Sentences with phrase «safe district»

(Zeleny and Hulse: «Nancy Pelosi, issued an urgent plea for members in safe districts to help their endangered colleagues by contributing money.
According to the Siena Research Institute survey released Wednesday, Democrat David Weprin leads with 48 percent of the vote, while Republican businessman Bob Turner follows behind at 42 percent in what was once presumed a solidly safe district for Democrats.
We are a small, relaxed, simple, surfer - friendly place in Recreio - very safe district of Rio - de-Janeiro, famous for its endless surfing beaches and natural beauty.
Demographic shifts can make safe districts become swing districts.
Most Republican Congressmembers are in relatively safe districts, meaning that they might can ignore a vocal (and liberal) minority in their districts with impunity.
«This should be another wake up call that having an «R» next to your name is not a good thing for swing districts for this election or, in this case, even safe districts,» he said.
The bill was also getting more and more unpopular as the «debate» went on and got uglier and it started becoming apparent that anyone who voted for the bill that wasn't in a totally safe district would face major challenges in reelection bids, especially for republicans, for supporting the bill, so passing fast there was hope that the public's short memory would forget the worst transgressions.
It is also reputed to be a pretty safe district in Manila.
We found Pool Paradise hostel to be the perfect alternative for saving money but still staying in a beautiful and safe district of Lima.
Second, four additional women will join the Democratic caucus because they won primaries in safe districts: Mazie Hirono from Hawaii, Kathy Castor from Florida, Yvette Clarke from New York, and Betty Sutton from Ohio.
The trend is that the majority party has a much larger diversity of beliefs while the minority party is much more unified in their belief (by dint of being in safe districts, typically).
Safe districts (for better or worse as @DjClayworth points out) simply don't get the attention.
The seat vacated by Sen. Daniel Squadron this summer is considered a safe district for the party.
A capable 13 - term senator, said to be one of the best legal minds in the State Senate, DeFrancisco, like Molinaro, found the waters beyond his safe district deep and cold.
Klein and Sen. Diane Savino are both considered to be in safe districts, even if the coming round of redistricting changes that fact.
AND when those safe district seats become open, all too often, a party committee in a closed meeting selects the candidate of the majority party - and the voters and the primary election have virtually no effect on who the actual nominee is - and this happens usually only once every 14 - 20 years in each gerrymandered district.
Say Congressman Jones lives in a safe district; he'll take one for the party.
Which means, rather than having local party bosses pick who gets put on the ballot on the Democratic line — and, by extension, who inevitably wins the general election in the safe district — voters will get to choose a standard - bearer through a competitive primary.
We found Pool Paradise Lima to be the perfect alternative for saving money while still staying in a beautiful and safe district of Lima.
Single - winner districts enable gerrymandering; gerrymandering creates safe districts; safe districts empowered the Tea Party to grab the wheel of the whole Republican Party and take a sharp right turn.
Once you have found a safe district that meets your personal criteria, make sure you have an outstanding, attention - grabbing student teacher resume on hand.
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