Sentences with phrase «for the seat of»

He also failed to get elected to Parliament for the seat of Sheffield Brightside in 1968, which I then contested in 1992.

Former Rep. Scott Murphy is the latest Democrat to take a pass on running for the seat of retiring Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 21.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the seat of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, accused his GOP opponent, Chris McGrath, of «cozying up» to a pro-Common Core group that funded a $ 1.2 million ad buy in advance of the April 19 special election.

-- 32BJ has backed Assemblyman Mike Gianaris» bid for the seat of retiring Sen. George Onorato.

Rockland County Republican Tom Basile is running an only - if - he - retires campaign for the seat of state Sen. Bill Larkin, 90, who so far appears inclined to seek a 15th term.

Espaillat is eyeing a run for the seat of Sen. Eric Schneiderman, who announced his AG candidacy over the weekend.

The election also saw Labour's Laura Pidcock, who is standing for the seat of Durham North West in the general election, lose her council seat to the Tories.

(St. Lawrence is now mulling a run for Rockland County executive, assuming the current occupant of that office, Scott Vanderhoef, announces, as is widely expected, that he's running for the seat of retiring Sen. Tom Morahan).

(As you'll recall, the two Democrats are slugging it out for the seat of former Assemblyman Jose Peralta, who defeated Monserrate in a March special election for the seat from which he was ousted by his former colleagues).

Gordon Lindhurst is an advocate who stood for the seat of Edinburgh South West (which includes Edinburgh Pentlands) in the Westminster election last year when he came third behind Labour's Ricky Henderson (succeeding Alistair Darling) and the SNP's Joanna Cherry who won almost as many votes as the Labour and Conservative candidates added together.

In addition to the endorsement for district attorney, the committee is expected to back a candidate to run for the seat of retiring state Sen. Kathy Marchione of Halfmoon, who is not seeking a fourth two - year term.

Charlotte Vere was selected for the seat of Brighton Pavilion by Open Primary in November 2009.

Nassau County must hold a special election within 60 days for the seat of former county Legis.

Four years later, he would earn the Liberal nomination for the seat of Orkney and Shetland, the seat being vacated by former party leader Jo Grimond, and won election to the Parliament.

He's running against Rep. Jeff Flake (R) for the seat of retiring Sen. Jon Kyl (R).

Bradford council leader Kris Hopkins has been adopted for the seat of Keighley and its projected majority of 4,852.

Two locals Barry Howard and Michael Ellis compete with Rutland A-lister Christine Emmett for the seat of Northampton North (projected Labour majority 3,483) in an open primary selection this evening.

David Prescott, 37, lost out to local barrister Karl Turner in a seven - way selection battle for the seat of Hull East.

In June 2008 he was selected to be the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the seat of Cannock Chase.

Davies is seen as an arch anti-feminist and is being challenged for his seat of Shipley by Sophie Walker, the leader of the Women's Equality Party.

* In Washington's 3rd district race for the seat of retiring Rep. Brian Baird (D), state Rep. Jaime Herrera (R) is the choice of the GOP establishment, but former Bush administration official David Castillo (R), who's been backed by popular Attorney General Rob McKenna (R), and activist David Hedrick (R) are also in the running.

Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz and Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul are being mentioned as potential Democratic candidates for the seat of recently resign Rep. Chris Lee (R - N.Y.).

The battle of Westminster North comes only a few months after the acrimonious revolt by rural party activists who tried to deselect the A-lister Elizabeth Truss for the seat of South West Norfolk after they discovered she had an extra-marital affair with a Tory MP.

This is unconfirmed but ConservativeHome understands that the final three candidates for the Tory nomination for the seat of Bromley and Chislehurst are Bob Neill of the London Assembly and two A-listers: Syed Kamall MEP and Julia Manning.

The post of chairman of the parliamentary party was filled by the former junior minister David Renton, the MP for Huntingdon since 1945, with veteran National Liberal Herbert Butcher (who sat for the seat of Holland with Boston) remaining their chief whip.

Another tea party favorite, Ovide Lamontagne, came just shy of winning in the GOP primary for the seat of former senator Judd Gregg (R).

The all - party primary is Aug. 7, and Burner is one of five Democrats running for the seat of former Rep. Jay Inslee (D).

-- A fight for the seat of departing Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.

Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the seat of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, on Tuesday accused his GOP opponent, Christopher McGrath, of «cozying up» to a pro-Common Core group that funded a $ 1.2 million ad buy in advance of the April 19 special election.

Ms. Malliotakis (R - East Shore / Brooklyn) made this revelation on John Catsimatidis» radio show, the Cats Roundtable on AM 970 The Answer, on Sunday morning when discussing her possible candidacy for the seat of Rep. Michael Grimm when he resigns Monday night.

Carnahan is locked in a battle against Republican Rep. Roy Blunt for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Christopher Bond.

Constantinides, who is vying for the seat of term - limited Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria), said he wants to gather volunteers across Astoria to help with trash cleanups.

Gove entered the House of Commons after the 2005 general election having been elected as the Conservative member of parliament for the seat of Surrey Heath, after the incumbent MP Nick Hawkins was deselected by the local Conservative Association.

Constantinides is one of four hopefuls vying for the seat of term - limited Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria).

The leaders penciled down the member representing Kabba / Bunu - Ijumu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honorable Tajudeen Yusuf to contest for the seat of Senate.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Three Republicans running for the seat of retiring Rep. Richard Hanna in a June 28 primary split on the issue of gun control Wednesday night in their first televised debate in Syracuse.

Her first pick was NYC Councilman Lew Fidler, who just recently conceded a March special election for the seat of former Sen. Carl Kruger (Krueger's nemesis) to Republican Sen. David Storobin.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today lashed out at the federal judge who issued an ultimatum yesterday forcing him to allow a special election for the seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm, and blamed such decisions for New York's high tax rates.

GLA member and local councillor Bob Blackman has emerged from what appears to have been quite an acromonious selection process as the victor at an open primary election yesterday evening for the seat of Harrow East.

In the GOP primary for the seat of retiring Rep. Dan Burton (R), former U.S. Attorney Susan Brooks defeated former Rep. David McIntosh by a slim margin in what was a crowded race.

Drucker, 60, of Plainview, who won a special election last November for the seat of the late Legis.

for the seat of Sen. Arlen Specter (D - Pa.).

The former mayor was in Chinatown to make a speech at a fund - raiser for Republican businessman Lester Chang, running in a special election for the seat of disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

But in late 2009, he made a spirited challenge for the Democratic nod in the special election for the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D), ultimately losing to state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D).

He's running for the seat of Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Broome County legislator whose family started the Dick's Clothing and Sporting Goods chain says she will run for Congress as a Democrat in a bid for the seat of retiring Rep. Richard Hanna.

The Conservative leader, David Cameron, has also made an appearance during the campaign for the seat of ex-Speaker Lord (Michael) Martin.

WHEN we search for the seat of humanity, we might be looking at the wrong part of the brain.

And the state is sending the first openly gay senator to Washington: Tammy Baldwin defeated former Governor Tommy Thompson for the seat of retiring Senator Herb Kohl.

Not exact matches

Who wasn't on the edge of the seat as the FBI asked the world for leads, revealed pictures of two young men who couldn't quite be pegged as foreign - born or American, identified the suspects and gunned one down, only to leave one on the loose, and an entire city in lockdown?