Sentences with phrase «first congressional run»

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The self - proclaimed «America's Rabbi» launched his bid for New Jersey's 9th Congressional district as a Republican, saying in a statement it was the first time a Republican rabbi has run for Congress.

It is validating,» said Chrissy Houlahan, a first - time candidate running to represent Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District in the House.

KINDERHOOK, NY... September 15, 2016 — John Faso, who has been running a grassroots campaign in his bid for the 19th Congressional District, distinguished himself and delivered a series of blows to his opponent in their first one - on - one debate today.

But first, he has to win a Democratic primary to run for the 21st Congressional District seat held by Republican Elise Stefanik.

Instead, the first - term lawmaker who is running for re-election in the 24th congressional district in central New York pledged to be a check on the next administration, regardless of who wins.

State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has decided not to seek the Democratic nomination to run for election to New York's First Congressional District, a move he had considered for several months.

Kinderhook, NY — August 23, 2016... The campaign for John Faso, the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform candidate running for Congress in the 19th Congressional District, has released its first television advertisement for the general election.

This would mark the first time Linares would run for the congressional seat, but not his first time taking on against Espaillat.

«(A) lifelong academic professional, serving Southampton College for 29 years and leaving the position of provost in 2002 to make his first - ever run for office, when he was elected to represent New York's 1st Congressional District in one of the closest elections in the nation.»

Grant Reeher (GR): Welcome to the first debate between the two candidates running to represent New York's 24th Congressional District, incumbent Republican John Katko and Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon.

Rangel is running of re-election in a newly configured 13th congressional district covering Upper Manhattan and parts of the Bronx which is, for the first time, majority Latino.

In 2011, Grayson launched his first political comeback bid by announcing a run for Florida's newly created 9th Congressional District.

Kingson, 69, of Manlius, is the first Democrat to publicly declare interest in running for the 24th Congressional District seat, one of the most competitive House districts in the nation over the past eight years.

As Florida Politics reported last week, Democrats believe they are on the precipice of retaking the Florida Senate for the first time in the 21st century — but JJR's congressional run, which since Rick Scott's signature put resign - to - run back into Florida law for federal offices, and which would require JJR to leave the Senate in April, could jeopardize their narrow path to do so.

Former Simsbury First Selectwoman Mary Glassman won the Democratic Party's endorsement to run for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District seat Monday night.

Also, Stern has launched the first TV campaign ad in the congressional primary, in which he talks about his late mother, Idalee, who ran a T - shirt shop, as an inspiration.

To represent New York's 21st Congressional District, which spans the North Country, the Hudson Falls resident is running against first - term Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik and Democratic challenger Mike Derrick.

One of the Democrats running in the state's 2nd congressional district has raised more than $ 200,000 in the first quarter of 2018, doubling her primary opponent.

In the email, DSCC Chairman Mike Gianaris notes that Chuck Fuschillo resigned at the end of last year to lead the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, while Sen. Lee Zeldin is running for the First Congressional District.

Zeldin on Monday formally announced his plans to run in the First Congressional district, where Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop is seen as especially vulnerable by national Republicans in part due to an ethics investigation.

While candidates in other congressional races in the upstate New York have been running campaign commercials since late August, this is the first campaign ad in the newly drawn 22nd congressional district.

Cain had his picture taken with Matthew Corey, a Republican who is running in the First Congressional District in the Greater Hartford region against incumbent Democrat John B. Larson of East Hartford.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has put him on its target list, but the first Dem to announce a run, Army veteran Erin Cole, has already dropped out.

The candidates running for the 24th Congressional District, Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) and Democrat Colleen Deacon, sat down with WRVO for their first debate of the campaign.

Frank C. Smierciak II, a 26 - year - old Republican from Lancaster running for public office for the first time, announced in a news release that he plans to challenge Collins in his bid for a fourth term representing New York's 27th congressional district.

This is the first ad on health care that the National Republican Congressional Committee has run this year.

«We called this meeting to highlight the issues around mass transportation on the East End,» said Ms. Throne - Holst, who is running a Democratic primary against attorney Dave Calone of Babylon for the First Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley).

In Hayward's first congressional appearance since the April 20 disaster, lawmakers wanted to know if BP had cut corners in an effort to save money in the run up to the explosion.

When the news first broke, the National Republican Congressional Committee reached out to Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan, asking her to consider run.

«After an overwhelming amount of encouragement from community leaders, voters, family and colleagues, I am proud to announce my candidacy for the 13th Congressional district,» Espaillat said in formalizing a run against Rangel, who was first elected to the House in 1970.

Democrats have candidates running in every congressional district for the first time since the Republican wave of 1994.

For the first time in 25 years, Democratic candidates are running in every congressional race in Texas.

John Katko, who was promoted Thursday to the first tier of the National Republican Congressional Committee's «Young Guns» program, left the U.S. Attorney's Office in January to run for Congress.

Both candidates in the 24th Congressional District race are now running ads on television after Republican challenger John Katko unveiled his first 30 - second spot of the 2014 campaign Wednesday.

Pennsylvania Democrat Lindy Li, who turned 25 in December, is a first - time congressional candidate but is already running in her second district.

And I believe that's a new generation of leaders,» said Slotkin, a former Defense Department official running her first congressional race.

DCCC LAUNCHES FIRST ATTACK IN THE NATION ON LEADING REPUBLICAN SHAWN NELSON IN CA - 39 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Scared Of A Run - off Against Conservative Frontrunner, Target Shawn Nelson ORANGE COUNTY — May 8 — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced TV / radio ad hits against top Conservative, Shawn Nelson, to interfere in the CA - 39...

Corning mayor Tom Reed has already been running since last July, and was one of the first candidates to be named to the National Republican Congressional Committee's «Young Guns» list of leading recruits.

(CNN)- Jenny Sanford, former first lady of South Carolina, said she has decided against running for an open Congressional seat in the Palmetto State, a move that could have positioned her in a bitter Republican primary battle against her ex-husband.

SD31 In Senate District 31, which includes the Upper Manhattan neighborhoods of Washington Heights and Inwood and runs down the West Side into Hell's Kitchen, Senator Adriano Espaillat is leaving his seat to run for Congress in New York's 13th Congressional district — an election he is favored to win, which would make him the first politician born in the Dominican Republic to be elected to the House of Representatives.

Unlike Crist, a telegenic sitting governor and former attorney general who first ran for statewide office in 1986, Meek entered the race last year without much of a profile beyond of his Miami - area congressional district.

His first hankering to run for office began in 2015 when he took a year off from teaching and research to work as a congressional science fellow.

The platform has built its first partnership with the campaign of Bryan Caforio, a Democrat running in California's 25th congressional district, which is located to the north of metro Los Angeles and is currently represented by Republican Steve Knight.