Sentences with phrase «upstate districts elected»
The SAFE Act's passage angered gun owners in New York and several Republicans from upstate districts elected in recent years have vowed to repeal the measure.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
Two polls in upstate Congressional Districts conducted just before the primary showed Hawkins at 12 % — higher than third party candidate Jessie Ventura was when he was allowed to debate and ended up being elected Governor of Minnesota.
Jeffrey M. Stonecash, a professor of political science at Syracuse University, said some Democrats in upstate districts that have a history of electing Republicans «don't want anything to do with Obama» as November approaches.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who was elected speaker at the beginning of the year, is traveling to upstate districts of his members.
In New York's 22nd congressional district, a GOP - leaning district that stretches from Binghamton to Lake Ontario, keep an eye on whether tech entrepreneur Martin Babinec, running on the largely self - funded «upstate jobs» line, splits enough votes from tea - party Republican Claudia Tenney to elect State legislator Kim Myers.
One question... why is it a problem when DeBlasio raises money to help elect Democrats in upstate districts while the extremely wealthy NYC real estate interests ship boatloads of money upstate for the same purpose?
Shortly after Rep. Bill Owens (D - N.Y.) was elected in another upstate New York district, he voted for the Democrats» health care bill.