Sentences with phrase «face primaries this year»

She's facing a primary this year, and Democrats have added her to their target list too.

For the first time, Cuomo openly said that he would oppose the Senate Independent Democratic Conference: «Either they announce that they agree to come back to the Democratic Party, or they will face primaries this year from our unified Democratic coalition.»

«Either they announce that they agree to come back to the Democratic Party, or they will face primaries this year from our unified Democratic coalition,» Cuomo said.

In an overture to the left - leaning Working Families Party, Cuomo said last weekend that the members of the Independent Democratic Conference would either agree that they will return to the Democratic conference, or they would face primaries this year from a unified Democratic Party.

Not exact matches

Party member Hong said that they had based the bill on research conducted between his office and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and reiterated that last years» government concerns could be addressed by more clarity: «The primary goal (of the legislation) is helping remove uncertainties facing blockchain - related businesses.»

But the unity effort has done little to dampen the primary challenges former IDC members are expected to face later this year.

This means that Republican senators who could face a primary challenge (from the right) have a strong incentive not to cooperate and approve a nominee before next year.

Cuomo this year faces his own political challenge from the left in the form of a primary waged by actress and public education advocate Cynthia Nixon.

But Rangel refused, and now he is again seeking re-election, facing multiple primary challengers — including Sen. Adriano Espaillat — and insisting he intends to serve out a full two - year term if the voters return him to D.C., despite persistent speculation that he will retire mid-term in hopes of controlling the selection of his successor.

Klein and the IDC faces primary challenges this year and the relationship to achieve legislative victories like minimum wage increases and efforts to strengthen abortion rights in New York added strains over the years.

The former member of the now - defunct Independent Democratic Conference faces a primary challenge this year from Robert Jackson, a former New York City councilman.

Rangel is once again facing a heated Democratic primary this year, facing off against state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who narrowly lost in 2012, along with the Rev. Michael Walron and Yolanda Garcia.

Alcantara is among the former IDC lawmakers who continue to face primary challenges from Democrats this year.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is predicting that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will face a «spirited» Democratic primary in his re-election bid this year and says he won't be able to run as a moderate for president in 2020.

The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is facing mulitple primary challengers for the second year in a row, took his «Republican colleagues» to task for refusing to heed Obama's call for the so - called Buffett Rule to help pay for extending the measure that reduced the interest rate from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent.

Roger Stone this morning came to the defense of John Haggerty, calling Manhattan DA Cy Vance's indictment of the Queens operative «outrageous» and insisting that Mayor Bloomberg would have faced a $ 15 million to $ 20 million GOP primary last year had it not been for Haggerty's efforts.

The event included Sen. Marisol Alcantara, one of the newer members of the IDC who faces a competitive primary challenge from former City Councilman Robert Jackson next year.

Cuomo is facing a primary opponent this year in Cynthia Nixon, an actress and activist.

And Cuomo, who still hasn't told the public about what he knew of Silver's and Skelos» illegal activities as he shuttered the doors on the corruption - fighting Moreland Commission, is clearly the runner - up as Loser of the Year — with talk increasing that he'll face a challenge in the Democratic primary should he seek re-election in 2018.

But there has been political tension between the governor and Mr. Klein, who may face a primary challenge from Oliver Koppell, a former assemblyman and City Council member from the Bronx, who served as state attorney general for a year during the administration of Mr. Cuomo's father.

The party this year is facing one its biggest challenges since its inception, endorsing and nominating Cynthia Nixon for governor, the Democratic primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Gregory faces a Democratic primary against activist Liuba Grechen Shirley, who has raised $ 120,000 from small donors this year.

Coakley has raised over $ 4 million more than Brown in the Senate campaign, but because she faced a competitive primary, she began the year with a more modest financial advantage.

A year that began with concerns among members of his team over whether Arizona Sen. John McCain would face a viable primary challenger from his right is ending with the fifth - term Republican looking mostly unfazed.

DeFrancisco, who has never been shy in his criticism of Cuomo, said he won't run in a GOP primary for governor, should one materialize, nor is he particularly interested in facing off against Democratic Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, whom he counts as a friend, and whose name surfaced this week as a potential primary challenger to the governor next year.

Zephyr Teachout isn't planning another run for governor, but does expect incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo will face a primary challenge once again next year.

Four years later Greenwich businessman Tom Foley, the 2010 nominee, was the clear favorite for the Republican nomination, winning 57 percent of the delegate vote, though he still faced a primary challenger, then - state Sen. John McKinney.

States with elections in 2014 held fewer general elections between partisan candidates, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.

The July filing with the state Campaign Finance Board revealed that state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village) and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) will be facing competition during this fall's primary from upstart Democrats Clyde Vanel and Lynn Nunes, respectively, who challenged other longtime incumbents in last year's City Council races.

Four Republicans crossed the aisle to help pass gay marriage in New York last year, and three of them are running for re-election this year, Senators Mark Grisanti, Steve Saland and Roy McDonald, are all facing primary challengers that have come out on the opposite side of the marriage issue.

Cuomo faced a primary challenge from Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout in 2014, who garnered 34 percent of the vote that year.

Even better for progressive prospects, relatively few incumbent Democrats will face challengers in the primaries this year, saving money and allowing them to focus on building support for the longer term.

Mrs. Mahama said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), report in the year 2015, indicated that sub-Saharan Africaremains the home to the largest out of school population of children in the world and although Ghana continue to face its our own challenges, it had achieved universal enrolment of children in primary school.

The table below shows the number of incumbents who ran for re-election and faced primary challengers in odd - year elections between 2010 and 2017.

He was not similarly challenged this year, although there's talk he'll face another primary in 2012 from Columbia graduate student Ed Chen.

(CNN)- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a major conservative, pro-business group, is showing its support for Sen. Dick Lugar with hundreds of thousands of direct mail pieces, just days before the longtime senator faces his biggest primary challenge in 35 years.

The winner of the primary between Liedy and Luthmann will face off against Republican James Oddo for the seat, currently filled by James Molinaro, who will be term - limited out of office at the end of the year.

Mangano's inaction, widely expected in political circles, likely means that his eight - year tenure as Nassau's top elected official will end Dec. 31 and ensures that former state Sen. Jack Martins will be the GOP county executive nominee without facing a primary.

Two years ago in his bid for reelection, Cuomo faced a spirited primary challenge from his left, a race that exposed some liberals» frustration with Cuomo, the scion of a Democratic icon.

The comments come at a time when Cuomo, who is set to seek reelection next year, has been taking heat from the left wing of the Democratic party for not doing enough to unify the fractured Senate Democrats and could face a primary.

On New York's third primary night of this election year, state legislative races in New York City were almost all Democratic and many incumbents did not face intra-party challenges.

Hatch, who is running next year for a seventh term in the Senate, is facing opposition from some in the tea party movement, including FreedomWorks, a major DC - based conservative grassroots organization that is actively working to find a candidate to take on Hatch in next year's primary.

Wouldn't it sell some newspapers if this very odd couple could face off in a Democratic primary later this year?

Additionally, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.

The winner of the primary faces incumbent Assemblyman Al Stirpe, a Democrat first elected to the district 10 years ago.

The IDC is under intense pressure this year, with its members facing Democratic primaries from progressives who accuse them of enabling the Republicans to say in power.

Mr. Zeldin will face George Demos in a primary next year.

Cuomo, who had faced Teachout in a gubernatorial primary in 2014, did not endorse in the 19th congressional district race last year, a swing district race that sent Faso to Congress.

Cuomo also faces a primary challenge this year against Cynthia Nixon, an education advocate and actress who has criticized the governor for working too closely with Republicans.

Cynthia Nixon, the «Sex and the City» television star who faces Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor has released tax returns showing she and her wife reported income of $ 1.9 million last year, according to multiple news reports.