Sentences with phrase «to fill the vacant seat»

The special elections to fill vacant seats in congress are fundamentally different from early general elections in a parliamentary system, in which every seat in the affected house is contested.

The administration's inability to fill vacant seats on the federal bench has both immediate and long - term effects.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Tight - lipped on when he will set a special election for Congress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the New York Observer Monday that he has no time frame for the election to fill the vacant seat left by former Congressman Michael Grimm.

A former corruption prosecutor has claimed victory in the race to fill the vacant seat of former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who was was ousted by a conviction on corruption charges — but his opponent says it's too close to call.

Kerns» legislative aide, Matthew Fisher, applied to the Council to fill the vacant seat representing South Buffalo and gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.

Duncan was recommended by the New Scotland and Bethlehem Democratic committees to fill the vacant seat after Michael Mackey was elected a state Supreme Court justice last November.

[1] The person elected to fill the vacant seat serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Here are answers to the most pressing questions about these special elections, including what state law says about filling vacant seats and the effect vacant seats may have on the political balance of the state Legislature.

They also could face the prospect of electing one person to fill the vacant seat while simultaneously selecting a different candidate in the primary to run in the November election.

The new members are mostly filling vacant seats, although one member was not reappointed due to poor attendance.

New York City just elected two new state legislators to fill vacant seats vacated due to corruption charges.

If there is a vacancy in the Senate, the Governor must call a special election to fill the vacant seat [9].

When elected minority members motioned to fill the vacant seat with their candidate, Silverthorn and Reynolds walked out to deny the motion a quorum.

When a student stops attending a charter school for any reason, the charter school shall fill the vacancy with the next available student on the waitlist for the grade in which the vacancy occurs and shall continue through the waitlist until a student fills the vacant seat.

A bill currently making its way through the Wisconsin State Legislature will sidestep the democratically elected process of the Racine School Board to fill a vacant seat created by the resignation of a board member earlier in the year.

(CNN)- There's no winner yet in Tuesday's special election to fill the vacant seat in New York's 20th congressional district, and both Democrats and Republicans are trying to simultaneously project confidence - and lower expectations.

Perkins won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat on the New York City Council.

Adrienne Adams has won the race to fill the vacant seat left by former Council Member Ruben Wills, who was convicted on corruption charges this summer.

He won a 1978 special election to fill the vacant seat of former Rep. Herman Badillo, who stepped down to become a deputy mayor.

Kerns» legislative aid, Matthew Fisher, applied to the Council to fill the vacant seat representing South Buffalo and gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.

Southold Supervisor Scott Russell said the Town Board is hoping to fill the vacant seat after Jan. 1 — when the incoming elected officials are sworn into office.

The battle to reunify Democrats in the Senate was sparked in part by the addition of Brian Benjamin, who won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat and giving the party 32 enrolled members again the Senate.

The New York State United Teachers union this weekend gave its endorsement to the two Democrats running this April to fill vacant seats in the chamber — two key races that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris in a radio interview on Tuesday said he wanted a special election called to fill vacant seats in the Senate «as soon as possible.»

On the same day Gov. Cuomo declared May 24 the date for the special election to fill the vacant seat in the 26th Congressional District, the seven Democratic county chairs in the district announced they are beginning the process of interviewing prospective candidates.

More broadly, a deal in November was struck to unite the IDC and the mainline conference pending the outcome of special elections this spring to fill vacant seats in the Senate.

Another candidate in the same race (a low - turnout special election to fill a vacant seat) employed voter data to identify and contact the people he hoped would lead him to victory.

If there is a vacancy in the senate, a special election must be called to fill the vacant seat.

If there is a vacancy in the New York Legislature, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat.

Despite the complaints, Vaz stood to fill a vacant seat on the Commons justice committee.

In 2017, six special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the Mississippi State Legislature.

Paterson initially said he wanted to call a special election as quickly as possible to fill the vacant seat but later backtracked, citing excessive costs at a time when the state's budget is in disarray.

PLATTSBURGH — Clinton County Legislative Chair Harry McManus (Area 1) announced on Thursday that the county will call a special election to fill a vacant seat on the Clinton County Legislature.

On May 17, California held an election to fill the vacant seat in the 36th U.S. House district.

Mr. Price instead ran a successful campaign as a Democrat and Mr. Bergen was later appointed back to the Board of Trustees to fill a vacant seat.

Democrats won three races to fill vacant seats in the state Legislature.

The AFL - CIO, meanwhile, also endorsed two Democrats running to fill vacant seats in the state Senate, Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda, both current members of the state Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office signaled Tuesday it would move to schedule a special election on May 23 to fill a vacant seat in the state Senate and Assembly.

Heastie said public interviews of candidates to fill the vacant seat will take place May 15 and 16, and are open to anyone who submits a resume and cover letter by the end of the day on Friday.

A bill introduced this week by Queens Democratic Sen. Tony Avella would require the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant seat in the state Legislature within seven days.

There are local contests all across the state, including a special election in the Southern Tier's 52nd Senate District to fill the vacant seat that used to belong to ex-Sen.

The president of Save Ontario Shores, a citizen group opposing the construction of a large wind power project in Somerset and Yates, released a letter she wrote to Cuomo, urging him to fill a vacant seat on the siting board which will consider whether to approve the project.

The Democrats also lost two special elections recently that were held to fill vacant seats.

Since then, the Staten Island Republican party backed Donovan, who's currently trying to block courts from releasing grand jury testimony in the Eric Garner case, to fill the vacant seat.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today that he will announce a date for a special election to fill the vacant seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm «shortly» — hours after a federal judge ordered him to do so by February 20, or expect to explain himself in court.

Cuomo is asking President Trump to replace the two sitting commissioners and to fill a vacant seat.

District Attorney Dan Donovan was backed by the Staten Island Republican Party to run to fill the vacant seat.