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Each of the five special elections for seats in the state Legislature was won by members of the same party as the previous officeholder.

Simanowitz won the special election for the seat in September after his former boss and predecessor, Nettie Mayersohn, 86, announced her retirement from the Assembly after 28 years in office.

Kirwan died in November 2011, and Skartados won a special election for the seat in 2012.

(CNN)- Just days before the special election for a seat in New York's 20th congressional district, the National Republican Congressional Committee launched a web ad Friday targeting Democratic candidate Scott Murphy, invoking 9/11 to hammer him over his position on the death penalty.

I have transitioned seamlessly into campaigning for transparency in the appointment of the open At - Large seat in Syracuse, and will be campaigning for the special election for this seat in November 2018.

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Many Republicans slammed the political strategist Steve Bannon for throwing his weight behind the former judge Roy Moore, who lost in Tuesday's special election in a massive upset that delivered Alabama's first Democratic - controlled Senate seat in decades.

Mississippi's governor will pick a temporary replacement for Cochran soon, but a special election for his seat will be held in November.

Jones faced off against Judge Roy Moore in a special election for Jeff Sessions» seat in the U.S. Senate.

In 2010, Monserrate tried to return to the Senate by running in a March special election for his old seaIn 2010, Monserrate tried to return to the Senate by running in a March special election for his old seain a March special election for his old seat.

And there was a special election in IL for Obama's seat after Blagovich got caught trying to sell it.

Killian is running for an open seat in Westchester County, one of two being decided in a special election scheduled for April 24.

The Working Families Party, meanwhile, celebrated the brokered deal to end the IDC, but also released a fundraising appeal urging support not just for Democrats Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda running in special elections this month for vacant seats, but also the challengers to IDC lawmakers.

It also believes competitive special elections for traditionally red seats in Georgia, Montana and Kansas are an «ominous» sign for the GOP.

Democrat Lew Fidler just sent out a press release congratulating David Storobin on his victory in the special election for the 27th Senate District seat that has been vacant since Carl Kruger plead guilty to corruption charges.

The special election for the seat is next Tuesday, the same day of the presidential primary in New York.

Cuomo campaigned and pushed for Mayer, the victor in a costly special election to fill an open Senate seat in Westchester County.

The party is 0 - for - 2 in Tuesday's special election, failing once again to flip a suburban Senate seat that has been the source of several expensive races.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the seat of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, accused his GOP opponent, Chris McGrath, of «cozying up» to a pro-Common Core group that funded a $ 1.2 million ad buy in advance of the April 19 special election.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The plan requires both the IDC and mainline conference to work together on filling two open Senate seats in a special election and drop support for primary challenges against each others» members.

In fact, the Tea Partiers» online organizing may be more dangerous to Republicans than Democrats, as in the 2009 special election in upstate New York that swung a seat to the Dems for the first time in over a century (as an analogy, Joe Lieberman is still in office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challengeIn fact, the Tea Partiers» online organizing may be more dangerous to Republicans than Democrats, as in the 2009 special election in upstate New York that swung a seat to the Dems for the first time in over a century (as an analogy, Joe Lieberman is still in office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challengein the 2009 special election in upstate New York that swung a seat to the Dems for the first time in over a century (as an analogy, Joe Lieberman is still in office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challengein upstate New York that swung a seat to the Dems for the first time in over a century (as an analogy, Joe Lieberman is still in office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challengein over a century (as an analogy, Joe Lieberman is still in office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challengein office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challenge).

With the pending departure of George Latimer, who takes office as Westchester County executive, the seat is up for grabs in a special election expected to be called for the spring.

Republican NY - 23 congressional hopeful Matt Doheney is scheduled to meet privately this Monday in Washington, D.C. with leaders of the Club for Growth — the conservative organization that played a key role in the 2009 campaign of Doheny's primary opponent, Doug Hoffman, spending and / or bundling more than $ 1 million for his special election bid for the seat vacated by ex-Rep.

Felder announced last week he would remain with the Republican conference in the Senate as Democrats retained two seats in special elections for districts in the Bronx and Westchester County.

The chairman noted that in 2012, the governor called a special election to fill numerous vacancies around the state — including, ironically, the race for the seat vacated by now - Mayor Spano, who was succeeded by now - Assemblywoman Mayer — in early January.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky's House District 49 — a seat that Trump carried by a 72 - 23 margin in 2016 and that went 66 - 33 for Mitt Romney in 2012.

NYC Councilman Lew Fidler, who is facing off against Republican David Storobin in today's special election for former Sen. Carl Kruger's Brooklyn seat, sent $ 20,000 to the DSCC today, according to the state Board of Election's 24 - hour filielection for former Sen. Carl Kruger's Brooklyn seat, sent $ 20,000 to the DSCC today, according to the state Board of Election's 24 - hour filiElection's 24 - hour filing list.

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.

Like so many others, he is waiting to see the outcome of the April 19 special election for former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» Long Island seat, which could indicate which way the wind is blowing in terms of the GOP's effort to retain the majority.

With the support of heavyweights like Mayor Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch, Greenfield won a contentious special election in March for the seat vacated by Simcha Felder, who left not long after being sworn in for his third term to take a job with NYC Comptroller John Liu.

Earlier today, I posted a robocall Cuomo recorded on behalf of Chris Fahey, an aide to Rep. Brian Higgins who is running for former Assemblyman Marc Schroeder's seat in a special election tomorrow.

Fidler is running in the March 20 special election for the seat vacated by former Sen. Carl Kruger, who was forced to resign when he pleaded guilty last month to felony federal corruption charges.

The agreement would put the Democratic conference on track for Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to become the first woman to lead a Senate majority conference — provided the Democrats pick up two Senate seats in special elections later this month, and the conference can secure Felder's loyalty.

Republican Party leaders picked Julie Killian to run in a state Senate special election for an open seat that could shift New York's power structure, selecting the former Rye city councilwoman over former Yonkers inspector general Dan Schorr.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday called a special election for the seat and other vacancies in the Legislature for March 20.

Compounding problems for Democrats hoping to win the seat, a majority of voters — 54 percent — are locked into their decision as to who they will vote for in the special election, while 33 percent said they were «fairly certain» they won't change their mind.

On the same day Gov. Cuomo declared May 24 the date for the special election to fill the vacant seat in the 26th Congressional District, the seven Democratic county chairs in the district announced they are beginning the process of interviewing prospective candidates.

Republicans» single - digit victory in yesterday's special election in Arizona is raising more red flags for the party's prospects in the November midterms, as Democrats continue to overperform in solidly GOP seats.

It was not quite the blue wave that Democrats in New York had hoped for, but the results of Tuesday's special elections in 11 state legislative seats did give the party hope that they might be able to help national Democrats retake the House of Representatives in the fall.

The district is one of nearly a dozen seats in the Legislature that will be filled in a special election on April 24, with nine alone being decided for the Assembly.

Earlier this month, it came to our attention that the New York City Board of Election might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is AElection might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is Aelection for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is April 19.

The state Independence Party has endorsed Republican Matt Doheny's challenge to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 23 — a move that could prove significant in the GOP's effort to win back the North Country seat it had held for over a century until last year's special election loss.

Democratic candidates yesterday won two special elections for state legislative seats in the Northeast, another indication for the party that a blue wave is forming ahead of November's midterm elections.

Democrats are trying to turn the special election for a state Senate seat in Westchester County into a referendum on Trump by criticizing Republican Julie Killian for accepting money from Dick DeVos Jr., husband of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

There's a new status quo for Democrats in the state Senate: The Independent Democratic Conference is dissolved and they have 32 enrolled members, enough for a narrow working majority after keeping two seats in their column following special elections on Tuesday.

Mayer is running for the open 37th Senate district in Westchester County, one of 11 seats being decided in a special election scheduled for April 24.

Golden defeated Gentile in 2002 with the help of nearly $ 4 million from the Senate GOP, and Gentile, who spent about half a million dollars on his Senate campaign, subsequently won a special election for the NYC Council seat Golden vacated to move up to the Senate.

Erik Bohen boasted during his successful campaign for the Assembly 142nd District seat in yesterday's special election that, despite running on the Republican line, he would join the Assembly Democratic conference upon his arrival in Albany.