Sentences with phrase «other seated republican»

Schock was the only current Republican House of Representatives member in the delegation and only other seated Republican Congressman other than Texas Senator, Ted Cruz.

In exchange, they won't seriously compete with the Republicans for Sheriff, State Senate, or the other seats Republicans currently hold.

Not exact matches

Democrats have not said whether they will take any seats on the Republican - majority special committee, saying the new probe - following several other congressional investigations on Benghazi - is also aimed at damaging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's chances if she runs for president in 2016.

The reality is 65 million people voted for Trump... and while a lot of those votes came from people who were legitimately frustrated with both political parties and wanted someone to shake up the system, and a lot of votes cam from traditional doctrinaire Republican voters who held their nose and voted for the guy because they wanted a tax cut, and other voters were pseudo-moralistic Evangelical hypocrites who wanted to reward McConnell for STEALING Merrick Garland's Supreme Court seat, there were a whole lot of Trump voters — including a lot of voters from Pennsylvania's «T» — who voted for Trump because they are racist, white supremicist xenophobes who saw in Trump someone who spoke their language and would «make america great again» (read «make america WHITE again»).

Before Hinchey's retirement announcement, it looked like two freshmen Central New York Republicans — Ann Marie Buerkle and Richard Hanna — would likely end up in a primary battle when state lawmakers finished redrawing the House lines and removing two seats — a move made necessary by New York's slow population growth as compared to other states.

«Most of the candidates for Senator Gillibrand's seat were approached at various points by certain Republican State Committeemen, other than Chairman Cox, to gauge the candidates» interest in running against Senator Schumer, only because there was no candidate for that vacancy for some time.»

«Clearly, if our message is government first, putting people first, we can make a good case as we identify other candidates to move back into some of the seats that Republicans held before.»

In his letter, sent just before Christmas, Khojasteh notes he is so far the only Republican who has filed paperwork declaring his intention to run for the Hudson Valley seat vacated by former Democratic Sen. George Latimer, who is now Westchester County executive after defeating the Republican incumbent, Rob Astorino, last fall, though a number of other potential contenders have been mentioned.

One is a safe Democratic seat in the Bronx and other is a district in Westchester County that has been in the cross hairs of Republicans to little avail in the last decade.

Carl Kruger's old seat, confidentally announced at a Brooklyn Young Republican meeting that the Senate majority is putting a «tremendous» amount of money into his campaign, adding: «In the last ten years, all of the money that all of the other candidates got times ten is not even close to what we're getting.»

The outcome of this race and a handful of others for open Senate seats could impact whether Republicans retain control of the Senate.

But after his early April arrest on charges linking him to an elaborate bribery and conspiracy scheme involving five other lawmakers, another Republican set his sights on the seat.

According to Paladino's website, as of Friday, he has endorsed at least seven other Republican candidates running for Congress or state Legislature seats.

Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

There has been disquiet among some Republican Party activists about Romney's bid for the Senate seat, because his wealth and power boxed out other local contenders.

Three other Republicans have already lined up to challenge Gillibrand, appointed last year to fill the seat Hillary Clinton vacated last year to become secretary of state.

In the heavily conservative South Shore, Assemblyman - Elect Joe Borelli will hold onto a Republican seat and State Senator Andy Lanza won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but Democrats have a decent presence themselves in other local officials.

Former state Senate President Ken Bennett, a Republican, announced his own candidacy for the seat last month, while two others — state Sen. Steve Pierce and former U.S. Army intelligence officer Jonathan Paton — are considering their own campaigns.

The Democratic Party actually currently holds a majority of the seats in the Senate but the Republicans control the chamber thanks to Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the GOP, and a group of eight other breakaway Democrats aligned with them.

Trey Grayson, the Kentucky secretary of state, has not served in Washington, but he earned the endorsements of Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, and a variety of other establishment party leaders in his quest to fill the seat held by Senator Jim Bunning, who is retiring.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

Based on past election results, enrollment figures, and fundraising totals, it's safe to assume that, barring any unexpected retirements, arrests or other major surprises, 23 seats currently controlled by Democrats, 21 seats controlled by Republicans and each of the five districts held by the IDC will return members of the same party that voters selected in 2014:

Rookie Nassau legislator Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat, but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

Beyond the 18th, Democrats believe they have strong chances in three other seats currently held by Republicans: the 1st, 2nd and 15th districts.

The 29th District seat of former Rep. Eric Massa (D) had been held by two Republicans before Massa and was considered by both parties to be a shoo - in for the GOP, but other Democratic - held upstate seats such as the 20th District (Rep. Scott Murphy), the 24th District (Arcuri) and the 25th District (Rep. Dan Maffei's race, which remains too close to call) had only recently shifted toward the Democrats.

Elsewhere in New York, Democrats held on to three Assembly seats in New York City, Democrat Steve Stern pulled of an upset in an Assembly seat on Long Island that Republicans held for more than three decades, and the GOP Republicans defended two other Assembly seats on Long Island.

Amherst Republicans last week also endorsed Joseph Spino for the other council seat.

Majority Leader Lorigo, C - West Seneca, also supported Mills, breaking with other members of the Republican - supported majority to give Mills the crucial signature he needed to maintain his seat.

Other hard - to - defeat Republican legislators, including Lorigo and Lynne Dixon, I - Hamburg, were forced to run active campaigns to withstand serious challenges to their seats this year.

Other Republicans who have formed committees to run for the seat include Suffolk Legis.

Curbelo's victory in the 26th District seat suggested good news for other down - ballot Republicans hoping to overcome Democratic efforts to tie them to Trump.

According to unofficial results Tuesday night, council Minority Leader Deb Brown will be the sole Republican on the council; the other eight seats will be held by Democrats.

According to incomplete returns, the loss of those two seats cancelled out other Democratic gains, enabling the Republicans to retain control of the Ulster County Legislature.

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

Killian, who ran two years ago against Latimer for the same Senate seat, jumped into the race less than two weeks ago after the other two announced Republican candidates, Sarmad Khojestah and Dan Schorr, didn't excite Republicans here in Westchester or in Albany.

Democrats are looking to capture seats they previously held in the Hudson Valley and retain the seat of State Senator Todd Kaminsky — who defeated a Republican in a special election in April to replace disgraced former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — and to possibly capitalize on other GOP scandals in Nassau County.

Seven seats were previously held by Democrats and the other two were held by Republicans.

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.....

«My significant other is the mayor of New York City, so that would be really complicated,» she told the audience at a fund - raiser for David Malpass, a Republican contender for the Senate seat she coveted.

The district is one of two races (the other being in western New York) in which Republicans are playing offense with Democratic - held seats.

Grisanti joins two other candidates — Democratic freshman Sen. Ted O'Brien, of Rochester, facing off against Republican Richard Funke; and Andrienne Esposito, a Democratic environmental activist who running against GOP Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci for the Long Island seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Lee Zeldin — as the NYLCV's top priority candidates this season.

Other possible replacement candidates, should Grimm heed calls to step down: Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, Democratic Assemblyman Mike Cusick (a former aide to US Sen. Chuck Schumer) and former Democratic Rep. Michael McMahon, who held the seat before Grimm.

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos» Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodel.»

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, a fixture of Republican politics in Alabama for a generation, sent a clear message to his home state when he said on national television that the party could «do better» than elect Roy Moore to the state's other Senate seat in two days.

At the same time, Valesky's favorable changes will make it harder for a Republican to win his seat, a present from the GOP leadership following his move early last year to secede, along with three other senators, from the Senate's Democratic leadership.

Republican Bill Cassidy handedly defeated Democratic incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu in the runoff for the Louisiana Senate seat Saturday, according to the Associated Press and other sources.

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader's Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodels.»

Democrats are also making noise about two other newly open GOP seats — New Mexico's 2nd District and Alabama's 2nd, though both are much longer shots given their clear Republican tilt.

Elise Stefanik, a 29 - year - old former White House aide, had emerged as the clear frontrunner in their selection before incumbent Democratic Rep. Bill Owens announced he wouldn't seek re-election, making the seat became more competitive and prompting Republicans to ponder other options.

Also on Friday, the DCCC is adding Schwartz and five other candidates to its «Emerging Races» list, part of its «Red to Blue» program for strong Democratic candidates running in open seats or districts now represented by Republicans.