Sentences with phrase «win back the majority in»

One strategy for Democrats to win back the majority in the chamber has been through Long Island where they are currently running Todd Kaminsky to fill the seat once occupied by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Her unexpected decision could make it more difficult for hopeful Republicans to win back the majority in the chamber where Democrats currently hold a 53 - 47 seat advantage.

Republicans used Espada's image in what appears to be their successful effort to win back the majority in the November election, pending an ongoing appeal of the vote.

Schumer, the heir apparent to retiring Minority Leader Harry M. Reid, is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to help Democrats win back the majority in November.

«Although Jim was unsuccessful in his hope to change Washington, he has shed light on our Party's efforts to win back the majority in the House.»

Not exact matches

«EU exit could hardly win the backing of a majority of Germans anytime soon — too obvious has been Berlin's influence in Europe,» Barroso said.

Unlike many of his predecessors, Pochettino has won the backing of the vast majority of the White Hart Lane faithful, buoyed by the Argentine's faith in young players, the League Cup final appearance, and those eye - catching triumphs over Chelsea and Arsenal in the Premier League.

After Arsenal proved the majority of the football world wrong by bouncing back from a horrible run of results and loss of form to beat Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to claim a place in the Wembley FA cup final and the chance to make both the club and our manager Arsene Wenger the most successful in the competition's long and illustrious history, Aaron Ramsey was reported by Sky Sports calling for the players to win it for the under pressure Frenchman.

Back in May I was luckily enough to win a harbour bridge climb with the Spurs squad whilst they visited Sydney.I spent the majority of that evening with Mauricio.

Michu also won both of his tackles meaning Michu defended from the front and won the majority of his 50 - 50's to aid Swansea to get back to winning ways as this was their first win in six Premier League games.

Marouane Fellaini 7 — Looked after the ball, won the majority of his aerial battles and was generally solid in front of our back four.

They had the majority of possession, but still were looking to win it back in the opposition half or just inside their own.

The senator's main focus, however, seems to be on helping fellow Democrats elsewhere in the country, in hopes that his party will see success in winning back the majority, allowing Schumer to succeed Majority Leader Harry Reid retires at the end of tmajority, allowing Schumer to succeed Majority Leader Harry Reid retires at the end of tMajority Leader Harry Reid retires at the end of the year.

Avella recently said he's mulling a run for Queens borough president in 2013, although perhaps he'll reconsider if the Democrats manage to win back control of the majority.

In the immediate aftermath of Carl Paladino's surprise landslide win in the Sept. 14 GOP primary, Senate Republicans rushed to embrace him — Minority Leader Dean Skelos was the first out with a congratulatory statement — and insisted his presence at the top of the ticket would help them win back the majoritIn the immediate aftermath of Carl Paladino's surprise landslide win in the Sept. 14 GOP primary, Senate Republicans rushed to embrace him — Minority Leader Dean Skelos was the first out with a congratulatory statement — and insisted his presence at the top of the ticket would help them win back the majoritin the Sept. 14 GOP primary, Senate Republicans rushed to embrace him — Minority Leader Dean Skelos was the first out with a congratulatory statement — and insisted his presence at the top of the ticket would help them win back the majority.

Also, this has to sting for the Senate Democrats, to whom Cuomo has not only refused to commit to supporting in their quest to win back the majority this fall, but arguably has actively screwed by working closely with the Senate Republicans and signing their gerrymandered redistricting plan into law.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.

The Democrats, who continue to insist they have a shot at winning back the majority this fall despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approval of a gerrymandered redistricting map that benefits the GOP, remain more than $ 1 million in debt from the 2010 elections in which they lost control of the chamber.

In a July 2011 CapTon interview, back when the DSCC was about $ 2 million in the hole, Gianaris confidently predicted the Dems would be able to fully retire their debt in time for this election cycle, and then go on to be sufficiently competitive to win back the majoritIn a July 2011 CapTon interview, back when the DSCC was about $ 2 million in the hole, Gianaris confidently predicted the Dems would be able to fully retire their debt in time for this election cycle, and then go on to be sufficiently competitive to win back the majoritin the hole, Gianaris confidently predicted the Dems would be able to fully retire their debt in time for this election cycle, and then go on to be sufficiently competitive to win back the majoritin time for this election cycle, and then go on to be sufficiently competitive to win back the majority.

Senate Republicans aren't sounding terribly worried about holding Volker's seat, and my source said Minority Leader Dean Skelos didn't try to convince him to stick around, despite the fact that the GOP is engaged in a last - ditch attempt to win back the majority.

Upstate Democrats had tried — without success — to win some additional clout in the downstate - dominated chamber by backing Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, of Rochester, to replace Silver after the Manhattan assemblyman was toppled by a federal corruption scandal.

The GOP won back control of the Senate in last year's elections and noted that the previous Democratic majority handed over a $ 7.7 million deficit in January.

If they win between two and six seats in this election, they'll need to bring the IDC back into the fold to cobble together a 32 - seat majority.

Here's another interesting clip from my interview with Sen. Liz Krueger earlier today, in which she advocates for a «complete re-evaluation» of leadership in the Senate when — and if — the Democrats manage to win back the majority and return for the next legislative session in January.

Sturgeon requires the continuing support of unionist voters, happy to back the SNP in government if not to endorse their view on the future of the UK, if she is to repeat her party's trick of winning an overall majority in a parliament elected under a system that's part first - past - the - post and part proportional representation.

However, starting in 1966 Republicans began winning narrow majorities in the chamber, ceding control back to Democrats in just three elections: 1974, 1976, and 1990.

This is not in keeping with the message being put out by DSCC Chairman Mike Gianaris, who has been insisting that the Democrats have a good shot at winning enough seats to take back the majority.

And charter - school supporters, led by Mr. Loeb, have poured millions of dollars into ensuring that the State Senate remains in Republican hands — even as Democrats have won a majority of seats — backing Mr. Klein's renegade group, which first broke away from the party in 2011 and eventually formed a coalition with the Republicans.

Diane Savino, of the Independent Democratic Conference, members of which faced primary threats from de Blasio - backed candidates last spring before agreeing to caucus with Democrats if they won the majority (some still faced primaries), had a warning for the mayor in November 2013.

But when Mr. Sampson won re-election with Mr. Seddio's backing in 2014, the majority of his votes came from the East New York part of the district.

«A group of shadow ministers believe that one of Tony Blair's bigger strategic mistakes was to row back on co-operation with the Liberal Democrats when he won such a large Commons majority in 1997.

Thanks to the Republican controlled Congress of January 1995 through January 2007 (when the Dems won a narrow majority), their DE-regulating Wall Street and the Banks led America into a Financial Disaster not seen since the Great Depression, do we really want the GOP back in charge???? NO!

His manifold political successes — from beating David Davis for the Tory leadership to becoming Prime Minister in 2010, turning back Scottish independence in 2014 and winning an unprecedented majority at the 2015 election — will be wiped from the historical record.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday afternoon rallied on Long Island for Democrats to win back control of the House of Representatives and take a working majority in the state Senate, insisting Republicans are wrong on the issues that range from gun control, to immigration and the environment.

«The overwhelming majority of the people in the room felt that Elise Stefanik was a fresh new face that could better represent and create the excitement to win back the seat,» he said in a telephone interview.

Skelos made a mistake with him and he knows it but in the end, he did nt care as long as he wins the majority back.

Though he had pledged in exchange for the Working Families Party endorsement to help the Democrats with their quest to win back the Senate majority, Cuomo did not endorse Panepinto.

Flanagan won the majority leader post in a narrow vote and he did receive backing from six upstate Republicans, including western New York Sen. Cathy Young.

The Senate Democrats and the governor have been at odds over the past year, following Cuomo's failure to significantly follow through on his pledge to help the conference in its 2014 quest to win back the majority.

It remains to be seen how Cuomo can convince Senate Republicans, who hold a narrow majority in the chamber and have generally won support from the state's business interests, to back the wage hike, which through the campaign has had a specific connotation to $ 15.

In an interview Friday, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, downplayed the long - term consequences of the rule change, which could spark heated battles should Democrats win back control of both chambers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will headline a fund - raiser in New York City tomorrow for the House Majority PAC, the Super PAC dedicated to helping the Democrats in their quest to win back control of the chamber.

The House Majority PAC, a left - leaning Super PAC that's trying to help the House Democrats in their quest to win back the majority, is launching a $ 2.2 million TV ad blitz in six competitive House districts across the nation — including one in NMajority PAC, a left - leaning Super PAC that's trying to help the House Democrats in their quest to win back the majority, is launching a $ 2.2 million TV ad blitz in six competitive House districts across the nation — including one in Nmajority, is launching a $ 2.2 million TV ad blitz in six competitive House districts across the nation — including one in New York.

The statement by reader — «In fact calling a special at all will severely hamper their efforts to win back the majority and would have to be viewed as a slight against them.»

The real mission, they said, is to win congressional seats to take back the U.S. House of Representatives and shore up a larger Democratic majority in the Senate to continue the state's progressive agenda and ensure a «fair and effective redistricting process.»

They are both in heavily Democratic districts, and if the party's candidates win the seats in the special election, they would have the numerical majority required to take back control of the Senate from the Republicans.

There is a movement to put Senator John Sampson at the head of the group in an effort to lure back at least Senator Hiram Monserrate, who defected to the Republican side on Monday to help win them the apparent majority.

This is the type of competitive district in the Northeast that Democrats need to win to get back to the majority, but that's a difficult task this cycle.

Rice, a Garden City Democrat in her second term, voted instead for Rep. Tim Ryan (D - Ohio)-- who is not related to Speaker Paul Ryan — to continue her protest of the current leadership and the Democrats» failure to determine why they have not won back the House majority.

The paper reports that Labour is intending to try and highlight divisions with Conservative Party over climate change in the top Tory target seats where the Green Party won more than 2 % of the vote at the last election - in the hope of stopping Green supporters from switching to back the Conservatives and helping to deliver a Tory majority in the Commons.