Sentences with phrase «seat in the state assembly»

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, attacked Kaminsky for being on the hustings this week and not in his seat in the state Assembly, which is back in session this week after passing the budget.

In New Jersey, all 40 seats in the state Senate and all 80 seats in the state Assembly were up for election in 2017.

George's passion for serving others is the reason he successfully pursued a seat in the State Assembly, representing Schenectady and Montgomery Counties.

Long Island Democrats appeared to lose one open seat in the State Assembly but maintained another, while incumbent Assembly members in both major parties Islandwide appeared headed toward victory, according to precinct returns Tuesday night.

(Nine seats in the state Assembly are also up for grabs, but the outcomes won't significantly alter the lower chamber's makeup.)

Gabriella Rosa forfeited her seat in the state Assembly on Friday, after pleading guilty to two counts of falsifying information to the federal government prior to her 2012 election in a district in Upper Manhattan.

«I gave careful consideration to leaving my seat in the State Assembly to run for Congress,» he said.

Robinson played a key role last week in appointing Nicoletti to replace Common Councilor Pam Hunter, who resigned after winning a seat in the state Assembly.

An upstart Republican said an urge to clean up corruption in Albany and support gun owners prompted him to run for a seat in the state Assembly.

ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, who lost his seat in the State Assembly after he was convicted of seven federal felonies on Monday, has filed paperwork to receive a state pension.

Meanwhile, the battle for Kavanagh's seat in the State Assembly is already underway.

Now Charles Barron is hoping he can make it a family affair yet again by taking over his wife's seat in the state Assembly.

Former state senator Antoine Thompson may be running for a seat in the state assembly this year.

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They also have seats in legislatures, state assemblies and Parliament so as to allow them greater participation in the country's governance.

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As far as I know, the governor isn't doing anything to assist any of the other candidates running in the three other Assembly specials taking place around the state tomorrow or the contest down in Brooklyn to fill the seat of former Sen. Carl Kruger.

«I think we're going to be anywhere's from 49 to 51 seats, but I think the significance of being that close, especially in this environment, I think there's going to be some Assembly Democrats across the state that'd be a little reluctant just to vote in lock - step with the leadership and the New York City - dominated Assembly majority.»

Silver, the once powerful and unquestioned leader of the state Assembly since 1994, was found guilty in November of fraud and extortion, forcing him to surrender his seat in the Assembly in the process.

, an incredibly crowded Democratic attorney general primary and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's battle to keep the seat to which he ascended in 2007, thanks to a combination of Alan Hevesi's Chauffergate and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's power.

Because the selection will the made by the full Legislature, the overwhelming Democratic majority in the 150 - seat Assembly has far more influence over the process than the 63 - seat state Senate, where Republicans hold a bare majority along with Brooklyn's Sen. Simcha Felder.

Despite a reported anti-incumbent, anti-Democrat mood across the nation, all the seated Democrats won another term in the state Assembly races in western Queens this year, according to unofficial election results from NY1.

«This MTA payroll tax is the final nail in the coffin of a state that is trending vociferously into a downward spiral,» said Assembly Member Greg Ball, the Republican and self - avowed Tea Partier running for the seat.

Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who wa...

«If you can win the special, ultimately you have a better chance (in the general election)-- if in fact you follow through, you stick to your core principles, have integrity, and you do what's right and... are connecting with the constituents,» said state Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam, who won a 2007 special election for the 105th Assembly District seat and retained the job with a win in the 2008 general.

State law empowers the Senate and Assembly to fill the seat in a joint legislative session.

Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County Executive.

There are special elections in New York on Tuesday to fill nine vacant state Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats.

Quinn got elected to the Assembly at 26 and was vying for a seat in the state senate just six years later.

The outspending to Democrats reflects the party's dominance in both the city council (where it now has 48 of the 51 seats), as well as the state assembly (where Democrats hold 102 of the 150 seats), Mr. Sheinkopf said.

He is now gone from our lives, his Assembly seat as vacant as his eyes, completing his shuffle from Manhattan State Supreme Court, where he began as a law secretary in 1971, to the federal courthouse on Foley Square, where 12 of his peers finally got a chance to judge seven of his felonies.

The group has hired Camille Brandon, a state Assembly candidate last year for disgraced former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's seat and considered a fixture in western New York politics, for its Buffalo office.

Canvassers plan to speak to New Yorkers in targeted state Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island (several of those areas — especially western New York and Dutchess County — are considered by Democrats as ripe for picking up at least one or two seats next year).

Six Democrats are battling for the party's nomination to run for the lower Manhattan Assembly seat once held by Silver, making it one of the most closely watched and unpredictable contests in Tuesday's slate of state legislative primaries.

The civil lawsuit, filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 2, pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

Kaminsky vacated the 20th Assembly District seat after winning a seat in the State Senate in April.

Schumer embarked on his political career by winning a New York state Assembly seat in 1974, the same year he graduated from Harvard law school.

The race for Silver's former seat in the 65th Assembly District has drawn one of the biggest and most ethnically diverse fields of candidates this year — despite the fact that it is now just one of 150 Assembly seats and no longer controlled by one of the state's most powerful figures.

In addition to the political outsiders, Marti Speranza, who has served as director of Women Entrepreneurs NYC, and Democratic State Committeewoman for the overlapping 74th Assembly District, is also vying for the seat.

The attorney general's seat is up for grabs in the November election, but state law says the Assembly and Senate can name a replacement in a joint session.

Assemblyman Dennis H. Gabryszak's seat is empty during the opening prayer at the New York State Assembly opening session Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

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Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.

Schaffer came under fire from progressive activists for failing to back Pellegrino in her successful Assembly bid and for taking a hands - off approach to elections for Republican - held state Senate seats in Suffolk.

With the New Jersey Senate and Assembly included, Democrats in 2017 collectively sought to defend 80 state legislative seats against Republican challengers.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Common Councilor Pamela Hunter won the county Democratic committee's endorsement for a vacant state Assembly seat, but the race for support among voters in her party has just begun.

He also failed in a 1996 bid for the New York State Assembly seat that was held by Democrat Paul A. Tokasz.

She speculated that she faced no Democratic challengers for Wright's seat - which is centered in Harlem and represents almost exclusively Democrats - because of a number of factors, including the trips Assembly members must make to Albany, the last - minute nature of the opening, and what she said was insufficient pay for state legislators.

State Assembly candidate Aravella Simotas will face no challengers in her bid for Assemblyman Michael Gianaris's (D - Astoria) seat after John Ciafone dropped out of the race last week.

Hunter won the support of the Onondaga County Democratic Committee Thursday night to fill the state Assembly seat in the 128th District.

The state Assembly seats formerly held by Steve McLaughlin and Peter Lopez are almost certain to remain in Republican hands, as Chris Tague and Jake Ashby held narrow but significant leads.