Sentences with phrase «in special elections»

In other words, more Republican voters could turn out on April 19, helping down - ballot GOP candidates running in special elections.

Turnout is always a key, especially in special elections, where no more than 15 percent of voters typically cast ballots.

Should Democrats win two open seats in the chamber on April 24 in special elections, the pressure will be on Sen. Simcha Felder to switch sides, giving the party a working majority.

Their work includes endorsing candidates, electing county officers, and electing a Democratic Nominee in special elections within the county Assembly, State Senate, and Congress.

Republicans were victorious Tuesday in special elections in Georgia and South Carolina, with voters sending Karen Handel and Ralph Norman to the House of Representatives.

In special elections, parties do not hold open primaries — instead, a panel of party insiders called the county committee selects the candidate.

Even if Democrats win the Senate posts in special elections, they would not automatically be in the majority.

TROY - Republicans in the Capital Region appeared to beat back the Democratic wave that hit the rest of the state in special elections on Tuesday.

She won, as handpicked party hacks in special elections usually do, and thus has a leg up on the primary election in September and the general election in November.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

August 12, 2011: Independence Party of Minnesota Candidates in Special Elections on October 18 August 5, 2011: «DJ» Mikolay:» Former Senator Dean Barkley: Tea Partier Extraordinaire?»

(Keep in mind that state lawmakers who have tried to run for Congress in recent years have had no success in doing so, but those runs were in special elections, which are a different animal altogether from your standard primary election.

The latest attempt to push Democrats toward a new coalition involves filling two Senate seats in special elections, which the party presumes to win.

In special elections so far, Trump's unpopularity has fired up Democrats, turned independents off the GOP and depressed Republican turnout.

Democrats got the best of Republicans during the 2017 election season, outperforming expectations in special elections across the country and easily winning the only two governors races.

But even if Democrats do win both Senate seats in the special elections, they still have to convince a Democratic senator from the Brooklyn area to stop caucusing with the GOP in order to take control of the chamber.

Then, on Tuesday, the party retained two seats in special elections to fill vacancies in the Bronx and Westchester County, giving them 32 enrolled members in the chamber.

With Democrats performing well in special elections last week and predicting an anti-Trump blue wave in New York in November, Republicans are seeing a silver lining from a state Assembly special election in Buffalo last Tuesday.

The agreement would put the Democratic conference on track for Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to become the first woman to lead a Senate majority conference — provided the Democrats pick up two Senate seats in special elections later this month, and the conference can secure Felder's loyalty.

The plan to unify Democrats in the Senate would require both the mainline conference, which Stewart - Cousins leads, and the Independent Democratic Conference to work together to fill two vacant seats in special elections.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

«I think that it does reflect a lot of what we've been hearing across the country — that there are many people who are adamantly opposed to this present administration and to a President Trump presidency, and they are engaged and they are organizing and expressing their opinion as you see in these special elections as well as what we see across the country,» he said.

Felder announced last week he would remain with the Republican conference in the Senate as Democrats retained two seats in special elections for districts in the Bronx and Westchester County.

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.

Simcha Felder says he will stick with New York Republicans, even as voters went to the polls in special elections that could make him the swing vote.

Democratic gains in special elections may be painting a darker picture for Republicans than is warranted.

While Democratic upsets have taken place in special elections from Pennsylvania to Alabama of late, Tipirneni's odds of winning on Tuesday are still seen as slim.

Scott's candidacy is a bright spot for Republicans in a year where Democratic enthusiasm is expected to be overwhelming, as evidenced by the recent wave of recent Democratic victories in special elections in Alabama and Pennsylvania.

Nevertheless, he was assailed by prominent liberal blogs and cut off by Nancy Pelosi; his seat, a sure Democratic bet, went GOP in a special election.

Democratic candidates have outperformed expectations in every special election since President Donald Trump came into office, and it's increasingly looking as if Trump's 2018 nightmare of losing both the House and the Senate in midterm elections could come true.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

Jones faced off against Judge Roy Moore in a special election for Jeff Sessions» seat in the U.S. Senate.

Like Doug Jones's win in the special election in Alabama, a win for Democrats in Pennsylvania's 18th District would further add to the party's momentum in the run - up to November's midterm elections and hint at dwindling support for Trump.

By Eli Yokley Top Stories Debbie Lesko (R) defeated Democrat Hiral Tipirneni in a special election in Arizona's 8th District to fill the vacancy left by Republican Trent Franks, who resigned in December over sexual misconduct allegations.

Trump spoke as his White House tried to pick up the pieces after Democrats» apparent victory in a special election in a western Pennsylvania congressional district that Trump won by 20 points in 2016.

Moore is running in Alabama against Democrat Doug Jones on 12th December in a special election to fill the vacancy left by Jess Sessions who left to become Attorney General.

The proposal was put to a referendum and was soundly defeated in a campaign led by Gould, whose efforts won her election to the park board in 1993 in a special election.

Senate Republicans in Albany in recent weeks have warmed to a Killian candidacy after Democrats nominated Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers to run in the special election.

Also a freshman: Queens Democratic Sen. Jose Peralta, who was elected in a special election to former Sen. Hiram Monserrate's old seat.

All around, JaneCorwin.org is political critique with a graffiti artist's sensibility, and whether or not it makes a difference in the special election in which Corwin is running, it's a hell of a lot of fun.

The real reason is that Queens County Democratic Leader Joe Crowley has settled on Francisco Moya as his candidate, and Moya can't run in a special election because he only moved into the district last September.

Killian is running for an open seat in Westchester County, one of two being decided in a special election scheduled for April 24.

The Reform Party ballot line on Wednesday endorsed Republican Julie Killian in the special election for the 37th Senate district.

Republican Senate candidate Bob Turner is out with his first television ad this morning, calling attention to his upset victory over David Weprin in the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner.

An independent expenditure committee backed by the United Federation of Teachers is making a last - minute push for Democrat Todd Kaminsky in the special election to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

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.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford completed a political comeback earlier this year, winning a House seat in a special election after he publicly admitted to having an affair while in the governor's office.

The result: Republican absentee voters outnumbered Democrats by 10,000, a critical number in a special election.

Erie County Republican Chair Nick Langworthy knows first hand how the issue of Medicare can impact an election when Kathy Hochul defeated Jane Corwin in a special election in 2009.

The closely watched and hotly contest Senate race, to be decided in a special election scheduled for April 19, is already one of the costliest races in recent history.