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On Election Day, Republican John Byrne earned 117 more votes than incumbent Democrat Addie Russell.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro rolled out his bid for governor on Monday in his hometown with a pledge to take a different track than the incumbent Democrat, Andrew Cuomo.

Not exact matches

More than 100 Democrats have entered races for open seats or to challenge an incumbent in Senate races.

But Morrison believed that despite the Republican incumbent's adherence to «rugged individualism» and his overly cautious approach to the depression, he would be more liberal — or at least more responsibly conservative — than Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt.

But rather than cleaving along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans — incumbents and challengers alike — came down on both sides of the issue depending on their states and districts, suggesting national party committees aren't likely to take up the vote in their national messaging.

Democrats beware of Trojan Rinos The Italian Prince of Darkness will keep his former enemies closer than his friends and not only take their contribution but will errantly take their Finklestinian failed advice — Andrew the Mechanic's quest for Gov is doomed not only by his arrogant incumbent taint that he so shamelessly tries to deny but more so by the trail of totally inept Clinton borne Freddy Mac & Fannie Mae 0 % down loan policies he embraced and promoted as HUD Secretary that propelled the country into the Great Recession we now endure as described by the Village Voice and other publications.

Democrats also hope to make competitive races against longtime incumbents Kemp Hannon and Carl Marcellino, who have in previous presidential election cycles seen closer - than - expected races.

Also in California, Democrat Paul Kerr raised more than $ 504,000 in the 49th District, surpassing GOP incumbent Darrell Issa, who raked in nearly $ 435,000.

In Utah's «Safe Republican'territory, where Democrat Doug Owens is again vying for the 4th District seat he lost by 5 points in 2014, he is one of the rare rematch candidates to have raised more than the incumbent.

The Nassau County seat now held by Republican Sen. Jack Martins has a Democratic enrollment advantage and has been a top target for Democrats since Martins beat the Democratic incumbent, Craig Johnson, by less than 500 votes in 2010.

Incumbent Martin Masterpole, a Democrat, defeated Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has run for office more than 20 times since 1993.

This year, both major party candidates for governor, incumbent Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley, qualified for public financing and each has received more than $ 6.5 million to spend on the general election.

Meanwhile, Democrat Robin Lois eked out a win by less than 1 percentage point over Republican incumbent Jim Coughlan for Dutchess County comptroller.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Democratic incumbent, leads the pack with more than $ 2.5 million in his campaign account, while those seeking to unseat him — Democrats, Republicans, and others alike — lag behind in terms of cash - on - hand.

Age: 62 Hometown: Greenwich Occupation: Business leader, former U.S. Ambassador Background: Foley, a Greenwich millionaire and former ambassador to Ireland, is seeking a rematch against Malloy after losing to the incumbent Democrat by less than 7,000 votes in 2010.

It's therefore very possible that UKIP could poll more votes than the Liberal Democrats in the 2015 election but win no seats, with the beleagured Lib Dems retaining more than half of their current incumbents.

Cronin is facing Republican incumbent Kemp Hannon, whose seat Democrats have targeted in recent years, especially during presidential election cycles when his margins of victory have generally been lower than in gubernatorial years.

Democrats often cited the precipitous drop in Grassley's approval numbers in the Iowa poll but the GOP incumbent has proven resilient — never winning re-election with less than 66 percent of the vote — through all sorts of political weather.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> A Greene County resident who is among eight Democrats seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Faso in the 2018 election has raised more for his campaign this year than the incumbent or any of the other Democrats, thanks in large part to a $ 500,000 loan from himself.

Hence, the less - gerrymandered than usual results that put several incumbent Democrats in peril.

Democrats are more forgiving of their incumbent senators than Republicans, while voters are divided over who should control the upper house in 2011.

By January 1994, Bush had spent more than $ 600,000 on the race against incumbent Democrat Ann Richards, with $ 340,000 of that paid to Rove's firm.

«At the federal level, presidential candidate Ross Perot remains the self - financing record holder, having poured more than $ 63.5 million of his own cash into a bid that earned him about 20 percent of the national popular vote, zero electoral votes and a third - place finish behind Democrat Bill Clinton and incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush.»

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D - Ill., had more than a 10 - point lead over incumbent Mark Kirk in a race considered key to the Democrats» bid to gain control of the Senate.

With approximately 977 absentee ballots left to be counted, unofficial numbers showed four - term Democrat incumbent Congressman Tim Bishop with a 263 vote lead over Altschuler, with a total of more than 194,000 votes cast.

Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

Dan Fishman in the Massachusetts Sixth Congressional District won 16,668 votes, over four times more than the 3,650 - vote margin of victory between Republican Richard Tisei (175,953 votes) and Democrat incumbent John Tierney (179,603 votes).

And finally, county District 22 legislative candidate Kevin Scanlan spoke, pointing to an investigation he and the GOP have mounted against incumbent Democrat John Parete for residing elsewhere than his Olive based business, the Boiceville Inn.

He's in a race against incumbent Democrat Thomas DiNapoli, who raised more than $ 2 million for his campaign and chose not to take part in the public financing option.

Richard Tisei is hoping to be the first Republican congressman to represent Massachusetts in more than a decade, and should he beat incumbent Democrat John Tierney, he'd also be the first openly gay Republican to come out prior to an election.

The incumbent Southampton Democrat was leading the St. James businessman by fewer than 3,500 votes in New York's 1st District race, according to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections, but they did not include a reported 9,500 absentee ballots.

Incumbent Democrat Joseph Crowley has received more donations from real estate professionals than any other U.S. House Representative in the country, securing about $ 145,000 of the $ 2.1 million raised by his campaign from the sector.

More than half of that money was spent on behalf of two candidates: incumbent Democrat Laurie Cumbo of District 35, who was the beneficiary of $ 122,465, and Keith Powers, the winner of a crowded, «open» Council primary in District 4, who was the beneficiary of $ 110,988.

Campaign spokesman Nathan Brand said Donnelly's numbers also show he had the lowest amount raised and cash on hand than any 2018 Senate Democrat incumbent who was running for re-election.

But after winning his primary in September, Mr. Cuomo proved to be a less - than - energetic campaigner for Senate Democrats, sparing in his endorsements and rarely stumping for embattled incumbents or hopefuls.

Even in light of the fact that Mr. Morosi had spoken with us more than once, was aware of exactly who we are; and is knowledgable of the fact that we have interviewed Democrats and Republicans, incumbents and candidates, throughout the Broome County area.

I think it's incumbent upon them to rejoin the Democrats to try to take back the majority and not play around, trying to make believe they are any different than the Republican conference,» he said, referencing a letter he sent to Senators Klein and Stewart - Cousins stating as much.

Another problem the GOP faces: Recent polls have shown that Democrats are slightly more forgiving than Republicans when it comes to re-electing incumbent state lawmakers, although the overall numbers don't look good for members of either party currently occupying seats in the Senate and Assembly.

Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein has 42 %, and no one else has more than 4 %.

Mr. Thompson was elected district attorney in 2013 after campaigning on a platform of reform and racial justice, and unseating Charles J. Hynes, a fellow Democrat and a troubled incumbent who had served more than 20 years.

He won the Republican nomination, but lost in the general election to incumbent Democrat Gwen Moore, receiving less than one - third of the vote.

Encouraged by a closer than expected 2012 race against incumbent Republican Bill Larkin, Democrat Chris Eachus, an Orange County Legislator, tried again to unseat Larkin, but came up well short.

Don't be mistaken: Even Democrats who voted against the climate bill lost seats.Here's an inconvenient truth you won't see highlighted in stories about the takeover of the House by a seemingly inexhaustible army of climate zombies: While more than two dozen incumbents who voted for the climate bill lost their seats, even more Democrats who voted against the climate bill lost theirs.

Teachers unions really can claim only two big wins — Democrat Tom Wolf ousting incumbent Republican Gov. Tom Corbett in Pennsylvania and the re-election of Tom Torlakson as California's superintendent of public instruction — despite the fact that the nation's two largest teachers unions spent more in this election cycle than ever before: more than $ 60 million in total.