Sentences with phrase «vacant seat of»

English is one of five candidates so far who all are vying for the vacant seat of Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson.

The All Progressives Congress Appeal Committee led by Alhaji Abdullahi Bello has dismissed an appeal filed by the Osun State Commissioner for Cabinet Matters, Senator Mudashir Hussein, an aspirant for the vacant seat of Osun West Senatorial primary election earlier scheduled to hold today June 12 2017.

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.

Adekilekun, an indigene of Ede, who has signified his intention to contest for vacant seat of the Osun West senatorial district, said the governor of Osun has demonstrated how to be a statesman.

Despite the literature's emphasis on the importance of turning the Republican State Senate blue, StudentsFirst recently spent in excess of $ 1.5 million trying to stop Long Island Democrat Todd Kaminsky from winning the vacant seat of disgraced GOP ex-State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

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.

Former governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda has declared his intention to contest the vacant seat of Bauchi South Senatorial District during the...

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle didn't rule out the possibility of running for the now vacant seat of his former mentor, Slaughter.

This assurance was given by the heads of the security agencies in the state following the announcement of the electoral umpire to conduct the bye - election into the vacant seat of the district next month.

Not exact matches

It wasn't until boarding that the crew realized there was a trio of vacant seats at the back of the plane.

Republicans hold 23 of the Senate's 40 seats (two are vacant), leaving Democrats with too few votes to block bills on their own.

Moreover, four out of seven seats on the Board of Governors remain vacant, including the vice chairman.

The independent seat will oftentimes be left vacant at closing, with the intention of filling the seat sometime after closing.

We've just about calmed down after the announcement of Nico Rosberg's retirement, opening up a vacant seat at reigning champions Mercedes for the 2017 Formula 1 season.

With Alonso seemingly out of the running that leaves Valtteri Bottas as the favourite to take the vacant Mercedes seat, despite their initial bid for him being rejected by Williams.

, let's throw together various hot - seat lists, along with a potential retirement or two, and rank a bunch of potentially vacant Power 5 jobs by how much our collective lives could be improved by a Kelly hire at each.

It's why, just four months later, there are plenty of raised eyebrows with the former Mainz manager being tipped as the favourite to take over the vacant Bayern Munich hot seat, according to German publication Bild.

Toto Wolff has admitted that Fernando Alonso is on the shortlist of potential drivers to fill the vacant Mercedes seat left by Nico Rosberg's sudden retirement.

Brundle also pondered a potential move to Ferrari for Ricciardo, and would understand if Kimi Raikkonen created a vacant seat by retiring at the end of the year.

For example, Devine alleges that on May 6 then - president Wright unilaterally appointed Kathi Jackson to one of two seats vacant on the board — despite the fact that there weren't the requisite number of commissioners present to participate in the vote.

With 14 applicants vying for a seat left vacant by outgoing board president Sam Black in Glen Ellyn District 41, school board members this week selected Cathryn Wilkinson, the former associate dean of Fine and Applied Arts at the College of DuPage to fill the spot.

No I was talking about the Democrats lack of enthusiasm to form a majority before the budget and the vacant seats (or soon to be vacant seats) that they need to win / keep to achieve that goal.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

A candidate forum for a vacant southern Brooklyn Assembly seat turned into a bitter verbal tussle over abortion last night — not between the two women running to represent the district, but between one of them and a civic leader in the audience.

The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has called on INEC to declare vacant, the seats of the PDP candidates in the Anambra State Senatorial election.

Benjamin, elected to fill a vacant Harlem Senate seat, gave Democrats a 32nd enrolled member in the chamber, kicking of a sustained campaign by liberal groups to push the Independent Democratic Conference toward reconciliation with the mainline conference.

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 required number of members for a quorum is also adjusted should there be a vacant seat at that time.

The notice of election reads in part: «consequent upon the provisions of the enabling statues that bye elections to fill the declared vacant seat by the National Assembly be conducted within 30 days upon the declaration.

Those vying for the NY - 25 seat, which is vacant following the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter, have only a few weeks to get their names on the ballot.

So far, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is yet to call a special election to fill the seat along with nearly a dozen soon - to - be or currently vacant seats in both chambers of the Legislature as a vacancy is yet to be created until the seat is vacated.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

Catherine Flanagan - Priore, who was appointed in September to fill the vacant Park District seat, gave a prepared letter of resignation to Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold after last night's meeting.

Bolstering the argument for this today is the expected win of Democratic Senate candidate Brian Benjamin in a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat.

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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.

Vacant seats abound in the state Legislature at the moment, leaving a large number of New Yorkers without representation in Albany.

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.

Bedford attorney Sarmad Khojasteh ended his state Senate campaign and declared his support former Rye Councilwoman Julie Killian for a vacant seat in New York's 37th District, considered pivotal for control of the Senate.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, one of two women in the ever - shifting field of contenders for a vacant Hudson Valley state Senate seat, has a new mailer out that stresses her long - standing political history and family ties to the Yonkers area.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday will endorse Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle for the Rochester - area House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter.

Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda of the Bronx is expected to cruise to victory in a contest to fill the seat left vacant after Ruben Diaz Sr. was elected to the NYC Council.

«With all of the candidates who put their names forward for a vacant Senate seat in Westchester County, it's shocking that the party bosses would choose this one,» Reif said.

Despite section 55 (1)(b) and (c), the seat of a member of Parliament does not become vacant by reason only of the member --

In advance of the January 2018 meeting of the County Committee, we proposed a common sense reform to require a vote of the County Committee for choosing a candidate to fill a vacant public office seat, in the event that a primary election is unfeasible.

He is a candidate for Congress in the 25th District, the seat left vacant with the recent death of longtime area Rep. Louise Slaughter.

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.

The D&C is quoting sources as saying Morelle will run for the seat left vacant with the recent death of longtime Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.

An increasing number of UK elections are now multi-member, where each elector can vote multiple times according to the number of vacant seats.