Sentences with phrase «of holding a special election»

«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»

Beekmantown Town Supervisor Samuel Dyer, a former legislator for Area 3, told county lawmakers last Wednesday that the town hadn't budgeted for the cost of holding a special election and asked that the county reimburse the town.

Not exact matches

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

Jones himself will not be up for re-election until 2020, at which time he will likely be the Democrats» version of former Senator Scott Brown, the surprise Republican winner of a 2010 Massachusetts special election, who was unable to hold the seat under more normal conditions.

A special election was recently held to fill a vacated packaging brewery position on the Brewers Association (BA) Board of Directors.

The race is one of 11 to be held in the April special election to fill vacancies in both the Senate and Assembly.

The special election is one of 11 that will be held around the state on April 24.

A Kaminsky victory in the April 19 special election could scramble control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority.

Liberal advocates had been upset with the timing of the special election, namely holding it after the state budget is expected to be approved, thus giving Republicans in the Senate a chance to negotiate the spending plan.

The Senate race is one of 11 special elections held that day, but the race is a key one in Westchester County with control of the chamber potentially up for grabs.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

Another option for the Legislature would be to hold a special session after Election Day and formally appoint the new attorney general - elect to fill the remainder of Schneiderman's term.

The special election being held today in Westchester County is one of 11 legislative vacancies being filled in the Legislature.

Earlier this month, it came to our attention that the New York City Board of Election might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is AElection might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is Aelection for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is April 19.

This special election was held to select a new senator to replace former Senator Hillary Clinton, who had resigned to serve as Secretary of State in the Barack Obama administration.

One of the plaintiffs part of a lawsuit challenging Governor Cuomo for not holding a special election after Rep. Louise Slaughter's death says he was recruited to join the suit by a representative for the Republican candidate...

But the embattled Alabama Senate candidate, who is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted, harassed or made sexual advances toward teenagers, still appears to have the support of a big chunk of his base ahead of the special election being held on Dec. 12: Alabama's white evangelical Protestants.

It's dangerous to extrapolate too much from any single special election, but the trend is clear across nearly all of the special contests over the past year: Democrats are over-performing and Republicans are struggling to hold open seats.

... Nothing short of a return to the caucus under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins and special elections held ASAP would move us off our course of running a primary opponent to David Carlucci.»

The Nassau County Charter stipulates that if a legislative vacancy occurs after May 1, a special election must be held to fill the seat on the day of the November general election.

Between the 2007 legislative special elections and the 2014 general election, 29 of 30 special election winners went on to win in the general election held either in the same year or the following year.

Democrats in the State Senate remain hopeful that they will regain the numerical majority and control of the chamber after a special election is held later this month.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said she expects the seat of former Sen. Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who won a City Council post, to be filled by another mainstream Democrat when a special election is held on May 23.

Republican David Storobin is currently ahead in the recount of last Tuesday's special election in Brooklyn, and at least some Democrats see a long - term advantage if his lead holds after all of the absentee ballots are counted later this week.

Optimistic partisans digging through the data have even found reason to cheer some of the special election defeats: In one of the Democratic losses, a race for a Connecticut seat held by Republicans for more than a century, the GOP candidate won by 10 percentage points, compared with a 22 - point GOP victory margin in an election for the same seat just three months earlier.

My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.

Republicans in NY - 29 have lost their lawsuit that sought to force Gov. David Paterson to immediately call a special election to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Eric Massa instead of his (extremely confusing) plan to hold one concurrent with the general election.

The Senate Republicans may have drawn their own special election candidate David Storobin out of the district he's running in, but Mr. Storobin says he'll simply move into the newly created Orthodox Jewish district if the maps hold.

Apart from individual special elections held throughout 2017, the November general elections were the first test of the impact a Donald Trump presidency would have on down ballot races.

ST. PETER, MN — The Independence Party of Minnesota held an endorsing convention in St. Peter on Saturday to endorse Tim Gieseke, a candidate for the MN House District 19A special election to replace Representative Terry Morrow.

(A governor has limited scheduling ability however, as state law requires that such a special election be held between 70 and 80 days from the date of a formal proclamation by the governor.)

«Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that a special non-partisan election will be held in the 28th Council District on November 2nd, the date of the regularly scheduled general election, to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Council Member Thomas White, Jr..

Asked whether they would prefer a special election to be held as soon as possible versus in November, 67 percent of respondents said ASAP, 30 percent said wait for November.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

A special election will be held to choose who fills Latimer's seat, the date of which will be announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and should take place sometime in the next three months.

Which cancels the possibility of a special election and allows his fellow Democrat, state Senate President Richard Codey of Essex County to assume office and hold it until November 2005.

Miller has been a member of the New York State Assembly since 2009, when he won a special election [3] held after the resignation of former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio.

The unification plan put forth by leaders of the New York State Democratic Party, predicated on a special election likely to be held after the state budget is approved in late March or early April, would bring together the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) with the 23 mainstream Democrats in the Senate.

The special elections on Tuesday for the seats formerly held by Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver, the two state legislative leaders who were forced to depart Albany after being convicted on corruption charges last year, were supposed to be a test of how long a shadow corruption could cast on a race.

Mr. LaValle said Governor Andrew Cuomo put in a certificate of necessity for a special election in New York City, but not on Long Island, so it would seem that there will be no special date for the Assembly seat and the election will be held in November.

The likely victory means a special election will be held in late spring to serve out the remaining 18 months of his current term in Albany.

Nassau County must hold a special election within 60 days for the seat of former county Legis.

The new town board will appoint his replacement in the coming weeks, and in November a special election will be held, with the winner serving the final year of Mr. Van Scoyoc's term.

For the closing moments of the House District 72 special election, Republican James Buchanan ripped a page from the Donald Trump campaign playbook — holding a Trump - like rally, complete with a chorus of «lock her up.»

Of the 124 districts holding budget votes across Nassau and Suffolk counties, 59 had contested school board elections as well, and 62 put up special ballot propositions.

Killian is from Rye but has spent a large amount of time in Yonkers, perhaps realizing that she needs to win the city, or at least hold her own, if she stands any chance at winning the special election to replace former Sen. and now County Exec.

When Arnold Drucker talks about his feats in the Nassau County Legislature after winning a special election last year, he holds up a binder of media clippings about himself and lathers his pitch in Democratic talking points.

The City of Yonkers has become the focal point of the State Senate special election to be held on April 24 between Democrat Shelley Mayer and Republican Julie Killian.

A special election for the final year of the term will then be held in November, said Peter McGreevy.

Governor Andew Cuomo must decide when to hold the special election for the remainder of Mr. Losquadro's term.