Sentences with phrase «open seat held»

If he does decide to run, Hein would likely be a top - tier candidate in the Tossup race for this open seat held currently by Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican who is not seeking re-election.

Farheen Hakeem, twice elected National Co-chair of the Green Party of the United States, has entered the race for the open seat held by Senator Linda Berglin.

Rodriguez, who has been a member of the State Assembly since 2011, is running for the open seat held by the City Council's term - limited Speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito.

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Sure, I apologized sometimes for your quirks — mostly for the way your automatic seatbelts sprang to life whenever the doors opened, catching people by surprise, messing up their hair, and occasionally holding them hostage in the passenger seat — But we took care of each other, you and I: Dan ensured your oil was always changed.

Though home games are still held in a splendid old whale - shaped building near the heart of campus and the audience still includes gray - haired men in tweed jackets who rise to their feet to celebrate Bulldogs goals, now these old - school types must jostle for standing room when the 3,486 - seat Ingalls Rink opens an hour before face - off.

The Vicarage Road Stand was formerly an open terrace before being rebuilt in 1993 where it is now all seated and can hold over 2,000 away fans behind the goal.

Sure, I appreciated people offering up their seats and holding the door open for me when I was huge and pregnant, but I also kept up with my fitness and went jogging a week overdue.

Commission seats currently held by William Sherman and Jerry Yoksoulian will be open in April.

Love this car seat and how light it is compared to others, what I don't like is that the canopy never stays open as pictured on the website, it always closes and doesn't do its job of blocking out the sun, it is also very difficult to remove any stains from the fabric of the headrest, lastly the handles on both sides of the carrier are very frustrating when you're trying to put your baby in the car seat because you need both hands to move the handle and often your hands are holding your baby.

When pressed on whether he has at least thought about a campaign for the formerly GOP - held seat he won back in 2006 (the post was open due to the retirement of former GOP Rep. Sherwood Boehlert; Arcuri defeated former state Sen. Ray Meier), the congressman said he's focused right now on health care -LRB-!)

The open seat is held by an outgoing Democrat.

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 April 19.

Flanagan, who took over the top Senate post from the indicted Dean Skelos in the spring and began worrying that an «open» Staten Island seat would be won by Democrats, convinced the popular Lanza to stay out of the DA's race with promises of added power and influence, undermining the GOP's chance of recapturing the seat that had been held by Republican Daniel Donovan Jr., elected to Congress in May, a GOP insider said.

Despite a corruption scandal among Republicans on Long Island, incumbent GOP Senators apparently kept their seats, and won an open seat formerly held by a Republican.

Adrienne Esposito, a longtime sustainability advocate and Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, is seeking an open seat currently held by Lee Zeldin, who's running for Congress.

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.

But several Democrats are mounting challenges to GOP incumbents or going after an open seat currently held by a Republican — a sign that Democrats are looking to keep their options open should the presidential race make the state's map more competitive.

Powell held the seat until losing a Democratic primary to Rangel in 1970, a fact Espaillat noted during his opening remarks.

Former Erie County Republican chairman Jim Domagalski, Former Erie County sheriff Patrick Gallivan and former East Aurora Mayor David DiPietro are vying for the open seat that is currently held by retiring Senator Dale Volker.

With an open seat in the attorney general's office, Republicans believe they have a shot at the office that has been held by Democrat George Jepsen for the past eight years and by Richard Blumenthal for two decades before that.

That opens up a potentially critical seat for the Democratic Party in a year where they are optimistic about their chances to take control of the state Senate from the GOP, which currently holds a one - seat majority.

The DCCC targeted 50 GOP - held seats, a handful of which are open.

Last week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced nine more of their candidates had joined a similar program, Red to Blue, for the party's top candidates in open and GOP - held seats.

A number of competitive races are noticeably absent from the current round of ad spending, for example the race in Iowa's 3rd District, an open - seat contest to replace retiring GOP Rep. Tom Latham, and New Hampshire's 1st District, currently held by Democratic Rep. Carol Shea - Porter.

Rothenberg Political Report / Roll Call race rating: Safe Republican Seats held by Republicans Arkansas» 4th District (open - seat race to replace Rep. Tom Cotton)

Elaine Smith has held the Coatbridge and Chryston Scottish Parliament seat since the opening of the Parliament in 1999.

Wagner is seeking an open seat, currently held by Republican Greg Ball.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Friday its latest round of candidates in «Red to Blue,» a program that targets open - seat races and districts held by Republicans.

De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open» seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress, represent a consolidation of power for the three, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.

With 19th district Congressman Chris Gibson holding to his self - imposed term limit and stepping down after this year, with a run for governor in 2018 a distinct possibility, candidates having been lining up to run for the open seat.

Suffolk's Democrats and Republicans have both held nominating conventions, but neither party has decided who will run in November for the North Fork's open State Assembly seat.

Noem's decision opens up the state's at - large congressional seat, which she has held since 2011.

-- Hoping to persuade former state Rep. Amanda Murphy to run for the open seat in Senate District 16, once held by Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala, who resigned in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.

But given the divisions that may open up in the Coalition, Labour must surely stand a good chance of holding the seat — but on the very strict proviso that Ed Miliband lays down the law to the old regime that still runs the party machine in London.

If Democrats hold both open Senate seats on Tuesday, that edges them up to 31 seats — in a 63 - seat chamber, with the Republicans also holding 31.

Democrats hoped to pick up the open seat, which they'd held for years until long - time, pro-labor incumbent Tom Colapietro was voted out four years ago.

With Mayer, Democrats will look to increase their edge in the state Senate where Republicans currently hold a one - person majority, 31 - 30, with two open seats.

Three other seats now held by Republicans are open for the general election.

Those seats include two seats on Long Island, one open and one held by a Republican incumbent, and three upstate seats in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, and Rochester area held by first term Democrats.

In the long - term, the open seat means that Central New York would lose clout in the state Legislature that the region has held for more than a half century.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order proclaiming special elections to be held for the 11 open legislative seats on April 24, and many races are already beginning to heat up.

Democrats had already sought to run competitive races in Nassau County Senate districts, including an open seat being vacated by incumbent GOP lawmaker Jack Martins as well as seats held by Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon.

Also at 5:30 p.m., the Commission on Judicial Nomination holds open discussions on the nomination process for the upcoming vacancy of the seat held by Association Court of Appeals Judge Susan Phillips Read, New York City Bar Association, Manhattan.

-- Win battles for four open seats currently or previously held by Republicans — Maziarz, Greg Ball (Hudson Valley, retiring), Chuck Fuschillo (Long Island, retired) and Lee Zeldin (Long Island, running for Congress).

As Republicans work to hold an open Georgia House seat, the party is trying to strategize: How much to run on Trump's agenda and how much should they distance themselves?

There are two open seats — the at - large position being left by chancellor Merryl Tisch and the seat held by vice chancellor Tony Bottar, who represents the 5th Judicial District, which includes the Mohawk Valley.

And as every political junkie knows, open seats are much more likely to change party control than districts held by an incumbent.

Alabama's 5th (D): The results of the June 3 primary in this open seat being vacated by Rep. Bud Cramer (D) seemed to suggest that Democrats might have an easier time than expected holding the seat.

Whether the reunification holds is an open question, as there are a number of potential stumbling blocks — most notably, the need for Democrats to win two special elections for Senate seats that will become vacant in January.