Sentences with phrase «own congressional seat»

But while history may also be on the Democrats» side — the party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even when that President is not as controversial as the current occupant — they actually face a very difficult Senate map.

Ryan insisted he did not think vulnerable congressional seats and close races were «going to hinge on whether Paul Ryan is speaker or not.»

In Washington, D.C., women occupy 19.4 percent of congressional seats and 21 percent of Senate seats.

The party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even if the President isn't a controversial figure like Donald Trump.

Montana's only congressional seat would be up for grabs if Rep. Ryan Zinke is confirmed as Interior secretary.

Republicans aren't taking the congressional seat for granted, given the typically low turnout for special elections.

Rep. Katherine Clark won her congressional seat with the help of Emily's List in 2012.

It is crucial to have accurate census data because it's used to allocate both congressional seats and federal funding.

Former Congressman Blake Farenthold today sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott explaining why he will not pay for the special election to fill his now vacant District 27 Congressional seat.

(CNN)- Republicans jumped on the Democrats» Tuesday loss of the congressional seat given up by disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner as a sign of eroding Jewish support for President Barack Obama and his party.

It sounds most improbable, but Richard ran for a congressional seat in Brooklyn, on a left - of - mainstream Democratic ticket, and I explored doing the same in Johnstown, Pennsylvania» the seat that not long afterward the Vietnam veteran Jack Murtha won.

Read what newt said as he resigned his congressional seat and left!

She's been nominated to run for a congressional seat, Well I guess as the say at the Oscars, «It's an honour just to be nominated,»

It's also worth noting that King is currently fighting to retain his Congressional seat against a challenge by Christie Vilsack, wife of the aforementioned Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, a Democrat - turned - Republican, will not run for the congressional seat once held by late Rep. Louise Slaughter, saying he believes he can have the «greatest impact» if he stays put in the Senate, where his party holds a tenuous one - vote majority.

The same logic applies to Massa, whose party controls a non-trivial number of Congressional seats and has already signalled to Cambiemos his willingness to cooperate.

«Bottom line — if the Hayworth campaign is able to appropriately fund paid media for the final push to get Nan's message out to voters in the district, she can win back this congressional seat on November 4th,» the memo concludes.

He is supposed to be the neutral head of the state party, not someone who tries to bribe and buy his son's way into a congressional seat.

Take Virginia, for example, a national battleground state where Democrats control all 5 statewide offices, yet Republicans hold a super-majority in the state House, a majority in the state Senate, and 8 of the 11 Congressional seats.

This just in from the newly - announced Republican candidate for Louisiana's 3rd Congressional seat (soon to be abandoned by Charlie Melancon), who clearly feels that a robust online presence is a selling point:

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday insisted she's not exploring a campaign for the congressional seat held by Rep. Chris Collins.

This is a congressional seat of his convenience from his penthouse in Manhattan.»

Senate District 7: Republican incumbent Jack Martins is running for the congressional seat being vacated by Democratic Rep. Steve Israel in Nassau County.

At the time, Albany lawmakers were grappling with cobbling together a redrawing of boundaries for both state and federal lawmakers, including Hayworth's Hudson Valley Congressional seat.

Soon after he left the House in 2004, his Congressional seat was won by South Buffalo Democrat Brian Higgins.

Cox notes Republicans held all of their congressional seats while also fending off challenges from Democrats in both the 19th and 22nd congressional districts.

With fears of losing a congressional seat, a Rhode Island state representative has created a bill to lure people to the state, proposing to pay «middle class» families up to $ 10,000 in tax credits or incentive payments to become residents for a year.

Boyd Melson, a 35 - year - old retired boxer and public affairs officer for the Army, plans to run to unseat Staten Island Republican Rep. Dan Donovan of his congressional seat next year.

NY is already the highest taxed state in the nation and people wonder why nobody's moving here and we're losing congressional seats to the south.

Congressman Adriano Espaillat, who beat Wright for the Congressional seat last year, is said to be considering his own bid for Manhattan County Chairman.

Faso, the 2002 Republican candidate for comptroller and 2006 nominee for governor, is vying for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Chris Gibson, who is weighing a run for statewide office in 2018.

LG Kathy Hochul says she fully anticipates running again as Cuomo's running mate in 2018, despite some Democrats hoping she would challenge an incumbent Buffalo - area Republican for her old congressional seat.

I guess there's a number of candidates out there... All I know is that I've said to people that I'm interested in running for the congressional seat.»

«Together we got within a few thousand votes of reclaiming this seat in 2010 — for the first time in her 14 - year lock on our Congressional seat!

Rachel Barnhart, one of the people seeking the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat previously held by Louise Slaughter, says she has secured the required number of signatures to get on the primary ballot.

IT»S BACK... «Texas Democrats look to single - payer in congressional races,» by Renuka Rayasam: «Democrats hoping to wrest congressional seats away from diehard repeal - and - replace Republicans are campaigning on an unlikely issue for Texas — single - payer health care.

Pennsylvania's congressional delegation already had a 12 - 7 Republican advantage over Democrats heading into the last round of redistricting, when the state lost a congressional seat because of lagging population growth.

And you note that while Operation RedMap targeted, you know, a few dozen congressional seats in efforts to flip statehouses, it was a big Republican tide that year in that they gained almost 700 state legislative seats nationwide.

Maffei, who was first elected to the Syracuse - area congressional seat in 2008 with the Obama wave, lost the seat to Buerkle in 2010 by 648 votes.

Patel, a Democratic challenger to New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney's congressional seat, shot back: «I guess I didn't realize Rep. Maloney hired Steve Bannon as her campaign strategist.»

This is the latest in a series of stories on some of the candidates seeking Capital Region - area congressional seats in the June 26 primary and November general election.

North Carolina had the distinction of being the only state with Republican - controlled redistricting where Democrats held the majority of congressional seats.

By Mike Scala: When you watch the news, you probably get the sense that all that matters when it comes to a congressional seat is whether it is occupied by a Democrat or a Republican.

The Barack Obama Democratic Club endorsed Adriano Espaillat in his bid for the Congressional seat currently occupied by Charlie Rangel at a candidates forum at the Church of the Intercession on W. 155th Street that featured (almost) all five people running in the race.

Following the 2010 United States Census, New York lost two congressional seats.

Four years after an unsuccessful bid to be the Democratic nominee for an open - congressional seat in the Capital Region, Phil Steck was victorious in an effort to be his party's representative in a race for the 110th Assembly District (Spoiler Alert: He still has that seat).

That means the process for selecting Democratic nominees for vacated congressional seats depends on the timing around the June 26 primary, according to a spokesman for the state board of elections.

Almost as soon as he got elected, Mr. Lancman's colleagues say that he was floating his name for Anthony Weiner's congressional seat — presuming Mr. Weiner became mayor.

The northern part of the state saw most of that growth, and the congressional seat was placed in the northwest corner of the state, where Tom Graves served in the 9th District.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman has over $ 200,000 in his campaign chest as he seeks the Democratic nomination for an open Queens congressional seat, his campaign spokesman informed The Politicker this afternoon.