Sentences with phrase «winning open seats»

Republicans have yet to lose a seat of their own — winning open seats in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, New Hampshire and Missouri.

I won the open seat in November 2002 by 721 votes over Gail Hilson and there was no elected R in Manhattan as of 1/1/03.»

In short, the situation is largely unchanged from before Democrat Bill Perkins won an open seat on the city Council and left.

Despite a corruption scandal among Republicans on Long Island, incumbent GOP Senators apparently kept their seats, and won an open seat formerly held by a Republican.

Aggressive in the midterms, Republicans claimed three Democratic seats in New York, upending six - term Rep. Tim Bishop on Long Island and Dan Maffei in the Syracuse area while winning an open seat north of Albany.

New York 21: Obama won here in 2012, 52 - 46 percent, but Republican Elise Stefanik won the open seat two years later in convincing fashion.

Mr. Ghosio, who will replace Republican Chris Talbot on the Town Board, was far from the only candidate to win an open seat Tuesday.

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.

Oneida area — Assemblyman William Sears easily wins an open seat after the death of incumbent James Donovan during the summer.

Republican Henri Martin also kept the 31st Senate District in GOP hands, defeating Democrat Rob Michalik Jr. to win the open seat.

I don't know much about him or his opponent, but if a D can win an open seat race in a district this red, we could have a wild November to look forward to, even in the deep South.

Democratic state Rep. Timothy Larson won the open seat being vacated by longtime Sen. Gary LeBeau, D - East Hartford, who is retiring after nearly two decades serving the district.

In addition to Faso winning an open seat, freshmen Reps. John Katko and Lee Zeldin cruised to re-election: Katko by distancing himself in the Syracuse - area 24th district from the GOP presidential nominee, and Zeldin by enthusiastically supporting Trump in eastern Long Island's 1st district.

Diaz, a 74 - year - old pentecostal minister who also has strong ties in the Dominican community, is favored to win an open seat for the district that includes Parkchester, Castle Hill and Soundview.

In western North Carolina's 11th district, businessman Mark Meadows won the open seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Heath Shuler (D).

The list includes Anthony Brindisi (D), a New York State assemblyman looking to run against Rep. Claudia Tenney (R); Paul Davis, the former Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Kansas hoping to win an open seat; and Gretchen Driskell, a former Michigan state House member running for a rematch against Rep. Tim Walberg (R - Mich.).

Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has held the southeastern Arizona seat since 2006 when she won an open seat race to replace retiring Rep. Jim Kolbe (R).

Mr. Jeffries, after only a couple of terms in the State Assembly, muscled veteran Congressman Ed Towns into retirement and easily won the open seat in his absence last year.

Kathy Tran, who was a baby when she and her parents fled Vietnam in a boat, won an open seat in the Washington suburbs against Republican Lolita Mancheno - Smoak, an immigrant from Ecuador.

D. Billy Jones, who won the open seat to replace state Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (R - Peru), said he's ready for the challenge of representing the 115th District.

Not exact matches

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He made his way to the CART circuit in 1995, winning rookie of the year honors for Hall Racing, and when Penske had a seat open up for the 2000 season, he gave it to de Ferran, largely because he was impressed with the driver's attention to detail.

Should he win a June primary, the seat becomes an open one.

When pressed on whether he has at least thought about a campaign for the formerly GOP - held seat he won back in 2006 (the post was open due to the retirement of former GOP Rep. Sherwood Boehlert; Arcuri defeated former state Sen. Ray Meier), the congressman said he's focused right now on health care -LRB-!)

Senate Democrats on Tuesday won a pair of open seats in the state Senate giving them 32 enrolled members in the 63 - seat chamber, but for now are denied a working majority.

At the same time, Democrats are looking toward two open seats in an April 24 special election that, should they win, give them a numerical majority in the chamber.

Flanagan, who took over the top Senate post from the indicted Dean Skelos in the spring and began worrying that an «open» Staten Island seat would be won by Democrats, convinced the popular Lanza to stay out of the DA's race with promises of added power and influence, undermining the GOP's chance of recapturing the seat that had been held by Republican Daniel Donovan Jr., elected to Congress in May, a GOP insider said.

Who wins Westchester County Exec George Latimer's open seat in the 37th District could also be a bellwether for races around the state, indicating whether Democrats can ride «a wave election» in November, according to political observers.

She went on to win the open 3rd District seat and is now running for Senate.

Democrats see it as a top - tier pickup opportunity, a rare open - seat House race in a tossup district that President Barack Obama won twice.

Even if Democrats win the two open Senate seats and the party regains control of the chamber, there wouldn't be enough time for lawmakers to pass comprehensive legislation before the session ends on June 20, River said.

Rev. Michel Faulkner, the former Jets lineman - turned - minister - turned mayoral candidate, has a long way to go in his bid to win the Republican nomination and oust Mayor Bill de Blasio — but he's already out backing GOP contenders for open City Council seats.

While conceding it is an uphill battle, Gregory says he believes he can win this year, stressing that he is not using the contest to prepare for a future run should the seat open up.

This cycle, Naughton has another competitive Democratic primary but is getting support from EMILY's List in order to win the GOP open seat in November.

Should DeFrancisco win the party's nomination, he will not be able to seek State Senate re-election, opening his seat for the second time in 52 years.

This is a recognition that the GOP finds itself in the unexpected position of defending four open seats — Leibell, Morahan, Volker, Winner — at a time when it needs to be spending its already diminished resources on challenges to incumbent Democrats if it hopes to win back control of the chamber.

The competitive open - seat Senate race in Georgia has become an unwanted liability for Republicans» chances of winning a majority, but Democrat Michelle Nunn still has a perilous path to win a majority of the vote on Nov. 4.

A Sanders - backed candidate won in an open seat in the Hudson Valley.

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.

If he wins the seat, that will leave his seat in the Senate open.

Democrats saw a potential opening in 2014, when incumbent Republican Sen. Greg Ball declined to run for re-election, but Murphy won the seat against two - time candidate Justin Wagner.

Well maybe it's a problem that no one living in a strong Tory area will be able to secure a seat in parliament, because where I live it wouldn't really matter whether they had an open primary or they drew the names out of a hat - it ain't gonna be Labour winning this seat any time soon.

«WFP candidates swept our priority races tonight, fending off a million - dollar expenditure from billionaires seeking to privatize education and winning key open seat races that will shape the state Assembly for years to come.

The party also touted wins by its endorsed candidates running for open Assembly seats, including: lawyer and play producer Robert Carroll, who won the Park Slope seat being vacated by retiring Assemblyman Jim Brennan; and community board chair and coffee shop founder Tremaine Wright (NYC), who landed the Bed - Stuy seat currently represented by retiring Assemblywoman Annette Robinson; Anthony Eramo (Long Island), who was victorious in the fight for now - Sen.

Washington (CNN)-- Democrat Martin Heinrich has won New Mexico's open Senate seat, defeating Republican nominee Heather Wilson, according to CNN's projections.

A win on Sept. 13 would arguably cause a bit of a headache for Silver, since it will open yet another seat in his Democratic conference.

De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open» seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress, represent a consolidation of power for the three, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.

In 1998, he won the election for an open seat.

This transformed the race from an open seat that favored the Democrats to one that may be harder for them to win but comes with a more delicious prize: finishing off Rubio for good.

While the IDC has once more aligned with the Senate Republicans, the conference remained officially neutral in the 2016 elections, and claimed it was open to partnering with the mainline Democrats if they won enough seats to build a unified majority.