Sentences with phrase «last election cycle»

The Senate was «remade» last election cycle after two deplorable years of Democrats ruling each branch of government.

Some supporters have asked why Team Obama has not intervened on behalf of the elected officials who went out on a political limb for Senator Obama last election cycle.

The New York City - based union last election cycle directed $ 127,300 to the DSCC, as well as heavy payments to a number of county committees: $ 102,300 to the Putnam County Democrats, $ 100,000 the Monroe County committee, and $ 60,000 to the Erie County party.

Come on Chris - this type of endorsement took place last election cycle in Maryland (shockingly enough as a result of the Club for Growth's interference).

Case in point: Tom Steyer (who made most of his fortune in the coal industry but is now heavily invested in «green» projects) gave $ 50 million to Democrats last election cycle in exchange for their promise to elevate climate change as an issue.

The Senate has a chance to surpass its last election cycle: donations to the HELP committee are now $ 4.5 million.

The report includes facts about lobbying spending that hit $ 2 billion in the last election cycle, and continues unabated, Wall Street executives in the Trump administration and regulatory agencies, tax cut windfalls for the finance industry, and a deregulatory free - for - all.

If they did why, during this last election cycle did I hear every single religious person, more so Evangelicals telling me how much they HATE Obama.

The scariest TV interview I ever saw showed a reporter conducting exit polls during the last election cycle.

The Senate Republicans, who have steadfastly refused to approve the DREAM Act in their chamber, employed that same approach in the last election cycle with considerable success — especially in upstate and Long Island districts.

During the last election cycle, the same experiment would have been nearly impossible.

The National Rifle Association, the nation's largest gun lobby, donated a combined $ 21,000 to state legislative candidates and the Conservative Party — a far smaller amount than in the last election cycle that saw more than $ 100,000 pour in from the Viriginia - based group.

Recall that in the last election cycle, Cuomo created the Women's Equality Party — or WEP — a move widely seen in part as an effort to confuse voters — after all, E comes right before F in the alphabet — and get back at the WFP for daring to even consider backing a candidate other than Cuomo... more on this in a moment.

Interestingly, the state party spent $ 2.2 million during the last election cycle — all of which went to support candidates running on Long Island, where Jacobs also charis the Nassau County Democratic Party.

Last election cycle, many of the bigger campaigns had Internet strategists either on staff or as consultants.

Vornado Realty Trust, Rudin Management, Tishman Speyer Development, the Related Companies, and Brookfield Financial with their top executives contributed a combined $ 4.7 million in the last election cycle.

This limit was $ 60,800 for statewide candidates in the last election cycle, meaning than an individual who controlled ten L.L.C.s could give write ten $ 60,800 checks to the same candidate.

Gillibrand raised more than $ 1 million during the last election cycle for 15 other female candidates.

By most ways of measuring, New York City developers are the largest source of campaign funds in the state — they accounted for 10 percent of total contributions in the last election cycle.

State - level candidates and parties reported receiving $ 25.4 million from L.L.C.s in the last election cycle; 38.4 percent of this money came from REBNY members.

Loeb's financial support of the Senate Republicans has been widely reported, as has his contribution to the IDC and his donations to a pro-charter school independent expenditure that spent heavily on behalf of members of both conferences in the last election cycle and helped keep them in power.

Sen. Tom Coburn is the keynote speaker for the celebration entitled «Recovering Row C», which the party did in the last election cycle, thanks to Carl Paladino — no word on whether he'll be attending.

Last election cycle, Cuomo only endorsed Democratic candidates who were committed to his progressive priorities: closing campaign finance loopholes, passing comprehensive voting rights reform, and supporting New York's version of the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented college students to receive financial aid.

This accounts for a 51 percent increase in small donations compared to the last election cycle in 2009.

As the National Republican Senatorial Committee's political director during the last election cycle, the former Marine helped orchestrate a stunning nine - seat GOP gain, seizing Senate control for the first time since 2006.

The Republican haul is about a quarter of a million ahead of what the GOP pulled in at the same point of the last election cycle.

The state committee can not make informed decisions about our future, our message or the performance of Chairwoman Nassour until they are made aware of why, how and where the Party's money was spent in the last election cycle.

Litwin was a top donor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the last election cycle, donating $ 1 million through a network of limited liability companies, a process that good - government groups have decried as a loophole in campaign finance regulations, but the state Board of Elections recently deadlocked when considering a revision to the regulation.

Connecticut Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty took over for now - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy after the last election cycle.

In the last election cycle, Wright received $ 43,100 from members of the Real Estate Board of New York, more than any other assemblymember.

In the last election cycle, $ 13.3 million of the $ 25.5 million LLCs gave to state parties and candidates went to those that primarily focused on supporting the governor.

The senate GOP received a hefty sum from REBNY in the last election cycle, and its individual candidates also received $ 2.4 million from the group.

Last election cycle, the amount of money spent on the race for the 40th Senate District in the Hudson Valley shattered previously known records.

Glenwood and Litwin gave Cuomo's committee $ 1 million during the last election cycle, more than any other donor.

None completely stopped contributing to them, but the redirection of money from organized labor in the last election cycle foreshadowed some of the top debates in this year's session.

Diageo made $ 118,595 in contributions to state - level candidates in the last election cycle, including $ 32,000 to the New York State Democratic Committee's housekeeping account.

Overall, unions have made 12,877 contributions totaling $ 29.2 million since the beginning of the last election cycle.

The company and its founder, Leonard Litwin, combined to give his reelection efforts nearly $ 1.5 million in the last election cycle.

Interesting that Sen. Diaz seems interested in the Democrats returning to the majority... He wasn't too concerned about the Democrats holding on to the majority in the last election cycle.

Also perhaps coincidentally, Bedenko was a strong supporter of Hoyt during the last election cycle, has been a consistent critic of the Brown administration and was, after all, the only one to publish the garbage.

The union hasn't given the conference any cash since the last election cycle.

Over the years, he has ponied up quite a bit of cash to fill their housekeeping account, including $ 1 million in the last election cycle alone, making him the conference's largest individual donor.

And our state has been one of the more competitive in the last election cycle for House races, despite New York's solid blue color.

The governor's call for a disclosure act on donations above $ 500 comes as everyone in state government seems to be pursuing some sort of transparency effort in the wake of the Citizens United ruling and the onslaught of political spending in the last election cycle (public financing may be a heavier lift to get through the Senate GOP).

The New York League of Conservation Voters, which has steadily increased its political spending in recent years, this morning sent an email to members of the Assembly who it backed in the last election cycle, reminding them that this issue is the group's «top priority for the 2015 session, and as you may recall this was specifically communicated to you in 2014 when you applied for NYLCV's endorsement.»

In the last election cycle, the money raised in direct contributions by Cuomo's campaign committee was almost three times as much as the total Super PACs spent on every gubernatorial, attorney general, comptroller, Senate, and Assembly candidate combined.

Cuomo, in the last election cycle, refused to endorse a Democratic majority in the chamber.