Sentences with phrase «potential special election for his seat»
Moderate Republican Rep. Charlie Dent is set to leave Congress in the coming weeks, setting up a potential special election for his seat.
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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.
Election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder said the decision had potential to change the way special elections for Congressional seats are called in New York, where governors have long enjoyed almost unlimited latitude in declaring a vacancy.
Buerkle is increasingly mentioned as a potential sacrificial lamb for the Republicans when it comes to eliminating one of the two House seats New York will lose in the next round of redistricting — particularly since GOP Rep. Bob Turner's surprise win in the NY - 9 special election.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With Staten Island political party officials preparing for a possible special election next year for Rep. Michael Grimm's seat, Democrat Assemblyman Michael Cusick tops the Democrat candidate wish list, while several potential candidates are on the Republican list.
Mr. Cusick, a Democrat, denied as recently as October having any desire to run for the seat representing his home borough and parts of Brooklyn in a potential special election.