Sentences with phrase «number of candidates running»

The newcomers, Inwood sociologist Cheryl Pahaham and Washington Heights interpreter Francesa Castellanos, join community activist Miguel Estrella and bring the number of candidates running for the newly - united district to four.

Williamsville, the Buffalo area's largest suburban school district, is tied for the second - highest number of candidates running for School Board out of the 37 districts in Erie and Niagara counties.

Democrats fear that their large number of candidates running in some of these primaries could split up the vote and box them out of the November election.

«We have a number of candidates running for the state Senate who are great,» Cuomo said to applause at the dinner.

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These nondisclosing organizations can engage in a number of activities, including buying ads that advocate for or against a candidate, running phone banks and making contributions to super PACs.

CRMs designed for candidates typically incorporate an integrated online fundraising system, and can also include more advanced modules that allow supporters to organize events, run personal fundraising efforts and download lists of neighbors to visit or phone numbers to call.

Hillary Clinton is supporting a Democratic congressional candidate's use of campaign funds on child care, writing a letter in support to the Federal Elections Commission that also highlights the number of women who are running for office in the 2018 midterm elections.

Coyne's team were buoyed by this because they expected Len would not, or could not, run again, that they would be able to improve on last time's effort because they weren't starting from scratch now and the expectation that the vote on the Left of Unite would be fractured amongst a number of candidates.

I guess there's a number of candidates out there... All I know is that I've said to people that I'm interested in running for the congressional seat.»

During the last cycle, she help raise more than $ 1 million for other congressional hopefuls and then touted the role she had played in an «historic election for women» that saw a record number of female candidates running — and winning — seats in Washington.

Despite a surge of interest in running for office by female candidates, the November elections may not produce a similar surge in the number of women in Congress.

With 61 people either endorsed by parties or running as independents, this is the [highest number of candidates] since Cyprus first participated in European elections in 2004.

The New York gubernatorial race has a number of colorful candidates, including Jimmy McMillan, a former postal worker running as a member of the «Rent Is 2 Damn High» party.

Two candidates have filed paperwork with the FEC in the past month, while a number of others are considering runs in this expansive Hudson Valley district.

On the Democratic side, a number of candidates have already entered the race to challenge the Republican councilman, including Paul Graziano, an activist and urban planning consultant; Austin Shafran, a former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration; Paul Vallone, an attorney, who ran for the seat back in 2009; and former state Assemblyman John Duane.

A number of possible candidates for attorney general have emerged this week, including Long Island Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, who is a near - lock to run, according to a person with knowledge of her plans.

They're trying to run this national message in part about fiscal discipline, but they've recruited a number of candidates not credible to carry that message.»

The others are the 36th (Assemblyman Mike Gianaris is departing to run for retiring Sen. George Onorato's seat), and the 26th, where a number of candidates are jockeying for the seat Assemblywoman Ann - Margaret Carrozza (who had a bit of a residency problem that drew the attention of Cuomo's office) has decided not to run for again.

Still, same - sex marriage and LGBT issues in general have not received much oxygen this election cycle, despite President Obama say this summer he now favored marriage rights for gay couples and a record number of gay and lesbian candidates running for public office.

While a number of candidates are being floated for the seat, New York's solicitor general Barbara Underwood — who has years of prosecutorial experience — was tapped to run the agency in the interim.

In a compromise move, the NEC agreed to a proposal to cut the number of nominations a candidate needs to run from 15 % to 10 % of the party's MPs and MEPs.

De Blasio ran Rangel's 1994 re-election campaign, but has refused to endorse him now, and has made a number of supportive comments about a third candidate in the race, Harlem pastor Michael Walrond.

Cuomo name dropped a number of potential candidates who have said they are either considering a run or have submitted their names for consideration by the Legislature.

Malpass also said that if, as expected, the «Stop de Blasio» line draws a large number of voters, its use will be extended citywide next year to back the Republican Party's candidate for mayor — assuming de Blasio is running for re-election.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

Local candidates running on the Democratic line last November had a number of successes.

The rise of female political donors parallels a similar surge in the number of women running for elective office and has prompted a change in campaign finance rules allowing candidates to use their political money for child care in some cases.

But it's not just more Democrats running: The number of Republican candidates has also increased.

Last year, the country ran controlled experiments in 435 different places, putting a number of candidates up against one another and tracking how much each raised and spent.

While Astorino has not yet formally announced his candidacy, he has made a number of clear indications that he is highly likely to run — regardless of the fact that Paladino, the 2010 GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate, has threatened to challenge him on the Conservative Party, effectively splitting votes on the right and making a long - shot change of ousting the popular and well - funded incumbent governor all the more difficult.

Those vacancies also lower the total number of potential votes (the denominator) used to determine whether a candidate earns a primary spot (which takes 25 percent of the weighted vote), formal nomination (which takes a majority) or Wilson - Pakula proclamation, the formal document required to let a non-W.F.P. member (an enrolled Democrat, usually) run on the party's line.

«During my time as party chairman, we ran a number of legit, well - funded candidates for federal office who worked hard,» Labriola added.

«Given (the) number of candidates who run for office each year at the state, county, federal and local levels, prosecutions are rare,» said John Conklin, a spokesman for the state Board of Elections.

Under California's «top two» primary system, there is a single primary among all candidates (with an option of indicating a candidate's party preference), and the two candidates getting the highest number of votes go on to run in the general election.

A New York congressional candidate given permission Thursday to use campaign funds for child care expenses called the decision by federal officials «a game changer» for mothers as a record number of women run for office.

The high number of undecided voters, as seen in other polls, and a lackluster debate of the Democratic candidates last month left some of Murphy's old supporters who backed his 2016 U.S. Senate campaign to charter the poll in the hopes of persuading him to run.

And he expects there to be a number of candidates of color running in 2021, particularly African - American and Latino.

A number of other GOP colleagues have said they are considering running, including Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the party's 2014 candidate; Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport); Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse); Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R - Canandaigua); Carl Paladino, the party's 2010 candidate; and ex-hedge fund manager Harry Wilson.

Howie Hawkins, has run for a number of local, state and national offices as a Green and is currently a candidate for Common Councilor in Syracuse, New York.

The totals are used to determine the number of signatures prospective candidates need to run for office and earn a place on the ballot.

Kassar said he has spoken to a number of party executive committee members, who would vote to select a party candidate for that borough in the special election, and they are pushing to draft her to run.

Voters will cast their ballots Tuesday to decide who fills six seats on the Buffalo School Board, but it could be days before some of the races are settled.Elections officials expect a large number of write - in ballots for candidates in two districts who are running write - in campaigns after being disqualified from the ballot, and it could take an extra day or two to hand - co...

Unlike African - Americans, historically there have been a fair number of Jewish candidates in Suffolk, although for years, party strategists gauged that a Jew running countywide would have a distinct disadvantage.

Yesterday, after an event at New York University at which he touted his support for new sexual assault policies, Cuomo said to reporters about the prospect of a Biden candidacy, «If he did run, I think all Democrats would be in a bind, because they'd have a choice of a number of good candidates.

When the GOP couldn't find a candidate this spring to run for mayor against well - funded incumbent Stephanie Miner, Dadey started using a number of ballot maneuvers to keep the GOP line open.

The four candidates actively running for Rochester mayor debated a number of subjects Monday night including what they would do about things like poverty, mayoral control of schools, Parcel 5 and immigration.

The number of independent candidates running for various races in the state of Rhode Island has been increasing despite being a Democrat stronghold.

I believe there are a still a number of potential candidates that are exploring a run and in time we will see who the party comes behind.»

There are some within the party who want Working Families to «go it alone» and endorse a candidate who could run to Cuomo's left - particularly after he unveiled a number of fiscally conservative proposals like a property tax cap during his announcement Saturday.

New York's state Republican leadership made a calculated decision not to run candidates in a number of Queens races, several Queens Republican operatives said in the final week before Tuesday's primary election.