Sentences with phrase «open state senate»

And Walsh pushed Republican County leadership to have Islip Town Councilman Anthony Senft, a Conservative, be the Republican nominee for the competitive open State Senate seat in the 3rd District, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions.

The same poll also showed Assemblyman Latimer, who is also running for an open State Senate seat vacated by Suzie Oppenheimer, just three points ahead of his opponent, Bob Cohen.

Behind the marching, munching and merengue at today's Dominican Day Parade, a fierce power struggle is shaping up in the open state Senate seat created by Eric Schneiderman's decision to run for attorney general.

Later in the day, it was Governor who engaged in politics — holding a rally in the Bronx for Luis Sepulveda, a Democrat who is running for an open State Senate seat.

Several readers have emailed in this morning to alert me to reports that State Republican Party executive director Tom Basile is seriously considering running for an open state Senate seat currently held by a GOPer.

As the legislative session kicks off this week, there are a slew of open state Senate and Assembly seats, and Governor Andrew Cuomo has not indicated when or whether he will call a special election to fill the vacancies.

Republicans note that they made gains in Burlington County in last week's state elections including winning an open state Senate seat.

Democrat Brian Benjamin has won an open state Senate seat in Harlem, filling a vacancy left by Bill Perkins and giving his party 32 enrolled members in the chamber once again.

Adrienne Esposito, the environmental advocate vying for an open state Senate seat in Suffolk County, was endorsed Friday by the Teamsters Joint Council 16.

When Marisol Alcantara first ran for an open State Senate seat in Manhattan last year, her campaign looked like an extension of the Bernie Sanders revolution.

Benjamin is running for the open state Senate seat vacated by Bill Perkins, now on the city Council.

David Denenberg (D - Merrick) competing for an open State Senate seat, the fee increases provided fodder for political debate Monday.

Despite this success, the need for further reform was highlighted just weeks later, when party boss Frank Seddio selected the candidate for an open state Senate seat in a thoroughly undemocratic process that ignored the will of voters and County Committee members.

Gov. Sarah Palin late Wednesday reappointed Tim Grussendorf to the open state Senate seat in spite of Senate Democrats already rejecting him for the job.

The labor union 32BJ on Monday endorsed Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda for the open state Senate vacated by Ruben Diaz at the start of the year.

Not exact matches

Networking & Dinner 6:30 PM — 7:00 PM Welcome Reception Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM Keynote Address Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences & Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Leading the charge to authorize the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in the Senate — without the ARA / DHA provision — was Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican whose home state, Indiana, is the site of a 430,000 - square - foot, $ 26 million Pediatric Nutrition Institute opened in Evansville in October 2010 by Mead Johnson, the second - leading infant formula maker in the United States.

Republican state Senate hopeful Sarmad Khojasteh has raised $ 128,555 over the last six weeks to run for an open seat in Westchester County, his campaign said Tuesday.

In his opening remarks at the New York State Democratic Convention, Chairman Jay Jacobs declared to his party that it would retain statewide offices and majorities in the state legislature this November — with one minor improvement: a better functioning state seState Democratic Convention, Chairman Jay Jacobs declared to his party that it would retain statewide offices and majorities in the state legislature this November — with one minor improvement: a better functioning state sestate legislature this November — with one minor improvement: a better functioning state sestate senate.

Acting District Attorney Michael Flaherty, D, opened the investigation after an article in the Daily News detailed allegations that organizations, connected to New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio, were skirting campaign finance limits by funneling money through county committees for State Senate races in 2014.

And he's leaving his options open when it comes to returning to the state Senate should he not get it.

Two rare openings in the state Senate have intensified the battle for control of the chamber this fall, and increased the Democrats» chances of taking over.

Killian, a former Rye councilwoman, is running for the open Westchester County seat that is seen as potentially pivotal for control of the state Senate.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos indicated today that he was open to a gradual increase in the state's minimum wage, but was opposed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan that would increase it immediately from $ 7.25 to $ 8.75.

A Siena College poll released Saturday morning found Republican Chris McGrath has opened an 8 - percentage point over Democrat Todd Kaminsky in the battleground special election to replace Dean Skelos in the state Senate.

A new front is opening in the opt - out wars, with Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli criticizing Republican incumbent George Amedore for not doing enough to halt the controversial standards.

Joe Carni, a two - term member of the Syracuse Common Council, said he plans to seek the Republican nomination for the 50th District state Senate seat that will open with the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

A state Senate GOP budget resolution leaves the door open for a deal on legislation that would make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as adults, but unlike Cuomo and the Assembly Democrats, state Senate Republicans have offered no specific plan.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday won a pair of open seats in the state Senate giving them 32 enrolled members in the 63 - seat chamber, but for now are denied a working majority.

Republican Party leaders picked Julie Killian to run in a state Senate special election for an open seat that could shift New York's power structure, selecting the former Rye city councilwoman over former Yonkers inspector general Dan Schorr.

The state Senate is opening an investigation into the de Blasio administration's exporting of New York City homeless families to other parts of the state.

The 30 - member Senate Republican conference is poised to vote en masse against the bill that would keep state parks open and also has issues with a measure that would boost the charter cap from 200 to 460, GOP sources confirm.

A special election to fill an open Senate seat in Westchester County is the «first battle» toward a Democratic Party takeover of the state Senate in Albany and the House of Representatives in Washington, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said.

«Ted Cruz is the most anti-New York Senator in the United States Senate and yet the New York Republicans welcome him with open arms.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

In our initial analysis of Indiana Senate races, we find just five races that have the potential to flip to the Democrats: The open SD26 being vacated by State Sen. Doug Eckerty in the Muncie / Anderson area; SD 29 in the Indianapolis / Carmel area where State Sen. Mike Delph just won a spirited primary; SD38 in the Terre Haute / Brazil area that went to the GOP four years ago; and the twin SDs 45 and 46 in the Jeffersonville / Clark County area where Sens. Ron Grooms and Jim Smith both won tight races in 2014.

No other open Senate seat so far this cycle has produced as much jockeying among the House delegation as in the Peach State, where as many as five members could be poised to run statewide.

According to an article in the NY Daily News the RNC plans to open regional offices and run Victory Committees in six counties in New York State «to help the Republicans regain control of the state SState «to help the Republicans regain control of the state Sstate Senate

Tense debates are far from new in the NY State Senate, but no - one could have guessed that the Dick's Sporting Goods Open would be the center of attention in the $ 168.5 billion budget plan.

StreetsPAC today announced three additional candidate endorsements for Tuesday's general election, supporting the re-election campaigns of New York State Assemblymembers Dan Quart and Michaelle Solages, and the State Senate race of Adrienne Esposito, who's running for an open seat on Long Island.

On Monday, members of the New York Leadership for Accountable Government — a bipartisan coalition of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders dedicated to reforming elections laws in the state — delivered an open letter to the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

GOP Reps. Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston appear poised to soon announce bids for the state's open Senate seat, joining Rep. Paul Broun, who has already declared.

Should DeFrancisco win the party's nomination, he will not be able to seek State Senate re-election, opening his seat for the second time in 52 years.

Morris promotes Ball's «plan for taking back the New York State Senate,» when he's running for an open seat being vacated by a Republican.

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Martins gave up his seat in the state Senate last year to run for an open congressional district being vacated by Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.

The Democratic half of the state Senate staked out the chambers early this morning, opened an extraordinary session at 3 p.m., but failed to pass any further legislation after Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Manhattan) issued a statement warning that any bills passed under the extraordinary session would not be -LSB-...]

State Sen. Paul Doyle of Wethersfield is running for attorney general this year, opening up races for local House and Senate seats.