Sentences with phrase «to unseat someone»

That was particularly evident in the state's suburban regions, where Northam racked up wide margins and Democratic challengers unseated Republican incumbents in the House of Delegates.

Democrats are licking their chops at the prospect of unseating Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican.

Reps. Nan Hayworth and Chris Gibson unseated incumbents in 2010, though they both took on weaker and less established Democrats John Hall and Scott Murphy respectively.

And the account by Oliva and Astorino differs from first reports about the incident, which indicated the directions emanated more directly from Schwartz — a former deputy to Andy Spano, the Democrat who Astorino unseated in 2009.

The rest of the committee is made up of a number of usual NYS GOP suspects, including businessman Randy Altschuler, who is making a second attempt at unseating Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in Long Island's NY - 1 this fall.

With the express mission of unseating Republican governors and flipping control of conservative state legislatures — legacies of the GOP tide in 2010 — the two national unions, in particular, are taking a page out of the playbook of some newer and smaller education advocacy groups: Focus on down - ballot candidates and work up to the top ticket.

The ad itself attacks Gipson, a former state senator unseated by Serino in 2014 and attempting a comeback, as a «tax and spender,» a source familiar with the ad said.

The program chooses Democratic candidates it deems will be competitive in a general election and is ultimately aimed at unseating Republican lawmakers in districts across the country.

Wealthy hotel chain owner Jim Graves, who came within 4,300 votes of unseating U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann last year and planned to challenge her again in 2014, unexpectedly announced on Friday that he was ending his bid for Minnesota's 6th congressional district seat.

GOP officials in New York are especially excited about the prospects of Rep. - elect Lee Zeldin, who unseated Democrat Tim Bishop on Long Island.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A minority owner of the Vernon Downs racetrack says he'll spend $ 100,000 this year to unseat state Sen. John DeFrancisco and other senators who won't pass a bill to allow child sexual abuse survivors like himself sue their abusers.

Mercer donated $ 26,900 in 2011, and three years later gave $ 1.55 million to Rescue New York, a super PAC that promoted Astorino's 2014 failed bid to unseat Gov. Cuomo.

It's not A Boy and His Blob, it doesn't unseat Shatter as my favorite PSN game, but Tales from Space is a gem of a title that should please just about anyone with more than a passing interest.

The speech mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted «interest» by Moskowitz in unseating de Blasio in 2017.

After nearly unseating Mr. Rangel two years ago, a loss would be devastating for Mr. Espaillat and much of the city's Democratic establishment that fell behind the uptown pol.

Dietl and Malliotakis share the goal of unseating Mayor de Blasio, but have obviously opposite strategies as to who should supplant him.

Paladino has long flirted with taking another shot at unseating Cuomo, and mulled a potential rematch this year, too, but announced over the weekend he had ultimately decided against it.

The candidates were vying to replace retiring Republican state Sen. Jason Welch, who flipped the district from blue to red in 2011 by unseating longtime Democratic lawmaker Tom Colapietro.

While many had feared Espaillat's bid to become the nation's first Dominican Congressman by unseating Rangel would spark a bitter racial clash, observers say a showdown between the two Dominican lawmakers is likely to have just as divisive an impact on the Dominican community Uptown.

«Adriano Espaillat was 1,000 votes away from unseating Congressman Rangel in 2012 as an insurgent with no political support,» said campaign manager Jesse Campoamor.

Turning our attention to Montana, we find Democrat John Tester working on similar empathies in hope of unseating Senator Conrad Burns.

A former Aide to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, has declared that with or without former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic party, PDP can not unseat President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Tory leader Ruth Davidson has made a big push to unseat Labour as the official opposition to the SNP at the Scottish Parliament.

It's a ratcheting up of rhetoric by Cuomo, who has vowed to help unseat Republican House lawmakers in New York who backed Obamacare repeal efforts, namely a provision that would shift the burden of Medicaid spending from county governments to the state.

Magee, who last spring unseated former NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi in part due to anger over the test issue, said teachers rather than testing companies have the best read on what their students need.

to unseat GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte in October.

Cuomo launched the «New York Fights Back» campaign Tuesday in New York City with a focus on unseating Republicans who voted in favor of the American Health Care Act.

Tired of all the crap from dating or woman not being faithful come on is it really better to not be loyal to someone or leave when unseated tough

The energy industry, of course, is king, and is the reason the Lone Star State unseated last year's winner, Virginia.

(CNN)-- Sharron Angle, the tea party aligned Republican who came close to unseating Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid in 2010, announced Friday that she would not seek elected office this cycle.

The tone of the NY - 1 race, in which Democrat Anna Throne - Holst is trying to unseat freshman Rep. Lee Zeldin, who holds a wide lead in a public opinion poll, has grown increasingly nasty.

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No prime minister has surely survived more attempts at political assassination than Gordon Brown, who was only finally unseated by the electorate.

Cuomo has also signaled he will push to unseat House Republicans in New York, which is home to several key swing districts.

While Mr. Espaillat also used Red Horse two years ago when he came just shy of unseating veteran Congressman Charlie Rangel, people close to Mr. Espaillat and Red Horse believe the firm's addition to his growing team will help vault the uptown lawmaker past Mr. Rangel, as well as new contender Pastor Mike Walrond, this time around.

Democrats continue to salivate at the chances of unseating first - term Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti of Buffalo and they hope his signing of Grover Norquist's now - infamous anti-tax pledge will give them some ammunition.

Bill Thompson, who nearly unseated Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2009, said de Blasio's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for pre-K education had little chance of passing the state Legislature.

«EMILY's List has made this seat a top target and is excited about the prospect of having a strong woman candidate unseat Representative Katko in 2016.»

It would take everyone to jump together, and that's difficult to do if you don't believe it will succeed in unseating Jeremy.

(In 2013, Johnson came within four votes of unseating Brown, the Common Council's sole Republican.)

But Mr. D'Amato, who was the last Republican to represent New York in the Senate, expressed doubt in an interview that any of the three potential challengers could unseat Ms. Gillibrand (who was an intern in Mr. D'Amato's Albany office when she was in college; he is also close to her father).

First elected in 1994 after unseating Democratic incumbent Mario Cuomo, Pataki has been out of office since 2006.

Realistically speaking, the Republicans have one more shot at unseating Gillibrand before she becomes entrenched as the state's junior senator.

The committee spent about $ 2 million in a failed effort to unseat Katko in the 2016 election.

He is popular among conservatives for unseating then - Senate majority leader Tom Daschle in 2004.

Shafran added his name to a crowded list of Democratic candidates looking to unseat Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) in November and quit his job in the Cuomo administration in January to campaign full - time for the spot.

A top Republican county official from New York City's northern suburbs is officially launching his uphill fight to unseat Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Candidates seeking to unseat Stefanik met Monday in Queensbury at a forum to discuss environmental issues.