Sentences with phrase «legislative seats against»

With the New Jersey Senate and Assembly included, Democrats in 2017 collectively sought to defend 80 state legislative seats against Republican challengers.

Republicans sought to defend 98 state legislative seats against Democratic challengers.

Not exact matches

He did not hold that line earlier that year, when he first secured his legislative seat in a special election against Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter, which he also won handily, 7,152 to 3,447.

An ad from the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action warns that Democratic former Sen. Evan Bayh, who's seeking his old seat against GOP Rep. Todd Young in Indiana, would help Clinton fill another seat on the Supreme Court.

Liberal advocates remained frustrated with Cuomo since last year after Democrats came up short in the legislative elections against Republicans, who gained a firm, 33 - seat majority in the Senate chamber.

There are 29 incumbents facing major party primary challenges, 14 campaigns for candidates in open legislative seats, and six races to be the nominee against an incumbent who might be vulnerable in November.

This past April, Castro, now 41, had to resign his Assembly seat when it was revealed that he'd been indicted for perjury, after which he was a government informant for almost his entire tenure in the State Assembly — and helped make a bribery case against a legislative colleague.

The Florida lawmaker who led his state's House education committee has resigned his legislative seat in the wake of allegations that he used a racial slur to describe Miami - Dade County's black school superintendent and then threatened a fellow lawmaker who filed a complaint against him.

• Legislative District 12 — AFC successfully defended incumbent Rep. Eddie Farnsworth against a strong challenger for his House seat and successfully helped elect newcomer Travis Grantham.

When Rep. Mark Foley, R - Fla., battled in the recent election to retain his seat against a strong challenger, Jean Elliott Brown, he had one thing going for him that only a handful of other House and Senate members had: NAR's Legislative Leadership Award.