Sentences with phrase «likely vacant seat»
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a powerful Democrat who has questioned whether Kennedy is the best choice to fill the likely vacant seat, said Wednesday he will support Kennedy should she ultimately be appointed to the post.
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He will likely be a key lawmaker should Democrats win both vacant Senate seats this spring and regain a numerical majority in the chamber.
But Goldfeder said no governor has filled a seat that way for decades, nor is Cuomo likely to, since it would require leaving Castro's seat vacant for many months.
The winner of the 36th Senate District primary in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will likely fill the seat left vacant by former Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who in July resigned from her post to work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a special adviser for policy and community affairs of state Homes and Community Renewal.
WARRENSBURG — Within several weeks, the town of Warrensburg is likely to have a new town board member after the municipal council chose a local citizen to fill a vacant seat.
CNN: Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President - elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, will likely show up on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the opening day of Congress, according to a Democratic aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders» plans.
In the alternative, the respondent submits that s. 5 of the MCIA does not apply because the amount involved is so insignificant that it can not be regarded as likely to influence his actions (MCIA, s. 4 (k)-RRB- and, in the further alternative, his contravention of the MCIA was committed through inadvertence or by reason of an error in judgment so that his seat on Council should not be declared vacant (MCIA, s. 10 (2)-RRB-.