Sentences with phrase «vacant state senate seat»

Democrat Brian Benjamin easily won a special election Tuesday for a vacant State Senate seat in Upper Manhattan.

A special election in Westchester County is attracting an unusual amount of attention because the vote to fill a vacant state Senate seat holds significant sway over the power dynamic in Albany.

Odds are since there is another vacant State Senate seat (Westchester County) also held by a Democrat, there are those who think a special election will be called by the governor.

He recently scored a victory against Espaillat by securing the Democratic line for his preferred candidate, Brian Benjamin, over the congressman's pick Rev. Al Taylor in next month's special election to fill Harlem's vacant State Senate seat.

Brian Benjamin «s victory last week in the special election to fill Harlem's vacant State Senate seat will once again leave registered Democrats with a one - member numerical majority in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

Members of the New York County Democratic Committee, upset about a backroom deal their chair, Keith Wright, cut to choose a candidate for a vacant state Senate seat, will push a resolution at a meeting tomorrow night that would prohibit county party officials from also working for firms that lobby.

But a very similar series of events played out in early 2007 during a special election for a vacant State Senate seat in Nassau County — only then it was Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Mr. de Blasio's predecessor, who played a crucial role.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Democrat planning to run for a key vacant state Senate seat in Westchester County, is being accused by political foes of hypocrisy when it comes to sexual harassment.

There will be a vacant state Senate seat in the Bronx, after conservative Democratic Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. won a three - way NYC Council primary by a landslide.

The universal group of elected officials included State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin, Vice Chair Alfreda Williams and Democratic Majority Leader Catherine Borgia, Assemblymembers J Gary Pretlow and Shelly Meyers (who is the Democratic nominee for Latimer's vacant State Senate seat) just to name a few.

Should Lanza run and win, his vacant State Senate seat would be up for grabs and both Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R - East Shore / Brooklyn) and Assemblyman Joe Borelli (R - South Shore) have been said to eye Lanza's seat.

We need leaders at every level who are dedicated to progress and creating meaningful change,» Assemblywoman Shelley Mayers, who running in a Special Election for George Latimer's vacant State Senate seat, April 24th shares with Black Westchester.

Apparently the Queen is appointing the candidate (s) previously rejected to the vacant state senate seat.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and other prominent New York Democrats are campaigning Sunday in the Westchester County Village of Larchmont for an Assemblywoman who is running for a vacant state Senate seat.

The race to fill George Latimer's vacant state Senate seat is the highest - profile race among the 11 legislative special elections to be decided statewide.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

Voters in Democrat - leaning districts in Westchester County and the Bronx will head to the polls Tuesday to fill two vacant state Senate seats.

Not exact matches

Jill Carter on Monday to the vacant Baltimore state Senate seat surrendered last month by the disgraced Nathaniel T. Oaks.

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:

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 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.

The conflict is over a state Senate seat vacant since March 2, when longtime Juneau Democratic Sen. Kim Elton resigned for a job in the Obama administration.

There are special elections in New York on Tuesday to fill nine vacant state Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats.

Right now there are 31 Republicans and 30 Democrats in the State Senate, with two vacant seats formerly held by Democrats — but Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder voted to put the Republicans in control.

Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by then - New York Gov. David Paterson, who picked Gillibrand to fill the seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton, who had been nominated to serve as secretary of state.

That's the proportion of registered voters in the state who say Governor David Paterson made the right choice in appointing Gillibrand to New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

(CNN)- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appointed his state's attorney general to temporarily fill the U.S Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

The seat became vacant on October 16, 2017, after Sean Tindell (R) resigned from the state Senate.

GOP majority spokesman Scott Reiff attacked Mayer, stating: «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.

Her election makes for 14 women in the state Senate and cuts the Republican advantage in the chamber to 23 - 16 — the SD 16 seat resigned by Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala will remain vacant until November.

Governor Andrew Cuomo this week called for special elections on April 24 to fill two vacant state Senate and nine vacant state Assembly seats.

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.

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.

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.

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.

There are currently 11 vacant seats — nine in the Assembly and two in the state Senate — due to legislators leaving office after being elected to different state and local positions in November.

There are local contests all across the state, including a special election in the Southern Tier's 52nd Senate District to fill the vacant seat that used to belong to ex-Sen.

The seat was vacant following Ronald Renuart's (R) resignation to run for Florida State Senate District 6.

[1] He ran in the 2010 special election to fill the seat in the United States Senate made vacant by the death of Ted Kennedy, his predecessor's uncle, but lost the primary to Martha Coakley, who in turn lost the general election to Republican Scott Brown.

The state senate seats were left vacant by Democrat Eric Coleman, who resigned to pursue a judgeship, and Republican Rob Kane, who resigned to become state auditor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a date to fill two pivotal state Senate seats, including Westchester County Executive George Latimer's vacant 37th Senate District seat.

Also in the final days of this just - completed session, the state Senate approved nominations for three vacant seats on the Adirondack Park Agency, which helps plan and regulate land use in the region.

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

With two Democratic seats in the state Senate possibly becoming vacant in the next couple of months, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have a momentous decision to make, one that could affect the balance of power in Albany for the upcoming year.

[181] On February 13, 2012, the State Senate passed a bill legalizing same - sex marriage by a vote of 24 to 16, and on February 16, the Assembly passed it by a vote of 42 to 33, with three Republicans and one Democrat not voting, and one seat temporarily vacant.

In 2008, she made headlines as a prominent contender for Hillary Clinton's vacant New York Senate seat after Clinton was nominated by Obama to be secretary of state.

The winner of the 36th Senate District primary in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will likely fill the seat left vacant by former Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who in July resigned from her post to work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a special adviser for policy and community affairs of state Homes and Community Renewal.

Robert Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that his family is «disappointed» that his cousin Caroline will not be filling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's vacant New York Senate seat.