Sentences with phrase «held by an incumbent»

Halom Investments has asked the Takeovers Panel to revise MMA Offshore's planned $ 97 million capital raising, claiming the deal is designed to entrench the control held by the incumbent board.

In an action that surprised some political observers, the club was unable to make an endorsement at the April 23 meeting for the at - large Council seat held by incumbent Anita Bonds, a Democrat who's also a longtime LGBT rights supporter.

Democrats are especially focused on Nassau County races this year in particular, with potential pickup opportunities with the seat being vacated by Sen. Jack Martins, a congressional candidate, and the one held by incumbent Sen. Kemp Hannon, who is running for re-election.

The Post further suggested that Mr. Spitzer, who is also a former attorney general, could be eying a return to that job — even though Eric Schneiderman currently holds the position — or the state comptroller's office, held by incumbent Tom DiNapoli.

Nebraska voters on Tuesday will pick US Senate nominees for both parties out of crowded fields of candidates who hope to claim the seat held by incumbent Republican Deb Fischer.

And as every political junkie knows, open seats are much more likely to change party control than districts held by an incumbent.

Two seats are coming up on the Olive Town Board in November... LaMonda's, which he is retiring from, and that held by incumbent Linda Burkhardt, who is running for reelection.

On March 16, 2010, DioGuardi announced at Grand Central Terminal in New York City that he was seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Lafazan, 23, of Oyster Bay, is running as a Democrat for the 18th District seat held by incumbent Legis.

As of July 15 two more candidates have declared for the seat, currently held by incumbent Ydanis Rodriguez.

There are a lot of Quinns involved in the 9th District Erie County Legislature race, a seat currently held by incumbent Lynne Dixon, I - Hamburg.

Not exact matches

If disruption theory is correct, Tesla's future holds either acquisition by a much larger incumbent or a years - long and hard - fought battle for market significance.

For that reason they are investing their own money by spearheading the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the contentious new institution that has yet to receive support from the United States, Japan, or Korea, and has been held back by the incumbent Asian Development Bank in Manila.

But the rule of kindness and courtesy - not always afforded to the Church by her enemies, but always incumbent upon her to observe in both internal and external debates - still holds.

The governor's full - throated endorsement of Gaughran in a battleground Senate district held by longtime incumbent Republican Carl Marcellino comes as Democrats hope for unexpected wins on Long Island next month, helping them to retake control of the Senate.

«Many of these seats have been long - held by entrenched Democratic incumbents who simply stopped listening to voters.

This was the part of the country where, in 2010, the words «points - based - system» went down so badly on the doorstep that Labour failed to win seats like Colne Valley, now held by the Conservative incumbent Jason McCartney.

This is the seat held by Republican incumbent Martin Golden who was first elected in 2002.

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the state Senate, with control hinging in part on the Venditto race as well as the seat held by GOP incumbent Carl Marcellino.

The race for the House seat held by Republican incumbent Claudia Tenney is one of a handful of battleground races around the state.

In the most competitive half of the battleground — the 27 most vulnerable Republican - held seats, where Democrats lead the named incumbent by 6 points, 50 to 44 percent — two - thirds could lose their seats.

Despite a corruption scandal among Republicans on Long Island, incumbent GOP Senators apparently kept their seats, and won an open seat formerly held by a Republican.

Missouri: With incumbent Democrat Jay Nixon on his way out, Republicans believe one of their top pickup opportunities is in Missouri, where the chief executive's office has been held by Democrats for all but four of the past 22 years.

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Jeff Merkley (D).

But several Democrats are mounting challenges to GOP incumbents or going after an open seat currently held by a Republican — a sign that Democrats are looking to keep their options open should the presidential race make the state's map more competitive.

Holding everything else constant, when a majority is more than about 4.5 %, the incumbent bonus is outweighed by the effect of the size of a majority.

Incumbent Byron Brown still holds a commanding lead over his two Democratic primary challengers as he seeks a fourth term as Buffalo mayor, according to a new survey by the Siena College Research Institute and Spectrum News.

The seat is currently held by a 15 - term incumbent Ed Towns, and the move by the UFCW could be a signal that he is thinking more seriously about retiring.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For any of the four Democrats running for the 24th Congressional District seat currently held by Republican John Katko, defeating a popular incumbent will be an uphill battle.

The polling, shared first with CQ Roll Call, found that in six districts held by Republicans, voters would be less likely to support the GOP incumbent if they opposed the Equality Act.

But a new internal poll released Wednesday showed the Nebraska incumbent holding off his Republican challenger by 10 points.

Incumbent Member of Parliament of Parliament for Ningo - Prampram was shockingly beaten by his protégé, Sam George in one of the rancorous primaries held over the weekend.

Freeman — who in the 2007 Democratic primary defeated incumbent Albany County Legislator Lucille McKnight on the machine count only to lose by four votes once absentees were tallied — this time held his lead over party - backed candidate Victor Cain for Albany's 2nd Ward Common Council seat.

With an upstart Republican candidate whose well - wishers tried to get him nominated by the Democrats, and an incumbent supervisor fighting back to hold onto her job, New Paltz's supervisor race is anything but sleepy.

The Nassau County seat now held by Republican Sen. Jack Martins has a Democratic enrollment advantage and has been a top target for Democrats since Martins beat the Democratic incumbent, Craig Johnson, by less than 500 votes in 2010.

The winner of that primary will still have the challenge of flipping the seat that has been held by a Republican since 2010 when Grimm won over then - incumbent Michael McMahon.

Those seats include two seats on Long Island, one open and one held by a Republican incumbent, and three upstate seats in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, and Rochester area held by first term Democrats.

While Long did not come anywhere close to defeating Gillibrand — the incumbent Democrat broke a statewide record held by Schumer when she secured 72 percent of the vote — she is the highest profile Republican candidate to emerge as a potential challenger for Schumer, a former assemblyman from Brooklyn who is in line to become the Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate.

Among the battleground Senate districts this year, Unshackle Upstate is backing Westchester County hopeful Julie Killian, who is running for the suburban Senate seat held by Democratic incumbent George Latimer.

Among the races considered to be key battleground districts, the PAC is giving its nod to candidate Julie Killian, who is running for the seat held by Democratic incumbent George Latimer, and Chris Jacobs, a Republican seeking to flip the district being vacated by Sen. Marc Panepinto.

Democrats had already sought to run competitive races in Nassau County Senate districts, including an open seat being vacated by incumbent GOP lawmaker Jack Martins as well as seats held by Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon.

The Suffolk County district is being vacated by Republican incumbent Lee Zeldin, who is running for the Congressional seat held by Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop.

O'Brien in 2012 flipped the Rochester - area Senate district that was held by Republican incumbent Jim Alesi, who retired rather than run for re-election.

Coughlan is one of three Repbublicans vying for the GOP nomination in the Hudson Valley Senate district seat held by Democratic incumbent Terry Gipson.

For any of the four Democrats running for the 24th Congressional District seat currently held by Republican John Katko, defeating a popular incumbent will be an uphill battle.

McLaughlin and Meyer, the deputy county executive, are vying for the post held by outgoing incumbent Kathy Jimino, who declined to seek another term.

In the Conservative held target seats that Labour needed to gain there was a swing towards the Conservatives (presumably because most of these seats were being contested by first time Conservative incumbents).

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Saxby Chambliss (R).

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Tim Johnson (D).

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Three gay and lesbian City Council candidates ---- one incumbent and two newcomers ---- are facing organized opposition in the September 10 Democratic primary from a religious right coalition that held rallies against marriage equality over a period of at least seven years.