Sentences with phrase «member numerical majority»

The swearing - in of new Harlem State Senator Brian Benjamin on Monday again gave registered Democrats a one - member numerical majority in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

A Democratic victory in the election Tuesday would set up a new fight in the legislature's upper chamber as the party would then likely hold a one - member numerical majority over Republicans.

Brian Benjamin «s victory last week in the special election to fill Harlem's vacant State Senate seat will once again leave registered Democrats with a one - member numerical majority in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

Should Democrats gain a 32 - member numerical majority in the state Senate but fail to make that a working majority in the chamber would make for a «disaster for New York» as Republicans prepare to take full control of the Congress and presidency next year, Sen. Michael Gianaris said in a Capital Tonight interview.

Not exact matches

But now, even as leadership battle looms in the Senate, Democrats are poised to regain a numerical, 32 - member majority in the Senate.

The development puts Democrats in a numerical majority, but does not give them control of the chamber, given the alliance of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder with the Senate GOP (Republicans have aligned themselves in the past with the five member Independent Democratic Conference).

Democrats need to win both races in order to gain a numerical majority in the chamber and move toward a coalition majority with the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, based on agreement hammered out at the end of last year.

If both Gipson and Tkaczyk win, they will have a numerical 32 - member majority in the Senate and make the four - member Independent Democratic Conference more important in leadership negotiations.

Further, two members of the mainline Democratic conference — Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Jr. and Westchester State Senator George Latimer — are seeking local office, which could leave holes in the numerical Democratic majority for as long as their seats remain vacant.

Flanagan affirmed, too, that he would «absolutely» continue the relationship with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which was in a governing coalition for two years while Republicans did not have a numerical majority.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein expects there to be «some changes» in the existing power - sharing agreement with his five - member conference and the Senate Republicans, the latter of which is entering the new year with a numerical majority in the chamber.

They do not have the numerical majority of 32 members that they need to lead the Senate outright.

Stewart - Cousins told the New York Daily News that the proposed alliance depended on the outcome of special elections in 2018 where Democrats would need to replace two of their members — Ruben Diaz (D) and George Latimer (D)-- who resigned to take local elected positions in order to maintain a 32 - 31 numerical majority in the chamber.

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.

The Republicans enjoy only the narrowest of numerical majorities in the State Senate — 32 out of 63 seats — but conservative Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder caucuses with them, and their control is further fortified by a «co-leadership» arrangement with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein.

If Brooks prevails, the 63 - seat Senate in January would include a numerical majority of 32 lawmakers elected as Democrats — although that list includes Simcha Felder, who has conferenced with Republicans and has said he plans to continue doing do, and seven members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has flirted with partnering with the Democratic mainline conference but could simply return to partnering with the GOP, as it has done for the past four years.

Skelos, who was first elected to the Senate in 1984, had the rare distinction of serving as both the chamber's minority and majority leader, shepherding his conference to electoral wins in 2010 and cutting a deal in 2012 with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference that kept him holding the chamber's reins — in conjunction with Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein — even as Democrats won a numerical majority.

Savino, a Democrat, is one of the founding members of the five - member I.D.C., which has allied itself with the Senate Republicans to control the upper chamber despite the Democrats having a numerical majority.

The GOP conference, which does not have without a numerical majority without Felder, is also at risk of losing members this year, which could force them to rely on the IDC for a majority in 2018.

In the latter situation, existing well - established practice in Commonwealth constitutional Law and Conventions suggests that the Governor General, before acting to withdraw the mandate from an incumbent Prime Minister, is entitled to be satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, of the political capacity of Opposition parties to be able to form, and then maintain for a sufficient time period, an alternative government that commands the support of a numerical majority of House members.