 60 million to win election in 2000 to the United States Senate from New Jersey on a liberal platform.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

In last night's elections two states passed gay marriage laws, two states legalized marijuana for recreational use, and an openly gay woman was elected to the US Senate.

In the 2008 Presidential Election he correctly predicted the winner of 49 out of 50 states (and all 35 Senate races).

The candidates vying to fill the Westchester County state Senate district have in recent days began to coalesce around issues ahead of what's expected to be a crucial special election scheduled for April 24.

«That's why we need to win two special elections at the end of this month, why we need to win primary challenges to IDC members, and why we need to elect progressive majorities in both the State Senate and Congress come November.»

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

The IDC announced earlier this month it would dissolve and its members would rejoin the Democratic conference in the state Senate, ahead of a broader push to give Democrats control of the chamber after a pair of seats are filled in an April 24 special election.

Onjeh had earlier wrote a petition at the state tribunal, where Justice Dipeolu in October upheld the election of the former Senate president.

In the 41st Senate District, though the final vote count from the state Board of Elections isn't available yet, the WFP says it's likely its voters also provided a critical margin of victory for Democratic Senator - elect Terry Gipson over GOP Sen. Steve Saland.

«We're going to be looking at the coming election season,» said Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Nathan Schaefer in an interview on Sunday, «and we're going to be investing everything we can to make sure we elect a pro-LGBT state Senate.&rState Pride Agenda Executive Director Nathan Schaefer in an interview on Sunday, «and we're going to be investing everything we can to make sure we elect a pro-LGBT state Senate.&rstate Senate.»

A Long Island Republican wants the state Board of Elections to expand an investigation into the use of county party committees by de Blasio and his team to help Senate Democratic candidates in 2014.

In a Middletown Times Herald - Record OpEd (subscription needed), Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver calls out the Senate GOP for refusing to move the state primaries to June 26 and forcing local governments to pay for a fourth election.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

Judging by the mail in what is expected to be a pivotal state Senate election, Democrat Shelley Mayer will do the bidding of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio if elevated to the upper chamber of the Legislature.

This means Republicans will stay in power in the Senate, even if Democrats gain a numeric, 32 - member majority in the state Senate, which could happen after two special elections are held today.

Both candidates in the 40th state Senate district race — GOP Sen. Greg Ball and Democrat Justin Wagner — are hoping to win the Green Party line through an opportunity to ballot in Thursday's primary elections.

«We are proud to announce the endorsement of Chris McGrath for State Senate in the Special Election for New York State Senate's Ninth District,» said PBA President Pat Lynch.

That's a clear indication of the cancerous results such monies spawn — the, «Perpetuation & Maintenance» of an IDC Coalition, bought into being by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which denied Democrat Voters the «Majority» role in the NYS State Senate for 2 Election cycles now!

Not - so - bold prediction: online ads, online recruiting, online messaging, online mobilization and online fundraising can (and will) make a difference in elections for the Senate, Congress and state and local offices in 2012.

The IDC is rebuffing calls for unity from Democrats and liberal pressure groups to re-join the mainline conference of Democrats in the state Senate — calls that have intensified after the election of Brian Benjamin, who gives Democrats a numerical majority in the chamber.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the seat of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, accused his GOP opponent, Chris McGrath, of «cozying up» to a pro-Common Core group that funded a $ 1.2 million ad buy in advance of the April 19 special election.

A state Board of Elections memorandum made public last week details allegations of a complex partnership between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a number of political consulting firms and labor unions and also county Democratic committees to influence contested state Senate races in 2014.

The state Senate next year will likely once again be a flash point in 2018 when all 213 seats in the Legislature are up for election.

A Siena College poll released Saturday morning found Republican Chris McGrath has opened an 8 - percentage point over Democrat Todd Kaminsky in the battleground special election to replace Dean Skelos in the state Senate.

Acting as the de facto head of the state Democratic Party, Andrew Cuomo this weekend personally convened a meeting with representatives of all the statewide campaigns as well as the state Senate and Assembly committees in hopes of presenting a united front in the final weeks of the general election campaign.

Democratic state Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky is reporting having $ 296,132 in cash on hand for the final push in the special election to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a Nassau County district.

«Through my first hard fought campaigns and since my election to the State Senate in 2002, we have worked together on advancing a common - sense progressive agenda,» the Manhattan Democrat writes.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

Viloria - Fisher spoke about property tax relief — an issue Cuomo has made part of his campaign platform and one that is crucial to voters in the suburbs, which are expected to be a battleground in the upcoming general election — particularly in the fight for control of the state Senate.

If the Republicans are to maintain their razor - thin edge in the state Senate in the November elections, they will now have to do so without the benefit of three incumbents — including two of their more venerable members: DeFrancisco and John Bonacic, a Hudson Valley lawmaker who recently announced his retirement.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is doubling down on his commitment to push legislation addressing ethics reform in Albany if elected to the State Senate during next week's special election.

The powerful labor union 1199 SEIU endorsed Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath on Friday in the crucial special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in Nassau County.

Liberal advocates had been upset with the timing of the special election, namely holding it after the state budget is expected to be approved, thus giving Republicans in the Senate a chance to negotiate the spending plan.

«These electoral wins are part of the «blue wave» sweeping our state and nation which will help even more Senate Democratic candidates win in the upcoming General Election,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

-- Ken Lovett joins us ahead of the general election to discuss the balance of power in the State Senate.

From the outset, it has been clear that next Tuesday's special election in New York's 37th State Senate District is no ordinary contest; the race in Westchester County will help determine the balance of power in Albany.

That may still be the case, but a sharp - edged piece of politics is being wedged in the discussion this month as well in the form of a special election that could decide the future of the narrowly divided state Senate.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

The politically key 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East on Tuesday will endorse Democratic state Senate candidate Shelley Mayer in the closely watched special election to fill the 37th district in Westchester County.

After Tuesday's special election, Democrats will once again make up a majority of New York's State Senate, giving New York the opportunity to become the seventh state in the nation with a completely Democratic state government,» Ellison said in the stateState Senate, giving New York the opportunity to become the seventh state in the nation with a completely Democratic state government,» Ellison said in the statestate in the nation with a completely Democratic state government,» Ellison said in the statestate government,» Ellison said in the statement.

«This special election for the State Senate is crucial for the future of New York women, especially in the era of Trump.

«With the certification of John's election, Senate Democrats have gained two Senators on Long Island in less than a year and once again a majority of the State Senate are Democrats.

Former President Obama's chief of staff said the United States» response to Russian meddling in the 2016 election was «watered down» at the insistence of U.S. Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.

«We are proud to endorse Shelley Mayer for State Senate in this crucial special election,» said Helen Schaub, the union's vice president of policy and legislation.

Mayer, a member of the state Assembly from Yonkers, faces Republican Julie Killian in a special election to the fill the suburban Senate district in an April 24 special election.

But the State Party pulled the trigger a little early and now the IDC is in the uncompromising position of working with the Senate Republicans for the next several months to help deliver the budget only to publicly undermine them a few weeks later when special elections are called to fill two vacancies.