Sentences with phrase «favored successor»

Disgraced ex-Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's long reign in Lower Manhattan is finally over — voters booted his favored successor from his old seat tonight, instead picking a relative newcomer to the district supported by much of the larger Democratic establishment.

Alice Cancel, the former speaker's favored successor, had defeated Niou in an April special election — with plenty of help from his former allies and employees.

The candidate Ms. McCarthy endorsed as her favored successor, Kathleen M. Rice, the Nassau County district attorney, defeated Kevan Abrahams, the minority leader in the County Legislature.

Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright, regarded as Mr. Rangel's favored successor, has blasted several emails to supporters touting the new pay hike as «his big win» while requesting donations for his congressional run.

Assemblyman Keith Wright, the retiring Congressman Charles Rangel «s favored successor, is running to represent the neighborhoods of Harlem, Washington Heights, Marble Hill, Fordham Manor and... Inglewood?

Dickens» favored successor, Larry Blackmon, convinced the Board of Elections to allow him back in the race.

Espaillat will become America's first Dominican - American congressman, so obviously he came out on top — and Rangel and his favored successor, Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright, wound up on bottom.

The Rev. Al Sharpton breathed fire into the red - hot race for retiring Congressman Charles Rangel «s seat — using a weekly live address to endorse Rangel's favored successor and to blast «political gentrification,» «new leadership» and «negroes you ain't never seen before.»

Kathleen Rice: Before she won election to the House of Representatives in 2014, Rice was the hard - charging district attorney from Nassau County — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's favored successor as the state's top prosecutor.

The only explanation was that he was looking to thwart the State Senator's congressional hopes by splitting the uptown Dominican vote, and help elect Assemblyman Keith Wright, Rangel's favored successor.

By helping his favored successor secure a win he demonstrated his ability to turnout voters in his district, not only for himself.

His base of power is still on his native Staten Island — and even there he was unable to usher his favored successor, Joan Illuzzi, into the district attorney's office in 2015.

This left Chief Assistant District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Thompson's favored successor, in charge.

It's no longer in an awkward placement, so perhaps fans would favor the successor over its predecessor.

Not exact matches

As the espousal of Christianity by Constantine and his successors had speeded up the conversion of the Roman Empire, so the adoption of Christianity was hastened or made possible by the favor of many another monarch.

Instead, I favored an unlikely combination of, on the one hand, medieval thinkers and their contemporary interpreters such as Maritain and Gilson, and, on the other, the Reformers and their neo-Orthodox successors (who were fashionable) and confessional Lutherans (who were not).

Axial individuality could be overcome by rejecting consciousness in favor of unconsciousness and thus relapsing into a preaxial state, but it could also be removed — or rendered ineffectual — by dissociation of each momentary occasion from its connection with its predecessors and successors.

In the years since the assassination attempt Saddam has tended to favor Qusay as his successor.

And though in March Hurtado voted in favor of having Bettin serve as assistant executive director and naming him as Bott's successor, he appeared to have a different opinion on Tuesday.

I pointed these two parts because part one was what most international medias took and appointed suggesting that Diosdado Cabello, the Chief of the General Assembly was the right successor of the president Hugo Chavez but the Supreme Court failed in favor of Maduro because according to his interpretation, Hugo Chavez assumed the Presidency, therefore, the Executive Vice-President (Nicolas Maduro) is the nominated to take in charge of the Presidency.

There's a chance more GOP challengers join Ward, including Reps. David SchweikertDavid SchweikertRepublican candidate favored in Arizona special House election Ryan leaves legacy of tax cuts and deficits Paul Ryan's successor must embrace the House Freedom Caucus MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead House GOP MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating officer.

Instead, two lesser known Republicans — Michael Grimm and Michael Allegretti — are duking it out in a primary to face Fossella's Democratic successor, Mike McMahon (who has come out in favor of relocating the mosque) in November.

Several able Democrats were vying to for the nomination, and the Schneiderman camp bristled when many accused Mr. Cuomo of trying to select his successor by quietly favoring Kathleen Rice.

Rangel declined to comment for this story, but such a process would give him major influence in tapping his successor and favor someone such as Wright.

But the fight brewing here is really more about who comes after Rangel, and who would have the most control over either selecting that successor or boosting a favored candidate.

He personally favors string theory as a likely successor, which holds that the universe consists of 11 dimensions.

Although Crist's veto brought him favor with the state's teachers unions, his successor signed similar legislation in 2011.

After multiple delays, Volkswagen will ultimately shut down the Bugatti Galibier project, tossing out plans for the ultra-luxury four - door super sedan in favor of a more - powerful successor to the famed Bugatti Veyron.

Although Lenin had appointed Joseph Stalin General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party he had grown distrustful of him and had come to favor Trotsky as his successor, and had even written a letter to that effect.

Although Lenin had appointed Joseph Stalin General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party he had grown distrustful of him and had come to favor Trotsky as his successor, and had even written a letter...

Believing himself to be Visari's rightful successor, Stahl intends to win the favor of Helghan by conquering Earth itself.

Tillerson was in favor of the Paris accord, while his successor, Mike Pompeo, has expressed doubts about the science of climate change.

A report earlier today suggested that Google shelved «muskie» — the presumed Pixel XL successor — in favor of a another rumored device codenamed «taimen.»

Now we hear from Android Police, a website known for precise Nexus and Pixel leaks and rumors, that «muskie» has been scrapped, possibly in favor of a larger - screen successor to the Pixel XL.

Samsung debuted its homegrown ISOCELL technology in the Galaxy S5, but most of its successors eschewed this in favor of Sony's rival IMX240.

For 2017, it looks like the handset's successor, the LG G6, will be completely ditching the modular design in favor of a sleeker look.

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