Sentences with phrase «ran a competitive race in»

Meng campaigned on behalf of Democrat Jon Ossoff, who is running a competitive race in the otherwise heavily Republican district formerly represented by Tom Price, now the secretary of Health and Human Services.

But Democratic unity in the Senate has been difficult to come by: Democrats failed to achieve a net gain of a seat in the chamber, despite hoping to run competitive races in suburban districts.

Democrats will have a competitive primary between state Rep. Steve Santarsiero and small - business owner Shaughnessy Naughton (who ran a competitive race in last year's primary).

Democrats had already sought to run competitive races in Nassau County Senate districts, including an open seat being vacated by incumbent GOP lawmaker Jack Martins as well as seats held by Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon.

Democrats expect to run competitive races in several Long Island Senate districts, mostly in Nassau County.

«Ultimately, the goal will be to make sure we have all of the pieces in place to run a competitive race in a lot of counties and be ready to face a primary.»

Brooklyn - based elected officials like Mr. Recchia, a former Bensonhurst and Coney Island councilman Mr. Colton openly reviled, have repeatedly failed to run competitive races in the district.

Political analysts say candidates may need to spend well over $ 2.5 million to run a competitive race in the 4th District for both the primary and the general election.

Democrats hope to run competitive races in the Nassau County suburban districts as well as in races for Hudson Valley seats.

The mountain of signatures shows that the Vermont senator and Brooklyn native intends to run a competitive race in the Empire State against Hillary Clinton, the former New York senator senator and Secretary of State — should he remain viable after primary contests held in two dozen other states.

«The storm has changed the dynamic of a number of things,» Libous said, adding that he's proud the Senate GOP has managed to run a competitive race in the New York City district.

Not exact matches

Indeed, by analyzing a roster of competitive runners, Kilduff found that competitors running in a race with a rival whittled down their time by an average of five seconds per kilometers.

The one fact of the mighty empiricist in this article is that we were in 4 cup finals in the last 5 years and won 3 the rest of the piece is opinion about the unfair treatment of his supplier... another fact is that we were incapable of getting past the last 16 in the CL in that time and another fact is that we were never at any point serious contenders to win the EPL and another fact is that at the end of that cup run we dropped out of the top 4 and will now drop out of the top 5... Another fact is that for over a decade we haven't been competitive in the two races that define a top flight european club even though the promise was that by building a shiny new stadium and charging the highest gate prices in world football we would... And a million and one other facts that point to one thing WENGER OUT

Having spent most of May driving a fast, competitive car and being in the running to win a race for the first time in years, Fernando Alonso says he is excited to go back to Formula 1 to drive a slow, unreliable one where even the idea of a 12th - place finish would seem a bit optimistic.

Take part in either a competitive race or a recreational run to benefit SAFE Haven for Cats.

Cuomo for the last several weeks had rolled out plans to fundraise for Democratic incumbents like Sens. George Latimer and Todd Kaminsky, who are running in competitive suburban races in Westchester and Nassau counties, respectively.

But the arrest has expanded the map for Senate Democrats, who hope to run competitive races on Long Island in order to gain control of the chamber this year.

Altschuler is again running against Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop of Suffolk County in a race that the national GOP clearly believes is a competitive one this fall.

Mayer is running in what is expected to be a competitive race for the Westchester County district vacated by County Executive George Latimer.

Preliminary numbers post-Election Day found Clinton performed worse than President Obama did in every county Democratic Senate candidates sought to run competitive races.

One suburban Democrat in a competitive race who hasn't run from his payroll tax vote is northern Nassau County's Craig Johnson.

Also upstate, Democrats expect a competitive race in the district held by Republican George Amedore, who narrowly lost his first run for Senate in 2012 against Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk.

In other words: The fact that Long's chances at unseating Gillibrand are so slim (she's vastly underfunded and trailing badly in the polls among the few voters who even know who she is), that it makes things harder for her fellow Republicans running in competitive down - ballot congressional raceIn other words: The fact that Long's chances at unseating Gillibrand are so slim (she's vastly underfunded and trailing badly in the polls among the few voters who even know who she is), that it makes things harder for her fellow Republicans running in competitive down - ballot congressional racein the polls among the few voters who even know who she is), that it makes things harder for her fellow Republicans running in competitive down - ballot congressional racein competitive down - ballot congressional races.

The group is running field operations in competitive House races this cycle, and efforts in New York so far include the 24th and 22nd congressional districts.

The cycle's first race for a competitive House contest began in earnest Thursday, when Democratic state Rep. Steve Santarsiero filed paperwork to run in southeastern Pennsylvania's 8th District.

Rep. Todd Young, R - Ind., will run for Senate in the Hoosier State, he announced Sunday, becoming the third Republican to enter a competitive race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Dan Coats.

In the fall of 2014, Esposito, executive director of the nonprofit Citizens Campaign for the Environment, was in a competitive race for the open senate seat left vacant when Lee Zeldin left to run for congresIn the fall of 2014, Esposito, executive director of the nonprofit Citizens Campaign for the Environment, was in a competitive race for the open senate seat left vacant when Lee Zeldin left to run for congresin a competitive race for the open senate seat left vacant when Lee Zeldin left to run for congress.

Murphy is running against Republican New York assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a highly competitive race to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's vacant congressional seat.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's struggles in New York could spell gains for Democrats running in competitive state Senate races.

As former Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Barbara Fiala gears up to run for former Sen. Tom Libous's Senate seat, Broome County Republicans are pledging to run a competitive race to hold the Southern Tier seat in GOP hands.

Democrats in Rensselaer County had not planned to run a competitive race for county executive this year, but now hope to exploit Republican in - fighting during a heated primary.

Wagner, an attorney, had run a competitive race against Ball in 2012 and was believed to have a good shot at the open seat when Ball decided not to seek re-election.

The DSCC has spent no money this month on behalf of the only Democrat running in a potentially competitive Senate race this fall: Former Broome County Executive / former DMV Commissioner Barbara Fiala.

He also wouldn't predict what he expects turnout to look like as polls show Democrats running in competitive Congressional and state Senate races behind, in some cases by double - digit percentages.

Throne - Holst is a former Southhampton town supervisor running in what is considered among a handful of competitive House races in New York this coming fall.

«The candidates selected for this state - level Dirty Dozen — including Hanna — represent some of the most anti-environmental state lawmakers running in competitive races this year.»

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

Yet, Phillips has caught the attention of national Republicans, who are hoping to make the race competitive in a wave year where anti-incumbent sentiment is running high, and in a district where Hinchey hasn't faced a real race in years.

As for NYC, well those races will be competitive when there are GOP candidates willing to run «outside the box» and the same for the Democrats in upstate districts.

That apparently didn't include Amber Small or Chris Eachus, both running in competitive races with the backing of New York State United Teachers.

GOP Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick is running strong in Pennsylvania's 8th District, and his race with Democrat Kevin Strouse should barely be considered competitive at this point.

This year Cuomo is making a dual push for Democrats running in competitive House races as well as the state Senate.

Democrats hope to run competitive races on Long Island, especially in a handful of Nassau County districts, and in the Hudson Valley, while Republicans are eyeing two districts to play offense: the Buffalo area and in Westchester County.

«I was willing to take on a 22 - year incumbent and I'm excited to be running in what is now one of the most competitive races in the country,» Youngblood said in a statement.

The financial backing could help promote Moskowitz's managerial talents, in contrast to the mayor, and Republicans have already signaled they would welcome a credible challenger with the backing to run a competitive race.

If the assemblywoman runs for Borelli's seat and wins, a vacancy would be created in her East Shore / Brooklyn district, with the possibility of a competitive race between Republican and Democratic candidates.

The necessity of forcing Republican incumbants to expend resources long before they normally would, and already being at a substantial cash disadvantage in a majority of competitive races and also the RCCC trailing the DCCC in national fundraising, will cause many campaigns to run out of money at the end of the race of expend more energy in fund raising instead of vote getting.

Some credible estimates indicate it takes at least $ 20 million just to run a competitive statewide race in Texas, to say nothing of actually winning.

The institute just released this week its latest New York Poll, which consulted more than 600 registered New York voters and asked them their thoughts on Eliot Spitzer, the competitive race for attorney general and Hillary Clinton's chances in a 2008 presidential run.

Walden, who has served as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee for nearly two years, traveled to New York last week to show his support for a few Republican candidates running in competitive races.