Sentences with phrase «previously held the seat»

The former lawmaker, who also previously held a seat in the City Council, will challenge Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland to represent Queens» 21st Council district, which includes parts of Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing and LaGuardia Airport.

With vacant seats counting towards the party that previously held the seat, the New Hampshire House held a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of 40 seats, which amounted to 10 percent of the chamber.

Christopher Davies saw off the challenge of Lib Dem candidate Roger Williams who previously held the seat, with a 5,102 majority.

Nick Palmer, 65, Labour's candidate for Broxtowe, previously held the seat from 1997 for the entirety of the last Labour government, before Tory candidate Anna Soubry nabbed it in 2010.

As a result, the Left which had not previously held any seats only gained one for Lorraine Beavers.

Not exact matches

The two companies previously discussed a merger after billionaire Liberty Media Chairman and Starz shareholder John Malone exchanged part of his Starz holdings for a 3.4 % stake in Lionsgate along with a seat on the studio's board.

Jacobs is currently the Erie County clerk and a «proven vote getter,» which means Repubs could conceivably pick up the Panepinto seat which of course they previously held with Mark Grisanti.

Insiders say earlier this year, all eyes were on who Nassau County Democratic Chair Jay Jacobs and Sufflok County Democratic Chair Richard Schaffer would choose to run for the seat previously held by Republican Assemblyman Joe Saladino, who left to become Oyster Bay Town Supervisor.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

His defeat would not just have been a personal loss for him and a numerical blow to Labour: for the last 10 years, Wilson has represented Sedgefield, the seat previously held by none other than Tony Blair.

Instead the party actually went backwards, losing one of the two seats they previously held.

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.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of President Donald Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

In 2014, the last damage occurred when Democrats lost 4 U.S. Senate seats in the South (in West Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Louisiana) that they had previously held.

Three of them are Labour held seats that Ashcroft previously polled in January or February this year — East Renrewshire, Glasgow South West and Paisley & Renfrew South.

State Sen. Bill Perkins is expected to win a crowded special election Tuesday for the City Council seat in Harlem that he previously held for eight years.

The official who held the seat previously, Bill de Blasio, was elected to the citywide position of Public Advocate in 2009.

In Western New York, Republicans have previously targeted the seat held by Democrat Marc Panepinto, who prevailed in a four - way race in 2014 to win the seat.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

The seat was previously held by Jon Corzine, who gave it up to run for New Jersey governor in 2005.

In the Buffalo area, Democrat Erik Bohen, who ran on the Republican line, won an Assembly seat that Democrats previously held.

Conservative James Davies, who has taken the Vale of Clwyd seat previously held by Labour's Chris Ruane, has tweeted his thanks.

A Tory majority of nearly 10,000 evaporated overnight as Mr Reckless retook the seat he previously held as a Conservative.

There also are two vacancies in seats previously held by Democrats that could come up for special elections.

But then the SNP did win previously safe - as - houses Glasgow East from Labour at the by - election earlier in the summer on a swing of over 20 per cent, and they start with an advantage in Glenrothes in that the party already holds the almost identical Fife Central seat in the Scottish Parliament.

Plaid Cymru retained the seat comfortably, with the Liberal Democrats taking second in a seat they had previously held from 1974 until 1992 — and would win again in 2005.

While the sleek room has been rearranged, returning regulars including the Rev. Al Sharpton were seated by major - domo Leigh Wynn in approximately the same spots they previously held down.

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.

BOSTON (AP)-- Businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez and veteran U.S. Rep. Edward Markey will face each other in a special election in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by John Kerry.

-- Win battles for four open seats currently or previously held by Republicans — Maziarz, Greg Ball (Hudson Valley, retiring), Chuck Fuschillo (Long Island, retired) and Lee Zeldin (Long Island, running for Congress).

The assemblywoman was elected in a special election after Aubertine was elected in his own special election to a previously held GOP seat in the Senate, (he has since moved on to accept a post as Ag and Markets commissioner in the Cuomo administration).

The size of the chamber was reduced by 12 seats after redistricting and, as a result of the 2002 elections, Democrats lost twelve seats while Republicans held the same number of seats as they did previously.

The candidate, a vice president at FreshDirect and a former deputy commissioner for the Parks Department, recently received a key endorsement from Assemblywoman Inez Dicken, who previously held the 9 Council District seat.

As the Times Union reported last Monday, de Blasio's chief fundraiser, Ross Offinger, procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats last month win a key Long Island district, a seat previously held by ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

But two seats remain vacant — those previously held by Westchester County Executive George Latimer and City Council Member Rubén Díaz Sr., who were elected to their current offices last fall.

While the reunification plan is contingent on Democrats winning the competitive Westchester seat that Latimer previously held, there's less drama in the race to fill the solidly blue Bronx district vacated by Díaz.

The affluent seat previously held by George Osborne and Neil Hamilton is some 46 miles from her old constituency.

Two years ago the Democrat Panepinto won the seat previously held by a Republican Mark Grisanti.

Turner is involved in a special election against Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) for the congressional seat previously held by Anthony Weiner, who abruptly resigned in June over a sexting scandal.

Weprin held the seat until 2009, when he was elected in a special election for a state Assembly seat previously held by his brother, now - City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens).

After special election wins Tuesday night to fill two vacant Senate seats, both previously held by Democrats, the party will soon have 31 members in the 63 - seat chamber.

She had previously been the MSP for Glasgow Baillieston (a seat she might wish she still held, as it is still held by Labour under the title Glasgow Provan).

Two four year seats currently held by Republicans, and one open town justice position are the contested races in Olive this year, with Democratic supervisor Sylvia Rozzelle, previously town clerk for 30 plus years, going for her second term unchallenged.

The eventual winner of Tuesday's primary will attempt to reclaim the seat previously held for 12 years by Democrat Tim Bishop of Southampton.

In Queens» 27th district, Michael Simanowitz handily defeated Republican Marco DeSena to take the seat previously held by his old boss, Nettie Mayersohn.

Before midnight the SNP's deputy leader, Nicola Sturgeon, had conceded her party had lost in the seat previously held by former Commons Speaker Michael Martin, who resigned in June in the wake of the MPs expenses scandal.

Labour has been stung by the dramatic rise in popularity of Ukip, only narrowly holding the previously safe seat of Heywood and Middleton in this month's by - election.

Their numbers were previously boosted by the defection of two sitting UKIP councillors whose four - year terms were coming to an end; they held onto their seats in these areas whilst also gaining a seat from UKIP and another from an independent in Rugeley, leaving them with four net gains.

National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Pete Sessions (R - Texas) argued that the closeness of the race in a Democratic - held seat — it previously was represented by newly appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.)-- is an encouraging sign for the GOP.