Sentences with phrase «running against incumbent city»

Leandre, who is running against incumbent City Councilman James Sanders (D - Laurelton) in the Democratic primary next week, arrived at the meeting an hour late and said he heard about the litter and called DeBerry and the other man to go to the park the next morning to sort things out.

A large crowd turned out in Chinatown last night to size up the four candidates running against incumbent City Council member Alan Gerson.

Not exact matches

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

The 66 - year - old former city councilman is running against incumbent Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D - Middle Village) in the hopes of preventing a redistricting two years from now that could eliminate the relatively conservative population in the neighborhoods as a voting bloc.

He also endorsed City Council candidate Bob Holden, who's running against incumbent Liz Crowley in the district that includes Middle Village.

Even amid intraparty warfare among New York Democrats, ongoing questions about Cuomo's ethics in light of a corruption conviction against his former aide and a gubernatorial run from «Sex and the City star» Cynthia Nixon, Molinaro would still have to run against an incumbent.

She has run dozens of campaigns throughout Queens, New York City and the state and is currently working on Democrat Steve Behar's bid for the 26th state Assembly District seat in northeast Queens and consulting for incumbent Assemblywoman Democrat Catherine Nolan, who is up for re-election in the 37th Assembly District in western Queens against Republican John Wilson.

Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin has announced she'll run against the incumbent and believes she has answers to some of the problems the city is facing.

The race pit Democrat Mayer, a state Assembly member, against Republican Julie Killian, a member of a local city council who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2016 against the Democratic incumbent.

And Michel Faulkner, an outspoken Harlem pastor and former professional football player, jumped out of the mayor's race to instead run for city comptroller against Scott Stringer, the Democratic incumbent.

In 2009, Wright ran for the New York City Council against incumbent Albert Vann but lost.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins called for a debate after he announced that he is running against incumbent Marty Masterpole for Syracuse city auditor.

Mr. Jeffries has been running hard against Mr. Towns until the incumbent abruptly decided to retire, leaving the race a two - person fight between Mr. Jeffries and City Councilman Charles Barron.

Elsewhere in the city, incumbents largely were returned to office, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., running unopposed, faced a surprisingly strong, last minute write - in challenge from Marc Fliedner, an out gay ex-prosecutor prompted to jump in when revelations surfaced about the incumbent's failure to pursue fraud charges against Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr., in their marketing of the Trump Soho and sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein brought by an Italian model who captured a partial admission from the former film mogul on tape.

Read, a Democrat, submitted his letter of resignation due to moving out of Area 4 from Cumberland Head to the city of Plattsburgh to run for mayor against incumbent Mayor James Calnon.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Gov. Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul.

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.

ALBANY - A city Republican is looking to take on the role of city treasurer in a run against Democratic incumbent Darius Shahinfar in next week's general election.

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.