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The group this week spent $ 22,201 on a mail campaign boosting Democratic state Senate candidate Shelley Mayer, who is running in a key district in Westchester County.

On walks in local neighborhoods, they could run into gun - control advocates, who plan to blanket key districts with fliers.

Businessman, GOP district leader and ’08 Assembly contender Tony Nunziato is poised to announce a challenge to Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo, and he has gained the support of several key local leaders who have been at odds in the past, several Queens sources confirm.

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.

In one of the key swing districts in the nation, country voters who register to vote in our district could easily be the votes that turn NY19 blue and stop Trump in his tracks.

Spota, the longest serving district attorney in Suffolk history, and his key aide, McPartland, were charged in October with helping to cover up the 2012 beating of a man who had stolen a duffle bag from the SUV of a protégé of the district attorney's, former Suffolk police chief James Burke.

Gillibrand also name - drops the Democratic Senate candidates running in key districts that could decide control of the chamber, including Buffalo's Marc Panepinto, who the governor is yet to endorse (Cuomo is torn on the race, considering Sen. Mark Grisanti is the last sitting Republican in the chamber to have supported same - sex marriage in 2011).

City Action has made expenditures in the Bronx race on behalf of a candidate who does not even live in the district ---- something that is allowed in redistricting years ---- but enjoys one key strength in the race: his name is Joel Rivera, the same as the 12 - year incumbent he is hoping to replace.

Lori Compas, a first - time candidate who took on a key Walker ally in a Republican district in Tuesday's election, says she used a private Facebook page to coordinate volunteers in the run - up to Tuesday.

Siena pollster Stevse Greenberg noted the three districts surveyed, which also includes the 43rd currently held by GOP Sen. Roy McDonald, who lots his September primary bid for the GOP line, are seen as among the key races in the Democrats» attempt to retake the Senate majority.

Governor Andrew Cuomo had a message of support for them on Wednesday, as well as a message of criticism toward the Manhattan district attorney, who's been trying, unsuccessfully, to play a key role in a possible criminal case against the ex-attorney general.

The district, along with SD 16, SD 18 and SD 24, is a top target for Senate Democrats this cycle and could be key in determining who will be Senate President after the 2022 elections.

In November, voters will be able to approve a constitutional amendment that will require district lines to be drawn by an independent, bipartisan commission and at least three members who were not appointed by the majority conferences in either house must approve a plan before the Legislature votes on it, a key barrier to partisan gerrymandering.

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.

NFIB is backing Republicans in key Senate swing districts, such as Senator Mark Grisanti who lost the primary to Kevin Stocker.

But Senator DeFrancisco said while he likes and respects Fiala, her positions on key issues, like Cuomo's gun control act, which she's been for, and hydrofracking, which she's against, may put her at odds with many in the district who resent the gun laws and wanted the natural gas drilling to help the stumbling economy.

The candidate, a vice president at FreshDirect and a former deputy commissioner for the Parks Department, recently received a key endorsement from Assemblywoman Inez Dicken, who previously held the 9 Council District seat.

But Senator DeFrancisco says while he likes and respects Fiala, her positions on key issues, like Cuomo's gun control act, which she's been for, and hydrofracking, which she's against, may put her at odds with many in the district who resent the gun laws and wanted the natural gas drilling to help the stumbling economy.

Correa's support among white voters can be credited to two key endorsements from Orange County's top law - and - order Republicans, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, who crossed party lines to support Correa.

The umbrella labor group endorsed Senate Democrats running in key swing districts, including former Sen. Terry Gipson, who is seeking to reclaim the district in the Hudson Valley he lost to Republican Sue Serino in 2014.

But filings at the state Board of Elections show the group's super PAC is putting money down for Senate Republicans who are running in key swing districts or have trailed their Democratic opponents in fundraising.

Still, the overwhelming majority of the endorsements, money and door - to - door organizing efforts in the contest have gone to Ms. Niou, whose focus on reform and Asian heritage may help draw out the well - educated professionals and Chinatown residents who make up two key constituencies in the district.

Washington — Saying he is an «activist» who would not interpret the law without bias, a key Republican lawmaker led GOP opposition Thursday to the nomination of New Haven Corporation Counsel Victor Allen Bolden as a U.S. District court judge for...

Pre-K for All, a key initiative of the de Blasio administration, was touted by Deputy Mayor Richard Buery during a recent tour of P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. with school administrators and Councilmember Mark Levine, who represents the district.

Rep. Dave Reichert, who represents a district Trump lost by three points, announced earlier this year that he is retiring, creating an open seat and a key opportunity for Democrats.

Pre-K for All, a key initiative of the de Blasio administration, was touted by Deputy Mayor Robert Buery during a recent tour of P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. with school administrators and Councilmember Mark Levine, who represents the district.

She says they will target key Senators who are either pro-choice or live in predominantly pro-choice districts who oppose the reproductive health act in the November elections.

«Senator Nozzolio is an outstanding advocate for his district, the Finger Lakes region, and all of Upstate New York, and is a key voice in discussions on many critical issues facing the people who live there, including job creation and economic development,» Flanagan said in a statement.

The endorsement in the 13th District Race is a key pickup for Espaillat in the battle against Rangel, who has represented the area since he unseated Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in 1970.

But DeFrancisco says while he likes and respects Fiala, her positions on key issues — like Cuomo's gun control act, which she's been for, and hydrofracking, which she's against — may put her at odds with many in the district who resent the gun laws and wanted the natural gas drilling to help the stumbling economy.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Chief Judge Royce Lamberth, who earlier had ruled against the National Institutes of Health, this time came down on NIH's side in several key arguments in the case.

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Our key finding is that increased per - pupil spending, induced by court - ordered SFRs, increased high school graduation rates, educational attainment, earnings, and family incomes for children who attended school after these reforms were implemented in affected districts.

«Our educational philosophy had been all about self - esteem as our key goal,» recalls Superintendent Nadine Kujawa, a Texas native who had worked in the district since the early 1960s and in 1994 was the deputy superintendent of human resources and instruction.

One morning near the end of the school year, I sat in on a string of meetings between students at Francis Scott Key middle school in Silver Spring, Maryland, and a group of adults — a family - court judge, a district attorney, a school social worker — who are part of a truancy project sponsored by the University of Baltimore School of Law.

See how Fort Wayne Community Schools established a core leadership team of principals and district leaders who are key to ensuring all schools are grounded in adult learning designs that result in a positive impact on students.

Teacher leaders — current or former classroom teachers who work with other teachers and educators in their schools or districts to help improve instruction — are a key feature of many school reform efforts.

In fact, districts who share a few key characteristics are likely to create a more personalized professional learning climate for their educators.

Working with Roland G. Fryer, a researcher at Harvard who studies the racial achievement gap, Houston officials last year embraced five key tenets of such charters at nine district secondary schools; this fall, they are expanding the program to 11 elementary schools.»

District leaders should promote awareness of the discrepancies in funding and resources prior to the rollout of the policy and carefully select key messengers who are well - respected by affluent parent groups.

Public schools across the country rely upon federal investments for key education programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students, special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trust lands.

The CTA and some key Democrats, including Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, also argued that districts could make four or five years standard for probation to save money through lower salaries for probationary teachers.

Assemble a Team: Regional TURN Coordinators will work with school - district leaders to assemble a team that includes 1 district leader, 1 union leader and 4 teacher leaders who represent grades K - 12 and key content / specialty areas.

We are a diverse team of five teachers who worked together to gather input from teachers across the district, conduct research from leading experts and meet Chicago - area stakeholders to form key policy recommendations for improving teacher PD.

Last summer, Torlakson lost another key administrator when Deb Sigman, the deputy superintendent who ran the assessment and accountability division, left to become a deputy superintendent at the Rocklin Unified School District.

The change prompted the support of key Republicans on the Senate Education Committee — including Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), a former secretary of education who introduced his own series of ESEA bills a few weeks ago — who believe evaluation decisions should be left up to state and local districts.

She said a key priority will be reaching out to leaders of the nation's second largest school district who, just two days ago, publicly opposed the plan developed by the Broad Foundation.

Headed into an election year, voters should be skeptical at best about people who want to be handed the only set of keys to the district.

Students in the District of Columbia voucher program, for example, were less likely to have access to key services such as English as a Second Language programs, learning supports, special education supports and services, and counselors than students who were not part of the program.