Sentences with phrase «state senate seat after»

Smith was overwhelmingly re-elected last year to his State Senate seat after Republicans redrew his district and helped him avoid a potential primary from James Sanders, a term - limited city councilman who later ran a primary and ousted Shirley Huntley (who was charged and later pled guilty to an unrelated corruption probe launched by the State Attorney General).

A Leominster city councilor cinched the Democratic nomination for the Worcester Middlesex state Senate seat after her successor left the legislature last summer to serve on a high - profile state regulatory board.

Adriano Espaillat announced Thursday that he will seek re-election to his Manhattan state Senate seat after conceding defeat to Rep. Charles Rangel in the hard - fought Democratic primary for Congress.

The nomination will kickstart Killian's second attempt to win the 37th District state Senate seat after a failed bid to unseat current Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, in 2016.

Not exact matches

The IDC announced earlier this month it would dissolve and its members would rejoin the Democratic conference in the state Senate, ahead of a broader push to give Democrats control of the chamber after a pair of seats are filled in an April 24 special election.

After Libous was forced from office, Cuomo quickly endorsed Fiala's bid for the seat, an unusual move for a governor who has often sought to stay clear of the state Senate's thorny politics.

The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, attacked Kaminsky for being on the hustings this week and not in his seat in the state Assembly, which is back in session this week after passing the budget.

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.

After a failing congressional bid last year cost him his state Senate seat, Republican Jack Martins launched his campaign for Nassau County executive, promising to «rewrite the county's history» and restore its ingenuity and financial prosperity.

Democrats in Onondaga County have designated John Mannion to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by John DeFrancisco, who isn't seeking re-electin after ending his gubernatorial bid.

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.

After being expelled from the state Senate, Monserrate ran in a special election to fill his seat in 2010.

In the Kaminsky - McGrath race, for example, the Communications Workers of America PAC, which endorsed Kaminsky, gave $ 109,600 to Nassau Democrats on April 12, while the state Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption convicstate Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption convicState Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption conviction.

In December 2008, after winning a State Senate seat but before he was sworn in, Monserrate attacked his then - girlfriend, slashing her face.

Kaminsky vacated the 20th Assembly District seat after winning a seat in the State Senate in April.

An Islip Town councilman who dropped out of a State Senate race last year after fallout surrounding the illegal dumping scandal in the town was nominated Wednesday night by Islip Town Republicans to run for a District Court seat in Suffolk County.

The Westchester County executive is in Albany for a meeting of county Republican chairs who are huddling after the GOP failed to win any seats statewide, but did capture full control of the state Senate last month.

Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two seats in the US Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the last election, so 3 seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)

Filling those seats, held by Sens. George Latimer and Ruben Diaz who are leaving office at the end of the year after winning local elections, is key to the plan for reconciling the two factions of Democrats in the state Senate.

The state Senate's newest member, Fred Akshar, known for his chain saw wielding ad, says he intends to be independent, including from his predecessor Tom Libous, who resigned the seat after a felony conviction.

The seat became vacant on October 16, 2017, after Sean Tindell (R) resigned from the state Senate.

Hiram Monserrate, who three months ago failed to regain the State Senate seat he had lost after being convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault, is again running for office, this time for a Queens Assembly seat.

The seat came open after Obama selected Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Kirsten Gillibrand was plucked from her House seat by Gov. David A. Paterson to succeed Clinton in the Senate.

The state Senate's newest member, Fred Akshar, known for his chain - saw wielding ad, says he intends to be independent, including from his predecessor Tom Libous, who resigned the seat after a felony conviction.

There are currently 11 vacant seats — nine in the Assembly and two in the state Senate — due to legislators leaving office after being elected to different state and local positions in November.

I have a hard time believing, after Monday's seating debate, that Bob Duffy would want the power to get involved in State Senate powerplays.

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans are also feeling bullish about Republican Greg Bernard, who won a special election to fill the remainder of former Yorktown Town Board Member Terrence Murphy's term after Murphy departed at the end of last year to take a seat in the state Senate.

There will be a vacant state Senate seat in the Bronx, after conservative Democratic Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. won a three - way NYC Council primary by a landslide.

He had been rumored as a City Council or state Senate candidate after he lost in a June Congressional primary and subsequently vacated his Assembly seat after declining to seek reelection.

DeWitt Town Councilor Kerin Rigney says she's ending her bid for the 50th District state Senate seat, less than a month after she entered the race for the Democratic nomination.

Seeking to capitalize on the excitement among Republican potential donors after Scott Brown's stunning capture of a Senate seat in Massachusetts last week, two independent groups focused on helping the party regain state legislative majorities before next year's nationwide redistricting are significantly ramping up their efforts.

After serving two terms in the state House, Bye was elected to her Senate seat in 2010 and ran unopposed two years ago in a district that has historically been controlled by Democrats.

Again if you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain and we all want to be able to complain, so you should vote,» Cuomo told reporters, after casting his ballot in a democratic primary for the state Senate seat held by Terrence Murphy, a Republican.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a special election to fill state Assembly and Senate seats vacated after corruption convictions will take place on April 19.

Mississippi state Senate: Republicans evened the score at 26 seats apiece this week after winning the special election for the seat Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R - Miss.)

ALBANY — Bickering among the state Senate's Democratic diaspora grew on Wednesday after a special election brought the party's ranks to 32, a numerical majority in the 63 - seat chamber.

The account was created by Alex Castex - Porter of Washington Heights in 2014, after Jackson, who was term - limited out of the City Council in 2013, ran for and lost the District 31 state Senate seat against Adriano Espaillat.

With Adriano Espaillat vacating the State Senate after three terms, the race to occupy the district's open seat features a diverse group of candidates.

After Republicans won an outright, 32 - seat majority in the State Senate, Klein and his five - member, breakaway Independent Democratic Conference were no longer a must - have item.

In order to give anyone interested in running for Morahan's seat time to reach out to committee members and make their case, Reda has decided to postpone the vote on a Senate nominee until June 7 — after the state GOP convention in Rye.

The IDC entered the arrangement with the Republicans shortly after Democrats won a majority of seats in the State Senate in 2012.

Waiting until after the April 1 start of the 2016 - 17 fiscal year could avoid a power struggle in the state Senate during budget negotiations should former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial on corruption charges, be found guilty and forced from his seat.

The time to see if Mangano's fundraising picks up is in June, some Republicans suggested, after the April 19 New York presidential primary and the special election the same day to fill Skelos» former State Senate seat.

UPTOWN — Former City Councilman Robert Jackson announced his candidacy Tuesday for the District 31 state Senate seat, after unsuccessfully vying for the office in 2014.

After narrowly losing his bid to unseat Congressman Charlie Rangel, State Sen. Adriano Espaillat will now have another fight on his hands if he wants to hang onto his current senate seat — as longtime rival, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, took advantage of Espaillat's divided attention to build momentum in a bid to replace him.

In 2008, she made headlines as a prominent contender for Hillary Clinton's vacant New York Senate seat after Clinton was nominated by Obama to be secretary of state.

Chairman Ed Cox has run the state party since 2009, and despite a Democratic enrollment advantage, has overseen some key victories: the Republican takeover of the state Senate after two years of troubled Democratic rule, and several Congressional seat pickups during the 2010 midterms.

Kauffman, a former consultant with the Washington, D.C. - based Glover Park Group, signed on with Paterson in February 2009 after the governor was criticized over his handling of the state's vacant Senate seat.

She stepped down in 2013 to care for an ailing relative, then returned in 2015 when she was appointed to an at - large seat vacated by Arthur Pappas, who was appointed mayor after Mayor Robert Ortt was elected to the State Senate.