Sentences with phrase «win general election races»

For Republicans, former state Rep. Randy Graf remains the favorite, but the candidacies of former state party chairman Mike Hellon and state Rep. Steve Huffman give national Republicans reason for optimism: Kolbe has previously said that Graf, who challenged him in the 2004 primary, is too conservative to win a general election race in this swing district.

Not exact matches

Shortly after Carl Paladino handily won the Republican nomination in the race for governor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated Paladino and welcomed him to the general election fight — and Senate Democrats were quick to pounce.

(That race was eventually won by former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who lost the general election in a landslide to the winner of the Democratic primary, current NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio).

If Fossella were to get into the NY - 13 ring and win the GOP primary (assuming Grimm and his opponent, Michael Allegretti, remained in the race), he would not — as it stands now — have the Conservative line, which sets up a three - way race in the general election.

Whether it's won in a special election or the general, incumbency remains a dominant force in legislative races.

A political party is granted automatic ballot status — the right to field a candidate in any race in the state without circulating petitions — if its gubernatorial candidate wins more than 50,000 votes in a general election.

It is also due to painful memories, such as the Smethwick controversy in the 1964 general election, in which Tory candidate Peter Griffiths exploited racial tensions in the West Midlands constituency to win the race.

Labor was divided in that race, which ended up being carried by Espaillat's hand - picked successor, Marisol Alcantara, who was also backed by IDC Leader Jeff Klein, of the Bronx, and has indicated (though her spokeswoman, Lis Smith) that she will join the breakaway GOP - allied IDC conference after her all - but - certain general election win in November.

Danny Tarkanian topped eight others Tuesday night to win Nevada's 4th district Republican primary, setting up a general election race with Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford.

With Hunter's exit, Katko is a lock to win the Republican nomination and can focus on the general election race against Maffei.

Spitzer crushed Republican John Faso 69 percent to 29 percent, in the general election that year, but Faso won this year's race in the 19th District.

With Hunter out of the race, Katko is a lock to win the party's nomination and can focus on the general election.

Brown won the Republican nomination by a significant margin, but was narrowly defeated in the race by incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in the general election.

Matteo won both the primary and the general election, and the fight in that race has left some scars on party members.

While many who follow Buffalo politics consider Tuesday night's Democratic primary the race that effectively settled the campaign for mayor, Byron Brown stated he is focusing on winning the general election in November.

Campbell won the general election over an independent candidate, without a Republican in the race.

Cuomo is almost certain to win both his primary and general election races, likely in blowouts.

For his part, Mr Davis - who had led the seven - month race until the party conference in Blackpool - said he looked at the debates between them as «not just a contest for the leadership, but a preamble to us winning the next general election».

President Trump's reaction to Democrat Dough Jones» upset victory in the Alabama U.S. Senate race: «The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election.

We also need to remember that, despite Brown's special election win, Democrats ran the table in the 2010 general election in Massachusetts, winning every congressional race and every statewide seat.

The 7th District race, one strategist warned, represents a potential dilemma for the Democrats: a more liberal candidate could win the primary, only to face a tough general election against Culberson for the GOP - leaning seat.

Trump said the Republican primary race will be «over» if he wins Indiana's contest this week, as his chief rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, refused over and over to say whether he'd back the bombastic billionaire in a general election.

Of the two contested races, Joy Hofmeister and Mark Costello won in the general election.

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, who took over after the death of Ken Thompson in 2016, won a resounding victory in a crowded Democratic primary that fully determines the race, given no general election competition.

I'm in this race to win the primary and then we'll talk general election.

He easily won the general election over former Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro in the race to succeed Eliot Spitzer, who was elected governor the same year.

Unlike the often straightforward results of a General Election, the party political outcome from Thursday has been very much a mixed one, with Labour suffering severe losses in Scotland, and being pushed into third position by the Conservatives, but largely holding on to their councils in England, and also securing a morale boosting win in the London Mayoral race.

AFC and its state affiliated PACs invested in 121 individual races in 12 states in the general election, winning 89 % of its targeted races.

Nearly two - thirds of Congressional districts are «safe» for one party, meaning the party primary is the real race because one party is all but guaranteed to win the general election.