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«The good news is, when we take back the House, we're going to take back the House in these swing districts with moderate Democrats,» Crowley said.

Senate Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber, while Democrats expect to do well in suburban and upstate swing districts with Hillary Clinton atop the party's ticket this year.

The authors also suggest that bad actors could use AI to create «automated, hyper - personalized disinformation campaigns,» in which «Individuals are targeted in swing districts with personalized messages in order to affect their voting behavior.»

As representative of a swing district with only one more election ahead of him, he is free of the pressure to do favors for party leadership and the fears of being outflanked on his right in a primary.

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The department had few real responsibilities because the Park District owned only Children's Memorial Park, a small play lot equipped with a few swings and a slide.

They claim the Park District failed to maintain the single park it owns, a postage - stamp - sized tot lot with two swing sets and a slide.

Kinnaird's decision casts the future of the park district's lone property — a minuscule tot lot with two swings and one slide — into limbo.

Thus, it may be beneficial to «Dance with the Devil» if your district didn't vote for your party in the last election, or they are showing signs of a swing.

The Hudson Valley Senate seat has been something of a swing district, with Gipson narrowly winning a three - person race in 2012 that ousted longtime Republican incumbent Stephen Saland.

Republican state Sen. George Amedore of Rotterdam, who represents a swing state Senate district likely to be competitive in 2018, has attracted a Democratic challenger with strong support already from local party officials: Pat Strong, a Kingston business owner.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday sought to exert pressure on Republicans in swing districts in upstate New York after it was revealed Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last with the Russian ambassador.

As The NYT reported today, the coalition of wealthy business types, which seemed strikingly similar to the Committee to Save New York when it was first announced earlier this year, are mobilizing an effort on removing money from politics with mailers in swing legislative districts.

With help from friends, he launched a website the day before inauguration with a tool that matched liberals to their closest 2018 swing district — seeking their commitment to volunteer and donate to help Democrats win the sWith help from friends, he launched a website the day before inauguration with a tool that matched liberals to their closest 2018 swing district — seeking their commitment to volunteer and donate to help Democrats win the swith a tool that matched liberals to their closest 2018 swing district — seeking their commitment to volunteer and donate to help Democrats win the seat.

Throne - Holst and Calone mentioned Zeldin's votes against funding for the Department of Homeland Security and student loans and Pell grants as signs that he is out of touch with the district, and Democrats have indicated they will attempt to paint the foreign policy hawk and only Jewish Republican in Congress as too extreme for the moderate swing district.

However, progressive Democrat Christine Pellegrino won a resounding victory on Tuesday in this heavily - Republican district around Oyster Bay, a 40 point swing in the Democrats favor after Trump won the area with 60 % of...

That, combined with the retirement of Republican incumbent Tim Johnson, had turned the 13th from a safe Republican seat to a swing district.

And assuming Republicans lose seats next year — with swing - district moderates the first to fall — the conservatives will have even more leverage over GOP leadership in the coming Congress.

His district includes must - win counties that swing statewide and presidential elections in Colorado, and as a sitting member of Congress, he would start with money in the bank.

Lancman and the New York Democratic Lawyers Council joined together with federal, state and local elected officials to announce a mobilization effort to protect the vote in swing states as well as swing districts within New York State.

Coffman's resounding victory last year in a swing district that was a top Democratic target elevated his standing with Colorado Republicans.

With many Democrats already unhappy over the vote by McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) against health - care reform, Democratic county committee member John Lavelle Jr. said it was «disturbing» to see the lawmaker's campaign staffer on Ms. Malliotakis» page, especially given the fact that Ms. Hyer - Spencer represents a swing district crucial to McMahon's re-election chances this fall.

«There are three progressive Democrats in swing districts elected with the help of Obama's 2012 wave,» Lipton wrote.

The bad blood grew worse early on when de Blasio sought to unseat Republicans in key swing districts, making the relationship with the Senate Republicans tense.

We are partnering with Sister District to help elect Democrats in swing districts all over the U.S., and building a program to promote the youth vote to help Democrats win everywhere.

And while Democrats are essentially flat, making up 42 percent of the district and 41 percent of triple filtered voters, the other large swing is with unaffiliated voters.

House members in swing districts, meanwhile, talk with dread about having to defend their seats next year.

The swing district, redrawn as a result of a redistricting process that took effect with last year's election, is almost evenly split between Republicans, Democrats and independents, with Democrats having a slight voter - registration edge.

Comstock's position on the issue now puts her at odds with her party's leadership, but it's unlikely to hurt the freshman congresswoman in November 2016 in a swing district where the Metro system plays a central transportation role.

Many have speculated Miner will take on U.S. Rep. John Katko, a Republican in a swing district facing heavy scrutiny from the same activists Miner has rallied with.

Trafford district council in Greater Manchester, which Labour held only during the absolute peak of New Labour's support between 1996 and 2002, went to no overall control from a Conservative majority, with Labour's nine - seat swing not enough to take it.

Michigan House District 11 Candidate Nancy Skinner is making climate change a centerpiece of her campaign, going into next month's primary, and has come out swinging with the piece you see above.

In the U.S. House, a small knot of moderate Republicans — from swing districts, from areas with high Hispanic populations, or retiring — are attempting to go around Speaker Paul Ryan and bring a compromise on immigration to the floor for a vote.

An independent expenditure committee aligned with the New York State United Teachers union has dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on mailers and TV ads bolstering Democratic state Senate candidates running in key swing districts.

The contributions aren't being directed at swing districts, but the checking writing suggests 1199 is at least hedging their bets with majority control of the chamber up in the air.

They may vote with us again, and I would hope they do because they could be in swing districts that could make a difference in their election or in the primary.»

The Senate Republican Campaign Committee this month transferred millions to state Senate campaigns around the state, with much of the money being shuttled to shore up candidates in swing districts.

Republicans got their preferred candidate when Lockheed Martin executive Chris Myers beat back a more - serious - than - expected primary challenge earlier this month, but the swing nature of the district (Bush won with 51 percent in 2004, Al Gore carried it with 54 percent in 2000) combined with Adler's demonstrated strengths as a candidate will make this a very tough hold for the GOP.

These former advisers didn't have hard evidence that Russian trolls were using Facebook to micro-target voters in swing districts - at least not yet - but they shared their theories with the House and Senate intelligence committees, which launched parallel investigations into Russia's role in the presidential campaign in January.

Wisconsin looks like it could swing strongly to the Republican side this year, with the GOP also looking favored to defeat Sen. Russ Feingold (D) and potentially taking House seats in the 7th and 8th districts.

In his second nonconsecutive term, Guinta faces a double threat in this swing district: Before entertaining another rematch with former Rep. Carol Shea - Porter, he needs to survive his September primary.

Beals is a member of the Woodstock Democratic Committee, and has been working on the grassroots level since last November's election, when he joined with Swing Left, a new national activist movement, to throw a gathering in Woodstock in March, with the aim of winning back the 19th district congressional seat in the 2018 elections.

with trump being so insane and this a swing district he probably assumed that he would lose anyway even if he didn't vote for this so he's resigned himself to being a one - termer, and the post-term options for a loyal one - termer are much more numerous than for one who went against the family.

But underlying it all is the hope Trump's campaign — with its calls to temporarily ban Muslim immigration, a tough - on - crime approach and efforts to deport undocumented immigrants — will help Democrats in swing district win crucial races this fall.

The coalition of activists and members of the Democratic and Working Families parties launched a second website, Smart Vote NY, urging people with second homes in swing districts to register to vote there.

New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is out with his annual fiscal stress scores for school districts, and two in the Hudson Valley show large swings.

With Blue Dog Democrat Owens retiring, the swing district is up for grabs as the parties bring out their heavy - hitters.

A swing district more beneficial to Democrats in presidential years, it could buoy Ms. Teachout with a large Democratic turnout for the presidential election this November.

In 2018, Grand Street Democrats is teaming up with Sister District to help shape elections outside our immediate neighborhood, leveraging our strong Democratic advantage to swing districts where the outcome is in doubt and the balance of power in state government is decided.

Republicans in suburban swing districts are convinced they can boost their support with independent voters with a vote in support of the so - called Dreamers, young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents and are now at risk of deportation after President Donald Trump ended a program protecting them.

Though there are not that many active Independence Party officials across the state — only about half of the state's 62 counties have a local chair — a number of those who are working in swing Senate districts have landed state government jobs with the chamber's Republican majority.