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MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — President Donald Trump got business out of the way quickly Saturday night — urging voters to elect Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone, who's locked in an unexpectedly tough special election battle in Pennsylvania — before turning to the main subject of the night: himself.
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The battle to reunify Democrats in the Senate was sparked in part by the addition of Brian Benjamin, who won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat and giving the party 32 enrolled members again the Senate.
The increasingly ugly battle for the Brooklyn Senate seat vacated by Carl Kruger has attracted national attention as the clock ticks down to the March 20 special election.
A special election to fill an open Senate seat in Westchester County is the «first battle» toward a Democratic Party takeover of the state Senate in Albany and the House of Representatives in Washington, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said.
My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.
If the intra-party warfare is still going on by the state's presidential primary date of April 19, it could be good for the GOP as it battles to retain former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island in a special election that will also take place on that day.
The sitting assemblywoman won the job in a special election in November, after securing the Democratic Party line in a hotly contested backroom battle.
In February 2009, when Moya and Ferreras first battled for the 21st Council seat in a special election, Moya was backed by Crowley's County organization.
Now one of Owens» special election foes, Doug Hoffman, is battling newcomer Matt Doheny for the GOP line in a primary, but has pledged to remain in the race on the Conservative line even if he loses next Tuesday.
The governor has yet to call a special election for Towns» 54th AD seat, but there's quite a battle brewing for it already.
The battle for House control is already well underway with a key special election later this month in Mississippi's 1st District and another in early May in Louisiana's 6th District.
(CNN)- With just over two weeks until a special primary election to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat, a new poll indicates that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has a solid lead in a four - way battle for the Democratic nomination.
CNN: Democrat Kathy Hochul wins House seat in New York special election Democrat Kathy Hochul swept to victory Tuesday night in a closely watched Congressional election in New York state, which turned into a proxy battle on a House Republican proposal on Medicare.
While voters and pundits are still focused on this year's neck - and - neck battle between GOP Rep. Michael Grimm and Democrat Domenic M. Recchia Jr., some politicos have started triangulating a possible 2015 special election, with one intriguing name coming to the fore in recent days: GOP District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Typically, leaders of county - wide Democratic organizations try to exert influence over nomination battles within their turf and special elections are settled with little drama.
Former New York state senator and girlfriend - slasher Hiram Monserrate lost the battle to win back his state Senate seat to Jose Peralta yesterday in a landslide special election which featured an ugly campaign in which he ran on his anti-gay position... Read
Former New York state senator and girlfriend - slasher Hiram Monserrate lost the battle to win back his state Senate seat to Jose Peralta yesterday in a landslide special election which featured an ugly campaign in which he ran on his anti-gay positions.
Now the relevant question is whether the Long Beach battles affect the April 19 special election race pitting Assemb.
Both parties are plowing money into a Feb. 26 special election to fill the seat, amid a larger battle for control of the Senate.
Alabama's special election for Jeff Sessions» vacated Senate seat is underway today, but state courts are still battling over whether or not digital records from the vote should be preserved in case of a recount or a hack.