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Democrats will have a competitive primary between state Rep. Steve Santarsiero and small - business owner Shaughnessy Naughton (who ran a competitive race in last year's primary).
The Rochester Business Alliance on Friday endorsed Democratic Sen. Ted O'Brien, an incumbent lawmaker running a competitive race against Republican challenger Rich Funke.
But the arrest has expanded the map for Senate Democrats, who hope to run competitive races on Long Island in order to gain control of the chamber this year.
Democrats in Rensselaer County had not planned to run a competitive race for county executive this year, but now hope to exploit Republican in - fighting during a heated primary.
We have to run competitive races up and down the ticket, and hopefully that is what we have found.»
But Democratic unity in the Senate has been difficult to come by: Democrats failed to achieve a net gain of a seat in the chamber, despite hoping to run competitive races in suburban districts.
Wagner, an attorney, had run a competitive race against Ball in 2012 and was believed to have a good shot at the open seat when Ball decided not to seek re-election.
Senate Democrats hope to run competitive races on Long Island this year, especially in Nassau County are targeting several Republican incumbents there, including Marcellino.
The incumbent said he was looking forward to running a competitive race for the District 6 seat again this year.
Meng campaigned on behalf of Democrat Jon Ossoff, who is running a competitive race in the otherwise heavily Republican district formerly represented by Tom Price, now the secretary of Health and Human Services.
Meanwhile, Paterson told reporters the Skelos arrest shouldn't be a political issue as Senate Democrats look to run a competitive race against the Nassau County lawmaker, potentially with rising star Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky as a candidate.
Preliminary numbers post-Election Day found Clinton performed worse than President Obama did in every county Democratic Senate candidates sought to run competitive races.
Tolbert acknowledged it's tough to match the fundraising abilities of the three - term incumbent, but he said he has enough money to run a competitive race and his upcoming fundraising will ensure he can run an effective campaign.
«We need to start raising the money to run competitive races in all six of those seats starting now.
Hank Sheinkopf, who said he is not advising Thompson, said surpassing the «magical» $ 1 million was proof that Thompson had the fire to run a competitive race.
Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who said he is not advising Thompson, said surpassing the «magical» $ 1 million was proof that Thompson had the fire to run a competitive race.
«We will have all the resources we need to run the competitive race we need and to win.»
Nevertheless, a few of the candidates raised significant campaign cash and spent it just as liberally as if they were running competitive races.
Democrats had already sought to run competitive races in Nassau County Senate districts, including an open seat being vacated by incumbent GOP lawmaker Jack Martins as well as seats held by Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon.
Democrats expect to run competitive races in several Long Island Senate districts, mostly in Nassau County.
«Ultimately, the goal will be to make sure we have all of the pieces in place to run a competitive race in a lot of counties and be ready to face a primary.»
As former Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Barbara Fiala gears up to run for former Sen. Tom Libous's Senate seat, Broome County Republicans are pledging to run a competitive race to hold the Southern Tier seat in GOP hands.
Brooklyn - based elected officials like Mr. Recchia, a former Bensonhurst and Coney Island councilman Mr. Colton openly reviled, have repeatedly failed to run competitive races in the district.
Political analysts say candidates may need to spend well over $ 2.5 million to run a competitive race in the 4th District for both the primary and the general election.
Democrats hope to run competitive races in the Nassau County suburban districts as well as in races for Hudson Valley seats.
Democrats hope to run competitive races on Long Island, especially in a handful of Nassau County districts, and in the Hudson Valley, while Republicans are eyeing two districts to play offense: the Buffalo area and in Westchester County.
The state Democratic Party Committee has sent out scathing attacks on Collins in recent days after polling showed him running a competitive race against Collins.
If Brown ends up winning the GOP's September primary and runs a competitive race against Shaheen, it would expand the map for Republicans.
The financial backing could help promote Moskowitz's managerial talents, in contrast to the mayor, and Republicans have already signaled they would welcome a credible challenger with the backing to run a competitive race.
The mountain of signatures shows that the Vermont senator and Brooklyn native intends to run a competitive race in the Empire State against Hillary Clinton, the former New York senator senator and Secretary of State — should he remain viable after primary contests held in two dozen other states.
«The storm has changed the dynamic of a number of things,» Libous said, adding that he's proud the Senate GOP has managed to run a competitive race in the New York City district.
Conventional wisdom says a candidate for Amherst Town Board needs to raise at least $ 15,000 to run a competitive race.
Leonard Lance has never been forced to run a competitive race against a distinguished, well - resourced opponent.
Whoever prevails in the primary will face Daniel K. Donovan Jr., the Republican district attorney of Staten Island, who is expected to run a competitive race and look for openings to paint the Democratic nominee as too liberal for the job.
The financial backing could help promote Moskowitz's managerial talents, in contrast to the mayor, and Republicans have already signaled they would welcome a credible challenger with the backing to run a competitive race.
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