Sentences with phrase «state senate seat in»

«People have incredibly comfortable incumbencies, and so they get cocky and start looking for other things to do,» says Basil Smikle, a Democratic strategist who ran for a State Senate seat in 2010, losing to entrenched incumbent Bill Perkins.

Shelley Mayer, left, and Julie Killian, right, are vying for an open New York State Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, one of 11 legislative seats being decided by voters that day.

The lone Republican who did well was Assemblyman Chris Brown (R - Atlantic), who flipped the state Senate seat in the 2nd district.

Democrat Brian Benjamin easily won a special election Tuesday for a vacant State Senate seat in Upper Manhattan.

He also ran for the district's State Senate seat in 2014, where he earned 7 percent of the vote, finishing well behind winner Adriano Espaillat and Robert Jackson.

And Walsh pushed Republican County leadership to have Islip Town Councilman Anthony Senft, a Conservative, be the Republican nominee for the competitive open State Senate seat in the 3rd District, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions.

New York voters have a primary election on September 13 for every State Assembly and State Senate seat in the legislature.

As for the idea that she might want to run for the state Senate seat in the future, «I'm focused on my job in the state Assembly, especially during this challenging time as we move to replace the speaker,» she said.

Instead, the email argues for electing Mayer to a pivotal state Senate seat in Westchester County and also fighting Republicans in the House of Representatives who he says is blocking gun control legislation.

But a very similar series of events played out in early 2007 during a special election for a vacant State Senate seat in Nassau County — only then it was Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Mr. de Blasio's predecessor, who played a crucial role.

There's only one race for State Senate in Tuesday's elections, and that's a special election for a State Senate seat in the Southern Tier.

Ruiz won re-election to the District 29 State Senate seat in 2011.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced plans to seek the Democratic nomination for a key state Senate seat in Westchester County that could help determine which party controls the chamber.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Democrat planning to run for a key vacant state Senate seat in Westchester County, is being accused by political foes of hypocrisy when it comes to sexual harassment.

As expected, Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda will run for the state Senate seat in the Bronx to be vacated by Sen. Ruben Diaz.

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.

Democrat Brian Benjamin has won an open state Senate seat in Harlem, filling a vacancy left by Bill Perkins and giving his party 32 enrolled members in the chamber once again.

Adrienne Esposito, the environmental advocate vying for an open state Senate seat in Suffolk County, was endorsed Friday by the Teamsters Joint Council 16.

When Marisol Alcantara first ran for an open State Senate seat in Manhattan last year, her campaign looked like an extension of the Bernie Sanders revolution.

Is he primping to run for that state senate seat in Rockland again?

Latimer's Hudson Valley state Senate seat in District 37 has been a battleground in the past — including in 2010, when Republican Bob Cohen fell just short against Suzi Oppenheimer, and in 2012, when Cohen lost to Latimer.

ALBANY — A special election to fill a state Senate seat in Westchester may seem an unlikely vehicle for anti-Trump sentiment.

Newton served most of his legislative career as the 124th District representative before winning the 23rd state Senate seat in April 2003 in a special election

The race for Skelos» former state Senate seat in Nassau County has turned into a proxy war between charter - school advocates, who support Republican Chris McGrath, and teachers unions, which back Democrat Todd Kaminsky.

The race for a state Senate seat in Queens is among the most closely watched in Tuesday's primary because it could signal the political comeback of former city Comptroller John Liu.

Pinon's announcement is for the Assembly seat currently held by Assembly member Shelley Mayer, who is currently running for the State Senate seat in the 37th District, which includes East Yonkers.

Singer won re-election to the District 30 State Senate seat in 2011.

Despite this success, the need for further reform was highlighted just weeks later, when party boss Frank Seddio selected the candidate for an open state Senate seat in a thoroughly undemocratic process that ignored the will of voters and County Committee members.

Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County Executive.

Gov. Sarah Palin late Wednesday reappointed Tim Grussendorf to the open state Senate seat in spite of Senate Democrats already rejecting him for the job.

When the music stopped this week in Suffolk County, Islip Town Board member Anthony Senft, the Conservative, Republican and Independence candidate for the New York State Senate seat in the 3rd District filed a letter on Monday declining the nomination.

Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who wa...

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.

Republican Fred Akshar holds a 28 percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election to fill a state Senate seat in the Southern Tier, according to a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

In 2015, McCabe's wife, Jill McCabe, ran for a state Senate seat in Virginia, backed in part with money provided by the state Democratic Party and a Clinton ally.

McCabe's wife, Dr. Jill McCabe, mounted an unsuccessful run for a Virginia state Senate seat in 2015.

Schaffer came under fire from progressive activists for failing to back Pellegrino in her successful Assembly bid and for taking a hands - off approach to elections for Republican - held state Senate seats in Suffolk.

Republicans hold all of the state senate seats in Nassau and Suffolk counties, as pointed out by Daily Kos Elections, which can be a sign that the district is more competitive than the federal election results suggest.

Eight of nine State Senate seats in Nassau and Suffolk are held by Republicans.

Not exact matches

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Pompeo won the state's 4th District seat in 2010, when Tiahrt gave it up to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.

He is widely expected to run for a United States Senate seat this year, and knows he will have to appeal to voters beyond his own party in a race against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.

He was also better at articulating those beliefs than most Republican candidates, and he won his Senate seat in the key swing state of Florida.

Wendy was just a couple thousand dollars behind Julia entering Final Jeop, and she got the correct answer to the 19th Century History clue: «A senate seat from this southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. President,» putting her in first:

Republican state Senate hopeful Sarmad Khojasteh has raised $ 128,555 over the last six weeks to run for an open seat in Westchester County, his campaign said Tuesday.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, a Democrat - turned - Republican, will not run for the congressional seat once held by late Rep. Louise Slaughter, saying he believes he can have the «greatest impact» if he stays put in the Senate, where his party holds a tenuous one - vote majority.

Kennedy: «I'm disappointed with the addition of the 63rd Senate seat, besides adding to the cost of government, it was put in a place that has no impact on western New York and quite frankly has no impact on the population shift in New York state and if there was going to be an additional seat added that despite the fact that I disagree with you that the Constitution was in fact violated and you say that it was not violated — the fact that this additional seat adding to the cost and size of government was added to a place in the Capital Region rather than a place where distinctly the population grew down in New York City I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City area.

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.

Espaillat moved up to the Senate in 2011, following his successful run for the seat Eric Schneiderman left behind when he graduated to the state attorney general's office.