Sentences with phrase «seat left vacant when»

If appointed, he will fill the seat left vacant when Michel Bastarache retired earlier this year.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

Nearly a dozen candidates have filed to run in the February 14 special election to fill the Harlem City Council (District 9) seat left vacant when Inez Dickens joined the State Assembly in January.

The race, to fill the seat left vacant when Republican congressman John McHugh stepped down to become Secretary of the Army, turned into a three - way contest between official GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, Conservative Party candidate Dough Hoffman, and Democrat Bill Owens.

Donovan must still get the Brooklyn Republican and Conservative committee support, a formality since he is the only such candidate seeking it in the special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant when Michael Grimm resigned after pleading guilty to one count of felony tax fraud.

UPDATE: The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given initial approval to a bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant when Edward Kennedy died last month.

The two were vying for the seat left vacant when Republican County Judge William Walsh retired last year.

The Republicans did not nominate someone to run for the state Assembly seat left vacant when Dan Losquadro was elected Brookhaven highway superintendent in March — but they are expected to do so soon.

With the county GOP's nominating convention only days away, the party's Riverhead and Southold town leaders say they know of no one willing to stand against the popular Democrat, who in January handily beat Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter to fill the seat left vacant when Ed Romaine was elected Brookhaven town supervisor.

In the fall of 2014, Esposito, executive director of the nonprofit Citizens Campaign for the Environment, was in a competitive race for the open senate seat left vacant when Lee Zeldin left to run for congress.

Democrat Christine Pellegrino is emotional as she hugs Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone after declaring victory in the special election for the Ninth Assembly seat left vacant when Joe Saladino became Oyster Bay Supervisor, Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017, in Massapequa Park.

The liberal wing of the Democratic Party and Working Families Party had invested heavily in the seat left vacant when Assemb.

Those activist WFP members moved to fill committee seats left vacant when the unions departed.

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The race is set for a New York state Senate seat left vacant since January 1, when Democrat George Latimer took office as Westchester County Executive.

It was left vacant when José R. Peralta was elected to Mr. Monserrate's old Senate seat.

Now - City Councilman Joe Borelli left the South Shore Assembly seat vacant when he resigned in November.

The seat has been vacant since May 2013 when Democrat Tim Murray left to head the Worcester Chamber of Commerce.

When Shays ran for Congress, seeking to fill the 4th District seat left vacant by Stewart McKinney's death, a still - grieving John McKinney immediately signed on to help.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Tight - lipped on when he will set a special election for Congress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the New York Observer Monday that he has no time frame for the election to fill the vacant seat left by former Congressman Michael Grimm.

The Area 3 seat was left vacant when Samuel Dyer was elected to serve as Beekmantown town supervisor, taking office in January.

Benjamin, who worked as a managing director at real estate firm Genesis, defeated Republican candidate Dawn Simmons, a businesswoman who campaigned on school choice and improving police - community relations, and is now set to occupy the seat that was left vacant when former Senator Bill Perkins joined the New York City Council.