Sentences with phrase «for house seats»

More than 12 percent of the approximately 150,000 Facebook posts by candidates running for House seats, Senate seats and governor's mansions are dedicated to inviting followers to campaign events.

And as The Daily News reported this week, the dispute could lead to three primaries in 2012 — one for presidential elections, one for state lawmakers and other for House seats.

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New York State will be in the thick of it when it comes to races for Congress this November, because there are more competitive races than usual for house seats in the Empire State.

Now candidates seeking to get on the ballot for House seats would need 938 enrolled voters on a petition as opposed to 1,250.

The ruling only impacts the political primaries for House seats and the U.S. Senate, setting up the possibility of three primaries.

The Freedom Report's online archives only go back to 1999, but I was curious to see older editions of Paul's newsletters, in part because of a controversy dating to 1996, when Charles «Lefty» Morris, a Democrat running against Paul for a House seat, released excerpts stating that «opinion polls consistently show only about 5 % of blacks have sensible political opinions,» that «if you have ever been robbed by a black teen - aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet - footed they can be,» and that black representative Barbara Jordan is «the archetypical half - educated victimologist» whose «race and sex protect her from criticism.»

Hein was re-elected to another term as county executive in November, but a chorus of local Democratic officials had urged him to launch a bid for the House seat.

Martins is himself a product of Albany, having served in the state Senate for six years, and declining to seek re-election in 2016 when he opted to run for the House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.

The race for the House seat held by Republican incumbent Claudia Tenney is one of a handful of battleground races around the state.

Kingston is running for Senate, prompting a crowded primary for his House seat.

In that case, the Democratic nominee for a House seat would be selected by members of the county party committee.

Ulster County Executive Mike Hein will not run for the House seat held by Rep. Chris Gibson, the Democrat said in an interview set to air this evening on Capital Tonight.

Martins served three terms as a state senator until last year, when instead of seeking re-election, he ran for the House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.

via New York Post John Faso is running for a House seat in the Catskills, and that's good news for New York.

Nationally, it costs about $ 1.5 million to run for a House seat.

Progressives have even made inroads in less hospitable territory: On Tuesday in Nebraska, community organizer Kara Eastman beat a more moderate former congressman to win a Democratic primary for a House seat, and in western Pennsylvania, two Socialist candidates won Democratic primaries for legislative seats.

A Hochul spokeswoman insisted the lieutenant governor is not running for the House seat held by Rep. Chris Collins.

On Friday, Boehner was in Lake George to Boehner is on behalf of candidate Matt Doheny, who is running for the House seat that's currently held by Democrat Bill Owens.

-- Queens Assemblyman Rory Lancman runs in a primary for the House seat currently occupied by Rep. Bob Turner, (assuming NY - 9 still exists after redistricting and Turner doesn't end up in a general election head - to - head with Rep. Joe Crowley or Rep. Gary Ackerman), loses and then goes back to run for his Assembly seat.

However, he switched to run for the Arkansas State Senate, District 25, because there were only two Democrats running for the seat, as opposed to the one Republican and three Democrats running for the house seat.

That same year, Grayson's wife, Dena, ran for his House seat but was defeated in the Democratic primary.

Tenney, Myers and Babinec are campaigning for the House seat that will open with the retirement of U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from Oneida County.

Martin, who is in Pennsylvania working on the special election for a House seat vacated by Republican Rep. Tim Murphy, said the state's districts are high priorities.

Former NYC Assemblyman Robert Jackson is running again for the state Senate seat currently held by Adriano Espaillat, who is running for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Charlie Rangel.

Brian Mann April 12, 2018 NRP A crowd of Vermonters packed into Chris Shaw's living room this spring, not to hear about local politicians, but to meet a Democrat running for a House seat in upstate New York's 21st Congressional District.

After dropping his short - lived bid for the U.S. Senate, Rye town Supervisor Joe Carvin is eyeing a run for the House seat held by longtime Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey, a Republican source confirmed this morning.

Schwartz is running for governor, leaving an open race for her House seat.

Though the district he's pined for is under the threat of extinction, Democratic Congressional hopeful Rory Lancman says he still expects to run for a House seat once the dust settles on redistricting.

With state lawmakers in the hunt, the legislators could presumably make a stab for the House seat but safely be able to keep their seat by still running for the Sept. 11 state primary.

Two weeks ago, Cuomo told reporters in Buffalo that while he thinks Hochul is great, her greatness would be greatest if she ran for a House seat now held by Republican Rep. Chris Collins, an enthusiastic critic of the governor.

Miner, meanwhile, has also publicly considered a run to challenge the governor for the Democratic nomination, only to signal later she's once again interested in running for the House seat held by Rep. John Katko.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is also openly considering a statewide campaign, but recently did not rule out running for the House seat held by Republican Rep. John Katko.

He has also ran twice for a House seat.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- House GOP Leader John Boehner predicted Wednesday that Republican Jim Tedisco, who is essentially locked in a dead heat in a special election for a House seat in upstate New York, would prevail after all the absentee ballots are counted.

The campaign for this House seat is the latest display of disaffection from the conservative base over the national GOP's recent candidate recruitment efforts.

«He's going to announce a campaign for the House seat,» a national Democratic operative said.

(CNN)- Incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei has conceded the race for his House seat in New York's 25th Congressional district to Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle.

KINGSTON >> The Democratic Party chairpeople in the 11 counties that make up New York's 19th Congressional District are pressing Ulster County Executive Michael Hein to run next fall for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Chris Gibson.

But Faso is the GOP nominee for the House seat being vacated by Republican Chris Gibson in New York's 19th District.

Washington (CNN)- Dede Scozzafava, the Republican New York assemblywoman who gave up her bid for a House seat late last month, is decrying the «vicious» attacks she underwent from people within her own party.

An invitation to a fundraiser looks like a former Congresswoman in New York is one step closer to making another run for the House seat she lost in 2012.

Two weeks later in Kentucky, Ron Lewis (R) won a special for the House seat held for 20 terms by William Natcher (D), who had passed away earlier in the year.

Burns will face Democrat Mark Critz in a May 18 special election for the House seat held for decades by the late Democratic Rep. John Murtha.

Cramer is running for the House seat vacated by freshman Rep. Rick Berg (R), who easily won his Senate primary Tuesday against businessman Duane Sand (R).

Mayor Bill de Blasio won't win any popularity contests in Staten Island and southern Brooklyn — but he's still throwing his weight behind a Democratic candidate for their House seat.

Besides the congressional race, Mr. Linares faces a challenge for his Assembly seat from the chief of staff to Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez — a close ally of State Senator Adriano Espaillat, another contender for the House seat.

Bennett will join a number of Democrats from across the U.S. who are vying for a House seat this November.

The second - term congressman said it's absurd that almost $ 10 million was spent on the race for his House seat.

Wolken briefly campaigned for the House seat in 2008 after former Rep. James Walsh, R - Onondaga, announced his retirement.