Sentences with phrase «one's congressional career»

As Mr. Rangel prepares to face a serious threat to his more than forty year congressional career in the form of four primary challengers, rumors have run rampant Mr. Rangel is merely campaigning for election in order to anoint a chosen heir, namely, Mr. Wright.

Last night, Charlie Rangel survived his toughest re-election challenge in his 42 - year long Congressional career, beating State Senator Adriano Espaillat by five points in a newly reconfigured district that is a majority Latino and includes a portion of the Bronx.

Dicks was serving as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee when he ended his 36 - year congressional career in 2013.

That advocacy was the hallmark of Frank Wolf's lengthy congressional career, which, like my old friend Henry Hyde's, is a powerful argument against term limits.

There is a growing sense among New York political insiders that next month's primary could mark the end of 81 - year - old Rep. Charlie Rangel's storied Congressional career.

Rep. Daniel Lipinski, co-chairman of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, is facing the toughest contest of his seven - term congressional career with a primary challenge from marketing executive Marie Newman for his 3rd District seat.

In the House, Republicans defeated 36 - year incumbent Nick Rahall in West Virginia and snuffed out South Florida Democrat Joe Garcia's congressional career after just a single term.

(CNN)- Iconic Rep. Charlie Rangel is fighting for the Democratic nomination in a newly redrawn New York district, after an over four - decade long congressional career that made him one of the most high profile lawmakers and almost culminated after he was censured on the House floor in 2010.

At 6 p.m., Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. attends a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the congressional career of Rep. Gregory Meeks, Minton's, 206 W. 118th St., Manhattan.

When a Twitter sex scandal ended Mr. Weiner's congressional career, Mr. Lancman put his name forward as a replacement.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey will formally announce his retirement at 1 p.m. at the Senate House State Historic Site located at 296 Fair Street in Kingston — the same location where he first launched his congressional career back in 1992.

This year's win is the narrowest of Issa's congressional career.

The announcement comes nearly two years to the day after Mr. Weiner destroyed his Congressional career by tweeting out a photo of his underwear - clad crotch that had been intended as a private message — and then repeatedly lying about it in interviews and at press conferences, claiming his account had been hacked.

Ferraro, who represented Forest Hills and parts of western Queens for six years in the House, lived in the same Forest Hills Gardens house from the beginning of her congressional career in 1978 until the early 2000s, and patronized the restaurant belonging to lifelong friends the Abbracciamento family.

Gibson seemed positioned for a long congressional career.

Earlier in his congressional career, Hinchey served on the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Natural Resources.

6:00 PM — Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. attends a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Congressional career of Rep. Gregory Meeks.

Comptroller John Liu, for example, told reporters that he was fine with Mr. Weiner running, but jokingly urged the potential candidate to stay away from Twitter — lest he run into a scandal similar to the one that infamously ended his congressional career in 2011.

Gentile, a graduate of the University of Dayton, in Ohio, began his congressional career as a legislative assistance in the office of House Speaker John Boehner, R - Ohio.

Later on, Gibson explained to reporters what some saw as a sudden decision to limit his congressional career to six years rather than the eight many had assumed that he had set as his maximum congressional service.

The representative - elect expects the campaign style that led him to a 20 - point win over incumbent Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei in November will be the model for his congressional career.

The Rev. Peter Heltzel said Walrond best embodies the «pastor politician» spirit of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the man Rangel defeated more than 40 years ago to begin his congressional career.

Apparently, the congressional career of County Executive Mike Hein is now on hold for at least another decade.

And for more than half his congressional career, the Senate has been under Republican control.

The Democrats on the renamed Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, however, are only now getting organized for a legislative session in which they will serve as the minority for the first time in their Congressional careers.

«Throughout his Congressional career, Senator Cardin has been a leader on ocean, coastal and bay health issues,» said David Wilmot, Ph.D., Ocean Champions» President and Co-Founder.

Prior to his Congressional career, he ran the nonprofit Tulsa Air and Space Museum.