Sentences with phrase «several vacant seats»

The bill passed by its narrowest margin ever — it was 85 - 61 in 2007 — a change Democrats blamed on several vacant seats and Republican gains in last year's election.

Not exact matches

Mr. Rangel, 85 and the dean of the city's congressional delegation, is set to step down in 2016 after representing Harlem since 1971, and the vacant seat has attracted the attention of State Senator Bill Perkins, Assemblyman Keith Wright, and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the son of Mr. Rangel's legendary predecessor in Congress Adam Clayton Powell Jr., as well as several lesser - known candidates.

Tuesday's primaries saw multiple vacant seats being all - but - filled, while several seats being vacated by sitting legislators also saw the election of the next officeholder.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he'll call special elections for several vacant Assembly seats on April 19, the day of New York's presidential primary, and the assumption is he will put the Long Island Senate race on the ballot at the same time.

It's a particularly sad display that given several months to find a candidate in a special election for a seat that will be vacant for eight months before the newly elected takes office, Democrats couldn't even settle on someone who actually lives here.

He took office one week later to fill the seat left vacant by Rep. Michael Grimm, who resigned several months earlier after pleading guilty to tax evasion.

Morelle is one of several people to make a decision in the last few days about running for the seat left vacant by Slaughter's death earlier this month.

But several speakers hinted at battles that will be fought this spring over two vacant Senate seats and the composition of the three - conference chamber.

The seat was left vacant for several months, but on July 1 Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for the special election to be held on Primary Day.

WARRENSBURG — Within several weeks, the town of Warrensburg is likely to have a new town board member after the municipal council chose a local citizen to fill a vacant seat.

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.