Sentences with phrase «with voters in the district»

The day began with Heaney calling on Faso, a former Assembly minority leader who likely enjoys higher name recognition with voters in the district given that he was once an elected official, to hold six debates ahead of the primary.

Pignatelli said that he'd like to see more of either candidate communicate more with the voters in his district before he'll make a decision.

Not exact matches

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.

Many voters in Arizona's Eighth Congressional District seem to take Stormy Daniels's claim of an affair with Donald Trump with a dose of skepticism.

If the voters decide to dissolve the district, Gurnee residents allied with Fiddyment would seek to re-establish a district in a referendum question in next March «s election and simultaneously field a slate of five candidates for a new park board.

The Park Board voted last week to hold a referendum asking voters to approve a $ 6 million bond issue to pay the district's share of a building to be constructed in partnership with Joliet - based Provena St. Joseph Medical Center.

In March, voters approved the district's plan for the $ 13 1/2 million recreation complex, which is to include two gyms, an indoor playground, a fitness center, an indoor swimming pool, and an outdoor pool with water slide.

Three times in the late 1990s the district went to voters to ask for more money to deal with the costs of overcrowding and make ends meet.

With a study on the feasibility of an indoor swimming pool in Glen Ellyn concluding that either a smaller or larger version could be self - sustaining, the enthusiasts who raised the money for the document hope to persuade park district officials to put the issue to voters.

With 25,000 voters in the park district, 2,500 signatures were needed to get the question placed on the March ballot.

Park District voters will be asked Nov. 7 to approve a $ 6 million bond issue to finance a recreation and fitness center that will be built in partnership with Provena St. Joseph Medical Center.

That parties in the US get less seats than percentage of voters may also just be because the voting system is a majority voting system not a proportional one, similar to the UK but additionally with partisan district partitioning which allows gerrymandering.

«While Nate McMurray was busy at his Grand Island Town Hall Campaign Headquarters currying favor with the Democrat establishment and figuring out how to sell the Cuomo / Pelosi agenda to NY - 27 voters, Chris Collins was spending his time delivering historic tax cuts for working families in his district, expanding access to broadband in rural communities, defending our Lake Ontario Shoreline and protecting our Second Amendment rights,» Piligra said.

His first ad was released Friday and offered voters in the 24th congressional district with a refresher course on the businessman's background.

Redistricting in the early 1990s was bad enough, with certain Democratic urban legislators teaming up with suburban Republicans to sketch sprawling monsters linking scattered pockets of (presumably) like - minded voters, in the process often creating a slew of safe Republican districts enveloping a handful of others packed to the gills with minority and other reliably Democratic voters.

«Voters in the 22nd Congressional District have the choice between three candidates, two of which are running on alleged business acumen matched with extreme views.

Likewise their targetability — some vendors can even match voter databases with commercial databases to hit ONLY past voters in a given Congressional district, just one example of the ability of search advertising to reach a defined audience with the right message at the right time.

Only a very small number of districts, mostly urban districts packed with African - American voters, vote Democrat in the south.

«In addition to the money raised Chris McGrath has been meeting with voters from across the district every day and built an operation that has knocked on thousands of doors as well as made tens of thousands of phone calls,» Murray said.

The 9th Senate district in Nassau County includes the predominantly Jewish Five Towns community and Republicans have sought to bolster support among those voters, with McGrath pledging to aid Yeshivas and day schools if elected.

«With 32 legislative districts, hundreds of dedicated volunteers, and nearly 100,000 registered Republican voters in Manhattan, the RLC is dedicated to fielding candidates in every district and giving them the grassroots support they need.»

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets represented too.

Felder, an observant Jew whose district includes many Orthodox Jewish voters, said his constituents «don't agree» with a lot of what two of the state's top Democrats — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have been saying in the wake of Donald Trump's election, pledging to fight on behalf of liberal values and maintain a sort of safe haven for the left in New York.

[Updated below] A big change in the world of campaign advertising: over the past six months: the practice of targeting online ads directly at voters in a particular district has gone from being exotic to being a standard part of the political toolkit, with serious implications both for the...

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

More than 900 voters in the Onteora Central School District braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propoDistrict braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propodistrict's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propositions.

«[Katko] not only faces a math problem in this district but an even bigger trust deficit with voters.

But Zeldin starts off with a larger amount of cash on hand, a Republican edge in the district's voter registration, a reputation for being a hard worker, and all the advantages of being an incumbent.

For example, a voter in the Nablus district could cast up to six votes; the six candidates with the highest vote totals are elected.

Voters in the 19th Congressional district are being offered a choice between longtime resident John Faso with a proven track record of cutting budgets, lowering taxes, and working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and a radical New York City academic, with no roots in the district, who supports higher taxes, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and ever larger government in Washington.

Indeed, Mr. Skelos and his Republican colleagues drew a new State Senate district in southern Brooklyn this year and packed it with as many Orthodox Jewish voters as possible.

Democrats say Hinchey's southern New York seat could now be eliminated, with voters in the Democratic - friendly seat spread around to the surrounding districts currently occupied by GOP Reps. Nan Hayworth and Chris Gibson.

Gregory said that the mood of the district has changed in two years, with many voters unhappy with Trump's «divisive rhetoric» and the Republican tax bill.

But if you start early, you can become friends with a few influencers who know every voter in your district and can help you win.

She noted the Constitution doesn't require candidates to live in the district they're seeking to represent, although generally living in another state entirely is a tough sell with voters (perhaps there's a different standard for former football stars).

Republicans hold an enrollment advantage in the district, but Batman has won races for Scipio town supervisor and Cayuga County Legislature in districts with more GOP voters than Democrats.

If there's one thing Democratic former Rep. Brad Schneider wants voters in Illinois» 10th District to know, it's that incumbent Rep. Robert J. Dold has sided with Republicans in Congress.

With no discussion and in less than two minutes, the state's Smart Schools Review Board approved the second round of funding allocations to 36 districts from the $ 2 billion Smart Schools bond act approved by voters in 2014.

«Given Jack Martins» past defense of Dean Skelos and continued support for Donald Trump despite his dangerous ideas, it is clear that voters in New York's 3rd congressional district won't let Martins get away with putting Trump and his own party before country.»

The polling, shared first with CQ Roll Call, found that in six districts held by Republicans, voters would be less likely to support the GOP incumbent if they opposed the Equality Act.

Since there are approximately 146,311,000 registered voters in the U.S., winning this district with the single vote cast would give a popular vote percentage of 1 / (146,311,000 - 403,802) = 0.000000685367 %

(Either he or Katz would likely do well with the Jewish voters in the district).

The smallest of those districts is Nebraska's 3rd district with 608,438 people, with an estimated 403,803 registered voters (calculated as 1/3 of the total registered voters in the Nebraska).

Unshackle says voters in those districts will soon start seeing two different versions of mailers: One attacking Democratic incumbents Dave Valesky and Darrel Aubertine, and another that links Sen. Bill Stachowski with the man who defeated him in the Sept. 14 primary, Tim Kennedy.

As of 2016, 37 states plus the District of Columbia allow some form of early voting, with almost 40 % of voters participating in early voting.

There are 53,761 enrolled voters in the 25th Assembly District, according to the BOE, with 31,457 active enrolled Democrats.

But an official with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012 congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.

When he ventured to lawmakers» districts for speeches on spending or ethics, Mr. Cuomo never failed to invite them along — an exercise not only in deference, but also in demonstrating to legislators the full force of his popularity with voters.

WHEREAS, the Board is authorized to enter a multi-year contract for the transportation of students, when authorized by District voters in accordance with the rules of the Board and consistent with the regulations of the Commissioner; and,