Sentences with phrase «majority in a presidential election year»

Nevertheless, the failure of Democrats to win a clear numerical majority in a presidential election year is a blow to the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference, whose leader Jeff Klein was widely expected to wake up as the Senate's kingmaker on Wednesday morning.

Not exact matches

Kaminsky, elected to fill the chair held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, won a special election and won a full term in a presidential election year.

Only three years ago, pundits and political scientists saw the 2008 American presidential election as the beginning of a new era in Washington: the rise of President Obama and a strong Democratic majority in both houses of Congress meant that after eight years away from Pennsylvania Avenue, liberals could again implement political programmes and reforms free from Republican meddling.

Even if lawmakers redraw their own boundaries (which, given voter enrollment, will have to look pretty crazy in order to stack the deck for Republican senators), a presidential election year will makes their majority tenuous.

Cabrera's run is not insignificant in a year when Senate Democrats are banking on the presidential election to help them seize the majority from Senate Republicans.

A Larkin retirement could have a significant impact on the fight for control of the state Senate, where Republicans hold a thin majority and are girding for a heavy turnout of Democrats in a presidential election year.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

In 2008, the last presidential election year, Democrats took the majority by just one seat.

His move toward launching a campaign comes as Senate Republicans fight to maintain a narrow majority in the chamber ahead of a presidential election year, which typically brings out more Democratic voters in a blue state like New York.

And in a presidential election year, Democrats are likely to pick up seats in November, although they will still need to woo the five - member Independent Democratic Conference to join them to have a majority.