Sentences with phrase «vacant seats in»

Election season is here beginning with next Tuesday's primaries for two vacant seats in the state legislature.

In 2018, as of May, two special elections have been called to fill vacant seats in the Michigan State Legislature.

Voters head to the polls Tuesday for special elections to fill 11 vacant seats in the New York state Legislature.

But beyond the cheering, applauding, cult - like faithful, were rows and rows of vacant seats in the Liverpool Convention Centre.

ALBANY — Charles Barron, a longtime firebrand from East New York, blasted Governor Andrew Cuomo for not calling special elections for 11 vacant seats in the State Legislature.

Special election advocates argue that allowing vacant seats in the state legislature will deprive communities of representation during the crucial budget season and especially impact minority areas.

The City Council is set to vote on a resolution this week that calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hold special elections for the many vacant seats in the state legislature.

In 2017, five special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the New York Legislature.

Eleven special elections to fill vacant seats in the New York State Legislature were held on April 24, 2018.

Once Bing does resign, there will be five vacant seats in the Assembly chamber.

The AFL - CIO, meanwhile, also endorsed two Democrats running to fill vacant seats in the state Senate, Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda, both current members of the state Assembly.

New York voters are headed to the polls on April 24 for a special election to fill 11 vacant seats in the Legislature — including two in the Senate that are considered key for Democrats who hope to take control of the chamber.

Democrats won three races to fill vacant seats in the state Legislature.

«We are kind of in the middle of a weird political situation,» he explained, citing the April 24 special election to fill nine vacant seats in the Assembly and two in the Senate.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris in a radio interview on Tuesday said he wanted a special election called to fill vacant seats in the Senate «as soon as possible.»

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.

The plan to unify Democrats in the Senate would require both the mainline conference, which Stewart - Cousins leads, and the Independent Democratic Conference to work together to fill two vacant seats in special elections.

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.

But that number was generous looking at the vacant seats in the stadium.

There was also one Independent MLA, and two vacant seats in the legislature.

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.

Once the new year hits, a special election will be set for Mr. Losquadro's vacant seat in the County Legislature.

On May 17, California held an election to fill the vacant seat in the 36th U.S. House district.

But even if Democrats win that district and a heavily - Democratic vacant seat in the Bronx later this month, the party would still have to convince Felder to return to the fold to take control of the Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office signaled Tuesday it would move to schedule a special election on May 23 to fill a vacant seat in the state Senate and Assembly.

A bill introduced this week by Queens Democratic Sen. Tony Avella would require the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant seat in the state Legislature within seven days.

With five candidates vying for the vacant seat in the heavily Democratic area which spans the Northeast Bronx and the City of Mount Vernon to replace Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who resigned for a position in the governor's administration.

Suddenly, all the hoopla about the upcoming special election to fill the North Fork's vacant seat in the county Legislature seems a petty, meaningless distraction.

You should know that since Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, has been elected to the seat previously occupied by Council Member Jimmy Vacca, has created a vacancy and there is already a brawl brewing about who will occupy his vacant seat in the New York State Assembly.

«Todd Kaminsky is officially the winner of the special election for the vacant seat in State Senate District 9,» Gugerty said.

(CNN)- There's no winner yet in Tuesday's special election to fill the vacant seat in New York's 20th congressional district, and both Democrats and Republicans are trying to simultaneously project confidence - and lower expectations.

Incumbent Democrat Al Krupski of Cutchogue won his then - vacant seat in a January 2013 special election against Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter, after Ed Romaine surrendered it to run for Brookhaven Town supervisor.

Now that the Democratic Primary is over, downtown political insiders are shifting their focus to the vacant seat in the 26th Senate District.

So far just one candidate has filed financial disclosure forms with the state for the vacant seat in Assembly District 59, which represents parts of Bergen Beach, Mill Basin and Canarsie.

Not exact matches

No sooner had the provincial government appointed Belkin to a vacant seat on the board in December than he was elected chair, replacing interim chair Alice Laberge.

China Aid points out that 200 seats were left vacant at the second Lausanne Congress in 1989 because Chinese delegates were prevented from making the trip to Manila

The Archbishop died in 1505 and in order to save the expenses involved in electing and then in providing for a new archbishop the seat was left vacant for eight years.

Having won the title in Abu Dhabi for the first time, Rosberg announced his retirement from F1 leaving a vacant seat at reigning champions Mercedes.

The legendarily awful former Simtek and Footwork driver Taki Inoue has thrown his hat in the ring to be considered for the vacant Mercedes seat.

Wendy was just a couple thousand dollars behind Julia entering Final Jeop, and she got the correct answer to the 19th Century History clue: «A senate seat from this southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. President,» putting her in first:

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.

So, Paterson is going to lay - off others while many on his staff keep their raises, SUNY furloughs and lays - off workers while administrators get big raises, and then he says if he had it to do over, he would have appointed himself to future employment in the vacant US Senate seat.

Cuomo administration officials confirm the governor will call special elections to fill five vacant legislative seats — four in the Assembly and one in the Senate — to conincide with village elections on March 20.

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.

The Working Families Party, meanwhile, celebrated the brokered deal to end the IDC, but also released a fundraising appeal urging support not just for Democrats Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda running in special elections this month for vacant seats, but also the challengers to IDC lawmakers.

Democrat Lew Fidler just sent out a press release congratulating David Storobin on his victory in the special election for the 27th Senate District seat that has been vacant since Carl Kruger plead guilty to corruption charges.

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.