Sentences with phrase «former assembly seat»

Running in the Democratic primary against 59th Assembly District incumbent Assemblymember Jaime Williams — who won a special election in April to replace state Senator Persaud in her former Assembly seat — is Spencer Cineus.

It probably won't matter all that much who won the April 24 special election for Pete Lopez's former Assembly seat (the district includes Saugerties), since candidates are committed to a run to November.

After four years, Gigi Li is stepping down due to new term limits imposed by the board (she's a candidate for Sheldon Silver's former assembly seat).

The Democratic candidate for convicted crook Sheldon Silver's former Assembly seat has been so invisible in the lower Manhattan district that observers and critics are wondering if she's in the political equivalent of the witness - protection program.

Thursday night as a candidate to fill his former Assembly seat.

At a Staten Island Republican County Committee meeting at the Grand Plaza in Great Kills Thursday, Councilman Joe Borelli (R - South Shore), whose former Assembly seat Castorina will be running for, nominated his friend and colleague, with former councilman and assemblyman, Vincent Ignizio, seconding the nomination.

Greg Ball ally Suzi McDonough failed to win the primary for his former Assembly seat, despite Ball's support.

«The fact the wives of convicted con artists Shelly Silver and William Rapfogel were allowed to participate in the selection of Alice Cancel as the Democrat standard - bearer in the April 19 special election to fill the former Assembly seat of the disgraced Shelly Silver is indicative of how deep corruption runs in the political clubhouses of the district.»

On Tuesday, April 24th, the 80th assembly district went to the polls for the special election to fill my former assembly seat and voted overwhelmingly for my former chief of staff, and good friend, Nathalia Fernandez.

In the 54th, former Bushwick Councilmember Dilan is facing off against Rev. Council, for Councilmember Rafael Espinal's former Assembly seat.

Sen. Kaminsky has endorsed Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo for his former Assembly seat ahead of the Sept. 13 Democratic primary against former Nassau Legis.

Sen. Todd Kaminsky has endorsed Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo for his former Assembly seat ahead of the Sept. 13 Democratic primary against former Nassau Legis.

Not exact matches

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA chief executive Deidre Willmott will not be a contender for Liberal Party endorsement for the Legislative Assembly seat of Cottesloe when the incumbent, former premier Colin Barnett, quits politics.

Triggered by the resignations of former premiers Ms. Redford and Mr. Hancock and PC MLAs Ken Hughes and Len Webber, the votes allowed Mr. Prentice to win a seat in the Assembly along with PC candidates Stephen Mandel, Gordon Dirks and Mike Ellis.

As far as I know, the governor isn't doing anything to assist any of the other candidates running in the three other Assembly specials taking place around the state tomorrow or the contest down in Brooklyn to fill the seat of former Sen. Carl Kruger.

In the other three Assembly specials, Shelly Mayer, the Senate Democrats» former counsel, won an easy victory for Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano's old seat in the 93rd AD.

Earlier this year, Democrat Bill Perkins left his Senate seat after securing a seat on the city Council, which is increasingly stocked with former members of the Assembly and Senate.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has been sparring with Cuomo for CSNE bragging rights, was seated front and center with his former top aide, Dean Fuleihan, who now works for Kaloyeros.

Hein had been one of the more prominent Democrats considering a run for the seat, while the Republican field has been a crowded one: At least five GOP candidates are in the mix, including former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, Assemblyman Peter Lopez and businessman Andrew Heaney.

Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton was among the winners for Ukip as the party won its first ever seats in the Welsh Assembly.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has lost his court case and his legislative seat representing lower Manhattan.

Assemblywoman Yuh - Line Niou, who was mentioned as a potential candidate to fill former Sen. Daniel Squadron's seat, today announced she is throwing her support to her Assembly colleague, Brian Kavanagh, though she pledged to work to reform the special election process to give voters more of a choice in candidate selection.

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

The Working Families Party has endorsed Yuh - Line Niou to fill the Assembly seat vacated by former Speaker Sheldon Silver who was convicted of federal corruption last year and forced to resign.

UPDATE1: Former Assemblyman Jonathan Bing sets the record straight, reminding me that he took the last Republican seat in Manhattan not Krueger, adding: «Liz beat John in thesSpring of 2002 in the Goodman Senate special, but John remained in the Assembly until the end of 2002.

The current MP is the Conservative David Davies, elected in 2005 and a former member for the Welsh Assembly seat of the same name.

In the 60th AD's game of musical chairs, former City Councilmember Charles Barron easily took the Assembly seat over Leroy Bates, by a margin of 94 to six percent.

Cuomo on Saturday called a special election for the seat for April 19, which will coincide with the presidential primaries and special elections for three Assembly seats, including former Speaker Sheldon Silver's.

Powers, a former Chief of Staff in the Assembly, is running for the East Side Council seat held currently by the term - limited Daniel Garodnick.

Simanowitz won the special election for the seat in September after his former boss and predecessor, Nettie Mayersohn, 86, announced her retirement from the Assembly after 28 years in office.

«I am endorsing Cindy Doran for the 107th NYS Assembly seat with great enthusiasm because of [her] tremendous experience and energy as a former teacher, mentor and public servant,» said Fahy, D - Albany.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn has endorsed a bid by former Councilman and ex-Bloomberg administration official Guillermo Linares to return to public life by running for the 72nd Assembly District seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Adriano Espaillat.

Faso, a former Assembly minority leader, is running for the seat alongside fellow Republican businessman Andrew Heaney, a businessman from Millbrook.

The group has hired Camille Brandon, a state Assembly candidate last year for disgraced former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's seat and considered a fixture in western New York politics, for its Buffalo office.

Republican Chris McGrath, who lost his bid in April for the Senate seat held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is calling for first passage of the amendment, which is mired in legislative gridlock in the Assembly and Senate.

Gibson declined to take sides in the GOP primary battle for his seat, which he is vacating at the end of the year, but has since endorsed the winner of that fight, former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

The race for Silver's former seat in the 65th Assembly District has drawn one of the biggest and most ethnically diverse fields of candidates this year — despite the fact that it is now just one of 150 Assembly seats and no longer controlled by one of the state's most powerful figures.

ALBANY - More than 25 candidates vying for State Senate and Assembly seats on Long Island were omitted from a government reform survey led by former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch, records show.

The party is most proud of the significant victory by Yuh - Line Niou, a 33 - year - old Taiwan - born Assembly staffer who — as a WFP candidate — lost the April special election for the Lower Manhattan seat that used to belong to former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The 8 p.m. Far Rockaway event is taking place six hours after a more secular campaign kick - off Goldfeder will attend with another Assembly special election contender tapped by the Queens Democrats this week: Michael Simanowitz, the former chief of staff to retired Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn who is now running for his old boss» seat.

Michael Blake, a former top political operative for President Obama, is strongly considering a run for the newly open Assembly seat (that used to belong to Eric Stevenson) in the Bronx.

The candidate in question is Phillip Goldfeder, currently the intergovernmental affairs director for Sen. Chuck Schumer and a former aide to Mayor Bloomberg, was tapped this week by the Queens Democrats to run for the Assembly seat vacated by Audrey Pheffer (now the Queens County clerk).

His long list of politicians convicted also includes former state Sen. Carl Kruger, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and City Councilman Larry Seabrook — and he's currently going after his biggest fish yet, deposed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who lost his title but still retains his seat.

It will, however, be the first time since the early 1970s that the Assembly chamber will be Weprin-less, since David Weprin replaced his brother, Mark, (the sibilings switched seats, with the later taking the former's NYC Council slot after he gave it up to run a failed bid for NYC comptroller in 2009).

Linares, a former Bloomberg administration official, is currently holding Espaillat's old Assembly seat.

In East Harlem, front - runner Robert Rodriguez, former chairman of Community Board 11, won the state assembly seat vacated by Powell with 36 percent of the vote.

The council appointed Nicoletti to a vacant seat last year after former councilor Pamela Hunter was elected to the state Assembly.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

He is a former U.S. Marshall that is now running for the 134th State Assembly district seat that was vacated by Bill Reilich when he became Greece Town Supervisor.

Four former members of the state Assembly who at one time represented the North Fork have added their voices to those opposing a redistricting proposal that would — once again — unite the North and South forks into a single seat.