Sentences with phrase «special election win»

She finalized her position with a special election win in 2010, and another election win in 2012 set her up in the Senate until 2019.

We also need to remember that, despite Brown's special election win, Democrats ran the table in the 2010 general election in Massachusetts, winning every congressional race and every statewide seat.

Some Democrats are trying to spin a special election win by Republican David Storobin as a good thing in the long term.

Republicans were still stinging after the special election win of Scott Murphy, a venture capitalist, who slid into the Hudson Valley seat left open when Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to the U.S. Senate.

His capitulation earned him the continued support of SEIU 1199, which played a key role in his special election win against Assemblyman Jim Tedisco.

Cox is clearly resting on that special election win as a sign that New York Republicans, heavily outnumbered by Democrats, are making a rebound.

Last month, his seat was flipped to the Democratic column in a special election won by Todd Kaminsky.

Kaminsky has to fight two campaigns this year: the special election he won in April and then a regular election for his seat in November.

Democratic Congressional Congressional Committee: One of the most remarkable records in politics is the six special election winning streak that the House Democratic campaign arm has reeled off over the last two plus years.

After special election wins Tuesday night to fill two vacant Senate seats, both previously held by Democrats, the party will soon have 31 members in the 63 - seat chamber.

Not exact matches

(One early sign: The Republican House win in the Florida special election in March was due in part to concerns over the health care law.)

If Lesko wins by single digits, it would reflect the broader trend of Democrat over-performance in other recent special elections.

While Democratic upsets have taken place in special elections from Pennsylvania to Alabama of late, Tipirneni's odds of winning on Tuesday are still seen as slim.

Republican Debbie Lesko is projected to win Tuesday's Arizona House special election over Democrat Hiral Tipirneni.

Republican Debbie Lesko is projected to win Arizona's 8th District House special election over Democrat Hiral Tipirneni.

It will be the nation's first special congressional election since Trump's win, and Democrats view it as their best chance to flip the seat representing the heavily Republican 4th District in southern Kansas.

The GOP is expected to notch about a 5 percentage point win and avoid its second special election debacle in two months.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

Like Doug Jones's win in the special election in Alabama, a win for Democrats in Pennsylvania's 18th District would further add to the party's momentum in the run - up to November's midterm elections and hint at dwindling support for Trump.

The special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions's vacated senate seat first drew national attention when Moore won the Republican primary over President Trump's preferred candidate, Luther Strange.

And after a series of Democratic upsets in recent special elections — first with Doug Jones in Alabama and then with Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania — Dr. Tipirneni believes that she can win.

Last Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller's team indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian companies, accusing them of conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election and help Donald Trump win the White House.

Trump spoke as his White House tried to pick up the pieces after Democrats» apparent victory in a special election in a western Pennsylvania congressional district that Trump won by 20 points in 2016.

Republican Rep. Bobby Olszewski, who won a special election in Orange County in October, sent a letter to Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby on Wednesday, asking to keep the schools «at the top of mind.»

Coming off of a big, successful season (UConn went to the Fiesta Bowl, Manchin won a special election to replace Robert Byrd), it is a bit of a retooling season for Manchin.

The proposal was put to a referendum and was soundly defeated in a campaign led by Gould, whose efforts won her election to the park board in 1993 in a special election.

«That's why we need to win two special elections at the end of this month, why we need to win primary challenges to IDC members, and why we need to elect progressive majorities in both the State Senate and Congress come November.»

Manhattan Democratic Party Chair Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Rep. Charles Rangel's post, confirmed he's interested in running to replace Sen. Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the NYC Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens was elected to Wright's old seat.

Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul spent nearly eight years in the Erie County Clerk's Office, four running it, before winning a special Congressional Election in 2011.

Even Nassau Republican Party Chairman Joseph Mondello has recognized that Todd Kaminsky won Tuesday's special election and that there is no path to victory for Chris McGrath.

Turner, the latest addition to this GOP party, had insisted that his surprise victory in last September's NY - 9 special election, in which he won the Democrat - dominated district long held by former Rep. Anthony Weiner, boosted his name recognition and made him a strong statewide contender.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford completed a political comeback earlier this year, winning a House seat in a special election after he publicly admitted to having an affair while in the governor's office.

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.

One of Mychajliw's favorite targets, since winning a special election to occupy the office for one year, is Erie County Executive and former County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz.

Rep. Bob Turner has perhaps the best name recognition thanks to his upset win in the special election to replace the disgraced Anthony Weiner.

The National Republican Congressional Campaign in a statement knocked Brindisi, linking him to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — a strategy deployed in the special election this month for a Georgia House race won by by GOP candidate Karen Handel.

Under an agreement backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both factions next year will work together to win coming special elections after the state budget approved.

Democrats would only regain control if they win two special elections later this month and Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder chooses to caucus with them.

E. O'Brien Murray, who worked with former state GOP legend / Chairman Bill Powers and former Gov. George Pataki, was credited with master - minding Turner's win in the long - shot special election in former Rep. Anthony Weiner's Democrat - dominated Queens / Brooklyn district that turned him into a national Republican rockstar overnight.

«The Siena poll shows that Chris McGrath has all the momentum, all the energy and is poised to win this important special election for hardworking Nassau County taxpayers and their families,» said Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif.

The special elections, likely to be called after the budget is approved in late March or April, would would have both sides «pledge to come together to win» those races.

Kaminsky, elected to fill the chair held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, won a special election and won a full term in a presidential election year.

Part of that deal is for each side to not fund or support primary challenges against each others» members, while also working together to win two special elections to fill upcoming vacancies in the chamber.

Murray is a former Pataki administration aide who is perhaps best known for master - minding Rep. Bob Turner's surprise win in last year's special election for ex-Rep.

And as we've seen in lower - turnout elections through the entire 2010 cycle, both special elections and primaries, national money can make a decisive difference: Lisa Murkowski and Mike Castle may be the latest victims, but Scott Brown's win back in January had already shown the way.

There have been reports that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is tacitly supporting Felder, even though freshman Sen. David Storobin, who complicated things for the GOP by winning a long - fought special election against Democratic NYC Councilman Lew Fidler for ex-Sen.

Bolstering the argument for this today is the expected win of Democratic Senate candidate Brian Benjamin in a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat.

You've got to wonder, however, just how well - known Turner is outside the Brooklyn / Queens district he won in a surprise special election last fall.

Meanwhile, Republicans officially fell into a mathematical minority on Monday with the swearing in of Democratic Sens. Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepvulveda, who both won special elections last Tuesday.

This month in Albany two new Democrats took seats in the Legislature after winning special elections in the Senate and Assembly.