Sentences with phrase «served as the democrats»

And there have been other squeakers for town board and other seats,» said longtime Olive political player John Parete, who served as the Democrats chairman for years and is now a county legislator (as well as owner of the Boiceville Inn).

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While President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington did serve as a hub of inaugural activities it also stands as ground zero for what top Democrats and some ethics advisers see as his unique web of conflicts of interest.

But while President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington did serve as a hub of Friday's inaugural activities, it also stands as ground zero for what top Democrats and some ethics advisers see as his unique web of conflicts of interest.

The House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote Monday on whether to release the Democrats» own classified memo, which purportedly serves as a rebuttal to the Republican memo released late last week.

Lauro Cavazos, a Democrat, was confirmed as Education secretary and continued to serve for part of President George H.W. Bush's term.

The footage serves as a plausible facsimile of the war as defined by the Pentagon; it tells viewers nothing about the origins and nature of an enemy that Republicans and Democrats alike have been ignoring for the last ten years, out of deference to the demands of Big Oil and in the hope that a world of six billion people might wake up one morning, consider the odds, and start bowing to Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, and the Goddess of Democracy.

Our current system is now broken as Republicans and Democrats have forgotten they serve the people and are under some self serving spell.

As a young evangelical myself, I confess I have grown tired... no, weary... of responding to comments like these with some honest suggestions for how my fellow evangelicals might avoid said retirement, only to be discounted and disparaged for believing the earth is more than 6,000 years old, for voting for Democrats from time to time, and for daring to serve communion to gays and lesbians.

This year Bunning and rookie congressman Tom McMillen, the Maryland Democrat who played 11 years in the NBA, (page 70) joined representatives Jack Kemp (Buffalo Bills) and Mo Udall (the old ABL Denver Nuggets) and Senator Bill Bradley (New York Knicks) in the Jock Caucus, as Udall has come to call the collective of five former pro athletes now serving in Congress.

The former Cleveland mayor served in the U.S House as a Democrat from 1997 to 2013, and is now a political consultant and Fox News analyst.

Having served billions of targeted voter - matched digital ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.

The Bronx Democrat founded the organization in 1977 in the basement of the Church of God on Seward Avenue, according to his official Senate biography, and served as its executive director until shortly before his election to his current post in 2002.

«Their party is stuck with Sandy Frankel when Democrat after Democrat chose not to run, acknowledging that Cheryl Dinolfo is the best choice to serve as our community's next County Executive,» Reilich added.

I suggest that this is a Conservative administration, with a miscellany of forgettable Liberal Democrats serving as decoration and window - dressing.

But the video also appears to serve as a challenge not to Republicans, whom the IDC has worked with since its inception in 2011, but to mainline Democrats to muster the needed votes for the issues.

Republicans were served another reminder of President Donald Trump's unpopularity as Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly captured a House seat in a region that for decades has been a conservative stronghold, though he fell just short of the percent needed to avoid a runoff.

Former University of Miami President Donna Shalala, a Democrat who served as Health and Human Services secretary under President Bill Clinton, is running to replace retiring Florida Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen, according to paperwork filed with the FEC.

Adam McFadden, a Democrat who currently serves as the vice president for the Rochester City Council, has announced his plans to run for the NY - 25 seat formerly occupied by the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.

«I am honored to continue serving as the Leader of the Senate Democrats and thank my colleagues for their continued support,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

Killian and her allies have portrayed Mayer as a creature of Albany's culture of corruption, noting that prior to serving in the Assembly, she was counsel to the Senate Democrats during their scandal - plagued tenure in charge of the Senate in 2009 and 2010.

In 2006, Baker served as deputy communications director on Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's landslide victory that returned the governor's mansion to the Democrats for the first time in 16 years.

This places him above individuals such as Manhattan Democrat Brian Kavanagh, who is ranked as the 182nd most liberal legislator to serve in Albany in recent years.

Schneiderman hoped to succeed Paterson when he left the Senate to serve as lieutenant governor under Eliot Spitzer, but he lacked support among his fellow members, and by the time Democrats actually won the majority in the Senate in 2008, he was more or less on his way out.

The Democrat who's served as Gov. Cuomo's No. 2 since 2015 said Schneiderman's behavior was «particularly egregious because it is so hypocritical.»

In recent years, Faso, a former Republican leader in the New York State Assembly from Kinderhook, has only served as a political donor, avoiding electoral politics, himself, since his 2006 loss to Democrat Eliot Spitzer in the governor's race.

At AKPD Message and Media, Del Cecato helped devise winning media and communications strategies for clients such as President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (the first Democrat to be re-elected NYC Mayor in 32 years), Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (who later served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther, and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (the first woman to hold that post in Nassau County).

Mayer's win in the 37th District fills the seat vacated by Democrat George Latimer, who now serves as Westchester County Executive.

Though the candidates may lack the «proper credentials» to serve as Erie County Comptroller, Buffalo News political reporter Bob McCarthy believes Democrat Kevin Gaughan and Republican incumbent Stefan Mychajliw enjoy the high name recognition sought by every political candidate

By thoroughly comparing Ms. Meng's endorsement list to a list of Queens Democrats, a few unique names can be found on the latter, such as Congressman Greg Meeks and Councilman James Sanders, but they are few and far between, especially outside of the Assembly where both Ms. Meng and Mr. Lancman serve.

«People believed in the change that Laura was advocating,» said Patrick Halpin, a Democrat who served as Suffolk County executive from 1988 to 1992, and now a lobbyist at Mercury Public Affairs in Manhattan.

«Why would any senior Democrat who has spent years building up the party want to serve as party chairman under Cuomo when all he expects you to do is jump when he calls?»

Law also worked as chief deputy for former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, a Democrat - turned - Republican who served from 2004 to 2011.

Prosecutor Damian Williams said Silver, a Democrat who served as Assembly speaker for nearly 21 years, was so influential that «he was practically untouchable... he was also corrupt.

The Democrat most recently served as Common Council President, a city - wide office, capping a public service career that spans two decades.

Assembly Democrats have the votes to appoint a replacement for Schneiderman, who could either serve as a placeholder or run outright in November.

«As he flits from race to race desperately searching for any perceived vulnerability, he should be careful about attacking fellow Democrats who have served their communities well for many years.

For one, Jacobs served as a master of ceremonies after Election Day, introducing (most of) the Democrats who had been elected.

Over the course of her public life, she has served as Vice Chair of the Westchester County Democratic Committee, Chair of the Black Democrats of Westchester, member of the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus (Mt. Vernon Chapter) and State Committee Woman representing the 88th AD.

Democrats won 15 seats in 2000, forcing a power - sharing agreement between the parties where a Republican served as Senate president while Democrats controlled key committees.

Albany reformers called Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake's new side gig as a campaign consultant «brazen» and «disturbing,» ripping the freshman Democrat for serving private and public interests simultaneously.

Illinois Democrat Brad Schneider, a former congressman who served one term representing the state's 10th District, is claiming a big lead over his primary rival as he hopes for a rematch with Republican Rep. Robert J. Dold.

Timothy D. Sini, a 37 - year - old Democrat serving as the Suffolk County Police Commissioner, handily won the race for Suffolk District Attorney Tuesday night, and said he would prepare quickly to take over an office marred by political scandal in the...

Tiffany comes to The Education Trust — New York after serving as education reporter for The Buffalo News and, before that, The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

De Blasio also noted the significance of being the first Democrat to win re-election as mayor of New York City since Ed Koch — who served from 1978 to 1989 and was last reelected 32 years ago.

Bill de Blasio will be the first Democrat in two decades to serve as the 109th mayor of New York City, after having defeated Republican...

ICYMI: Here's Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, insisting during a CapTon interview last night that his conference was not «steamrolled» by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but rather served as a vital partner with him in landing an (almost) budget deal that would not have materialized had the Democrats been in control.

Austin Shafran, who has served as the tough - talking voice of the Senate Democrats for the past three years, has landed a job with the Cuomo administration.

As a member of the Social Liberal Forum Council and Executive, he published the SLF's acclaimed economic platform, Plan C, and has argued for social liberal approaches to a sustainable economy by serving on two Liberal Democrat policy working groups (Inequality, and Sources of Sustainable Jobs and Prosperity).

Baca previously served in Congress as a Democrat from 1999 to 2013, before losing to fellow Democrat Gloria Negrete McLeod.

New York's senior senator isn't psyched about the idea of being back in the minority after serving as one of the most powerful men in the Democrat - controlled upper house.