Sentences with phrase «last city council elections»

The City of London is also becoming more like the rest of «Midtown» (Clerkenwell, Hoxton, Finsbury ect) and this was illustrated by Labour gaining their first seats on that authority at the last city council elections.

Not exact matches

The level of spending by some candidates in the last municipal election was described as «insane» by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, after some Calgary city council candidates raised more than $ 270,000 largely through corporate donations.

Our city council put that on the ballot last election but we couldn't get the levy passed.

Madigan, who had kept the bitter and racially charged Chicago City Council fight out of the capital until last week, suffered a jolt when 14 black Democrats threatened to abandon the party in the November election if the park district bill passed the legislature.

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

He has won elections to the City Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vCity Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vcity comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vote.

The 39 - year - old Vanel narrowly missed election to the City Council last fall in the district formerly represented by Leroy Comrie.

«Nineteen days left,» Democratic City Council candidate Frank Gulluscio told a supporter who greeted him as he entered Sapienza Bagels and Deli in Howard Beach last Thursday for a buttered sesame bagel and coffee, referring to the scant time remaining before the Nov. 3 general election.

In a tweet, our managing editor, observed that it seems an odd thing for Reverend Diaz to do just days before his favored City Council candidate, Rafael Salamanca, Jr. faces voters in a nonpartisan special election to fill the vacancy caused by former Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo's sudden resignation last December.

Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support from Queens voters dwindled this year compared to the last election, he still carried the borough — in part buoyed by individuals who came out to vote for the three Republicans who won City Council seats in Queens, Executive Vice Chair of the Queens GOP Vincent Tabone said.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

Rafael Salamanca, a community board district manager, declared victory last night in a special election for City Council in the Bronx.

The election of Margaret Chin to the City Council last year highlighted the neighborhood's growing political clout.

In New York City, the Hotel Trades Council spent nearly $ 100,000 in the city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last yCity, the Hotel Trades Council spent nearly $ 100,000 in the city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last ycity's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last year.

In Portland, Nicholas Caleb, backed by both Socialist Alternative and the International Socialist Organization (ISO), failed to win a city council seat in the last election but is credited with advancing the «15 Now» agenda in that city.

Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins exited Albany last month after winning a City Council seat, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to call a special election to fill the vacancy in the capital.

A liberal Democrat, Baumel voted for Jill Stein in last year's presidential election, and has volunteered on the campaigns for Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and the City Council campaigns for Justin Brannan in Bay Ridge and Dylan Schwartz on the South Shore.

CITY COUNCIL — City Council leaders continued their attack on the Board of Elections Tuesday, releasing the results of a survey that showed more than a third of voters last week were confused by the new computerized polling COUNCIL — City Council leaders continued their attack on the Board of Elections Tuesday, releasing the results of a survey that showed more than a third of voters last week were confused by the new computerized polling Council leaders continued their attack on the Board of Elections Tuesday, releasing the results of a survey that showed more than a third of voters last week were confused by the new computerized polling system.

Now Henry, who also ran a failed City Council bid against Inez Barron in the last election, hopes he can beat both Sampson and opponent Dell Smitherman in the Sept. 9 primary.

«You see sort of a retrenchment in the City Council where black women and women overall have lost seats, have given up seats to their male counterparts and so then numbers that we've had in the past in the New York City Council have diminished a bit, but that means that we have to build a pipeline,» Clarke said, referring to the decrease in the number of women in the Council after last year's elections.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Congressman Charles Rangel «s job in Washington, confirmed over the weekend that he is interested in returning to Albany — by running for the position of Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the City Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens left her local post to assume Wright's old role in the State Legislature.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

Mail - in votes swing outcome for last seat in Paterson council race for Flavio Rivera A little after 9 o'clock on election night, City Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending council race for Flavio Rivera A little after 9 o'clock on election night, City Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending defeat.