Sentences with phrase «special election success»
SEIU 32BJ is throwing its support behind Francisco Moya's effort to land the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Jose Peralta after his special election success in blocking the return of expelled ex-Sen.
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(Keep in mind that state lawmakers who have tried to run for Congress in recent years have had no success in doing so, but those runs were in special elections, which are a different animal altogether from your standard primary election.
(So far, they've had two successes with the primary loss of Sen. Bill Stachowski and the special election defeat of ex-Sen.
ICYMI: David Bellavia, the Iraq War vet who is trying (so far without apparent success) to land Row C in the yet - uncalled NY - 26 special election, told me last night on CapTon that he has switched his enrollment from the GOP to the Conservative Party.
Success in the special election will be crucial for both the Democratic and Republican parties, as the GOP currently hold a one - person majority, 31 - 30, in the Senate.
(This was long before Koch's party line - crossing success in the NY - 9 special election with Rep. Bob Turner).
Democrats would like nothing better than to demonstrate that his success was a fluke resulting from a low - turnout special election in the dead of winter.