Sentences with phrase «running for a seat representing»

Mr. Monserrate, a former police officer and city councilman, is running for a seat representing parts of western Queens.

Mr. Cusick, a Democrat, denied as recently as October having any desire to run for the seat representing his home borough and parts of Brooklyn in a potential special election.

Not exact matches

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.

The likelihood looms that Assemblyman Peter Abbate, a well - wired Democrat who has represented overlapping parts of the turf since 1987, will run for the seat.

State party officials also gave $ 10,000 to Bob Dougherty, a political novice recruited by Miner's staff to run for an open 3rd District city council seat representing Strathmore and the Valley.

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.

McMahon, who represents the North Shore on the City Council, and Straniere are running for the 13th District Congressional seat left open by Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican who opted not to seek re-election after it was discovered he fathered a child outside of his marriage.

Ms. Hochul noted that most candidates running this year are seeking local seats like county legislature and county executive, but asserted that 2015 would represent both a milestone for the party and for women's issues.

Schneiderman, who won a state Senate seat representing a Manhattan district in 1998, became attorney general in 2010 and had been running for re-election this year.

The party also touted wins by its endorsed candidates running for open Assembly seats, including: lawyer and play producer Robert Carroll, who won the Park Slope seat being vacated by retiring Assemblyman Jim Brennan; and community board chair and coffee shop founder Tremaine Wright (NYC), who landed the Bed - Stuy seat currently represented by retiring Assemblywoman Annette Robinson; Anthony Eramo (Long Island), who was victorious in the fight for now - Sen.

The Captains Endowment Association, Lieutenants Benevolent Association, and Sergeants Benevolent Association have thrown their weight behind Chain, a Democrat running for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat representing the 29th District.

Quinn and Lavine, both of whom have endorsed Koslowitz, said the candidate running for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat representing the 29th District has already proven herself to be an effective legislator.

Most of the proposed corridors on Fifth and Sixth avenues go through Community Board 5, led by district manager Wally Rubin, and City Council District 3, represented by Speaker Christine Quinn, who is vacating her seat and running for mayor.

In 2013, Mr. Johnson successfully ran for a City Council seat representing Manhattan neighborhoods including Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Midtown West that had been occupied by Christine C. Quinn, then the speaker of the City Council.

City Council, District 4: The race to represent Midtown East, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Town and The Upper East Side in the seat that Eva Moskowitz is leaving because she is running for Manhattan Borough President (although she could serve until 2009) has several candidates, two of whom appeared before 504 seeking an endorsement.

Also on Friday, the DCCC is adding Schwartz and five other candidates to its «Emerging Races» list, part of its «Red to Blue» program for strong Democratic candidates running in open seats or districts now represented by Republicans.

Giordano said he wants to run for the 127th District Assembly seat because he feels that Stirpe isn't representing Central New York.

Sources suggested Mr. Seddio might run for the seat himself, or choose former Councilman Lew Fidler — who has had some well - documented health issues — to run to represent the diverse district, which covers largely black Brownsville, heavily Caribbean - American Canarsie and the predominantly Russian - Jewish enclave of Sheepshead Bay.

He's running in Tuesday's Democratic primary for the seat representing neighborhoods like Throggs Neck and Pelham Bay currently held by Jimmy Vacca, who faces term limits.

«That's a problem,» said Batman, who is now running against incumbent Gary Finch for the state Assembly District 126 seat, which represents Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland and Chenango counties.

Manchester Republicans also announced Tuesday that Jennifer Fiereck, a local businesswoman, will run for Tweedie's seat, which represents parts of Manchester and Glastonbury.

Tweedie, who represents the 13th House District, said he will seek the GOP nomination to run for the seat, which represents Andover, Bolton, Glastonbury and Manchester.

Jobs for New York has thrown its heaviest support behind frontrunner council candidates, including incumbent Democrat Sara Gonzalez, who is representing the rapidly - developing neighborhoods of Red Hook and Sunset Park, and Democrat Vanessa Gibson, who is running for a seat that includes the South and West Bronx.

Just five candidates are in the running to represent the seat, formerly held by David Cairns for Labour.

Thompson, 63, of 564 Bryant Ave., has asked the Democratic Party for the nomination to run for one of two seats for an at - large councilor, which means the councilor represents the entire city rather than one district.

Brewer, who's represented the Upper West Side since 2002, plans to run for Manhattan Borough President when she terms out of her council seat next year.

The GOP leaders then picked Errigo, who formerly represented the 130th Assembly District, to run for Nojay's former seat.

The PAC has thrown its heaviest support — in the form of independent expenditures — behind candidates such as Sara Gonzalez, running for reelection to represent neighborhoods with booming development such as Red Hook and Sunset Park; and Vanessa Gibson, who is running for a seat that includes the South and West Bronx.

Rounding out the top five recipients of the PAC's largesse were City Council member Margaret Chin, running for re-election to represent Lower Manhattan, including Soho and Chinatown, with $ 121,108; Alan Maisel, running for a seat in South Brooklyn covering Sheepshead Bay and Canarsie, with $ 120,451; and Paul Vallone, an attorney running in a crowded contest for a seat in northeastern Queens, including Bayside and Whitestone, for whom the PAC has spent $ 113,134.

While candidates planning to run for City Council seats in November are just starting to pick out color schemes for lawn signs, campaigns to represent the southeastern-most neighborhoods of Queens are in full swing ahead of a special election next month.

One - term incumbent Nury Martinez, who represents the east San Fernando Valley in District 6, is widely expected to run for the City Council seat about to be vacated by Tony Cardenas, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

A decade later, he ran for and won a seat to the Senate representing Tennessee.

Earlier this year, Ocean Champions endorsed Jimmy Panetta (D - CA - 20) who is running for retiring ocean champion Sam Farr's seat representing the Monterey Bay region and Salud Carbajal (D - CA - 24) running for retiring ocean champion Lois Capps seat from Santa Barbara.

When her district's current state senator, Adam Driggs, voted in favor of this year's discriminatory SB 1062, she made the decision to run for his seat in the Senate so that her fellow LD 28 constituents could be represented by someone who would advocate for the rights and dignity of all Arizonans.

Both he and his spouse Cara are seeking to represent LD 16 to bring more attention to those issues in the legislature, with Cara running for one of the open seats in the House of Representatives.

Emily Verdugo is a candidate running for a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, where she hopes to represent Legislative District 8 in the Pinal County area.