Sentences with phrase «served by incumbent»

«As a constituent, I feel that middle class families in the Hudson Valley have been ill - served by our incumbent Congresswoman.

The reality is that except in a limited number of highly liquid corridors — corridors that are likely already well - served by incumbent money transfer services — Bitcoin remains a less - than - perfect solution for cross-border payments.

Not exact matches

But at the same time, there's still a lot of room for companies to grow simply by automating workflows in a vertical that hasn't been served well by incumbent software companies.»

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

It might be possible to make minor changes by statute, like preventing incumbent officeholders from double - dipping on their pension benefits while serving as a delegate, but most dramatic changes would require an amendment.

Outsiders have suggested reforms, such as changing the number of votes one person can cast (currently, each voter casts three votes for three positions to be filled in their senate district) and prohibiting incumbent legislators from serving or, at the very least, banning them from increasing their pensions by doubling their salary for a year.

It took her ten years, during which she joined the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, worked on Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, served as special counsel to then — HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and took another law job, before Gillibrand found the upstate House district in which she wanted to run... against a four - term incumbent for a seat that hadn't been held by a Democrat in 30 years and where Republicans outnumbered Democrats almost two to one.

Arizona law says: «Except during the final year of the term being served, no incumbent of a salaried elective office, whether holding by election or appointment, may offer himself for nomination or election to any salaried local, state or federal office.»

Three, voters by a wide margin place «change» as their No. 1 priority, and Paladino, a political outsider if there ever was one, seems to embody it more than Cuomo, who, despite never having served as governor before, may be seen as something of an incumbent.

There may not be a primary battle for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but the mayoral runoff election in Chicago - triggered Tuesday by incumbent Rahm Emanuel's failure to get 50 percent of the vote - looks like it is going to serve as a proxy, with netroots progressives and unions on one side backing Emanuel's challenger Chuy Garcia, and high finance and the Democratic establishment backing Emanuel.

Borelli and Noto, Jr. are incumbents, while Carey served as an appointment to the council in 2016, filling a seat vacated by Supervisor Hoehmann.

Having governed Malaysia without interruption since 1957, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) appeared poised for a historic defeat on May 5th, when it appeared the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN) led by incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak, might lose the general elections for the first time in Malaysia's history to the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), headed by long - serving political firebrand and ex-political prisoner, Anwar Ibrahim.

Failure was also the outcome of Finch's re-election plans, when the incumbent mayor was defeated in November 2015 by former Bridgeport mayor, Joe Ganim, who had returned to Bridgeport after serving seven years in federal prison for corruption.

Given that the company is now in hibernation mode and a sale or liquidation is imminent, however — and the strong argument the dissidents have presented that shareholders face substantial risk if the board will not guarantee downside protection for their liquidity option — we believe shareholders would be best served by replacing the incumbent board with the dissident slate of nominees.»

If for any reason the election for presiding judge has not taken place by April 1, the incumbent presiding judge shall continue to serve until the election takes place.