Sentences with phrase «primary election challenge»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Incumbency means a lot in the New York State Legislature, so it's not often that voters encounter a serious primary election challenge to a sitting member of the Senate or the Assembly.

Demonstrating once again that their service to corporate interests and their fear of primary election challenges from right - wing candidates trumps their interest in governance, the Republican majority on a House Appropriations subcommittee is set to mark up a fiscal year... Continue reading →

Not exact matches

If McConnell can fend off his conservative challenger on May 20, guide four of his fellow incumbents through a thicket of Tea Party primary challenges, and survive the November election — a difficult hat trick — he is likely to emerge as the one Washington Republican who can return the Grand Old Party to the grand old political center and put an end to Tea Party extremism.

(CNN)- A top evangelical leader who is close to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign says the candidate's Mormon faith will be even more of an issue in the general election than it has been in the primary, predicting that the focus on Romney's faith will present a challenge to Romney.

He then went on challenging the party's leader, Pierluigi Bersani, in a hotly contested primary election for the premiership.

«That's why we need to win two special elections at the end of this month, why we need to win primary challenges to IDC members, and why we need to elect progressive majorities in both the State Senate and Congress come November.»

Immigration attorney Bryan Pu - Folkes is challenging Moya in a primary, which will occur unless Paterson changes his mind on the whole special election thing.

Both also lost their seats in the 2010 elections, though the primary challenges the WFP initially pledged to support against them never materialized.

As he faces a tough primary challenge from former NYC Comptroller John Liu, Sen. Tony Avella has picked up the support of the New York League of Conservation Voters, which today will name the Queens senator its top priority candidate in advance of the Sept. 9 election.

The WFP has indicated it won't seek to play spoiler in the general election as Nixon challenges Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary should she lose in September.

Juanita Perez Williams survived a challenge to disqualify her from appearing on the Democratic ballot for Congress in NY - 24, and now will likely face Dana Balter in a June 26 primary election.

DeFrancisco remained adamant he will not seek to challenge Molinaro in a primary, arguing that would hurt the GOP's chances against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo in the general election.

The plan requires both the IDC and mainline conference to work together on filling two open Senate seats in a special election and drop support for primary challenges against each others» members.

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

Part of that deal is for each side to not fund or support primary challenges against each others» members, while also working together to win two special elections to fill upcoming vacancies in the chamber.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

No such challenge may be made after the twenty - fifth day before each primary, general, or special election....

He ended the reporting cycle with $ 42,161 in cash on hand and is not expected to face a serious challenge in either a primary or special election.

Faso's district is a top battleground target for Democrats this election cycle, with a large field lining up in a primary to challenge him later this year.

This evening we were over at John Liu's election night party to hear first hand from the candidate the results of one of the most contentious primary challenges in the entire state.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said.

In a laborious and at times heated hearing Friday afternoon, Indiana's Election Commission voted not to uphold combined challenges to Rep. Todd Young's appearing on the GOP Senate primary ballot.

In the mayor's race, Brown's $ 1.17 million was $ 335,000 less than his campaign spent in 2013 when he was challenged in the Democratic primary by Tolbert and then by Republican Sergio Rodriguez in the general election.

When Zephyr Teachout announced that she would challenge New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo in the September 9 Democratic primary, many observers shrugged off her campaign as an election - season lark.

Following each primary election, Ballotpedia staff measured the competitiveness of the primary elections in each state based on two factors: number of contested primaries and number of incumbents facing a primary challenge.

If Norton wins the primary as expected one of her opponents in the general election will be another gay Libertarian Party activist, Bruce Majors, who has challenged Norton unsuccessfully in past elections.

It could be pack - up time for two allegedly crooked pols — indicted state Sens. John Sampson, of Brooklyn, and Malcolm Smith, of Queens, who both face stiff Democratic primary challenges, new Board of Election filings show.

In more than a dozen states, House and Senate primary elections will happen on the same ballot with the presidential race — timing that could pose a challenge for incumbent candidates in intra-party battles.

Whereas some NDC members in constituencies «boiling» since the primaries are in court challenging their outcome, others are said to have decided not to take any action but will remain noncommittal or possibly, vote against the party's elected parliamentary candidates in the November 7 elections.

In case you needed any further proof of the unusual nature of this election cycle, consider this: For the first time since 1992, veteran Assemblyman Denny Farrell Jr. is facing a primary challenge for his Upper Manhattan seat in the 71st AD.

Furthermore, while Republicans were challenged in the primary at a higher rate, incumbents from both sides advanced past primary elections at similar rates.

We arrived at these overall rankings by adding up the individual ranks from open seats, primary opposition, and major party general election challenge and then dividing by three.

We have not endorsed or contributed to Congressman Towns since at least 2006 and have remained neutral in the various primary challenges he has faced in the last few election cycles.»

Retiring Sen. James Alesi donated more than $ 33,000 to the other three Republican state senators facing primary challenges this month, Board of Elections records show.

Hanna said the decision by conservative state Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, R - New Hartford, to challenge him in a primary for a second consecutive election had nothing to do with his decision.

Philip Pidot, who is challenging Jack Martins to be the Republican candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, has argued that their primary date should not be delayed until after the general election.

As in 2007, roughly 2/3 of the state's major party candidates will proceed to the general election without a primary challenge.

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Represented by prominent election lawyer Martin Connor, two New York Democrats challenged the validity of Zephyr Teachout's petition to secure a place on the Democratic gubernatorial primary this week.

Dietl, who initially wanted to challenge Mayor de Blasio in the Democratic primary, ended up as a man without a party after the Board of Elections rejected the form he submitted seeking to change his registration from Republican to Democratic as improperly completed.

Fred Havemeyer's name was stricken last week from the September primary ballot in Southampton Town after two Suffolk County Board of Elections commissioners denied petitions that would have allowed him to challenge Supervisor Jay Schneiderman for...

(Incidentally, that was the year Cuomo challenged McCall in an ill - fated and short - lived primary from which Cuomo withdrew one week prior to the September election).

As to those politicians, of the four Republicans that blatantly went against their supporters and constituents, one has already quit, two are in serious danger of losing their primaries, and the last is facing a primary challenge and a general election challenge for the first time in decades.

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.

Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary; New York law requires any gubernatorial candidate be a state resident for five years prior to the date of the election.

Everett's petitions were challenged unsuccessfully at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections by a voter who supported City Council President Rodney Wiltshire in the primary.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic Primary or General Election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a news release.

Fortunately for Matheson, he has the bankroll to get past this kind of primary challenge and still be fine in a general election.

Clarkstown Town Justice Rolf Thorsen challenged Weisberg's petitions for the Independence Party and for the Working Families Party for the primary election for the public office of Town of Clarkstown Town Justice.

Cassandra Lems, a New Hyde Park paralegal and registered Green Party member, had challenged Haber's write - in effort leading up to the primary and received nine write - in votes on election night compared to Haber's five.