Sentences with phrase «fills the seat vacated»

The byelections are being held to fill the seats vacated by Stéphane Dion (Saint - Laurent), Mauril Bélanger (Ottawa — Vanier), John McCallum (Markham — Thornhill), Jason Kenney (Calgary Midnapore) and Stephen Harper (Calgary Heritage).

Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday scheduled special elections to fill the seats vacated by Republican state Sen. Frank Lasee of De Pere and Republican state Rep. Keith Ripp of Lodi.

Killian is running against Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer in the April 24 special election to fill the seat vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

The special election to fill the seat vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer will be held April 24.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Gov. David Paterson has finally decided to call a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned on March 9 in the wake of a sexual harrassment scandal.

Three years later, he won a special election to the Senate, filling a seat vacated by Supreme Court Justice Thomas McGowan.

Mayer, a state assemblywoman from Yonkers, is running to fill the seat vacated in the chamber by Westchester County Executive George Latimer and secured the party's nomination earlier this month.

Gillibrand spent considerable time wooing the labor - backed party along with other so - called «progressive» interests (the LGBT community, black and Latino stakeholders etc.) Her initial selection by Gov. David Paterson to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Hillary Clinton was met with considerable skepticism — and, in some cases, flat - out hostility — from a number of key liberal figures, who subsequently either considered challenging her in a primary themselves or encouraged others to do so.

The measures were pushed by the Senate's newest member, Democrat Brian Kavanagh, elected last year to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Daniel Squadron.

Mayer's win in the 37th District fills the seat vacated by Democrat George Latimer, who now serves as Westchester County Executive.

Republicans in NY - 29 have lost their lawsuit that sought to force Gov. David Paterson to immediately call a special election to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Eric Massa instead of his (extremely confusing) plan to hold one concurrent with the general election.

Heller was appointed by Republican Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to fill the seat vacated by Sen. John Ensign, who resigned in April amidst a Senate ethics investigation.

The election was called earlier this year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to fill the seat vacated by Kearns when he was elected county clerk.

The Republicans will have an opportunity to field such an alternative in November, when David Lys, who was appointed to the town board last month to fill the seat vacated by Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc, who was elected supervisor, will stand for election.

Legislator Simon Conroy was reelected to serve Area 4 after winning a special election last year to fill the seat vacated by City of Plattsburgh Mayor Colin Read.

Persaud, who is running to fill the seat vacated by the July felony conviction of Sen. John Sampson, has been a member of the state Assembly since beating Ferretti by 47 points in 2014.

In January, Stout was appointed by an all - Republican town board to fill the seat vacated by Joseph Canella, a Republican, who left the board after being elected as a town justice.

(Espaillat and Duane didn't serve long together in the Senate, as the former was elected in 2010 to fill the seat vacated by now - AG Eric Schneiderman, while Duane has served since 1998.

The Democrat - turned - Republican businessman's first spot of the special election campaign to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Chris Lee will start airing on cable and broadcast stations in the Buffalo and Rochester media markets tomorrow, accorsing to Davis» campaign.

In February 2006, Jacobs was the Republican nominee in a Senate special election to fill the seat vacated by Byron Brown when he became mayor of Buffalo, but lost to Democrat Marc Coppola.

Chris McGrath, the Republican looking to fill the seat vacated by former Senate GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos, once did legal work for the disgraced ex-lawmaker's political club and a close ally.

TWU member Marvin Holland is one of 12 candidates vying in a Feb. 12 special election for the NYC Council seat vacated by Inez Dickens, who was elected last fall to fill the seat vacated by former Assemblyman Keith Wright.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders are devising a plan to block the appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate for weeks in hopes it will prevent Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich from deciding who fills the seat vacated by President - elect Barack Obama, a Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN Wednesday.

STATEN ISLAND — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has four days to set a date for a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Michael Grimm.

Knight will fill the seat vacated by Bomee Jung, who took a position within the de Blasio administration earlier this year, and will serve the rest of Jung's term, until June 30, 2018.

New York City Councilman Rafael Salamanca won a February special election to fill the seat vacated by Maria del Carmen Arroyo with just over half the vote.

Former Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who was elected to the Senate in November to fill the seat vacated by Dan Squadron last fall, was sworn in shortly before the session began.

In April, Kaminsky won the most expensive special election in state history to fill the seat vacated last year by Dean Skelos (the charges against whom partially involved his dealings with a REBNY executive committeeman).

He was first appointed as legislator in 2009, filling the seat vacated by the retirement of longtime representative Bob Sears.

The only public poll of next Tuesday's special election — to fill the seat vacated by Republican former senator Tom Libous — was less favorable for Democrats.

On Tuesday, Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky will face off against Republican Chris McGrath to fill the seat vacated upon the felony conviction of former senator Dean Skelos last year.

Maziarz, a former county clerk, won a special election in 1995 to fill a seat vacated when its prior occupant joined the Pataki administration.

The assemblywoman arrived in the chamber last year to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Democrat Dennis Gabryszak in January 2014 following the revelation that he was the target of sexual harassment allegations from a half - dozen female staffers in his office.

The revelation came as a surprise to some political observers, who expected nonpartisan special elections to fill the seats vacated by Mr. Ignizio and Queens Councilman Mark Weprin.

Wills won the special election last month to fill the seat vacated by White, who was just months into his second term when he died of cancer in August.

Control of the New York State Senate could be decided tomorrow when voters in southwestern Nassau County on Long Island go to the polls to fill the seat vacated by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Blake, who is still in his first two - year term as an Assemblyman, was elected in 2014 to fill the seat vacated by former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, who was convicted for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers hoping to build senior centers in the Bronx.

A broad field of potential Democratic and Republican candidates is already emerging to fill the seat vacated by Schneiderman's legions of clandestine invertebrates.

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

There is a history of bad blood between Gillibrand and Spitzer, dating to her 2009 appointment to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Cameron is reopening the list for parliamentary hopefuls, to fill seats vacated by those resigning amid the expenses scandal.

Two special elections were also held Tuesday, to fill the seats vacated by the two former legislative leaders, who were both convicted of felony corruption and had to resign.

His appointment by Gov. Bill Ritter to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Mr. Salazar became interior secretary was a surprise, but he has come to be highly regarded by his Democratic Senate colleagues.

He was first appointed to the chamber on January 16, 2015, by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to fill the seat vacated by Clark Barnes (R).

The April 24 special election between Killian and Democrat Shelley Mayer, currently a state assemblywoman, to fill the seat vacated by Democrat George Latimer, who resigned in January to become Westchester County executive, is expected to be high - stakes as it could help determine which party controls the state Senate.

Genovese, who owns Genovese Transport & Cartage, lost a Democratic primary to Farrell by a tally 444 - 256 in a race to fill the seat vacated by Councilman Dan Herring in 2017.

I was elected to fill the seat vacated by a retiring trustee, Carol Witt of Salem, and as such will serve an abbreviated term through January 2011.

Last month, the United States Senate confirmed attorney John Ring by a 50 - 48 vote to fill the National Labor Relations Board's («Board») last vacancy.Ring fills the seat vacated by Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra (R) when his term expired in December 2017.

Akaka was the first senator to be of Native Hawaiian descent, and he came to the Senate in April 1990, appointed by Democratic Gov. John Waihee to fill the seat vacated by the death of Democrat Spark Matsunaga.