Sentences with phrase «local county democrats»
Carlucci remaining in the IDC's fold comes despite pressure from local county Democrats to have him defect to the mainline conference.
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Also joining Morelle were a number of high - profile local Democrats whose names have been in the conversation as the congresswoman's potential successors, including Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, former Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Assemblyman Harry Bronson.
Local and state Democrats alike have been deeply critical of the 19 - term Republican, hoping he would retire from the three - county district, making an effort to flip the seat easier.
In bizarre twist to local politics, Erie County Republicans backed Assemblyman Mickey Kearns, a Democrat, for county County Republicans backed Assemblyman Mickey Kearns, a Democrat, for county county clerk.
I recently received an email invite from Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs inviting me to the party's annual fall fundraising gala on Oct. 18, which is intended to raise campaign cash to help fuel the Democrats» effort to win back control of the local Legislature this fall.
Majority Republicans on the Nassau County Legislature have proposed a bill to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21 from 18, a year after blocking an attempt by Democrats to update the local law.
Shane Hubers, a Republican who ran for local office last year, challenged the registration of dozens of voters — the majority of them Democrats — in Beaufort County.
«The interesting part is local governments have been and continue to share services and it's not just within county lines,» said Assemblyman John McDonald, a Democrat from the Albany area.
Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn political club New Kings Democrats (NKD) has adopted a reform platform for the Kings County Democratic Committee (AKA Brooklyn Democratic Party) aimed at improving the transparency, ethics, and accessibility of the local Democratic Committee.
The English Democrats fielded 84 county council and local authority candidates with particular focus in Bristol, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire, and Lancashire.
Maziarz and Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo remain at odds over the local support for Democrat Chuck Swanick's candidacy against Sen. Mark Grisanti.
It's interesting he refers to Westchester, where the state GOP has taken what limited resources it has to give rising star County Executive Rob Astorino some financial backing while he wages electoral war with local Democrats, as a «battleground.»
Updated 10:09 a.m. State Sen. Toi Hutchinson will drop out of the the 2nd District special election Sunday and back her fellow Democrat, Cook County Chief Administrative Officer Robin Kelly, according to local news reports.
Curran, a Baldwin Democrat who took office Jan. 1, appears to be the first county executive in New York State history to sign such a measure, although the practice is common among local district attorneys.
The Democrats» bill would for the first time cover contributions to political party committees and local clubs, which often have close ties to county leaders.
Jon Cooper is the first Suffolk Democrat to host a local fundraiser for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, presumed candidate for governor, since County Executive Steve Levy went Republican.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, said the bill would hurt Long Island taxpayers, many of whom pay more than $ 10,000 in state and local taxes — the new threshold for deductibility.
Democratic Suffolk County executive candidate Steve Bellone has launched a last - minute radio ad touting his endorsement by THE local paper of record, Newsday, as the Democrats put the finishing touches on their effort to wrest the top local elected office back from GOP hands.
Republican Suffolk County executive hopeful Angie Carpenter today question Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to endorse Democrat Steve Bellone, taking her opponent to task in a public letter for a local tax hike.
Mejias lost his local seat in 2009 when his friend and ally, ex-Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi was also bounced from office and the Democrats lost control of the Legislature and all but one office (the DA's spot held by AG hopeful Kathleen Rice).
Zellner criticized current Assemblyman Mickey Kearns for a number of things, not the least of which is the fact that the Democrat has sought and accepted the local Republican Party's endorsement to run for county clerk this fall.
Other local Democrats wonder why Schreibman put himself forward for the congressional race instead of recruiting an Ulster County Democrat with more name recognition.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, a Democrat, says 18,000 local households would be affected.
In his home county, local Democrats have started a Web site called Levy Pay Us Back (www.levypayusback.com) to draw attention to the issue.
Noted the National Republican Congressional Committee in its take on Hein's passing of the cup, «Ulster County executive Mike Hein just dropped a huge load of coal into the stockings of local and national Democrats this afternoon by announcing that he would not run for Congress in NY - 19.»
Over the course of a 45 - minute interview recently at his Town of Ulster headquarters, Gibson offered warm words for half a dozen local Democrats, including Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo and County Executive Mike Hein, in between detail - rich discourses on agricultural policy and the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Irene.
About twenty other local Democrats also turned out, including Kingston Mayor Steve Noble, Woodstock county Legislator Jon Heppner, Kingston school board member Jim Shaunessey and New Paltz Councilman Dan Torres, representing County Comptroller Elliott Auecounty Legislator Jon Heppner, Kingston school board member Jim Shaunessey and New Paltz Councilman Dan Torres, representing County Comptroller Elliott AueCounty Comptroller Elliott Auerbach.
Smith is a public relations professional, has helped run campaigns for local Democrats and is a former president of Rockland County Young Democrats.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says the Democrat held a conference call Thursday with nearly 100 local officials from across the state to discuss the situation and ensure counties have state resources they need.
In an event anticipated among local wonks, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner (a liberal Democrat) teamed with Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci (a Conservative Republican) to argue against the metropolitan government plan proposed by the community group Consensus.
Romeo says local democrats will be looking to use some momentum from the presidential race to help candidates including newly appointed County Clerk Adam Bello, and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, who is up for reelection.
The two - term Republican county executive, Rob Astorino, was handily defeated by Democrat George Latimer, who had the endorsement of several NYSUT locals and the financial backing of its statewide chapter.
He added that in a state and county that is predominately Democrat, it may be helpful to have one on the local level when negotiating with larger governments.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In a rare agreement Friday between Monroe County Legislature Republicans and Democrats, they voted unanimously to take a step toward dissolving local development corporations, but not everyone's happy with how the issue came up in the first place.
The head of Monroe County Democrats attributed those results and Tuesday's relatively high turnout to a combination of the national mood and the strength of local candidates.
Latimer said he was approached about running by local officials such as Mamaroneck Town Councilman Tom Murphy and county Legislator Catherine Parker, both Democrats.
In a lengthy news release obtained by Gannett's Albany Bureau, a dozen local Democrats, including the Rockland County Legislature chairman, are calling on Sen. David Carlucci to break from the IDC.
Assembled on stage for Brown's announcement was an A-list of local Democrats, including Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, Assembly members Crystal Peoples - Stokes and Sean Ryan, State Sen. Tim Kennedy and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.
A half - dozen Democrats running in local elections in Broome County — including District Attorney Gerald Mollen and Vestal town Supervisor John Shaffer — lost the WEP's ballot status following a state Supreme Court ruling
And he pointed to other factors: An anti-Trump sentiment among Democrats in a blue state and local - level issues, such as corruption in Nassau County government.
Molinaro, along with Democrats Dan McCoy of Albany County and Steve Bellone of Suffolk County, criticized the federal tax overhaul in Washington that ends deductions of state and local taxes, known as SALT, at a news conference.
Nassau County Democratic chief Jay Jacobs spoke to fellow Democrats in Long Beach after an internecine battle that led to him removing the local party chair.
The group said its mission is to elect Democrats to countywide offices, and to support local, county, statewide and national Democratic candidates, and that is the standard by which the committee operates, Kosmider said.
Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti lost the support of the Erie County Conservative Party line earlier this month, with local party leaders supporting Chuck Swanick, a Republican - turned - Democrat.
Taking into account the cyclical nature of local politics, it's hardly news that seven of the 23 incumbents in the Ulster County Legislature (five Democrats and two Republicans) will go unchallenged in the November elections.
Erie County, NY - A local law intended to protect children from traumatic brain injury was clocked in by Democrat Legislator Patrick B Burke (7th District) on March 1, 2016 coinciding with Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness month.
In a year in which local Democrats lost their one Town Board member, Al Krupski, to the county Legislature, and their highway superintendent, Pete Harris, who decided at the 11th hour to not seek re-election, it seems the party will need to dial up the volume in order to get any members of its slate elected.
That determination is made by each party's county committee, a panel of insiders typically elected unopposed and unseen — and in the case of Democrats usually affiliated with a local Democratic club.
When it comes down to support, among the three candidates, Ellis, who gave a spirited speech at Mayor Kathy Sheehan's re-election announcement, has the mayor's backing, which places him in the same box with other powerful local Democrats, among them County Executive Dan McCoy.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, hosted a roundtable Monday in Westchester County about local businesses and exporting, but focused the first several minutes on the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.