Sentences with phrase «fill the vacant seat with»

When elected minority members motioned to fill the vacant seat with their candidate, Silverthorn and Reynolds walked out to deny the motion a quorum.

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When Kalanick resigned as CEO, he agreed to fill the vacant board seats with people who were «independent, experienced, unbiased, and diverse.»

The independent seat will oftentimes be left vacant at closing, with the intention of filling the seat sometime after closing.

With 14 applicants vying for a seat left vacant by outgoing board president Sam Black in Glen Ellyn District 41, school board members this week selected Cathryn Wilkinson, the former associate dean of Fine and Applied Arts at the College of DuPage to fill the spot.

Cuomo administration officials confirm the governor will call special elections to fill five vacant legislative seats — four in the Assembly and one in the Senate — to conincide with village elections on March 20.

Benjamin, elected to fill a vacant Harlem Senate seat, gave Democrats a 32nd enrolled member in the chamber, kicking of a sustained campaign by liberal groups to push the Independent Democratic Conference toward reconciliation with the mainline conference.

So far, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is yet to call a special election to fill the seat along with nearly a dozen soon - to - be or currently vacant seats in both chambers of the Legislature as a vacancy is yet to be created until the seat is vacated.

Races to fill two vacant legislative seats began to solidify on Tuesday as candidates filed nomination papers with state election officials, setting the battle lines in contests that Democrats hope will bolster their momentum heading into November's mid-term elections.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

With the county GOP's nominating convention only days away, the party's Riverhead and Southold town leaders say they know of no one willing to stand against the popular Democrat, who in January handily beat Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter to fill the seat left vacant when Ed Romaine was elected Brookhaven town supervisor.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo called special elections (much to the chagrin of the good government advocates and the New York Times) to run concurrent with the Sept. 13 primary to fill six vacant Assembly seats and the House seat formerly held by ex-Rep.

The Southold Town Board later voted 4 - 2 in favor of having Mr. Bergen fill the vacant Trustee seat in February, with council members Jim Dinizo and Jill Doherty (a former trustee), voting in opposition.

Brian Benjamin «s victory last week in the special election to fill Harlem's vacant State Senate seat will once again leave registered Democrats with a one - member numerical majority in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

Three of the five seats on the powerful PSC are vacant, and they're usually filled with people who represent the needs of the energy industry.

The Democrats would have to win two special elections, the governor would need to call to fill two vacant seats and a ninth splintered Dem, Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, who actually caucuses with the Republicans, would have to agree to switch sides.

With County Commissioner John Dailey now in the race to be Tallahassee's next mayor, two City Commission candidates have dropped their bids and look to fill Dailey's vacant seat.

CNN: Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President - elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, will likely show up on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the opening day of Congress, according to a Democratic aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders» plans.