Sentences with phrase «filled by incumbents»

Although 15 seats were filled by incumbents from one chamber running for election in the other, the vast majority of open seats were filled by first - time legislators.

The two open slots on the Town Board will be filled by incumbent Warren Wiegand, with 892 votes, and newcomer Mike Reynolds with 891.

Not exact matches

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Jeff Merkley (D).

Ferguson ran for the third district seat to fill the void left by retiring Republican incumbent Lynn Westmoreland.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for two (2) New York County - wide Civil Court vacancies, one vacancy in the 4th Civil Court District, and one incumbent in the 4th Civil Court District, which will be filled in the November general election.

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Saxby Chambliss (R).

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Tim Johnson (D).

«Corey Johnson might be a nice guy, but he shouldn't be able to just waltz into office, just because he's an anointed incumbent,» she said of the councilman, who was elected to fill the seat left by former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in 2013.

Outsiders have suggested reforms, such as changing the number of votes one person can cast (currently, each voter casts three votes for three positions to be filled in their senate district) and prohibiting incumbent legislators from serving or, at the very least, banning them from increasing their pensions by doubling their salary for a year.

In contrast to their one - on - one televised debates, which have consisted largely of Stringer alluding to the «black socks» prostitution scandal that ended Spitzer's career as governor (and Spitzer countering by pointing to the array of entrenched financial interests who along with Lena Dunham are backing his opponent), the candidates used this forum (co-hosted by Democracy for NYC, Living Liberally, and ACT NOW) to fill out their visions for how the office might be more of a progressive force than it has been under incumbent John Liu, the longshot Democratic mayoral hopeful.

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Susan Collins (R).

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for one incumbent and four vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court vacancies, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

Incumbent: The election was held to fill the Class 2 Senate seat held by Jeff Sessions (R).

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Chris Coons (D).

Borelli and Noto, Jr. are incumbents, while Carey served as an appointment to the council in 2016, filling a seat vacated by Supervisor Hoehmann.

The incumbent in a fourth race just took office in January, when Republican Debra Cody was appointed to fill the 5th district seat vacated by Kathy Rapp.

However Sanders demonstrated a strong appetite for new visions that, thanks to the Democrat's long - term failure to represent a wider constituency, has been filled by the present incumbent.