Sentences with phrase «of state senate seats»

While Democrats technically reclaimed a majority of state Senate seats through a special election Tuesday, a deeply fractured party picture remains.

Republicans hold all of the state senate seats in Nassau and Suffolk counties, as pointed out by Daily Kos Elections, which can be a sign that the district is more competitive than the federal election results suggest.

The incumbent senator ran for re-election in all of the state senate seats that were up for re-election in 2010.

Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky outlines the fight for control of state Senate seats on Long Island, where Senate Democrats are hoping to win enough elections to gain a majority in the chamber.

Carroll, who will be term - limited out of her state Senate seat, had been considering a bid this spring and had met with both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and EMILY's List in May.

Mike Nofs announces his winning of a state senate seat last fall in Marshall.

Not exact matches

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According to a recent Reuters report, depending on who takes a Senate seat from several of these battle ground states and who wins certain gubernatorial races could mean which of the energy topics — EPA carbon regulations, the Keystone Pipeline XL's approval, relaxing crude oil export rules, developing clean energy technology — will take priority.

He was also better at articulating those beliefs than most Republican candidates, and he won his Senate seat in the key swing state of Florida.

Kennedy: «I'm disappointed with the addition of the 63rd Senate seat, besides adding to the cost of government, it was put in a place that has no impact on western New York and quite frankly has no impact on the population shift in New York state and if there was going to be an additional seat added that despite the fact that I disagree with you that the Constitution was in fact violated and you say that it was not violated — the fact that this additional seat adding to the cost and size of government was added to a place in the Capital Region rather than a place where distinctly the population grew down in New York City I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City area.

The IDC announced earlier this month it would dissolve and its members would rejoin the Democratic conference in the state Senate, ahead of a broader push to give Democrats control of the chamber after a pair of seats are filled in an April 24 special election.

The results can be ludicrous at times (at least one member of Congress is reputed to hold her seat because her colleagues in the state senate so despised her that they happily tailored a Congressional district to her needs), but they can also be flat - out obscene.

After Libous was forced from office, Cuomo quickly endorsed Fiala's bid for the seat, an unusual move for a governor who has often sought to stay clear of the state Senate's thorny politics.

Killian, a former Rye councilwoman, is running for the open Westchester County seat that is seen as potentially pivotal for control of the state Senate.

The 42nd Senate district in the Hudson Valley is one of several seats Democrats in the state Senate hope to be competitive in this fall, with others around the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island.

The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano on Tuesday officially announced he's running for the state Senate seat that will be vacated at the end of the month by Westchester County Executive - elect George Latimer.

The plan, signed onto by the state party chairman and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Vice Chairwoman Christine Quinn, Rep. Joe Crowley of Queens and union leader Hector Figueroa of 32BJ, is based on filling the soon - to - be-vacant seats in the Senate.

Martins is himself a product of Albany, having served in the state Senate for six years, and declining to seek re-election in 2016 when he opted to run for the House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the seat of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, accused his GOP opponent, Chris McGrath, of «cozying up» to a pro-Common Core group that funded a $ 1.2 million ad buy in advance of the April 19 special election.

The seat is a key component of the unity push for Democrats in the state Senate.

The advisory council of the Working Families Party on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh for the state Senate seat vacated by Democrat Daniel Squadron earlier this month.

Take Virginia, for example, a national battleground state where Democrats control all 5 statewide offices, yet Republicans hold a super-majority in the state House, a majority in the state Senate, and 8 of the 11 Congressional seats.

This year, the seat could once again be pivotal in the battle for control of the state Senate, although the assemblyman did tell the News he's not sure Democrats would take control even if he won.

The town supervisor of Bedford has filed papers with the state Board of Elections to run for the state Senate seat being vacated at the end of the year by Westchester County Executive - elect George Latimer.

In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

Joe Carni, a two - term member of the Syracuse Common Council, said he plans to seek the Republican nomination for the 50th District state Senate seat that will open with the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

Democratic Assemblyman James Skoufis has created a campaign committee geared toward running for the state Senate seat being vacated by Republican Bill Larkin, a filing at the Board of Elections shows.

Long's small business focus is interesting, considering the fact that Ulrich is one of just two GOP Senate candidates (the other being Bob Cohen, who is running for retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat, is also facing a primary challenge and, like Ulrich, is repped by Bill O'Reilly) to proclaim support for raising the state's hourly minimum wage.

With on the order of 300 - 500 candidates for the Senate across the country, each running for a seat covering an entire Australian state, media relevance becomes a problem.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday won a pair of open seats in the state Senate giving them 32 enrolled members in the 63 - seat chamber, but for now are denied a working majority.

Bedford attorney Sarmad Khojasteh ended his state Senate campaign and declared his support former Rye Councilwoman Julie Killian for a vacant seat in New York's 37th District, considered pivotal for control of the Senate.

Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner has filed to run for the state Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Sue Serino, according to a state Board of Elections filing.

The coalition created out of the Working Families Party convention to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands is quickly putting together its list of seats to target and / or protect, and apparently one of just two remaining Republican senators representing New York City is in its crosshairs.

«While the IDC is in the process of helping Shelley Mayer become the next senator of the 37th senate district, the head of the state party, Geoff Berman, is hellbent on undermining the IDC instead of making sure Democrats win seats.

The Senate also confirmed Justice Paul Feinman, of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, to take the seat of the late Court of Appeals Justice Shelia Abdus - Salaam.

Up until last month, Republican Sen. Michael Venditto was not considered in danger of losing his seat in the state Senate.

Cuomo and other prominent New York Democrats campaigned today in the Westchester County Village of Larchmont for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, who is running for the state Senate seat vacated by now Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

Democrats are trying to turn the special election for a state Senate seat in Westchester County into a referendum on Trump by criticizing Republican Julie Killian for accepting money from Dick DeVos Jr., husband of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

A special election to fill an open Senate seat in Westchester County is the «first battle» toward a Democratic Party takeover of the state Senate in Albany and the House of Representatives in Washington, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, one of two women in the ever - shifting field of contenders for a vacant Hudson Valley state Senate seat, has a new mailer out that stresses her long - standing political history and family ties to the Yonkers area.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

There was talk that either Senator Simcha Felder (registered as a Democrat but caucusing with the Republicans in the State Senate) or the son of Assemblyman Dov Hikind could find a way to run for the Council seat.

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D - Ill., on Monday received the endorsement of the SEIU Illinois State Council, a vote of confidence from labor leaders and a pool of manpower that should help her in the three - way Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican Mark S. Kirk.

National Democratic leaders cheered further on Tuesday as they took two of three contests in Connecticut, winning a state House and state Senate seat on their way to keeping unified control there.

This is no new arrangement, nor does the IDC relent when Democrats have a stronger majority in the Senate: in 2012, Democrats won a majority of seats in the State Senate, but the IDC broke away from the main Democratic conference to give Republicans control.

Last cycle at this time, no one really thought the retirement of Kent Conrad from the Democratic Senate seat in North Dakota — a state McCain won with 53 % and Romney won with 58 % — would lead to a new Democratic freshman, Heidi Heitkamp.

Mayer declared victory Tuesday night, allowing Democrats to get back to their numerical majority of 32 seats in the state Senate.

StreetsPAC today announced three additional candidate endorsements for Tuesday's general election, supporting the re-election campaigns of New York State Assemblymembers Dan Quart and Michaelle Solages, and the State Senate race of Adrienne Esposito, who's running for an open seat on Long Island.