Sentences with phrase «fill vacant seats in»

In 2018, as of May, two special elections have been called to fill vacant seats in the Michigan State Legislature.

In 2017, five special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the New York Legislature.

Eleven special elections to fill vacant seats in the New York State Legislature were held on April 24, 2018.

The AFL - CIO, meanwhile, also endorsed two Democrats running to fill vacant seats in the state Senate, Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda, both current members of the state Assembly.

Democrats won three races to fill vacant seats in the state Legislature.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris in a radio interview on Tuesday said he wanted a special election called to fill vacant seats in the Senate «as soon as possible.»

The New York State United Teachers union this weekend gave its endorsement to the two Democrats running this April to fill vacant seats in the chamber — two key races that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

On the same day Gov. Cuomo declared May 24 the date for the special election to fill the vacant seat in the 26th Congressional District, the seven Democratic county chairs in the district announced they are beginning the process of interviewing prospective candidates.

On May 17, California held an election to fill the vacant seat in the 36th U.S. House district.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office signaled Tuesday it would move to schedule a special election on May 23 to fill a vacant seat in the state Senate and Assembly.

A bill introduced this week by Queens Democratic Sen. Tony Avella would require the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant seat in the state Legislature within seven days.

(CNN)- There's no winner yet in Tuesday's special election to fill the vacant seat in New York's 20th congressional district, and both Democrats and Republicans are trying to simultaneously project confidence - and lower expectations.

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Wendy was just a couple thousand dollars behind Julia entering Final Jeop, and she got the correct answer to the 19th Century History clue: «A senate seat from this southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. President,» putting her in first:

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.

The battle to reunify Democrats in the Senate was sparked in part by the addition of Brian Benjamin, who won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat and giving the party 32 enrolled members again the Senate.

The notice of election reads in part: «consequent upon the provisions of the enabling statues that bye elections to fill the declared vacant seat by the National Assembly be conducted within 30 days upon the declaration.

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.

Catherine Flanagan - Priore, who was appointed in September to fill the vacant Park District seat, gave a prepared letter of resignation to Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold after last night's meeting.

Bolstering the argument for this today is the expected win of Democratic Senate candidate Brian Benjamin in a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat.

The plan to unify Democrats in the Senate would require both the mainline conference, which Stewart - Cousins leads, and the Independent Democratic Conference to work together to fill two vacant seats in special elections.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda of the Bronx is expected to cruise to victory in a contest to fill the seat left vacant after Ruben Diaz Sr. was elected to the NYC Council.

In advance of the January 2018 meeting of the County Committee, we proposed a common sense reform to require a vote of the County Committee for choosing a candidate to fill a vacant public office seat, in the event that a primary election is unfeasiblIn advance of the January 2018 meeting of the County Committee, we proposed a common sense reform to require a vote of the County Committee for choosing a candidate to fill a vacant public office seat, in the event that a primary election is unfeasiblin the event that a primary election is unfeasible.

There are special elections in New York on Tuesday to fill nine vacant state Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats.

«We are kind of in the middle of a weird political situation,» he explained, citing the April 24 special election to fill nine vacant seats in the Assembly and two in the Senate.

The conventional wisdom regarding the race to fill George Latimer's vacant senate seat is that Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer has the edge in a special election this spring.

The heads of the borough's two major parties are expected to name their nominees to replace former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner by later this week at the earliest after Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a Sept. 13 special election to fill the vacant 9th Congressional District seat in Forest Hills.

Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by then - New York Gov. David Paterson, who picked Gillibrand to fill the seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton, who had been nominated to serve as secretary of state.

If there is a vacancy in the senate, a special election must be called to fill the vacant seat.

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.

Earlier this year he stood unsuccessfully in the byelection to fill the hereditary seat made vacant by the death of Earl Ferrers.

If there is a vacancy in the New York Legislature, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat.

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.

A former corruption prosecutor has claimed victory in the race to fill the vacant seat of former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who was was ousted by a conviction on corruption charges — but his opponent says it's too close to call.

Residents of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx chose three new Assembly members and one new state Senator to fill seats that have been vacant since their predecessors took other offices in January.

The battle to fill Skelos» vacant seat is being closely watched because it could impact the balance of power in the Senate.

Paterson initially said he wanted to call a special election as quickly as possible to fill the vacant seat but later backtracked, citing excessive costs at a time when the state's budget is in disarray.

CHAZY In the race to fill the vacant Area 3 seat on the Clinton County Legislature, Republican Mark Henry led Democrat Jerry Marking by just 10 votes on Wednesday morning.

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.

He believes when the North Fork's vacant state Assembly seat is filled in November, Southold's deer management issue will be better represented and more progress will be made.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

Murphy is running against Republican New York assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a highly competitive race to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's vacant congressional seat.

The tides of support have changed in the contest over who voters think should fill Hillary Clinton's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

New York voters are headed to the polls on April 24 for a special election to fill 11 vacant seats in the Legislature — including two in the Senate that are considered key for Democrats who hope to take control of the chamber.

The president of Save Ontario Shores, a citizen group opposing the construction of a large wind power project in Somerset and Yates, released a letter she wrote to Cuomo, urging him to fill a vacant seat on the siting board which will consider whether to approve the project.

There are local contests all across the state, including a special election in the Southern Tier's 52nd Senate District to fill the vacant seat that used to belong to ex-Sen.

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

Down in NYC, there's a special election to fill the vacant Harlem Council seat vacated by now - Assemblywoman Inez Dickens.