Sentences with phrase «key battleground races»

An investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices and efforts to help state Senate Democrats in key battleground races was closed by federal prosecutors, but became an additional irritant for de Blasio during his first term.

The AFL - CIO concluded its day of endorsements Monday afternoon, backing a slate of state legislative candidates and incumbents, including Democrats running for re-election in key battleground races.

The labor gruop had initially backed several Democrats in key battleground races across the state, including Reps. Tim Bishop and Louise Slaughter, as well as challengers Sean Patrick Maloney, who is challenging Rep. Nan Hayworth and Nate Shinagawa, who faces Rep. Tom Reed.

In the closing days of two key battleground races on Long Island, Democrats in the state Senate have released mailers depicting incumbent Republican lawmakers as part of an overall corruption epidemic.

Murphy's political allies had initially complained over the Democratic fundraising tactics in 2014, when donors at de Blasio's urging gave heavily to county party committees, which in turn supported candidates running in key battleground races.

De Blasio has defended his aid for the Senate Democrats, which involved large contributions made to county Democratic committees, which in turn helped individual candidates running in key battleground races.

The district is a key battleground race and a crowded field of Democrats has lined up to seek the nomination ahead of the June congressional primary.

Faso is seeking a second term for the Hudson Valley congressional district that is considered a key battleground race this fall for Democrats.

Republican former Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs is nearing a decision on whether he will run for the state Senate seat held by Democrat Marc Panepinto, setting up a potentially key battleground race for control of the chamber.

Rhodes, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is among a crowded field seeking the Democratic nod to take on Republican Rep. John Faso in the 19th congressional district, considered a key battleground race this year that could tip control of the House of Representatives.

To the south, Rep. Claudia Tenney is running for a second term to the 22nd congressional district, considered a key battleground race this year for Republicans.

Not exact matches

But polls in key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — states Republicans hadn't won at the presidential level since the 1980s — belied the state of the race.

The race for the 40th Senate district is typically a battleground district, one of a handful of key contests for deciding control of the chamber, currently led by Republicans.

Even before Donald Trump became the GOP presidential nominee, House Democrats heralded Hillary Clinton's candidacy as the key to winning battleground races in all manner of swing districts.

Senate races will still be overshadowed by their presidential counterpart in the general election, especially when so many Senate battlegrounds — like those in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida — double as key contests in the presidential race.

Mitt Romney took an early lead over Obama with more than half the races decided Tuesday, but the Republican challenger lost both his home and birth states and was trailing in key battleground states, according to unofficial returns and CNN projections.

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.

The endorsement from Gillibrand comes the same day as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to stump for Democrats running in key Senate races on Long Island — a major battleground that could sway control of the narrowly divided chamber this election cycle.

The Hudson Valley House race is considered one of the key battleground contests in New York this fall.

The new Siena College poll comes as the presidential race has tightened nationally and in some key battleground states less than 60 days before the Nov. 8 election.

El Barrio is a key battleground in the race.

The 24th District race is expected to be a key battleground for both parties in next year's election.

A new poll suggests Democrats in 12 Senate battleground states have made significant gains with their messaging to key demographics, putting the races at a «tipping point» where the opinion of women — specifically unmarried women — may provide the path for Democrats to maintain their hold on the Senate this November.

LeFrak City, a 20 - building, 4,605 - unit complex that houses about 25,000 people, is a key battleground in the council race between Assemblyman Francisco Moya and Monserrate, a disgraced former state senator.

President Bush's signature education program entered the spotlight last week in Iowa, a state that is playing a central role in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and will be a key battleground in the 2004 general election.

Despite its massive presence there, Le Mans has become an incestuous corporate battleground (see this year's race against sister marque Porsche), and while endurance racing covers most key markets, its impact versus expenditure equation is relatively poor.