Sentences with phrase «through special elections»

Democrats in New York want to see Cuomo fight for Democratic takeover of the state Senate, including through special elections for two Senate seats that the governor has not yet called, despite being able to as of January 1.

Permits a county charter to provide for filling vacancies in county executive offices through special elections

The possible addition of two more Democrats through special elections on April 24 will still leave the party just shy of the magic 32 needed for a majority because of the continued defection of State Senator Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans.

In 2013, 84 state legislative seats were filled through special elections in 23 states.

Arroyo's seat will be filled through a special election, possibly as soon as February 16, 2016.

Update (Jan. 15, 9:34 a.m.): Reached for comment, Mr. Barron criticized Mr. Banks» preference for the seat to stay vacant until it can be filled via the normally - scheduled election, rather than through a special election.

While Democrats technically reclaimed a majority of state Senate seats through a special election Tuesday, a deeply fractured party picture remains.

Lucille Pattison became Dutchess County executive in 1978 through a special election, after having served on the county legislature since 1973.

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If you have already started repaying your loans, you may still have the opportunity to change amounts, loan terms and payment methods through election of special repayment options or loan consolidation.

Republicans initially focused on the tax cut messaging in the recent special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, but by election day, they had pivoted to decrying so - called «sanctuary cities» after determining the tax message wasn't breaking through.

Trump's legal team is going through another shakeup as it grapples with the special counsel's probe into Russian election meddling.

And as we've seen in lower - turnout elections through the entire 2010 cycle, both special elections and primaries, national money can make a decisive difference: Lisa Murkowski and Mike Castle may be the latest victims, but Scott Brown's win back in January had already shown the way.

The group, New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, has spent about $ 1.2 million through an independent expenditure campaign opposing Kaminsky's bid for the 9th Senate district in Nassau County, which will be decided in a special election on Tuesday.

The earliest Cuomo could call for a special election to fill the two vacancies is March, which is already halfway through the 6 - month session with fresh elections looming later that year in November.

«I've been clear all along even before the unity agreement,» Klein said when asked if the deal will hold through the spring, when the special elections are expected to be called.

«If you can win the special, ultimately you have a better chance (in the general election)-- if in fact you follow through, you stick to your core principles, have integrity, and you do what's right and... are connecting with the constituents,» said state Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam, who won a 2007 special election for the 105th Assembly District seat and retained the job with a win in the 2008 general.

Optimistic partisans digging through the data have even found reason to cheer some of the special election defeats: In one of the Democratic losses, a race for a Connecticut seat held by Republicans for more than a century, the GOP candidate won by 10 percentage points, compared with a 22 - point GOP victory margin in an election for the same seat just three months earlier.

Many states in the USA and Germany and other countries have a power of recall leading to a new election, either through a petition from the people or a council vote of no - confidence with a special majority.

Governor Cuomo will have to call a special election to fill the remainder of Slaughter's term which runs through 2018.

«If the November 8, 2016, election results in a one - vote majority in the House of Representatives, for example, a December 6 special congressional election in New York would take on far greater importance than the others,» argued Martins» primary challenger, Republican Philip Pidot of Glen Cove, through his filings in a federal appeals court Thursday.

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose who said everything under Buhari was becoming inconclusive, added that «If in three days, INEC could not conduct credible election in Bayelsa State of just eight local governments, one wonders what will happen during the general elections in 2019.

And the county party was a major player in the race, with 8 percent of the $ 6.8 million spent, a record for a special election, passing through its coffers.

POLITICO's Maggie Haberman went through the $ 3.2 million worth of expenditures that Republican Jane Corwin made in her bid to keep New York's 26th Congressional District in GOP hands during the May special election, and turned up a trove of vendors who received a chunk of the campaign's cash.

But those special elections likely won't take place until after the state budget negotiation is slated to conclude at the end of March, which means the current Republican - IDC partnership could remain in force through at least half of the 2018 legislative session.

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Cuomo has the sole power to call a special election through a proclamation, according to election law attorney Sarah Steiner.

In 2014, Cuomo chose not to call special elections for 10 seats that were open at the beginning of the year, and another that was vacated later in the year, leaving them vacant through the general election.

, Cuomo chose not to call special elections for 10 seats that were open at the beginning of the year, and another that was vacated later in the year, leaving them vacant through the general election.

Cuomo had also faced criticism for waiting to call this year's Senate special elections until after the state's budget deadline, which made certain the GOP would control the chamber through the crucial budget talks.

Russia's effort to influence U.S. voters through Facebook and other social media is a «red - hot» focus of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 election and possible links to Trump's associates.

Mayer's campaign on Sunday said the commercial was part of a significant ad purchase and will run through April 24, the date of the special election.

Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Ugochukwu Emezue, Governor Ikpeazu said after defeating him at the election, the rerun and at the tribunal, there was nothing to be afraid of.

The Citizens» Election Program was Connecticut's landmark effort, passed in 2006, to remove the taint of special - interest money from elections and to level the playing field for candidates through voluntary public financing of political campaigns.

Democrats won both special elections on April 24, giving them a 32 - 31 numerical majority with Republicans still in control of the chamber through their alliance with Felder.

Rocky Point attorney Jennifer Maertz will try to accomplish through a primary what she couldn't do through political conventions, namely gain the Democratic Party's nomination in this year's special State Assembly election.

School districts, villages and other special election districts can continue to use lever - style voting machines through 2014, under a law signed today by Cuomo.

«If someone said, «I volunteered» or walked through there, it's just not the type,» added Turner, who faces Democrat David Weprin in a Sept. 13 special election.

The Republican candidate will be decided by the party and not through a primary because the vote to fill Ed Romaine's seat will be a special election.

Asked why the county organization is going with Diaz, Garcia said, «It's the same old musical chairs» in the Bronx, where favored elected politicians move between Albany and City Hall, often being selected in a party process for a special election rather than through a primary.

The winner of the May 24th special election will fill the seat of Republican Rep. Chris Lee, who quickly resigned in April hours after the gossip website Gawker posted photos and e-mails from the married Congressman soliciting a date with a woman through the website Craigslist.

The winner of the May 24 special election will fill the seat of Republican Rep. Chris Lee, who quickly resigned in April hours after the gossip website Gawker posted photos and e-mails from the married congressman soliciting a date with a woman through the website Craigslist.

Up to July 2015, he worked in Parliament through the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG for East Asian Business which he chaired, the All Party Parliamentary China Group [32] of which he was the vice-Chair (special focus on Hong Kong), and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment [33] of which he was treasurer to promote better trade and political and cultural links between the UK and East Asia and work to encourage the next generation of East Asians and other diaspora to develop the leadership skills to play a greater role in public life, in society, and business, and in harnessing the resources that East Asians have globally and locally both financial and non-financial to address global and local problems today.These groups were discontinued after the May 2015 election.

In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special advicer on media and publicity to the president, Jonathan also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its personnel and the nation's security services for ensuring that the elections were free and fair in keeping with his administration's commitment to continually strengthen democracy in Nigeria through the establishment of a more credible electoral system.

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In fact, the debate in this country over land use has become emblematic of American democracy: a struggle between competing special interest groups to influence common laws and policies through elections.

In a 2000 report, the ABA Commission on State Judicial Selection Standards warned of the «alarming increase in efforts by special interests to influence the outcome of judicial elections through both financial contributions and attack campaigning.»