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While candidates in other congressional races in the upstate New York have been running campaign commercials since late August, this is the first campaign ad in the newly drawn 22nd congressional district.

Not exact matches

The Queens Democratic Party met this morning to designate candidates for the fall Assembly and Senate races, selecting, among others, Queens Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece for the 25th AD seat being vacated by Assemblyman and congressional hopeful Rory Lancman.

A question I haven't seen asked — will this service be open to other campaigns, i.e. congressional or state races?

In other words: The fact that Long's chances at unseating Gillibrand are so slim (she's vastly underfunded and trailing badly in the polls among the few voters who even know who she is), that it makes things harder for her fellow Republicans running in competitive down - ballot congressional races.

«This kind of performance does not win Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox Jewish, Tea Party or other conservative voters to the Republican Party, and has led to some of the splits the party has seen in recent years in the 23rd Congressional District, the 2010 gubernatorial race and most recently the 26th Congressional District.»

In fact, because congressional elections look likely to have a separate primary election date from other elections this year, Mr. Jeffries» election may very well be the only contested race on the ballot in the district.

Espaillat, now in his third attempt to claim Rangel's Congressional seat, is facing off in a crowded election race against Assemblymembers Keith Wright and Guillermo Linares, former Assemblymember Adam Clayton Powell, former Democratic National Committee political director Clyde Williams and others.

For the two other candidates in the race, Democratic City Councilwoman Liz Crowley and GOP Councilman Dan Halloran, the congressional election represents a free shot of sorts, as neither is up for reelection until 2013 and their day jobs would not be directly affected by a loss in any way.

The National Republican Congressional Committee and other GOP - aligned outside groups launched a new round of television advertising over the weekend in a bevy of House races.

Other local Democrats wonder why Schreibman put himself forward for the congressional race instead of recruiting an Ulster County Democrat with more name recognition.

Though Mr. de Blasio sat out arguably the most high profile congressional race in New York this year, the Democratic mayor has weighed in on other races around the city.

From your story today on P Kennedy, to Chris Dodd, to many other congressional and senatorial races, even the obama race, a pattern has emerged.

Though Democrats far outnumber Republicans in both the city and state, the hope is to train at least 200 potential activists from the black, Hispanic and other non-traditional GOP communities over a six - week period that can be used throughout New York for upcoming congressional and state Senate races as well as be dispatched nationally, Weingartner said.

Q: There are seven other Republicans running for the party's nomination in the 24th Congressional District race.

But Cahill, who's been as close as 16 points behind, compared to the race for governor and state comptroller where the margins are much wider, says he hopes to benefit on Election Day from congressional and state Senate races where other GOP candidates are running strongly.

The race drew national attention in March, when Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee operative Tim Persico met with a local Democratic leader to ask if he thought Susan Wild or Greg Edwards, two other candidates in the race, would be willing to drop out and run for state Senate, a proposition they both rejected.

Halloran has criticized Meng for, among other things, failing to comply with federal regs requiring congressional candidates to file financial - disclosure forms more than four months after entering the race.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A raucous crowd cheered Colleen Deacon Tuesday night at a downtown Syracuse tavern after she declared victory in her 24th Congressional District primary race against two other Democrats.

There interesting thing is going to be how aggressively Bloomberg campaigns for the Republicans running now for the 2 Senate seats and for other Republicans running for races whether the Governors race or Congressional seats.....

Many analysts use partisanship to help predict house races, but no one other than FairVote is using the tool to reveal the inherent Republican advantage produced by today's congressional map.

Most candidates made the cut ahead of the congressional primary, but other races are enjoying a much less crowded field heading into June according to filings posted by the Board of Elections Thursday.

This race polled as a toss - up in August but as the state's other top congressional races have taken off (in the 1st and 5th districts) neither party has put money into this race.

Donovan, who now has two PACs others created to fund - raise for him, will have to fundraise from scratch for the congressional campaign and can not use existing campaign funds he has, as campaign laws governing federal races differ from local races.

In other House races, NY1 is calling the 14th Congressional District seat race for Democratic incumbent Carolyn Maloney, and the New York Times is calling the 15th Congressional District race for Charlie Rangel, who it looks like will continue his 40 - year tenure in office.

Massachusetts» Richard Tisei, the other openly gay GOP congressional candidate, lost his race as well.

In other races, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares is being challenged by tenant organizer George Fernandez and Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez's chief of staff, Carmen De La Rosa., who is backed by congressional nominee Adriano Espaillat.

While some Congressional races garner more news than others, District 27 covering Miami is getting a lot of attention this week.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday issued endorsements in a slew of congressional and state legislative campaigns, backing candidates in battleground races, but also staying clear of some others.

East Syracuse, NY — U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei and Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle turned up their attacks Wednesday — each trying to define the other as out of touch with Central New York — in the second of four scheduled debates in the 25th Congressional District race.

Democrat Colleen Deacon, an Syracuse University alumna running against Rep. John Katko in New York state's 24th Congressional District race, spoke with other prominent politicians about the upcoming election at a Syracuse rally on Friday.

In other Hudson Valley congressional races, Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney outpolled Republican Nan Hayworth by a scant 3,333 votes, according to the FEC.

By signing the peace document in front of the White House, the United Methodists and other protesters also hope to influence congressional races in November 2006 by forcing candidates to outline where they stand on the war.

While Rep. Tom DeLay's (R) legal troubles and battle for a 12th term have dominated the political landscape for much of the last six months, there are three other Texas races of import that could well be decided today: the fight for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and congressional primaries in the 17th and 28th congressional districts.

In other U.S. House races, Jim McDermott of Alaska's At - large (only) Congressional District received 11,051 votes, or 5 %, in a 4 - way race, which retained ballot access for the state.

- The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe reports on the congressional race in the ninth district in New Jersey, where the loss of a congressional seat is pitting two long - serving Democrats against each other.

As Liz reported earlier, the death of Osama Bin Laden has the potential to have political benefits (even if in the short term) for the president, which could trickle down to other Democrats such as Kathy Hochul in the race for New York's 26th Congressional District.

But, should Rehberg jump to the Senate race, the GOP's only other winner of a statewide race, non-term-limited Secretary of State Brad Johnson, would likely jump into the congressional race and make contest of it.

There are three other «toss up» Congressional races in New York: the 19th Congressional district, which includes Oneonta, Cooperstown and large parts of the Hudson Valley; the 24th, which occupies the Syracuse area; and the 3rd, which is on northern Long Island.

In the only other Congressional primary stretching into Suffolk, former Nassau County executive Thomas Suozzi won a Democratic primary in a five - way race for the 3rd District nomination, according to Newsday.

A new poll was released today based on survey data from last Thursday to Tuesday, asking potential voters about their feelings on the upcoming Congressional race in the West Bronx between Senator Adriano Espaillat (pictured >) and incumbent Charlie Rangel (pictured ^), as well as other Yolanda Garcia and Michael Walrond.

Other candidates have put up respectable amounts of money for a congressional race, just not enough to keep up with the anticipated favorites.

For the second straight week, national Democrats are out with a new TV ad in the 24th Congressional District race linking Republican congressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other HouseCongressional District race linking Republican congressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other Housecongressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other House GOP leaders.

Arkansas and Alabama, the other two states holding congressional primaries in conjunction with the presidential race — haven't triggered the same amount of concern among congressional Republicans about their primary challenges.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arms for House Democrats and Republicans, respectively, are making ad buys and other investments in the race between U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei and Republican challenger John Katko.

Others include Bill and Hillary Clinton, former New York governor George Pataki, Rep. Anthony Weiner, and the candidates from this year's congressional race in New York's 23rd district Dede Scozzafava and Doug Hoffman.

While other potential 2012 presidential contenders largely stayed quiet on the divisive congressional race that has exposed fault lines in the party, Palin delivered a slap in the face to Republican Party leadership in Washington when she offered a full - throated endorsement of third - party conservative Doug Hoffman over the GOP's anointed candidate, Dede Scozzafava.

In an effort to bolster Ms. Comstock and other vulnerable Republicans, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a «super PAC» aligned with Republicans, announced Friday that it would invest an additional $ 10 million into 15 targeted races, including hers.

«I don't have the privilege of running polls and producing messaging because the other thing that distinguishes me from every other person in this congressional race is that I have a decade of Internet content of my big mouth running,» he said.

Now that Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney has announced her decision to run for the New York 22nd Congressional District on November 17, 2015, the pressure has mounted for all other candidates in that race.

Podcast here Other recent episodes include: Episode # 65: Alaskan Politics with Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D - Dillingham; Speaker of the Alaskan House of Representatives) Episode # 64: Congressional Races in 2018