Sentences with phrase «run against an incumbent with»

«Sen. Schumer's spending spree is about to drown the next generation in a tsunami of red ink,» Townsend, 55, said, noting that running against an incumbent with a $ 22 million campaign account is «a challenge that I requested.»

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He has always been something of an outsider, conferencing with the Republicans during his last stint in the Senate and then running against an incumbent Democrat, former Sen. Efrain Gonzalez Jr., in the 2008 primary.

But he also most recently worked with Harry Wilson, a Republican businessman who unsuccessfully ran for comptroller in 2010 against incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli.

Coming off his primary victory and sensing he could play kingmaker in upper Manhattan, Espaillat endorsed Alcantara in July along with Carmen De La Rosa to run against incumbent Guillermo Linares in the Assembly.

[54] In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester, with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's aging thirteen - term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue.

With things more or less quiet in Saugerties, speculation has arisen over whether popular police chief Joe Sinagra will run for sheriff against incumbent Democrat Paul VanBlarcum next year.

Recchia, the former Democratic councilman running for congress against scandal - tainted Republican incumbent Michael Grimm, has launched a new campaign effort, the «Kitchen Table Listening Tour,» in which he visits residents in their homes, sits at their kitchen tables and discusses issues with them.

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher follows up his earlier discussions with Colleen Deacon, Eric Kingson and Steve Williams, with a conversation with the incumbent they will be running against in November, Rep.

At least 10 (unopposed) incumbents will return, with probably another 10 running against less - than - robust opposition.

Nathaniel Horowitz, 27, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines against incumbent Democrat Charlie Landi, 77, who arrived on the Common Council in 1988 and, with a few breaks, has been there ever since.

«Americans are left with an awful choice to make on November 8,» said Killian, a Republican running for a seat in Westchester County against incumbent George Latimer, a Democrat.

Cain had his picture taken with Matthew Corey, a Republican who is running in the First Congressional District in the Greater Hartford region against incumbent Democrat John B. Larson of East Hartford.

HARTFORD, CT - 04.04.2016 - DAN CARTER ANNOUNCEMENT - Rep. Dan Carter (R - Bethel), at center, shares a light moment with legislators, supporters and members of the media at the State Capitol on Monday afternoon after he announced his campaign to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

Kellogg, a Democrat who won two terms as Woodstock supervisor between 1995 and 1999, once as a Republican, will be running with fellow Democrats Marie Shultis and Ashley Dittus for town board against incumbent Republicans Janet Briggs and Barbara Zell.

With Democratic endorsed council incumbents Fred Costello and Leeanne Thornton's terms up in two years, Tucker may have to patiently wait to run against them.

«I started 30 points down in that race, against a popular incumbent with bags of money,» said Astorino, who says people asked him why he was running.

Staples is running in a 2 - way race against an 18 - year incumbent, Republican Stan Wise, whose campaign is plagued with scandal.

With Election Day only about eight months away, the Fulton Republican Committee has thrown its support behind John Katko, a 51 - year - old retired federal prosecutor who plans to run against Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei to represent central New York in Congress.

Ulrich has started speaking out against de Blasio more, has held meetings with key political figures, and has done some fundraising on the message of taking on the incumbent, but his exploration of a run has remained fairly quiet.

The four - way race pits two incumbents, Lance Denno and Jean Kessner, who were not endorsed by the city's Democratic Committee and who have been at odds with the administration of Mayor Stephanie Miner at times, are running against two party favorites, Pam Hunter and Jeff Wright.

City Comptroller Mark Schroeder talks with his team as they campaign door - to - door while running for mayor in the Democratic primary against incumbent Byron Brown on Sept. 5.

Prior to Bill, if you had a person, a Democrat, who wanted to run they were always faced with running against a Republican incumbent who had what amounted to a two - and - a - half, almost three to one, registration advantage.

But not running for reelection in the city, he has been mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate, running against the Republican incumbent with whom he has shared the Newark stage.