Sentences with phrase «presidential primary date»

The new election date coincides with the presidential primary date which Cuomo chose hoping to maximize voter turnout and reduce the cost to taxpayers.

If the intra-party warfare is still going on by the state's presidential primary date of April 19, it could be good for the GOP as it battles to retain former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island in a special election that will also take place on that day.

Not exact matches

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver does not seem terribly perturbed about the prospect of having three separate primaries — federal, state and presidential — despite the fact that he and his Democratic colleagues have indicated a preference for moving the state contests up to conform with Judge Gary Sharpe's mandated June 26 date for the House and US Senate races.

Pidot's primary opponent, Jack Martins, a state senator from Old Westbury, wants to move the general election from Nov. 8, the date of national presidential and congressional elections, because a court moved the district's Republican primary from June to Oct. 6.

It's already been a busy election year in New York State, with four different election dates crowding the calendar, including the unusually meaningful presidential primary on April 19, State primaries on September 13, and of course the real thing on November 8.

The existing Committee shall determine the number of members to be elected at the next presidential primary and the Secretary of said Committee shall give notice of the number to be elected to the State Secretary and to the Republican State Committee on or before the date specified by state law.

A reader with a lot of knowledge of the state of play in various New York House districts emailed to note that the possibility of three separate primary dates in New York — April 24 (presidential), June 26 (House and US Senate) and Sept. 11 (state Legislature)-- raises «some interesting, theoretical, maybe far - fetched but not impossible scenarios» that would give not a few elected officials and party leaders heartburn.

The April 19 date coincides with the presidential primary election in New York State and was chosen to both «maximize voter turnout and minimize the cost to taxpayers,» according to Gov. Cuomo.

The April 19 date, further, would seem to favor Republicans because the party's presidential primary is more likely to be fluid (and therefore draw out voters) than the Democrats.

Nassau County Democrats, increasingly confident they'll win an upcoming special state Senate election, dropped plans to urge Cuomo to hold off on setting April 19 — presidential primary day — as the date to fill the now - vacant Skelos seat.

So the board sent a second round of postcards apologizing for the error with the right date, but also failing to mention the April 19 presidential primaries and June 28 congressional primaries.

«Roger Stone, the political provocateur, visited the bar at the Four Seasons Hotel on primary day last week to reminisce about his long friendship with Donald Trump,» which dates back to 1979, when Stone was a 26 - year - old aide in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign.

«I believe that's within the legal deadlines and that's the date that we're looking at... that's the presidential primary, so you wouldn't have the extra expense, people are going to be voting anyway, so why not get those elections done at the same time.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is considering using the April 19 presidential primaries as an election date for a few vacancies across the state, including the seat last held by now Councilman Joe Borelli.

The ruling has the potential to set up three separate primary dates come 2012: one for the presidential primary, another for House and Senate races and a third for state and local elections.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has not set a date for a special election but Jacobs said it's likely targeted for April 19, the date of the New York presidential primary.

(CNN)- Republicans will face off in New York next year on April 24, a date that falls more than two months later than the state's last presidential primary on Feb. 5, 2008.

The emails also reveal that Clinton aides were — at best — wary of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, a situation that dated back years and grew worse as the Democratic presidential primary contest gained steam.

Skelos was immediately ousted from the Senate upon conviction, and Cuomo is expected to set April 19, the presidential primary day, as the date for a special election to fill the seat, the same date he said he'll likely call an election to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), who was bounced last month, also as a result of multiple corruption convictions.

The date — which coincides with the presidential primary election in New York State — was chosen in order to both «maximize voter turnout and minimize the cost to taxpayers,» according to the governor.

The current format of multiple dates for state, federal and, if necessary, presidential primaries is confusing, depresses turnout and is costly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill this morning that would change the date of New York's 2012 presidential primary to April 24, his office announced.

Cuomo also said he is leaning toward calling a special election to replace Silver, who was automatically expelled from the legislature when he was convicted, in addition to filling two other legislative vacancies on April 19, the date of the presidential primary.

That ruling sets up the possibility of three primary dates this year: one for Congressional elections, one for state elections and a third for the presidential primary in April.

The late date has diminished New York's relevance in the presidential primary campaign since the last contested race in the state in 2000, when George W. Bush and John McCain battled in New York for the Republican nomination.

Last week, Mr. Silver mounted a campaign against a move to hold New York's 2016 presidential primary on a date that falls during Passover, recruiting colleagues to sign a letter to the Democratic National Committee stating their opposition.

Additionally, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he will set a special election date to coincide with the presidential primary on April 19 to fill four vacancies in the state Legislature, including former Assembly Speaker Silver's seat, and the Staten Island seat of former Assemblymember Joe Borelli, who won a City Council seat.

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Even if New York lawmakers agreed on a new primary date for all levels of government, the Cusick legislation would not address lumping in a third primary: the presidential primary.

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