Sentences with phrase «of swing districts»

Woolf made little mention of Funiciello, singling out his Republican opponent in the race for the district that stretches across Northern New York and is considered one of a handful of swing districts in the state.

Some of the decline in the number of swing districts can be attributed to redistricting, according to the article:

Even before Donald Trump became the GOP presidential nominee, House Democrats heralded Hillary Clinton's candidacy as the key to winning battleground races in all manner of swing districts.

Based on the percentages Barack Obama and John McCain scored in the 2008 presidential race, a number of swing districts have gotten either more or less competitive.

The year 2008 was a partial exception: the number of landslide districts rose slightly from 2004, but so did the number of swing districts.

The Hudson Valley Senate seat has been something of a swing district, with Gipson narrowly winning a three - person race in 2012 that ousted longtime Republican incumbent Stephen Saland.

He represents the borough's Mid-Island area, which something of a swing district and where he has remained very popular.

As representative of a swing district with only one more election ahead of him, he is free of the pressure to do favors for party leadership and the fears of being outflanked on his right in a primary.

The spending underscored the importance of the swing district to Democrats and Republicans nationally, as House Democrats look to reclaim the seat they lost to Rep. Lee Zeldin in 2014.

Not exact matches

«I think you're going to see gun safety played out very prominently in many, many races, particularly in suburban swing districts,» said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.

The officers» duties were rather limited because the Dixmoor Park District owned just the one tot lot, called Children's Memorial Park, which had two swing sets, a slide and a couple of plastic whales and pelicans for children to rock back and forth on.

Kinnaird's decision casts the future of the park district's lone property — a minuscule tot lot with two swings and one slide — into limbo.

And Gibson, despite his conservative views on some hot button social issues — most notably, abortion rights — has insisted that he is, in fact, a middle - of - the - road pragmatist, perfectly situated, ideologically speaking, to represent the swing district that is now NY - 19.

But, I'm in the District of Columbia, and he may have ad campaigns in place targeted other locations like swing states that I can't see.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday continued his spate of endorsements for Democrats running in swing seats, backing Democratic candidate Anna Kaplan in Long Island's 7th district.

«A couple of Republicans residing in the district have proven themselves to be very adept at attracting swing and even traditional Democratic voters and could be coaxed into making a run.»

Thus, it may be beneficial to «Dance with the Devil» if your district didn't vote for your party in the last election, or they are showing signs of a swing.

The investigation stemmed into de Blasio's efforts to help elect Democrats to the state Senate in 2014 using county Democratic committees to aid candidates running in key swing districts outside of New York City including the Hudson Valley and in Monroe County.

Republican state Sen. George Amedore of Rotterdam, who represents a swing state Senate district likely to be competitive in 2018, has attracted a Democratic challenger with strong support already from local party officials: Pat Strong, a Kingston business owner.

Reports suggest that Romney, Ryan, and key people around them remained confident of victory to the very end, seeing that they were «hitting their numbers» in many districts — only to realize as Election Night unfolded that turnout would exceed their expectations in most swing states, raising the bar for victory and leaving them in the unenviable position of having achieved their tactical goals but lost the strategic battle nonetheless.

The PAC, Maggie's List, did not detail in a news release how much money will be injected into these races, all of which are considered competitive swing districts.

As The NYT reported today, the coalition of wealthy business types, which seemed strikingly similar to the Committee to Save New York when it was first announced earlier this year, are mobilizing an effort on removing money from politics with mailers in swing legislative districts.

The Long Island swing district is on Democrats» radar as a top target and has drawn early attention from outside groups, indicative of the likely high level of spending that will pour into the race during the 2016 cycle.

In close races in the Hudson Valley, GOP candidates also held on, and in a Western New York swing district that includes portions of the Buffalo area, Republicans took the post back from Democrats.

A swing seat at the presidential level, Wisconsin's 8th District is the kind of seat the party needs to contest if it's going to fight for control of the chamber.

Throne - Holst and Calone mentioned Zeldin's votes against funding for the Department of Homeland Security and student loans and Pell grants as signs that he is out of touch with the district, and Democrats have indicated they will attempt to paint the foreign policy hawk and only Jewish Republican in Congress as too extreme for the moderate swing district.

However, progressive Democrat Christine Pellegrino won a resounding victory on Tuesday in this heavily - Republican district around Oyster Bay, a 40 point swing in the Democrats favor after Trump won the area with 60 % of...

That, combined with the retirement of Republican incumbent Tim Johnson, had turned the 13th from a safe Republican seat to a swing district.

It's partly because Republicans created boundaries efficiently in redistricting and partly because the most Democratic districts in the country, like those in urban portions of New York or Chicago, are even more Democratic than the reddest districts of the country are Republican, meaning there are fewer Democratic voters remaining to distribute to swing districts.

In 1992, there were 103 members of the House of Representatives elected from what might be called swing districts: those in which the margin in the presidential race was within five percentage points of the national result.

-- interested in challenging freshman Republican Rep. John Faso, whose swing district is one of the Democrats» top targets in the upcoming midterm elections.

Democrats are optimistic that having former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on the top of the ticket will buoy their recruits in swing districts, while Donald Trump will be a drag on Republican nominees.

Today's endorsement in a battleground swing district proves to the Democratic faithful in New York state that Cuomo is not just a member of their party, but the leader of it, backing an incumbent lawmaker who made a tough but valuable vote at a critical time in the campaign.

Jewish voters represent a sizable portion of the Queens district's population, and an even larger portion of the district's swing voters willing to vote for either party, a fact further highlighted by the announcement events of Democratic Assembly Members Rory Lancman and Grace Meng heavily highlighting the issue.

His district includes must - win counties that swing statewide and presidential elections in Colorado, and as a sitting member of Congress, he would start with money in the bank.

Mr. Grimm, who represents a swing district containing Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, faces a competitive campaign challenge from Democrat Domenic Recchia Jr..

In one of the key swing districts in the nation, country voters who register to vote in our district could easily be the votes that turn NY19 blue and stop Trump in his tracks.

The focus on Israel is interesting, as the district is more heavily Asian - American than anything else, but foreign policy - minded Jewish voters are considered an electorally significant swing constituency and the race is likely to see more plenty more events held in front of Jewish congregations like today.

But his decision is likely to make New York's 22nd District one of the most competitive House races in the nation next year for an open seat in a traditionally moderate swing dDistrict one of the most competitive House races in the nation next year for an open seat in a traditionally moderate swing districtdistrict.

«There are three progressive Democrats in swing districts elected with the help of Obama's 2012 wave,» Lipton wrote.

Democrats are yet to swing their support to any of the candidates running out in the 60th Senate District.

«If Democrats in swing districts like the 21st District of New York are heading for the hills, the chances of Nancy Pelosi becoming Speaker of the House have been downgraded again,» he said.

Influences contributing to the changes of heart are secret Republican polls showing majority support for gay marriage in key swing districts and the strong possibility that the GOP could lose control of the Senate next year to Democrats campaigning on the issue, sources said.

And while Democrats are essentially flat, making up 42 percent of the district and 41 percent of triple filtered voters, the other large swing is with unaffiliated voters.

The East End of Long Island constituency is a swing district that has flipped back and forth between Republicans and Democrats since the 1950s.

His district that engulfs much of the St. Petersburg area and the surrounding beaches is a swing district — Crist beat incumbent Republican Rep. David Jolly by just 4 points in 2016.

But given the swing nature of her northern Virginia district and the higher turnout expected in a presidential year, Democrats say if they're going to take the seat, this is the time.

It's also shocking to see districts like Beacon, that gamed the evaluations so there's a swing from 24 % of teachers effective to 100 %.

The swing district, redrawn as a result of a redistricting process that took effect with last year's election, is almost evenly split between Republicans, Democrats and independents, with Democrats having a slight voter - registration edge.

In some key swing districts, Republicans will not carry the advantage of incumbency.