Sentences with phrase «sixth vote needed»

Staten Island Democrats have chosen an attorney named Maria Guastella as their new Board of Elections commissioner, potentially providing the sixth vote needed to break the long stalemate in appointing a new BOE executive director.

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Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?
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