Sentences with phrase «for vacant seats»

Manhattan Councilmen Mark Levine and Corey Johnson and Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland are all known to have lobbied their fellow Council members and potential candidates for vacant seats to support them for the position.

The Working Families Party, meanwhile, celebrated the brokered deal to end the IDC, but also released a fundraising appeal urging support not just for Democrats Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda running in special elections this month for vacant seats, but also the challengers to IDC lawmakers.

Bedford attorney Sarmad Khojasteh ended his state Senate campaign and declared his support former Rye Councilwoman Julie Killian for a vacant seat in New York's 37th District, considered pivotal for control of the Senate.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Interviews for the vacant seat on the Buffalo school board began Wednesday night at City Hall.

Board Member Sharon Belton Cottman is now Vice President of Executive Affairs for the Board, but was once one of eight applicants for a vacant seat, giving her perspective on the process.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Interested applicants who reside in Buffalo's Park District have until September 1 to apply for the vacant seat on the Buffalo Public School's Board of Education.

Michael Ashcroft, the former deputy chairman of the Conservatives, said a Ukip victory in the Wythenshawe and Sale East byelection, for the vacant seat following the death of the Labour MP Paul Goggins, would be «a game changer».

A special election will be held April 19 for the vacant seat.

He joins Dutchess County businessman Andrew Heaney in the GOP primary battle for a vacant seat caused by the retirement of Rep. Chris Gibson.

Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke is seeking the Democratic nomination for this vacant seat.

Adekilekun, an indigene of Ede, who has signified his intention to contest for vacant seat of the Osun West senatorial district, said the governor of Osun has demonstrated how to be a statesman.

Interviews for the vacant seat on the Buffalo school board once held by Carl Paladino began Wednesday night at City Hall.

With five candidates vying for the vacant seat in the heavily Democratic area which spans the Northeast Bronx and the City of Mount Vernon to replace Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who resigned for a position in the governor's administration.

«Todd Kaminsky is officially the winner of the special election for the vacant seat in State Senate District 9,» Gugerty said.

The All Progressives Congress Appeal Committee led by Alhaji Abdullahi Bello has dismissed an appeal filed by the Osun State Commissioner for Cabinet Matters, Senator Mudashir Hussein, an aspirant for the vacant seat of Osun West Senatorial primary election earlier scheduled to hold today June 12 2017.

There was a flare up in the relationship in June, when Astorino's top political advisor, Bill O'Reilly, openly criticized Senate Republicans for compromising with Cuomo and even considered running for a vacant seat.

English is one of five candidates so far who all are vying for the vacant seat of Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson.

There were no party primaries for the vacant seat and Ryan cruised over a weak Republican opponent in the September special election.

So far just one candidate has filed financial disclosure forms with the state for the vacant seat in Assembly District 59, which represents parts of Bergen Beach, Mill Basin and Canarsie.

«I guess Mr. Yassky doesn't think that Pace Law School deserves his full - time attention, or that anyone might care that all the time he spends making the case that he should be picked for the vacant seat by party bosses is time he could spend on improving things at the Law School,» according to an email from an ATL tipster.

Republican Mark Henry and Democrat Jerry Marking will face off in a special election March 27 for a vacant seat on the Clinton County Legislature.

Not exact matches

Former Congressman Blake Farenthold today sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott explaining why he will not pay for the special election to fill his now vacant District 27 Congressional seat.

Earlier, Trump chose Randal Quarles, an investment banker, as vice chairman for bank supervision, and Marvin Goodfriend, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, for another vacant board seat.

The Archbishop died in 1505 and in order to save the expenses involved in electing and then in providing for a new archbishop the seat was left vacant for eight years.

Having won the title in Abu Dhabi for the first time, Rosberg announced his retirement from F1 leaving a vacant seat at reigning champions Mercedes.

The legendarily awful former Simtek and Footwork driver Taki Inoue has thrown his hat in the ring to be considered for the vacant Mercedes seat.

We've just about calmed down after the announcement of Nico Rosberg's retirement, opening up a vacant seat at reigning champions Mercedes for the 2017 Formula 1 season.

With Alonso seemingly out of the running that leaves Valtteri Bottas as the favourite to take the vacant Mercedes seat, despite their initial bid for him being rejected by Williams.

Wendy was just a couple thousand dollars behind Julia entering Final Jeop, and she got the correct answer to the 19th Century History clue: «A senate seat from this southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. President,» putting her in first:

Brundle also pondered a potential move to Ferrari for Ricciardo, and would understand if Kimi Raikkonen created a vacant seat by retiring at the end of the year.

For example, Devine alleges that on May 6 then - president Wright unilaterally appointed Kathi Jackson to one of two seats vacant on the board — despite the fact that there weren't the requisite number of commissioners present to participate in the vote.

With 14 applicants vying for a seat left vacant by outgoing board president Sam Black in Glen Ellyn District 41, school board members this week selected Cathryn Wilkinson, the former associate dean of Fine and Applied Arts at the College of DuPage to fill the spot.

Cuomo set the special elections for the ninth congressional district and six vacant Assembly seats on Sept. 13.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

A candidate forum for a vacant southern Brooklyn Assembly seat turned into a bitter verbal tussle over abortion last night — not between the two women running to represent the district, but between one of them and a civic leader in the audience.

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.

The required number of members for a quorum is also adjusted should there be a vacant seat at that time.

Those vying for the NY - 25 seat, which is vacant following the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter, have only a few weeks to get their names on the ballot.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

Bolstering the argument for this today is the expected win of Democratic Senate candidate Brian Benjamin in a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle didn't rule out the possibility of running for the now vacant seat of his former mentor, Slaughter.

The newly vacant seat potentially created more competition on the GOP side for the candidacy too.

On the same day Gov. Cuomo declared May 24 the date for the special election to fill the vacant seat in the 26th Congressional District, the seven Democratic county chairs in the district announced they are beginning the process of interviewing prospective candidates.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, one of two women in the ever - shifting field of contenders for a vacant Hudson Valley state Senate seat, has a new mailer out that stresses her long - standing political history and family ties to the Yonkers area.

The Nassau County Democratic Party are using Trump to raise campaign cash for teacher Christine Pellegrino, who is running for a vacant state Assembly seat that Republicans have held for more than 20 years.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday will endorse Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle for the Rochester - area House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter.

«With all of the candidates who put their names forward for a vacant Senate seat in Westchester County, it's shocking that the party bosses would choose this one,» Reif said.

In advance of the January 2018 meeting of the County Committee, we proposed a common sense reform to require a vote of the County Committee for choosing a candidate to fill a vacant public office seat, in the event that a primary election is unfeasible.

«What makes that a problem, is because people believed he wasn't running, Guillermo Linares... said he would run and file petitions to run for that so - called vacant seat, and so that does cause a problem.»