Sentences with phrase «faced challengers»

He was first elected to an open seat in 2012 when he faced challengers in both the primary and general election.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Three of the four out LGBT members of the State Assembly faced challengers in this week's Democratic primary, but all prevailed easily, two of them by massive landslides.

Internal nomination contests are not the only area Mr. Anders has faced challengers.

In Waukegan's primary, Mayor Bill Durkin faces challenger Margaret Carrasco.

Primary elections will happen in the fall and every IDC member will face a challenger.

He did not face a challenger in the primary.

Rep. Mike Arcuri, who lost the WFP line due to his «no» vote on health care reform and is facing a challenger with three lines (GOP, Indy and Conservative), yesterday filed 7,301 signatures to create an independent line of his own: NY Moderates.

Comrie, facing challenger Clyde Vanel in Tuesday's Democratic primary, laid down some of the solutions he -LSB-...]

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.

He does not face any challengers.

State Assembly candidate Aravella Simotas will face no challengers in her bid for Assemblyman Michael Gianaris's (D - Astoria) seat after John Ciafone dropped out of the race last week.

In New York's North Country, the key primary race finds incumbent Republican Janet Duprey facing challenger Karen Bisso in a rematch.

Sixth Ward: incumbent Councilman Richard Conti will again face challenger James Ader, who secured the Independence Party line.

Brandes haul follows a big March, when he bolstered his campaign account with $ 300,000 of his own after he learned he would be facing a challenger in the fall.

He faced challenger Austin Harig, an 18 - year - old Hutch Tech senior.

While the mayoral election is still more than a year away, political insiders have increasingly been chattering about whether Mr. de Blasio will face a challenger from within his own party.

Ellis hasn't faced a challenger in the last three elections.

And while Reps. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), Joe Crowley (D - Queens / Bronx)-- head of the Queens Democratic Party and House Democratic Caucus chairman — and Carolyn Maloney (D - Manhattan) are popular incumbents, they are facing challengers — mostly millennials — for the first time in years.

(Gallo will still face challenger Steve Noble in Sept. 10's Democratic primary.)

The action comes five days before the school board elections, in which Figueroa faces challengers.

Incumbent Anthony Palumbo (R - New Suffolk) is facing challenger Tom Schiliro (D - Manorville) in the race.

- Rochester Mayor, where incumbent Democrat Lovely Warren seeks a 2nd term, facing challengers including Republican County Legislator Tony Micciche, Green Party candidate Alex White and Lori Thomas, an independent candidate.

The city's two incumbent state senators, and two of its House members, all Democrats, face challengers.

In one of the country's more unusual systems, a candidate running for state - wide office in Utah must garner at least 60 percent of the delegates» votes if they are facing a challenger.

A couple of House Republicans face challengers in Shelton and Winsted.

The request comes as Lynch faces a challenger in the union's June elections, for the first time since his first re-election in 2003.

While not up for re-election until 2018, Stefanik already faces challengers from both sides of the aisle.

NEW BRITAIN — At least four members of the city's legislative delegation are seeking re-election this year, but it's not yet clear how many will face challengers in November.Republican leaders this week announced first - time candidate Desiree Agosta is...

NY1 hosts the first general election debate in the race for mayor as Mayor Bill de Blasio faces his challengers, Republican Nicole Malliotakis and Independent Bo Dietl, from Symphony Space on the Upper West Side.

WILLIAMSBURG — City councilman Antonio Reynoso who represents parts of Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Bushwick and Ridgewood, Queens, in the 34th City Council District may face a challenger in next year's election.

For example, Queens Democratic Assemblymember Michael DenDekker is running unopposed in the general election after facing no challenger in the primary.

He was uncontested for the Republican nomination this year and will not face a challenger in November either, despite Democrats outnumbering Republicans 2 - to - 1 in the district, which largely covers Southern Brooklyn.

Southern Brooklyn's 42nd Assembly District incumbent Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte also faces a challenger in the Democratic primary, hers from Victor Jordan, who received 6 percent of the vote to Bichotte's 49 percent in the 2014 primary.

Winners of the Democratic primary for city chief auditor and Common Council president also will face challengers who snagged minor party lines for the general election.

But he faces a challenger, Erik Stevens (Michael B. Jordan), who wants to export Wakanda's weapons to the outside world.

Among the remaining 112 who sought to retain their seats, more than one - third, 45, did not face a challenger.

If a district's test - score change fell in the 25th rather than the 75th percentile, we estimate that an incumbent experienced an 18 - percentage - point increase in the probability of facing a challenger.

Our basic approach in this analysis was to compare the probability of running (or running and facing a challenger) between incumbents who oversaw districts with stronger and weaker year - over-year test scores.

Herbert will face a challenger for the Republican nomination in next year's primary election though, as Overstock.com Chairman of the Board Jonathan Johnson thinks that it is time for a change in Utah's leadership.

Warren Fletcher's three - year term as UTLA President is heading into its last year, and while the teachers union election is a long way off it seems likely that he will face a challenger or two.

(Nashville, Tenn.) November 2, 2017 — As a UFC fighter, Cody «No Love» Garbrandt knows what it's like to win a fight — to face a challenger head on and defeat him blood, sweat, tears, and all.

Not exact matches

On stage in Detroit, real estate mogul Donald Trump faced off against his three remaining Republican challengers in the presidential race: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas; and John Kasich, the governor of Ohio.

YouTube faces an array of challengers, from Facebook to Vine to Snapchat.

The challenger would have to argue that Trump has made the country a laughingstock that doesn't get respect anymore, Trump does not seem to win, Trump seems to dither with indecision when faced with difficult national security choices, Trump lets other countries attack America without responding, and Trump ties himself in rhetorical knots to avoid naming obvious enemies.

Clinton will face some Democratic challengers as well.

In 2014 and 2016, Murphy didn't even face a Democratic challenger.

The electric car company, once hyped as a legitimate challenger to Tesla Motors, is possibly facing insurmountable challenges.

While Fitbit faces stiff competition from device makers such as Garmin Ltd (GRMN.O), Jawbone and Misfit, its biggest challenger could be Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) recently launched Apple Watch, which sports several health - related features and apps.

It appears that the most expensive race between two candidates was in Calgary - Elbow, where Premier Alison Redford faced Wildrose Party challenger James Cole.

Lethbridge First - term MP Jim Hillyer is facing two challengers for the Conservative nomination in the new Lethbridge riding.