Sentences with phrase «race as democrats»

Retired Forest Hills businessman Robert Schwartz and attorney Marc Leavitt are both still registered for the race as Democrats but have had little visibility to their campaigns thus far.

It's all about finishing first or second, although the political parties portray the race as Democrats versus Republicans.

The battle for Long Island's 7th SD was always one of the top races as the Democrats and Republicans fight for control of the majority, but it has taken on heightened importance since the implosion last week of Democratic state Senate candidate Dave Denenberg's campaign in the adjacent 8th SD.

Scott Comegys, an alpaca farmer, comes into the race as a Democrat with no prior political experience.

Not exact matches

As the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.&raquAs the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.&raquas early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.»

In a consolation for Democrats, Jeanne Shaheen won re-election over Republican Scott Brown in New Hampshire in what polls had forecast as a tight race.

As of Tuesday night, Democrats agreed with Jones's pitch but were still weighing whether it was worth investing in his race.

As the race tightened between Democrat Hillary Clinton andRepublican Donald Trump coming into November, stocks have been under pressure.

* OBAMACARE BECOMES WEAPON FOR DEMS: The New York Times reports that the tables have turned, and Democrats are using the Republicans» failed repeal vote as a weapon against them in multiple House races:

The upcoming selection of a new chairman of the Federal Reserve is being cast as a three - way race, in the sense that President Obama mentioned exactly three names in discussing the choice with Congressional Democrats: Larry Summers, Janet Yellen and Donald Kohn.

He can blame Trump in part, but state Democrats used the race as a test market for the expected anti-Trump themed campaign they will wage in 2018.

I am a democrat and strongly pro - choice and it is democrats who keep using abortion as an issue even in races for which it's a marginal issue at best.

As we'll mention in the upcoming edition of C&E's Technology Bytes, I heard the same concern from Democrats at December's Rootscamp, where it came up repeatedly that the presidential campaigns (Hillary WO N'T unchallenged) and a couple of dozen competitive Senate races will suck up a lot of talent on the Left, leaving a dearth of experienced staff to work on races for Congress, governor and on down the ballot.

Even if Fidler manages to eke out a paper ballot win, this race was still a blow to the Senate Democrats as they gear up to try to take back the majority this fall.

As Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate race yesterday, there are calls by Democrats to seat him immediately.

Jacobs told me Cuomo will soon hit the hustings with some of the Senate Democrats» candidates in key districts and «doesn't look at this as a race for him alone.»

Smith, a Democrat and a former Senate majority leader, was arrested in 2013 on charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to obtain a Wilson - Pakula waiver in order to run as a Republican in the race for mayor.

The news of the robocall comes almost simultaneously with word that Owens, like Democrat Dan Maffei in central New York, has filed a court order to impound ballots ahead of tomorrow's vote — a sign that the race against Republican Matt Doheny will be as close as the public polls have suggested.

Her re-election to the leadership post comes as Democrats struggled in elections last week, though two races remain too - close - to - call on Long Island.

Meanwhile, Paterson told reporters the Skelos arrest shouldn't be a political issue as Senate Democrats look to run a competitive race against the Nassau County lawmaker, potentially with rising star Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky as a candidate.

(As you'll recall, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox wooed Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy into the race, but he didn't get onto the ballot at the convention.

While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

Fidler is favored to win this contest, and despite their considerable financial edge over the Democrats, the Republicans are likely to keep their powder dry on this race unless internal polls show the odds improving for Storobin as election day nears.

Democrats believe Larkin's district will be a battleground race next year as fight for control of the chamber — narrowly led by Republicans — will be centered around a handful of closely watched Senate districts.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

The deal as fleshed out by state Democrats several weeks ago hinges on the party filling two coming vacancies in the Senate, including a Westchester County race to fill the seat being vacated by George Latimer, the county executive - elect.

During his visit, he was introduced to Klein for the first time by the IDC's newest member, Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Queens Democrat who just so happens to be spending a lot of time with the NYC GOP leaders as he courts them in his long - shot bid to run on their ballot line in the upcoming mayor's race.

At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.

Democrats, meanwhile, insisted they could remain competitive in at least one race for the Senate on Long Island as the contest between GOP incumbent Michael Venditto and Democrat John Brooks remained took close to call.

Several unions that are usually aligned with HTC — 1199, 32BJ, CWA — as well as the labor - backed Working Families Party have endorsed Lancman, while a third Democrat in the race, NYC Councilwoman Liz Crowley, has netted the support of several trade unions.

State Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commission.

He beat out a fellow Brooklyn Democrat, Walter Mosley, for the position in a race that many viewed as a showdown between the old and new guard in the state Assembly.

In the closing days of two key battleground races on Long Island, Democrats in the state Senate have released mailers depicting incumbent Republican lawmakers as part of an overall corruption epidemic.

The WFP, in its statement, expects «Democrats will retain their numerical majority» even as two races remain too close to call and could fall to the Senate Republicans.

Democrats, meanwhile, declared victory in the race even as the court battle over the final outcome looms.

The Long Island swing district is on Democrats» radar as a top target and has drawn early attention from outside groups, indicative of the likely high level of spending that will pour into the race during the 2016 cycle.

Be sure to watch our prior coverage of the race, including a report from an earlier candidate forum and a lighthearted look at one moment of the Community Free Democrats» forum, as well as a first look at the Republican race.

While Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn and former Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko have both been mentioned as possible candidates — and Newsday reported both met with Democrats in Washington to explore possible candidacies — Hahn told CQ Roll Call she will not get into the race, and two sources said they don't expect Lesko to declare.

«Money doesn't always win, as we've seen in the last election,» Glushefski added, referencing the presidential race when Democrat Hillary Clinton outspent President Donald J. Trump, the winning candidate.

In recent years, Faso, a former Republican leader in the New York State Assembly from Kinderhook, has only served as a political donor, avoiding electoral politics, himself, since his 2006 loss to Democrat Eliot Spitzer in the governor's race.

There are more than twice as many enrolled Democrats in the state than Republicans, who last won a statewide race in 2002.

The race is set for a New York state Senate seat left vacant since January 1, when Democrat George Latimer took office as Westchester County Executive.

House Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action will spend $ 270,000 on the ads, which target four Republican candidates across a trio of southern California House races that Democrats view as prime pick - up opportunities in November.

The bookies» favourite in the race to succeed Tim Farron as the Liberal Democrat leader has said she will not be contesting the top job.

Democrats supporting Mayer see the race as the next chapter in a narrative in which liberals mobilize an unprecedented amount of energy and involvement driven by a desire to combat President Donald Trump's agenda.

Democrats see it as a top - tier pickup opportunity, a rare open - seat House race in a tossup district that President Barack Obama won twice.

The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call rates the race as Safe Democrat.

Kim, a Democrat from Bayside, and Halloran, a Republican attorney from Whitestone, discussed taxes, overdevelopment and a recent article in the Queens Tribune which drew attention to Halloran's religion as well as a rumor that the Republican was, at one point, going to be replaced in the race by Democrat Paul Vallone, who lost in the Sept. 15 Democratic primary to Kim.

The results in the Hudson Valley were particularly troubling for the Democrats, as the only improvements from 2012 appear to be by incumbent Sen. George Latimer in the 37th Senate District and the result of a two - way race in the 41st Senate District, which was a three - way race in 2012.

In the race for the 21st, four out of the five Democrats and Ms. Stefanik have received donations flagged by the political finance website OpenSecrets.org as coming from political action committees or other candidate committees, as of the last filing date on March 31.