Sentences with phrase «few swing districts»

The 28th legislative district has, until recently, been represented in the House by Democrat Eric Meyer and Republican Kate Brophy McGee, making it one of the state's few swing districts.

Except for a few swing districts we pretty much know which party will win.

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The department had few real responsibilities because the Park District owned only Children's Memorial Park, a small play lot equipped with a few swings and a slide.

It's partly because Republicans created boundaries efficiently in redistricting and partly because the most Democratic districts in the country, like those in urban portions of New York or Chicago, are even more Democratic than the reddest districts of the country are Republican, meaning there are fewer Democratic voters remaining to distribute to swing districts.

Still mostly white, largely suburban in layout and feel, the 19th is one of the few political swing districts in the city, where Republicans can run competitive campaigns and win, and where independent - left Democrats such as Tony Avella maintain tremendous electoral popularity.

While the numbers are not in Deacon's favor, she is running in one of the few remaining swing districts in the country, said Christopher Faricy, a Syracuse University political science professor.

Many moderates in swing districts were wary of supporting the legislation, which included major cuts to Medicaid and was estimated by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office to lead to 24 million fewer Americans having health insurance over the next 10 years.

One of only a few true swing districts nationally, the 19th district race has garnered national attention.