Sentences with phrase «from voters in their districts»

To qualify for party primaries, congressional candidates must submit 1,250 valid signatures from voters in their districts.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough valid signatures from voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his signature - gathering efforts.

Not exact matches

Shawn Steel, Republican National Committeeman from California, said he didn't think a few contributions from Trump world were going to matter to voters in the three districts where members are vulnerable.

In Springfield, the House has approved a bill allowing the subdivisions» residents to ask in a referendum for voters» permission to disconnect from the park districIn Springfield, the House has approved a bill allowing the subdivisions» residents to ask in a referendum for voters» permission to disconnect from the park districin a referendum for voters» permission to disconnect from the park district.

Grayslake — Survey results from villagers have persuaded Grayslake Park District officials to seek voters» approval to build a swimming pool in Central Park.

Although the approval by voters of a tax increase will allow the Cary Park District to purchase a 254 - acre farm, some village officials say the five - year feud is far from over and may drag on for years in court.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

Forest preserve commissioners from District 4, who represent central DuPage, had requested the Forest Preserve District buy the land as part of the $ 75 million borrowed by the district as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters District 4, who represent central DuPage, had requested the Forest Preserve District buy the land as part of the $ 75 million borrowed by the district as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters District buy the land as part of the $ 75 million borrowed by the district as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters district as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters in 1997.

On one hand, their districts are closely divided, and they need to display independence from the liberal House Democratic leadership in order to appeal to the centrist, swing voters who will likely make the difference between winning and losing in the 2014 elections.

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.

«In addition to the money raised Chris McGrath has been meeting with voters from across the district every day and built an operation that has knocked on thousands of doors as well as made tens of thousands of phone calls,» Murray said.

Two weeks later, I read this piece in Salon about the race to succeed Duke Cunningham in California: seeing a deficit in absentee voters, «Republican activists «poured» into the district and searched a Republican Party database that could tell them everything about voters from their personal hobbies and professional interests to the brand of toothpaste they're likely to use.

And in the future too, we should expect to see ever more intense efforts to reach more and more potentially persuadable or potentially «mobilizable» voters in high - stakes, well - resourced, competitive elections, even as the majority of Americans who live in states and districts that are not competitive will hear less and less from campaigns as they, quite reasonably, use all available information to concentrate their resources where they think they matter.

[Updated below] A big change in the world of campaign advertising: over the past six months: the practice of targeting online ads directly at voters in a particular district has gone from being exotic to being a standard part of the political toolkit, with serious implications both for the...

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

In particular section 5 prohibits these jurisdictions from legislating any changes to their voter laws without preapproval from the US Attorney General or the US District court for D.C. to ensure the law will not impact protected minority groups.

Spending plans totaling almost $ 193 million for the 2018 - 19 academic year were approved on Tuesday by voters in school districts from Montauk to Bridgehampton.

Finding Edith Bunker Women who could be swayed to vote for Ms. Watson Coleman, the state's General Assembly majority leader from 2006 to 2009, were a key target, said Mr. Wilkins, suggesting that women who could be categorized as Reagan Democrats or «Archie Bunker Voters» were more persuadable than men in the district.

The legislator and Bronx Democratic Party chairman filed petitions that included multiple duplicate signatures, voters who did not live in his Assembly district and signatures from voters who said they never signed the sheets, according to the complaint filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

This evening former Mayor Rudy Guiliani launched a robocall informing Republican and undecided voters in District 19 that he did not endorse Dennis Saffran, a GOP candidate for City Council, despite misleading literature from the campaign.

Voters in the 19th Congressional district are being offered a choice between longtime resident John Faso with a proven track record of cutting budgets, lowering taxes, and working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and a radical New York City academic, with no roots in the district, who supports higher taxes, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and ever larger government in Washington.

Residents are still awaiting action on everything from voter fraud in the Hempstead school district to allegations that a police officer improperly served a subpoena on a witness in custody in a politically charged case.

I've just returned from a remarkable fringe meeting at the party's annual autumn conference, in which Ian Dexter, a Ukip member, former candidate in county and district elections and potential parliamentary candidate for 2015, outlined his strategy for winning over Labour voters.

The Hotline has two very hot documents from the Republican database - driven turnout machine, one describing their (apparently very successful) absentee ballot program in Michigan and the other listing sample voter contact numbers by state and district.

In one of the more novel applications of a campaign slogan I've seen in some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmakeIn one of the more novel applications of a campaign slogan I've seen in some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmakein some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmakein Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmaker.

Hochul, standing in a brightly lit kitchen, then introduces herself to the voters of the 26th district: «I'm Kathy Hochul and I guess this is what you'd expect from an Albany politician.

Qualified voters of the Newfield Central School District can cast their decision the 15th at the Elementary Building in Newfield from noon to 9 p.m..

Turnout among minority voters and younger voters could affect the result in a district here or there, but an increase in suburban turnout or a substantial shift by suburban voters (especially suburban women) from the Republicans to the Democrats could have a much broader impact on the fight for control of the House.

With no discussion and in less than two minutes, the state's Smart Schools Review Board approved the second round of funding allocations to 36 districts from the $ 2 billion Smart Schools bond act approved by voters in 2014.

Perez Williams said the DCCC supplied a small number of paid canvassers to help her gather signatures from Democratic voters in the 24th Congressional District that are required to make it onto the primary ballot.

In IDC Leader Jeff Klein's district, support for backing mainline Democrats from Democratic voters in his district is 62 percent; in Sen. David Carlucci's district it is 59 percent, in Sen. David Valesky's district is 61 percenIn IDC Leader Jeff Klein's district, support for backing mainline Democrats from Democratic voters in his district is 62 percent; in Sen. David Carlucci's district it is 59 percent, in Sen. David Valesky's district is 61 percenin his district is 62 percent; in Sen. David Carlucci's district it is 59 percent, in Sen. David Valesky's district is 61 percenin Sen. David Carlucci's district it is 59 percent, in Sen. David Valesky's district is 61 percenin Sen. David Valesky's district is 61 percent.

A stunning 52.3 percent of the registered voters in Kogi West Senatorial District want their Senator, Dino Melaye, recalled from the Senate

According to him, officials of the state government allegedly gathered the signatures from the voter register of INEC as there was no time signatures for his recall were publicly gathered in his senatorial district.

In a TimesLedger Newspapers column published last week, William Lewis contended that Iannece's loss came as a result of apathetic voters throughout the 25th Assembly District, which stretches from Flushing to Douglaston and includes most of Bayside Hills, where Iannece lives.

Also Tuesday, voters in the 7th Congressional District stretching from central to northern Wisconsin whittled down a field of candidates hoping to replace retiring Democratic Rep. David Obey.

Mann was appointed yesterday after a three - judge panel denied a request from state lawmakers to dismiss a challenge to their proposed new district lines, which was filed by voters in Brooklyn.

«I wouldn't have gotten elected unless each time at least one million Democrats came out to vote and crossed the party lines to vote for me,» said Pataki, rightly pointing out that Turner will need to attract voters from the other party to win in the Ninth Congressional District, where Democrats enjoy a three - to - one registration advantage.

But an official with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012 congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.

«Until they recognize that their policy positions are not in line with voters of this country, and until they start running candidates that are respected by the voters of their district, they run the very real risk of continuing to fall from the already... historically low level they're at.»

But Heck is a thrice - elected congressman from a battleground House district in southern Nevada, who won his elections in part because of his broad appeal to Asian - American and Hispanic voters.

The small districts were designed to answer concerns from many voters, including minority residents of Syracuse, that their voices would not be heard in a countywide government.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

Republicans have a 4 - point advantage over Democrats, 37 - 33, when it comes to voter registrations in the district, though the seat is far from a Republican stronghold.

However, according to this source, Heastie and Wright presented the Assembly majority leadership with a deal last night in which Rangel's district would get about 300,000 voters from each of their boroughs with another 100,000 from Westchester County.

Queens Democratic Party insiders said Kevin Kim's win over his five opponents in the Sept. 15 primary stemmed from the candidate's ability to not only galvanize his base but also to draw voters from across the district.

While working those campaigns, Nelson helped tailor phone scripts to undecided voters in different parts of the district, from Fort Drum in the west to the agricultural sector in the Champlain Valley.

In 1955, The Lex Club was instrumental in changing the procedure for electing District Leaders from election by the County Committee to direct election by Democratic primary voterIn 1955, The Lex Club was instrumental in changing the procedure for electing District Leaders from election by the County Committee to direct election by Democratic primary voterin changing the procedure for electing District Leaders from election by the County Committee to direct election by Democratic primary voters.

His Nassau County Senate district, which had long been trending away from Republican voters, was flipped last month in a special election to Democrat Todd Kaminsky.

Political activist Rus Thompson has been indicted for voter fraud by an Erie County grand jury after rejecting a plea offer from the Erie County District Attorney's Office in May.