Sentences with phrase «represent districts»

And other Republican lawmakers who represent districts that decisively rejected Mr. Trump, like Mr. Roskam and Martha E. McSally of Arizona, supported the measure.

On the House side, it's hard to imagine the 49 House Democrats who currently represent districts won by Sen. John McCain (R - Ariz.)

He also famously said, «An incarceration program is not an employment program,» something that deeply worried upstate legislators who represent districts where prisons had been the major employer.

Democratic lawmakers who represent districts outside of New York City (i.e. those impacted by the tax cap) have called for some changes, including ones addressing payments - in - lieu - of - taxes.

Legislators with substantive concerns about congestion pricing typically represent districts in the boroughs outside Manhattan that have unmet transit needs.

«But to be able to have some input on it, I think, is healthy and good for our part of the state because obviously we represent districts that are located in those sections of the state.»

But several of the Republicans — including Representatives Brian Mast of Florida, Mia Love of Utah, and Don Bacon of Nebraska — represent districts and states that voted for Trump.

LaValle and Senator Phil Boyle, both of whom also represent districts on Long Island, declined to say whether their offices were subpoenaed.

«I think you've seen the members, our members, are comfortable with the Regents who represent their districts,» Silver said.

All lawmakers represent districts have been considered competitive between the two parties over the last several election cycles.

Many of the 29 targeted Republicans represent districts atop the DCCC's list of pick up opportunities in 2016.

The mayor has also argued that surcharges will unfairly burden low - income and outer borough residents — a concern shared by many elected officials who represent those districts.

The 12 members represent districts where Democrats typically perform well in presidential cycles, making them top targets in 2016.

They will represent districts Democrats carried with big margins in presidential election years — seats the newly minted Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján will probably want back.

The reasoning is fairly simple: Democrats want the union in their corner next year, and many of the most liberal members of the chamber represent districts with a lot of 1199 members.

She noted both she and Ryan represent districts that cover the city of Buffalo with large immigrant and refugee populations.

Five of the Democratic targets represent districts that President Donald Trump carried in 2016.

Republicans have represented the district, which includes the state's largest city of Wichita, since Todd Tiahrt unseated veteran Democratic Rep. Dan Glickman in 1994.

«The pace of change is much too slow,» said Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democratic congresswoman who represents a district not far from Silicon Valley, during an interview.

Congressman Ted Deutch, who represents the district that includes parts of Parkland, discusses the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

This spring, the foundation's staff attorney sent a lawyer representing the district a letter about complaints of alleged discriminatory hiring and religious promotion in another county high school and praise music being played in an elementary school classroom.

State Rep. Alonzo Baldonado, who represents a district south of Albuquerque, said he would support Trump, and Trump will need more prominent supporters to step forward if he is to reach the 30 percent threshold with Hispanics that many experts say he will need to win in November.

In the past, Southwest Conference winners (usually Texas) represented District Six in Omaha, but in recent years as many as four teams have competed for the distinction.

There's no guarantee that a year from now that (parcel) won't be commercial,» said board member Suzi Wiberg (R - Lockport), who represents the district where the rink is planned.

The top three finalists advanced to represent District 2 at the NATA Quiz Bowl this summer.

After a bitter primary fight in 2008, Grace Meng won the district, becoming the first native - born Asian - American to represent the district, which, as you know, has since been redrawn yet again.

A candidate forum for a vacant southern Brooklyn Assembly seat turned into a bitter verbal tussle over abortion last night — not between the two women running to represent the district, but between one of them and a civic leader in the audience.

-- Joe Robach, SD56, Rochester, a former Democrat who has been representing the district for more than a decade.

«Bill Perkins is a guy who went to elite private schools and he represents a districts where most people can't afford elite private schools and charter schools are their opportunity to get their kids a great education,» Bloomberg told WOR's John Gambling.

«I think senators, assemblyman represent their district and he believes he's representing his district then he's doing the right thing.»

«I think the UB 2020 project is very project is very exciting and I think it should go forward and I think if the Senator is representing his district, then he's doing the right thing.

In fact, the Republican that represents my district, Cathy Young, is one of my least favorite politicians.

Skartados was first elected to a two - year term in the Assembly in 2008 to represent the district that encompasses the city and town of Newburgh, Marlborough, Lloyd and the city of Beacon.

Among those she defeated were Newell and former Assemblywoman Alice Cancel, whom the disgraced speaker helped install to represent his district via an April special election in which Niou ran unsuccessfully on the Working Families Party line.

Walden insisted both Donovan and Malliotakis are «very fine candidates» with «different strengths» who would «represent that district very effectively here in Washington.»

Harry B. Bronson is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 138.

Maloney is one of 12 Democrats representing districts that President Donald Trump carried in 2016.

Furthermore, Fedele conflates state lawmakers from New York City with city lawmakers from New York City: «18 of the 19 corrupt Senators and Assembly members cited by the commission represented districts from within that very same New York City matching system,» he claims.

«Eighty percent of the job is representing the district,» as opposed to partisan politics, she added.

Ortiz has represented his district in the Assembly for 20 years.

All four members of the group are moderates in their politics, representing districts filled with upper - middle - income suburbanites.

Ulrich, a 32 - year - old Republican who represents a district in Southern Queens and has been filming a prospective reality television series about his potential run, didn't answer the question of whether he actually will run against de Blasio, telling WNYC's Brian Lehrer he'll make that decision in «a couple of weeks.»

Upper East Side Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents the District of Columbia, both walked out of the hearing after asking about the lack of women on the panel.

In case of a vacancy, by death, resignation or other cause, of any district delegate elected to the convention, such vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the remaining delegates representing the district in which such vacancy occurs.

When it came to representing his district, Silver often echoed the voices of key community leaders and the many thousands they represented, so they were in a sense in «the room» helping make decisions on vital issues like schools and affordable housing.

Katko now represents a district which President Barack Obama won with 56 percent in 2008 and 57 percent in 2012.

Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, who currently represents the district, has said he's «seriously considering» moving on to run for the State Senate seat currently held by Adriano Espaillat, who's running for Congress.

Today, Jensen, 61, a state senator representing District 33 in Meade and Pennington counties, also works as a dealer for Saladmaster cookware.

Rating: Favored Republican Sean Eldridge, Democrat, New York's 19th District One of 17 Republicans representing districts Obama carried in 2012, GOP Rep. Chris Gibson started the cycle as a top Democratic target.

Becky Duncan Massey is a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 6.