Sentences with phrase «incumbent under indictment»

When Lawson defeated Corrine Brown, he benefited from several tail winds, such as a Jacksonville spoiler candidate, an incumbent under indictment, and on - hand cash advantage (as Corrine Brown, awaiting a fraud trial, was not able to fundraise.

Not exact matches

But in Brooklyn, incumbent state Sen. John Sampson, under federal indictment for allegedly embezzling more than $ 400,000 in foreclosure funds, defeated Mayor Bill de-Blasio-backed candidate Dell Smitherman.

A slate of insurgent Patrolmen's Benevolent Association trustees and delegates — three of them under indictment for their involvement in the 2011 Bronx ticket - fixing scandal — announced their intention to unseat incumbent President Patrick Lynch and his reigning ticket of union officers.

Orange County Assemblyman Bill Larkin easily defeats one - term incumbent Arthur Gray who, in 1988, defeated a long time Republican who was under federal indictment.

Grimm defeated Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael McMahon — now the borough's district attorney — in the Tea Party wave of 2010 and easily won re-election in 2014 while under federal indictment in the tax case, claiming his innocence and charging he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.

«Early on, this race looked like it was going to be one of the closest in the state, a former Democratic City Council member taking on an embattled incumbent Republican under federal indictment in a district that is, at least by enrollment, dominated by Democrats,» Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

Incumbents of both parties were re-elected last year while under active federal indictment.