Sentences with phrase «for election in district»

District 2 Democratic Senator Cynthia Willard - Lewis was displaced and instead ran for election in District 3.

Not exact matches

Lamb and Saccone are locked in a tight race that has prompted Republicans to fear they'll lose a seat in a district that went heavily for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Although court rulings have since forced the redrawing of some districts, many of those boundaries remain in place for the 2018 elections.

Like Doug Jones's win in the special election in Alabama, a win for Democrats in Pennsylvania's 18th District would further add to the party's momentum in the run - up to November's midterm elections and hint at dwindling support for Trump.

Fortune will go on a limb to predict he will cast the deciding vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in Gill v. Whitford that will declare the redrawing of election districts for political purposes to be unconstitutional.

Their greatest hope for gains lies in the 23 Republican - controlled districts won by Hillary Clinton in the last presidential election.

Smith ran for the Wildrose Party in this district in the 2015 election.

Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six Presidential elections, and lost the popular vote for Confess, although they have the House because the districts are rigged.

Last week, many Republicans said their special election victory in a heavily Jewish New York congressional district that had been occupied by a Democrat for nearly 90 years was a sign of trouble between Obama and American Jews, among the most reliably Democratic voters in the nation.

Congresswoman - elect Tulsi Gabbard, who will represent the state's second district, told CNN Monday that her election «shows the respect, diversity and love and aloha that people have in Hawaii that would allow for something like this to happen.»

The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

The Park District election in Highland Park promises to be a hot one this April after Lorenz Werhane, Jr., who resigned amid a pension - padding controversy, threw his hat in the ring to run again for a seat on the board.

If the voters decide to dissolve the district, Gurnee residents allied with Fiddyment would seek to re-establish a district in a referendum question in next March «s election and simultaneously field a slate of five candidates for a new park board.

The committee expects to do more selling of the district for the April election, especially to seniors and the voters in the rural precincts who defeated it on Nov. 5, O'Leary said.

But with no identifiable headquarters, candidates for board slots who win elections with only two write - in votes and a shadowy police force that included a leader of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang, deciphering the Park District's past operations won't be easy.

The 56 - year - old Geneva resident filed to run for three different boards in the April 9 municipal election — for the Geneva school and Park District boards, as well as the library board.

FRANKFORT — Ingenuity and forthrightness are the keys to making residents aware of how the Frankfort Park District would make use of the tax increase it is asking for in the March election, commissioners decided this week.

Northbrook resident Lise Schleicher, who voted at Wescott School's election location, said the two most important races for her were in the District 30 and in the Northbrook Park District, where four candidates ran for three spots.

GURNEE — Members of the Village Board and Park District Board decided to accentuate the positive Thursday night in a special joint meeting to coordinate support for a proposed outdoor aquatic center to be put to a vote in the November election.

The three newcomers and one incumbent running for the two open seats on the Palatine Park District board talk about issues including a district - owned stable and the future of a municipal golf course as being key in the April 9 eDistrict board talk about issues including a district - owned stable and the future of a municipal golf course as being key in the April 9 edistrict - owned stable and the future of a municipal golf course as being key in the April 9 election.

The candidates vying to fill the Westchester County state Senate district have in recent days began to coalesce around issues ahead of what's expected to be a crucial special election scheduled for April 24.

It is harder to research a couple dozen candidates in a given election (which would be typical in a nine seat election since there would be viable third party candidates as well as a candidate for each seat from each of two major parties) than it is to research two of them as you would in a single member district with the two party system that single member districts strongly favor.

Democratic Senate hopeful Barbara Fiala on Friday reported having $ 72,161 in cash on hand for her bid to flip a district long held by Republicans in the Southern Tier, a campaign finance filing with the Board of Elections shows.

«In addition, this is an important election and I look forward to working with our Democratic candidate to provide a strong voice in Washington for the great people of this entire district and I am confident that a Democrat will win this seat.&raquIn addition, this is an important election and I look forward to working with our Democratic candidate to provide a strong voice in Washington for the great people of this entire district and I am confident that a Democrat will win this seat.&raquin Washington for the great people of this entire district and I am confident that a Democrat will win this seat.»

In the 41st Senate District, though the final vote count from the state Board of Elections isn't available yet, the WFP says it's likely its voters also provided a critical margin of victory for Democratic Senator - elect Terry Gipson over GOP Sen. Steve Saland.

The organisation, in a report signed by its Director General, Dr Nwambu Gabriel and made available to journalists in Osogbo on Friday commended INEC for being proactive in the distribution of sensitive and nonsensitive election materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria in Osogbo to all the units in the 10 Local Governments Areas that constitute the senatorial district.

The Reform Party ballot line on Wednesday endorsed Republican Julie Killian in the special election for the 37th Senate district.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is competing for the Nassau County district against first - time candidate Republican Chris McGrath in the closely watched and increasingly costly special election.

Democrat Lew Fidler just sent out a press release congratulating David Storobin on his victory in the special election for the 27th Senate District seat that has been vacant since Carl Kruger plead guilty to corruption charges.

«We are proud to announce the endorsement of Chris McGrath for State Senate in the Special Election for New York State Senate's Ninth District,» said PBA President Pat Lynch.

A special election being held next could add Chris McGrath, but he is locked in a tight race with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky for the district formerly led by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Ryan's proposal again calls for significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid to balance the budget over the long term — a recommendation that proved toxic in the NY - 26 special election and helped propel Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul to victory in the GOP - dominated WNY district.

Cherwin called Yepsen a «true progressive» and a «fresh face,» who he believes voters of the 43rd Senate District will find more attractive in an election year expected to be difficult for incumbents than the man to whom he referred as «Bruno's hand - picked replacement.»

Many Republican members of Congress are dismissing Democrat Conor Lamb's apparent special election victory in a GOP - dominated Pennsylvania district as a one - off, giving a number of reasons for his strong performance — from a poor campaign run by his opponent to the Democrat's notably conservative views.

Democratic state Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky is reporting having $ 296,132 in cash on hand for the final push in the special election to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a Nassau County district.

The district is safe for Democrats in the general election.

Felder announced last week he would remain with the Republican conference in the Senate as Democrats retained two seats in special elections for districts in the Bronx and Westchester County.

And of course the state party may be able to help you if there's no primary (if there is, it's even more important to make friends with other local Democrats who have run and won elections in your district — ask for their endorsement and their list).

Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky's House District 49 — a seat that Trump carried by a 72 - 23 margin in 2016 and that went 66 - 33 for Mitt Romney in 2012.

Thus, it may be beneficial to «Dance with the Devil» if your district didn't vote for your party in the last election, or they are showing signs of a swing.

Still, Reed doesn't think the special election is necessarily a harbinger for the GOP this fall, including in his district where seven Democrats are currently vying to unseat him this fall.

The group, New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, has spent about $ 1.2 million through an independent expenditure campaign opposing Kaminsky's bid for the 9th Senate district in Nassau County, which will be decided in a special election on TuesdFor A Balanced Albany, has spent about $ 1.2 million through an independent expenditure campaign opposing Kaminsky's bid for the 9th Senate district in Nassau County, which will be decided in a special election on Tuesdfor the 9th Senate district in Nassau County, which will be decided in a special election on Tuesday.

In 2015, attempts by the Chairperson to stop district electoral officers from inserting ghost names on the list of officials recruited for the 2015 district level elections, to enable them appropriate the allowances for the officials resulted in the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigatioIn 2015, attempts by the Chairperson to stop district electoral officers from inserting ghost names on the list of officials recruited for the 2015 district level elections, to enable them appropriate the allowances for the officials resulted in the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigatioin the Chairperson being reported to the BNI for investigation.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, unless -

The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania's Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early this morning — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that the president won by nearly 20 percentage points.

They will surely seek to paint her as too right wing for a district that was previously represented by a moderate Republican, Richard Hanna, who refused to endorse Tenney in the 2016 election cycle after she tried unsuccessfully to beat him in the 2014 GOP primary.

Mrozek, who's listed as an election district director on the New York State United Teachers website, detailed several ways members could support Small in her race against Republican candidate Chris Jacobs, including distributing literature at the homecoming football game, displaying lawn signs and volunteering for phone bank shifts.

Sepulveda is running for the Bronx district vacated by Councilman Ruben Diaz, Sr. in a special election scheduled for April 24.