Sentences with phrase «of voting in that district»

Asked if that meant pushing for a potential recount of all votes in the district, Murray responded: «Means reviewing all options.»

Morinello, a former Niagara Falls City Court judge, defeated Ceretto with 54.6 percent of the vote in the district that includes Grand Island and much of western Niagara County, including Niagara Falls.

She captured just over 25 percent of the vote in the district, which includes Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Gardens, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale and parts of Whitestone.

A spokesman for Collins called Cuomo's attempt to defeat the congressman «laughable» and said that Cuomo received only 34 percent of the vote in the district during the governor's last re-election campaign.

He won about 72 percent of the votes in these districts, compared to the approximately 20 percent won by Jackson and 7 percent won by Alcantara.

Donald Trump (R) earned 28.0 percent of the vote in the district.

«We almost doubled the number of votes in our district from 1,000 in year one to 1,770 in year two, which is why I doubled my initial commitment of $ 1 million to $ 1.9 million to fund six winning projects.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver handily won his only reelection fight in over twenty years yesterday when he toppled upstarts Paul Newell and Luke Henry with 68 percent of the votes in his district.

Sean Henry, who focused some of his campaign on his own history of being a former homeless teen, came in third with 12.5 percent of the vote in the district, which also includes parts of Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin and Sheepshead Bay.

But the margin of victory has narrowed repeatedly as the Board of Elections continues its manual counting of votes in the district, which includes parts of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

Anai, running as «Akile Cainion,» took seven percent of the vote in the District 6 primary last August, placing sixth out of the eight - person field.

Cruz drew about 20 percent of the vote in the district that includes much of the city of Rochester and the town of Gates.

The results showed V.I.D. winning by more than 1,300 votes out of 11,000 cast, an extraordinary number of votes in a district leadership race.

Unofficially, some of us set a minimum goal of getting 30 percent of the vote in the district leader race to help keep the club afloat.

Under the state's new map, drawn by a federal court, Obama would have won only 42 percent of the vote in the district in 2008.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Arizona Sen. John McCain each received just 18 percent of the vote in this district in the most recent presidential elections.

A spokesman for Collins called Cuomo's attempt to defeat the congressman «laughable» and said that Cuomo received only 34 percent of the vote in the district during the governor's last reelection campaign.

Joe Lhota received 67.2 percent of the vote in that district, while the mayor received just 28.7 percent.

A spokesman for Collins called Cuomo's attempt to defeat the congressman «laughable» and said that Cuomo received only 34 % of the vote in the district during the governor's last reelection campaign.

Not exact matches

Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski managed to beat back his progressive challenger in Illinois» 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday with 50.9 % of the vote, virtually guaranteeing the conservative Lipinski an eighth term in Congress.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act requires states to create and preserve districts in which minority voting groups can elect their candidate of choice.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

In Virginia, a court upheld 12 state legislative districts and rejected a constitutional challenge, even though lawmakers made sure that at least 55 percent of the eligible voting - age population in each district was African - AmericaIn Virginia, a court upheld 12 state legislative districts and rejected a constitutional challenge, even though lawmakers made sure that at least 55 percent of the eligible voting - age population in each district was African - Americain each district was African - American.

Trump won 60 % of the votes cast in the 17 - county congressional district, which is home to the state's aircraft manufacturing industry and has some of the most productive farmland in the region.

A less far - reaching proposal in the District of Columbia to allow marijuana possession but not retail sales won nearly 65 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed.

Fortune will go on a limb to predict he will cast the deciding vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in Gill v. Whitford that will declare the redrawing of election districts for political purposes to be unconstitutional.

Mariah Jones, a 29 - year - old resident of the District who studies political science at George Washington University, said she thought Obama should have waited until after the final votes were cast in the primary contests to endorse — though she thought endorsements from top Democratic leaders were predictable.

That changed when, in 2010, the District of Columbia announced its intention to launch a citywide Internet voting platform, intended for overseas voters and a milestone for the concept.

Every one of Iceland's six electoral districts voted in the «No» column — by a national margin of 60 % (down from 93 % in January 2010).

In the Miami district of Little Haiti, for instance, Trump's campaign provided inhabitants with news about the failure of the Clinton Foundation following the earthquake in Haiti, in order to keep them from voting for Hillary ClintoIn the Miami district of Little Haiti, for instance, Trump's campaign provided inhabitants with news about the failure of the Clinton Foundation following the earthquake in Haiti, in order to keep them from voting for Hillary Clintoin Haiti, in order to keep them from voting for Hillary Clintoin order to keep them from voting for Hillary Clinton.

Puerto Ricans can not vote for the U.S. president when they live in the territory, but they can when they reside in one of the 50 U.S. states or the District of Columbia.

Some Republican representatives in high - tax districts have said they will vote «no» because of the scaling back of the «SALT» deduction.

Their control of the House has been strengthened by two factors: 1) Democrats» tendency to win with overwhelming margins in heavily Democratic urban areas, thus wasting votes; and 2) gerrymandering, which is the process of redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts to favour one's party.

Schmidt was elected in 2015 with 68.9 percent of the vote and his crushing 11,205 vote margin of victory, the largest in any district in that election, earned him the nickname «Hurricane Marlin.»

The three boards that failed to get the critical vote required were: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (75 per cent required and only 63 per cent of those who voted were in favour); Kamloops & District Real Estate Association (75 per cent vote needed and 70 per cent of those voting favoured the merger); and Okanagan - Mainland Real Estate Board (67 per cent needed and 56 per cent vote acquired).

Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six Presidential elections, and lost the popular vote for Confess, although they have the House because the districts are rigged.

Then there was Bush v. Gore, in which the court, in halting the Florida recount, announced a novel and potentially far - reaching requirement of equal vote - counting standards across districts, a theory unsupported by the Fourteenth Amendment's original intent.

Only in our time do we draw electoral district lines so that black representatives may be assured of election without the inconvenience of having to solicit white votes.

If you know an establishments serves pork on Saturday and it clearly states so, why go there on Saturday and ask them to change the menu because of you.Same thing happen in Washington DC, even though there is absentee ballot, Jewish people want the District of Columbia to change voting day because it fall on Saturday.Trust me, contrary to your belief, you are not special.

A Black Ministry Convocation in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, not one of the country's more radical bodies, has voted overwhelmingly for a separate black district (a district is an LCMS diocese, so to speak) because of the «institutional racism» blacks have experienced in the church.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

The question reads: «Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that lowers the drinking age to 19 for wines and malt beverages and maintains the drinking age at 21 for all other alcoholic beverages?»

Late last month, the Montgomery County (Maryland) PTA delegates voted in favor of a resolution, promoted by Real Food For Kids — Montgomery (RFKM), which seeks to greatly improve the school food in that district.

Park District officials believed the agreement was a done deal and expected the Village Board to vote in favor of the annexation later in November.

Sheridan Shore's lease with the reclamation district expires in March 2016 and the Wilmette park district board recently voted to approach the district in coming weeks to explore the possibility of taking over the lease in 2016, said park district executive director Steve Wilson.

The Frankfort Township Planning & Zoning Commission already has voted 8 - 1 in favor of the proposal, according to Park District attorney Tom Phelan.

So, in an obvious effort to undo some of the reputational damage, LAUSD's school board eventually voted on and approved a district - wide ban on flavored milk.

Park District commissioners voted in May not to build a skate park on top of the reservoir after residents and Union Pacific officials testified at a public hearing that the site would be unsafe.

BENSENVILLE — The Bensenville Park District voted 4 - 1 Wednesday night to allow construction of a retention pond in Lions Park.