Sentences with phrase «upstate districts held»

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Senate Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber, while Democrats expect to do well in suburban and upstate swing districts with Hillary Clinton atop the party's ticket this year.

That shift benefits downstate, largely Democratic districts, at the expense of upstate senate seats held by GOP members, where the inmates were used to bolster population numbers in the primarily rural districts.

Also upstate, Democrats expect a competitive race in the district held by Republican George Amedore, who narrowly lost his first run for Senate in 2012 against Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk.

Rallies or demonstrations were held in a half - dozen swing state Senate districts on Long Island and in the upstate region.

The 29th District seat of former Rep. Eric Massa (D) had been held by two Republicans before Massa and was considered by both parties to be a shoo - in for the GOP, but other Democratic - held upstate seats such as the 20th District (Rep. Scott Murphy), the 24th District (Arcuri) and the 25th District (Rep. Dan Maffei's race, which remains too close to call) had only recently shifted toward the Democrats.

Larry Spring, superintendent of the Schenectady School District, said existing state funding formulas were already unequal — a long - held belief of many upstate districts.

«Look, it's job creation, it's about the quality of residents and existing businesses and visitors for upstate New York and I believe a lot of my colleagues will work together to come up with the right framework for consumer protection and making sure the companies are held responsible,» said Sen. George Amedore, a Republican who represents a district west and south of Albany.

In New York City and some upstate districts, young children are taking bubble tests or online exams, even though some of the children can't yet hold a pencil or use a computer, union leaders said during a conference call Thursday.

It took her ten years, during which she joined the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, worked on Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, served as special counsel to then — HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and took another law job, before Gillibrand found the upstate House district in which she wanted to run... against a four - term incumbent for a seat that hadn't been held by a Democrat in 30 years and where Republicans outnumbered Democrats almost two to one.

That is why the TEAPublicans play all the games they do (gerrymandering districts, playing games with primary datres to hold down turnout, and taking the money of the downstate realty billionaires to buy upstate seats)!

The two upstate districts that lost the most people are in western New York: the 27th, which is held by Brian Higgins, a three - term Democrat, and the 28th, which is held by Louise M. Slaughter, a 12 - term Democrat.

A new law counts them in their home districts, and not in the communities where they're incarcerated — a change that the GOP says benefits Democrat - leaning downstate regions at the expense of more rural Republican - held upstate districts.