Sentences with phrase «re-election bids»

The mayor announced Tuesday that he will back the re-election bids of both state Sen. Jeff Klein of The Bronx and Tony Avella of Queens.

The following table tracks the outcomes of these re-election bids.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this afternoon that he will endorse State Senators Jeff Klein and Tony Avella's re-election bids, dealing blows to the two well - known insurgents trying to unseat them.

The organization, the oldest police association in the country, doesn't always endorse in congressional races, but did back Maloney and Republican Rep. Peter King two years ago in their re-election bids.

Republicans made dramatic gains House races throughout the state and won control of the state Senate when three Democratic freshman lost their re-election bids.

The New York AFL - CIO on Tuesday endorsed two Democrats and a Republican in their re-election bids: Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Joseph Crowley and Dan Donovan.

A fund - raiser planned for Thursday night in Manhattan is expected to raise about $ 1.25 million to help finance their re-election bids next year.

In Venditto's six previous re-election bids, he never received less than 64 percent of the vote, election results show.

Republicans argue that retiring House Democrats are avoiding tough re-election bids next year.

In November, two senators who opposed gay marriage — Democrat William Stachowski of Erie County and Frank Padavan of Queens — lost re-election bids.

But, Mario Cuomo enjoyed 71 % and 64 % approval ratings from New Yorkers when he launched his successful re-election bids in 1986 and 1990, respectively.

Brewer's resounding win marked a trend of success for incumbents in the general election, as all five borough presidents won their re-election bids.

Mr. LaValle said he continues to receive support from his constituents, which is why he has won his re-election bids by overwhelming margins.

Washington (CNN)- Thirty - one House Democrats, most of whom face tough re-election bids this fall, have signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urging them to extend expiring tax breaks for all income levels, including the wealthy.

Interestingly, MPs appear undeterred by the possibility of being labelled a big spender, despite potential negative consequences for their re-election bids.

Trump plans to to further outline his economic and tax policies in a speech in Detroit on Monday, following a bruising week in which he publicly sparred with the Muslim family of a fallen U.S. soldier and initially refused to endorse leaders of the Republican Party in their re-election bids.

Republican Gov. Pat McCrory trails in his undecided re-election bid.

Falling approval ratings have taken the shine off his expected re-election bid, and investors have severely punished the ringgit.

Washington (CNN)- Facing a re-election bid and contending with a bitterly partisan Congress, President Obama spoke Wednesday at a White House Easter prayer breakfast about keeping faith in the face of doubt.

If Rick's a proven winner, then why did he lose his re-election bid for senator of Pennsylvania back in 2006?

A retired (read this as «failed in his re-election bid») Washington State Supreme Court Justice helped a woman craft a claim to limit a $ 13,000 fine she received for an original failed claim PLUS a failed appeal concerning Obama's birth records.

The ban on endorsements, known as the Johnson Amendment, dates back to a conflict between then — US Senator Lyndon Johnson and a Texas nonprofit, which opposed his re-election bid.

Maloney overall in 2015 raised $ 2 million for his re-election bid and was endorsed last week by the Independence Party.

Avella, a freshman Democratic senator from Queens, just formally announced his re-election bid in a press release, saying:

Fahey, on the other hand, had an ad that featured his boss, Higgins, who is preparing for a re-election bid himself in a newly - drawn — and supposedly safe — Buffalo / Niagara Falls seat.

That could mean he's 1) trying to remain relevent with an eye toward a run sometime down the road (or his re-election bid, which he'll be doing as a Republican for the first time); 2) trying to remain relevent with an eye toward keeping his gubernatorial bid alive.

While at odds with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, he is counting on labor union support in part to boost his re-election bid this fall.

Governor Cuomo, who's spent a great deal of his first term trying to win over Western New York, has made keeping the Bills here a central theme of his re-election bid.

No matter who the Republican nominee would have been, it's a strategy de Blasio was almost certain to deploy in his re-election bid for a second term.

The nonprofit also paid for trips Espada, his wife and other family members took to Las Vegas, Miami, Puerto Rico that were purported to be «business trips,» provided employees to work on his 2008 re-election bid and paid for $ 100,000 worth of campaign literature.

Maziarz, who announced his retirement from the Senate Sunday evening, has insisted his decision to decline a re-election bid is related to a personal decision, not any investigation.

When asked later by a reporter whether he thought it was appropriate for Stachowski, who faces another tough re-election bid this year, to dig in his heels on the revenue bill (preventing himself and his colleagues from getting paid in the process), Cuomo replied:

Sen. Neil Breslin will announce his re-election bid at 6:30 p.m. tonight, putting to rest speculation that he might retire.

At the same time, voters are supportive of what could be a key argument for Cuomo's re-election bid: By a margin of 60 percent to 29 percent, voters back a governor with experience in politics versus someone who is new.

A majority of Americans think President Donald Trump will lose his re-election bid in 2020, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, similar numbers to those facing former President Barack Obama at this point in his first term ahead of his re-election victory.

The trip comes as de Blasio's re-election bid for a second term is just getting underway.

This, he believes is work in progress and appealed to the people to support his re-election bid so that he would continue fighting their cause.

One source tells me King actually asked not be to considered because he wants to return to the private sector «well before» Cuomo's 2014 re-election bid because he has some college tuitions to start saving for, which means whoever does replace Jacobs — and I haven't managed to get any names confirmed yet — is going to have the opportunity to pick his or her new executive director fairly soon after taking control of the party.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul's re-election bid on Thursday was endorsed by 32BJ SEIU, a prominent and politically active labor union.

Pataki also dodged questions about his former LG, Betsy McCaughey, whom he dumped unceremoniously off the ticket in favor of Mary Donohue in advance of his second re-election bid.

New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board said it had fined former longtime Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes $ 40,000 for using city resources for his failed 2013 re-election bid.

This is widely expected to be a launch of his re-election bid.

Mangano, (who, as you may recall, was one of a handful of Republican county executives to cross party lines and endorse Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election bid in 2014), pleaded not guilty to federal charges last fall, but he has refused to heed calls to step down and hasn't said whether he'll seek a third term.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is predicting that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will face a «spirited» Democratic primary in his re-election bid this year and says he won't be able to run as a moderate for president in 2020.

Sen. Charles Schumer, who is expected to win his re-election bid by a wide margin, took the stage about 30 minutes after the polls closed, saying it's a «sacred opportunity» to serve another six - year term in the US Senate.

The freshman lawmaker who was first elected in 2010 with strong tea party support, handily won his re-election bid against Democrat Mark Murphy.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has strong support to win a re-election bid in 2018, and would crush potential Republican opponents, including Donald Trump Jr., by more than 30 points, according to the latest NBC 4 New York / Marist Poll.

Longtime state Sen. William Larkin announced his decision to retire at the end of the year, making him the fifth Senate Republican to bypass a re-election bid in the past eight days.

This was particularly true in 2014 when he delivered that hostage video to secure the Working Families Party endorsement during his re-election bid.

As of yesterday, we knew Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had raised another $ 1.5 million during the first three months of 2012 and has $ 9.1 million on hand for her re-election bid, but none of her three GOP opponents had filed their first - quarter numbers with the FEC.