Sentences with phrase «now vacant seat»

(CNN)-- The Republican congressman who lost to New York Democrat Eric Massa in 2008 announced Wednesday that he will not run again for the now vacant seat.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle didn't rule out the possibility of running for the now vacant seat of his former mentor, Slaughter.

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Former Congressman Blake Farenthold today sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott explaining why he will not pay for the special election to fill his now vacant District 27 Congressional seat.

An increasing number of UK elections are now multi-member, where each elector can vote multiple times according to the number of vacant seats.

He is now gone from our lives, his Assembly seat as vacant as his eyes, completing his shuffle from Manhattan State Supreme Court, where he began as a law secretary in 1971, to the federal courthouse on Foley Square, where 12 of his peers finally got a chance to judge seven of his felonies.

Right now there are 31 Republicans and 30 Democrats in the State Senate, with two vacant seats formerly held by Democrats — but Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder voted to put the Republicans in control.

After the resignation of former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak, there are now 10 seats vacant in the Legislature for various reasons — mostly because lawmakers left for other elected offices — and Cuomo does not rush to call special elections.

Board Member Sharon Belton Cottman is now Vice President of Executive Affairs for the Board, but was once one of eight applicants for a vacant seat, giving her perspective on the process.

Now Bohen follows to Albany the same path established by Kearns in 2012, who back then won his own special election to a vacant seat by running as a Democrat on the Republican and Conservative lines.

Central District School Board Member Paulette Woods sits next to Carl Paladino's former Board seat, now vacant.

The judge declined, and Paladino's appeal is still in the courts as the seat now becomes vacant again.

Nassau County Democrats, increasingly confident they'll win an upcoming special state Senate election, dropped plans to urge Cuomo to hold off on setting April 19 — presidential primary day — as the date to fill the now - vacant Skelos seat.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

Down in NYC, there's a special election to fill the vacant Harlem Council seat vacated by now - Assemblywoman Inez Dickens.

Now - City Councilman Joe Borelli left the South Shore Assembly seat vacant when he resigned in November.

A key focus now is on the April 19 special election to fill the Nassau County seat left vacant after the previous majority leader, Dean Skelos, was convicted on felony corruption charges.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican Ronald Castorina Jr. now has support from a fourth political party in his bid to fill the vacant South Shore Assembly seat.

The 63 - seat chamber is now evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with one vacant seat that's expected to go Democratic in an upcoming special election.

The new Democratic conference now holds 29 of the 32 Senate seats necessary to have a majority, with special elections for two vacant seats slated for April 24.

The seat now sits vacant following the passing of Louise Slaughter.

There are two other vacant seats thanks to the resignations of Nettie Mayhersohn and Audrey Pheffer (now the Queens County clerk).

The open Clinton County legislature seat left vacant by the departure of Colin Read will now be subject to a Democratic primary.

PLATTSBURGH — The open Clinton Country Legislature seat left vacant by the departure of Colin Read to run for mayor will now be subject to a Democratic primary.

Now that the Democratic Primary is over, downtown political insiders are shifting their focus to the vacant seat in the 26th Senate District.

Now local party leaders are trying the same tact — for a vacant state Assembly seat that Republicans have held for more than 20 years.

With County Commissioner John Dailey now in the race to be Tallahassee's next mayor, two City Commission candidates have dropped their bids and look to fill Dailey's vacant seat.

The widest wage gap is in the now - vacant 17th District in The Bronx, in a seat most recently held by Maria del Carmen Arroyo.

Whoever takes over the now - vacant council seat in The Bronx's 17th District, will make 8.19 times more than the average constituent's $ 18,140 income.

But she says for now, it's better to elect someone than to leave the seats vacant.

Benjamin, who worked as a managing director at real estate firm Genesis, defeated Republican candidate Dawn Simmons, a businesswoman who campaigned on school choice and improving police - community relations, and is now set to occupy the seat that was left vacant when former Senator Bill Perkins joined the New York City Council.

Castorina (R - South Shore) took office after winning an unopposed special election in April 2016, filling the seat left vacant by now - Councilman Joe Borelli.

The DPS board was unable to collectively come to a decision about who will fill Nate's vacant seat and now board president Mary Seawell will make the final choice.

Pompeo's seat is now vacant.