Sentences with phrase «vacant seats set»

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Cuomo set the special elections for the ninth congressional district and six vacant Assembly seats on Sept. 13.

The race is set for a New York state Senate seat left vacant since January 1, when Democrat George Latimer took office as Westchester County Executive.

Races to fill two vacant legislative seats began to solidify on Tuesday as candidates filed nomination papers with state election officials, setting the battle lines in contests that Democrats hope will bolster their momentum heading into November's mid-term elections.

Mr. Rangel, 85 and the dean of the city's congressional delegation, is set to step down in 2016 after representing Harlem since 1971, and the vacant seat has attracted the attention of State Senator Bill Perkins, Assemblyman Keith Wright, and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the son of Mr. Rangel's legendary predecessor in Congress Adam Clayton Powell Jr., as well as several lesser - known candidates.

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

PLATTSBURGH The Clinton County Legislature has officially set March 27 as the date for the special election to fill the vacant Area 3 seat.

Nassau County Democrats, increasingly confident they'll win an upcoming special state Senate election, dropped plans to urge Cuomo to hold off on setting April 19 — presidential primary day — as the date to fill the now - vacant Skelos seat.

Setting up a high - profile Democratic primary, former state Rep. Irv Slosberg opened a campaign account to run for a Palm Beach County Senate seat that became vacant last week with the resignation of Lake Worth Democrat Jeff Clemens.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced July 8th, 2017 as date set aside to conduct the bye - election into the vacant Osun West Senatorial seat.

If Cuomo does set a special election in the spring, there will be no primary for the vacant Assembly seat.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While there's no election date set to fill the South Shore's vacant Assembly seat, Republican Ronald Castorina Jr. is preparing for a run, and resigned his position as Staten Island's GOP commissioner for the Board of Elections effective last Friday.

He is under no set timetable to issue an election proclamation declaring the seat vacant but once he does the special must happen within 40 days.

Aside from the suit, Assemblyman Joe Borelli recently announced he would push two bills that would require the governor to set special elections for vacant congressional and state legislature seats.

Illinois Governor Blagojevich tries to fill Obama's Senate seat: «U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nevada) said in a statement this afternoon that the Senate will not seat anyone Gov. Rod Blagojevich chooses to fill Illinois» vacant Senate post, amid word that the governor is set to name former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris.

Not setting a special election until November would be in keeping with how he historically handled vacancies, state Sen. Diane Savino (D - North Shore / Brooklyn) said, noting he kept 14 state legislature seats vacant last year instead of calling separate elections.

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.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Tight - lipped on when he will set a special election for Congress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the New York Observer Monday that he has no time frame for the election to fill the vacant seat left by former Congressman Michael Grimm.

1996 Pedro G. Espada, the oldest of his three sons, runs in a special election for a vacant Assembly seat against Rúben Díaz Jr., son of an influential Bronx minister, setting in motion a duel of the dynasties.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Buffalo Board of Education conducted its first set of interviews to fill Carl Paladino's vacant seat on the board on Wednesday.

Tuesday, the day he was set to be sworn in to a third term in Congress, will be the first day that the 11th Congressional District seat will be vacant.

Since state governors and vacant Senate seats are under the spotlight at the moment thanks to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, SNL turned its focus to New York, where Governor David Paterson is set to appoint someone to fill Hillary Clinton's empty... Read

Benjamin, who worked as a managing director at real estate firm Genesis, defeated Republican candidate Dawn Simmons, a businesswoman who campaigned on school choice and improving police - community relations, and is now set to occupy the seat that was left vacant when former Senator Bill Perkins joined the New York City Council.