Sentences with phrase «winning congressional seats»

Rep. Katherine Clark won her congressional seat with the help of Emily's List in 2012.

When Hinchey won a congressional seat in 1992, allegiance from his Democratic supporters never wavered even when Washington kept him away more often from local political activities than Albany did.

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.»

«And he's in a strong position despite being both an incumbent — incumbents have lost the last three elections — and a Republican, when Democrats have won the congressional seat in the last two presidential elections.

It is a virtual certainty that the candidate who wins the Democratic primary will win the congressional seat in the general election this November.

Although he has said nothing formally, many note that Lanza (R - Staten Island) could run for district attorney to replace Donovan should the DA win the congressional seat in a special election.

A retired ophthalmologist who spent her own money to win a Congressional seat in the suburbs north of New York City, she is unknown in Albany.

But NY - 13 is incredibly diverse, and anyone running to win this Congressional seat will need to be competitive in every neighborhood and with every racial and ethnic group.

Some see an advantage in waiting to push reunification until closer to the 2018 election, when challenges to IDC members will solidify and Democrats will be rallying to win Congressional seats.

Not exact matches

It will be the nation's first special congressional election since Trump's win, and Democrats view it as their best chance to flip the seat representing the heavily Republican 4th District in southern Kansas.

Wang estimates Democratic congressional candidates would need to win the 2018 nationwide vote by 7 to 12 percentage points to capture enough seats to win control of the House.

It sounds most improbable, but Richard ran for a congressional seat in Brooklyn, on a left - of - mainstream Democratic ticket, and I explored doing the same in Johnstown, Pennsylvania» the seat that not long afterward the Vietnam veteran Jack Murtha won.

«Bottom line — if the Hayworth campaign is able to appropriately fund paid media for the final push to get Nan's message out to voters in the district, she can win back this congressional seat on November 4th,» the memo concludes.

Democrat Dan Maffei, who's trying to win back his seat from the Republican who ousted him from it in 2010, Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, was one of several New York congressional contenders boosted recently by brief visits from Bill Clinton.

Soon after he left the House in 2004, his Congressional seat was won by South Buffalo Democrat Brian Higgins.

During the last cycle, she help raise more than $ 1 million for other congressional hopefuls and then touted the role she had played in an «historic election for women» that saw a record number of female candidates running — and winning — seats in Washington.

In an optimistic move, a Congressional candidate has registered a leadership PAC before winning a seat in Congress.

But first, he has to win a Democratic primary to run for the 21st Congressional District seat held by Republican Elise Stefanik.

And there's some in Upstate New York, some congressional Democrats that won again in either 2006 or 2008, very strong Democratic years, in seats that have traditionally been kind of squishy, not very Democratic, a little bit more Republican, and all of them could face some problems.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler won the Democratic primary Tuesday for a New York City congressional seat he's held for nearly a quarter - century, defeating his opponent in the first Democratic primary challenge he's faced in two decades.

Hayes would have made history, becoming the first African - American candidate to win the state Democratic party's endorsement for a Congressional seat.

Should Rice or Maloney win the attorney general nomination at the state party's convention on May 23rd and 24th, a «declination period» would start for the congressional district during which the lawmaker would decline the party's nomination for his or her House seat.

What was perhaps most interesting, though, was Cox's repeated name - dropping of Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, who won the disgraced Anthony Weiner's Brooklyn congressional seat.

Republican congressional hopeful John Faso announced Wednesday he had raised $ 624,750 in the first quarter as part of his bid to win the Hudson Valley House seat held by outgoing Rep. Chris Gibson.

What percentage of our total congressional seats are those GOP wins?

The WFP, he said, must remain united in order for Democrats to win back the state Senate and «defeat nasty Republicans who sit in these congressional seats all across New York state.»

There is speculation in Staten Island political circles that Malliotakis may be interested in running for this congressional seat, should she not win her current mayoral race.

«If you have made your money, given back to the community and are not trying to randomly buy a congressional seat, you have a much better chance of winning.»

Which just happens to be the center of the 19th Congressional District, where she's now the favored candidate to win the nomination for an open seat.

Democratic congressional hopeful Zephyr Teachout on Thursday was endorsed by the Working Families Party in her bid to win a Hudson Valley House seat.

The latest flare up in the will - she - or - won't - she drama of Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul happened Monday amid a Buffalo News report that Democrats were moving to take Nate McMurray out of the running for a congressional seat in western New York and replace him with Hochul.

The Democrat won Murtha's congressional seat.

Katko's 24th Congressional District seat is among some three dozen seats that Democrats have targeted as a key to winning back control of the House.

Alan Grayson, the Florida representative and liberal firebrand hoping to win Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat, was attempting to explain the recent avalanche of explaining he's had to do as he runs in the Democratic primary against his congressional colleague Patrick Murphy, the preferred candidate of the Democratic Establishment.

«We need to win and, more importantly, defeat those nasty Republicans sitting in congressional seats,» said Schneck, a Lake Grove resident.

Jack Trammell unanimously won the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 7th Congressional District seat at the party convention last weekend.

Assembly District in an open seat if Grace Meng — who has not ruled out running for Assembly — wins the race for the sixth Congressional District.

Both national political parties have already targeted the 24th Congressional District seat as a top priority for 2016, signaling they plan to invest heavily to win the Syracuse area seat.

In the 2014 mid-term elections, Republican David Rouzer won the state's Seventh Congressional District seat, increasing the congressional delegation party split to 10 - 3 in favoCongressional District seat, increasing the congressional delegation party split to 10 - 3 in favocongressional delegation party split to 10 - 3 in favor of the GOP.

Vasquez will run for the 40th Assembly District in an open seat if Grace Meng — who has not ruled out running for Assembly — wins the race for the sixth Congressional District.

Former Simsbury First Selectwoman Mary Glassman won the Democratic Party's endorsement to run for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District seat Monday night.

Republican Michael Grimm, who is mounting a challenge to fellow GOPer U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R - Bay Ridge - Southwest Brooklyn - Staten Island) to try and win back the congressional seat he resigned from in 2015, is no fan of the F.B.I.

Comstock, already a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee target for 2016, won the open seat to replace GOP Rep. Frank R. Wolf, her former boss, by 16 points in 2014.

«We are in a great position to win this seat back and bring new ideas and new leadership to the 21st Congressional District.

And Weiner's announcement comes just two weeks after another politician whose career was left for dead following an infamous affair, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, made a huge comeback by winning a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat.

Prior to Kathy Hochul's win in district NY - 26, the Democrats needed to win 25 Congressional seats to regain the House.

Dickens will probably resign from the council to take over Keith Wright's assembly spot when he wins Charlie Rangel's congressional seat.

A super PAC supporting state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday's Democratic congressional primary for retiring Rep. Charles Rangel's seat suggests suppression of white and black voters can help the Dominican - born candidate win.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox predicted the party will win four congressional races and two state Senate seats this fall.

To the contrary (and certainly to the contrary of what the Albany pay - for - play consultants and their friend LB say), Ed Cox has reinvigorated the GOP rank - and - file statewide, given us back control of the state senate and won back a number of congressional seats.