It's getting near time to make a choice, but in
the local congressional race, as something of a homer, I'm more inclined to go with a Democrat from Marbletown (Julian Schreibman) than a Republican from Kinderhook (Chris Gibson).
It is the first time since at least 2006 that the Syracuse Police Benevolent Association, a 450 - member group, endorsed a candidate in
the local congressional race.
A blast of fresh air blew into
the local congressional race last week in the person of independent candidate Diane Neal of Hurley.
In
the local Congressional race, Chris Collins had 11,722 votes to 3,324 for James D. O'Donnell.
A blast of fresh air blew into
the local congressional race last week in the person of independent candidate Diane Neal of Hurley, a familiar face for constituents who watch primetime police procedurals.
Democratic congressional candidate Mike Derrick has the second lowest fundraising results, at this point, of local congressional challengers in six
local congressional races, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
A Democrat, an Independent and a Republican were selected to run on the Reform Party line in
local congressional races.
Not exact matches
The unlikely
local Congressional primary
race between an entrenched Democratic star and a political neophyte has turned ugly in a hurry.
In a
congressional, state legislative or
local race, niche social networking sites aren't likely to yield enough supporters in the right places to be worth the time, but a MySpace profile may be a good investment.
Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump was seen as a galvanizing event for many women to run for office in down - ballot
races — from
local elections, state legislation
races and
congressional campaigns — this year.
For starters,
congressional races are warming up and there ought to be a ton of work going on soon at the
local and state levels as well.
In sharp contrast to 2012 when Chris Collins ousted incumbent Congresswoman Kathy Hochul in a hard fought battle, the
local 2014
Congressional races aren't likely to present similar drama.
In recent weeks, the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee has circulated information to
local reporters about Republican candidates in close
races.
The 2016 Senate
race in North Carolina could be just as competitive as the 2014 contest, which flooded
local televisions with more than $ 100 million in political ads to become one of the most expensive
congressional races in history.
And while the presidential and larger statewide campaigns will almost certainly continue pushing our tech - forward strategies, the down - ballot
races —
local, state legislative, and small
congressional — sorely lack institutionalized tools and programs, especially ones that are neatly packaged and easy to use.
One final note: lest you think that these rules apply only to big campaigns with the resources to put out Obama's 1800 separate YouTube clips, Tom Rosenstiel noted that individual videos can actually matter MORE to a smaller campaign, for instance for a
Congressional race or a
local issue.
They are lining - up to position the
race against Eldridge as a campaign of personalities — Gibson, the
local war hero from a working family vs. Eldridge, the multi-millionaire outsider trying to buy a
Congressional seat.»
«I've worked on presidential, senate,
congressional and hyper -
local races.
New York Republican Party chairman Ed Cox is traveling the state discussing voter outreach as they prepare for the 2013
local elections, and the 2014
congressional elections and gubernatorial
race.
Other
local Democrats wonder why Schreibman put himself forward for the
congressional race instead of recruiting an Ulster County Democrat with more name recognition.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki has established the «Tipping Point Super PAC» which will focus on
congressional races in New York — including the local race in the 21st Congressional District, where Pataki owns a f
congressional races in New York — including the
local race in the 21st
Congressional District, where Pataki owns a f
Congressional District, where Pataki owns a farm in Essex.
Republican
congressional candidate John Katko has the party's designation, the local Conservative Party's endorsement and now he has some money in his campaign war chest to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei in the 24th Congressional D
congressional candidate John Katko has the party's designation, the
local Conservative Party's endorsement and now he has some money in his campaign war chest to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei in the 24th
Congressional D
Congressional District
race.
The
race drew national attention in March, when Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee operative Tim Persico met with a
local Democratic leader to ask if he thought Susan Wild or Greg Edwards, two other candidates in the
race, would be willing to drop out and run for state Senate, a proposition they both rejected.
What normally would have been a
local contest with little national interest partially evolved into an early referendum on Obama, his polices to jumpstart the economy, and the reputations of the Democratic and Republican parties, as both national parties and their
congressional committees poured money and resources into the
race.
Local Democrats failed to meet a filing deadline to run a candidate in this year's
race to represent the 22nd
Congressional District, which covers an area from Binghamton to Utica and west to Pulaski.
13th
Congressional District: In this multi-candidate
race, we interviewed Jimmy Vacca, District Manager for his
local community board, and Ismael Betancourt, a businessman and perennial candidate.
Donovan, who now has two PACs others created to fund - raise for him, will have to fundraise from scratch for the
congressional campaign and can not use existing campaign funds he has, as campaign laws governing federal
races differ from
local races.
CANONSBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania
congressional race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone remains too close to call, with
local elections officials still counting absentee ballots late Tuesday.
ICYMI: While making a budget victory stop in his hometown of Rochester, LG Bob Duffy weighed in — albeit briefly — on the
local clash of the political titans
congressional race between Rep. Louise Slaughter and Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, and hinted he might get involved sometime down the road.
That would lay the basis for future
local races for municipal, county, state legislature and
congressional races where the «political revolution» can continue, with independent progressive candidates using Green ballot lines.
In a joint statement, chairs of the Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego and Wayne County Democratic Committees said the national party is ignoring the grassroots work being done at the
local level in the
Congressional race.
We look at New York, from the
local (Binghamton City Council
race) to the federal (NY - 22
congressional race), for a few examples of the misleading of the public.
Race to the Top District, or RTT - D, which supports innovation and improvements at the
local level, and
Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, or RTT - ELC, a grant competition to strengthen early learning, also grew out of ARRA's RTT initiative through
congressional appropriations beginning in fiscal year 2011.
A native of Grayson, Georgia, Mehul attended the University of Georgia, where he fell in love with Athens, GA, and began his service in
local and national Democratic politics by working on the Obama Campaign and
congressional, legislative and statewide
races in 2006, 2008 and 2010.