Sentences with phrase «won the seat vacated»

Ball, of course, went on to win the seat vacated by the now - incarcerated Vinnie Leibell, who made a quixotic run for county executive even though he was under investigation by the federal government at the time.

Kaminsky won the seat vacated by former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted on federal corruption, in a special election last April, defeating McGrath.

Turnout is important beyond its role in determining whether Rye Republican Julie Killian or Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers wins the seat vacated after Latimer won election as county executive in November.

Yesterday's Glasgow North East by - election saw Labour win the seat vacated by Michael Martin after he resigned as Speaker with a majority of 8,111 over the SNP.

He first won a special election in 2009 to win the seat vacated by former Rep. John McHugh, a Republican who stepped down to become Secretary of the Army in President Barack Obama's administration.

My point is why are Democrats so sure the Republican party is finished, when you won a seat vacated by a Democrat by such a small margin?

In another special election Tuesday, Democrat Alice Cancel held off a strong challenge from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou to win the seat vacated by disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

In Illinois, Blair worked with Mission Control — Bergman's former employer and now a vendor for the Malloy campaign — and gained respect for his analytics - driven approach, which resulted in Kelly prevailing over a deep field to win the seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr..

Riding on an anti-corruption theme, Kaminsky moved from the Assembly, to which he was elected in 2014, to the Senate in 2016, winning the seat vacated by Skelos after his corruption conviction.

Murphy claims Offinger recently funneled $ 50,000 in a reportedly questionable contribution to Democrat Todd Kaminsky, who narrowly won the seat vacated by convicted state Sen. Dean Skelos.

Not exact matches

The margin by which she wins will be significant, serving as an indication of what's to come in November — particularly for Arizona's Senate seat that's being vacated by retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican.

The special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions's vacated senate seat first drew national attention when Moore won the Republican primary over President Trump's preferred candidate, Luther Strange.

Democrats plan to push hard in an effort to win a number of seats — the one vacated by former Sen. Chuck Fuschillo, the one that used to be held by Foley and will potentially being vacated by Sen. Lee Zeldin (assuming he wins the NY - 1 GOP primary) and the one currently held by Sen. Jack Martins).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo backed a plan last month that would require the mainline Democratic conference and eight - member Independent Democratic Conference to work together to win the Westchester County race as well as seat in the Bronx being vacated by Sen. Ruben Diaz.

She won the 143rd Assembly Seat in 2014 after it was vacated by Democrat Dennis Gabryszak, who retired amid allegations of sexual harassment against a number of female staffers.

Three years later, he won a special election to the Senate, filling a seat vacated by Supreme Court Justice Thomas McGowan.

With the support of heavyweights like Mayor Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch, Greenfield won a contentious special election in March for the seat vacated by Simcha Felder, who left not long after being sworn in for his third term to take a job with NYC Comptroller John Liu.

Both Democrats and Republicans had spent millions of dollars on the Westchester contest, airing hostile television ads, in an effort to win the seat, which was vacated in January by George Latimer, who won his bid for county executive.

Senate Republicans have a track record of winning contested races, having scored a landslide last fall with the seat vacated by GOP former Sen. Tom Libous, who was convicted of lying to the FBI last July.

Ashdown, who won 46 seats for the Lib Dems in 1997, claimed politics is being «disfigured» by Labour and Conservatives vacating the centre ground.

Golden defeated Gentile in 2002 with the help of nearly $ 4 million from the Senate GOP, and Gentile, who spent about half a million dollars on his Senate campaign, subsequently won a special election for the NYC Council seat Golden vacated to move up to the Senate.

A separate incident with curious timing involves the filling of the Common Council seat vacated a year ago March by Mickey Kearns when he won election to the state Assembly.

Mayer's win in the 37th District fills the seat vacated by Democrat George Latimer, who now serves as Westchester County Executive.

But, if Rodriguez wins the Council seat, which will be vacated by term - limited Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito at the end of the year, he would have to give up his position at the firm under new rules passed by the Council last year.

Lackawanna lawmakers by a unanimous vote returned Abdulsalam Noman to the seat he vacated at the end of 2017 after a series of court challenges that eventually ousted Mohamed Albanna from the First Ward seat he had won in the November election.

Perkins, an upper Manhattan Democrat, won a special election in February, vacating his seat on the state Senate.

However, if Latimer does win, he'd have to vacate his Senate seat and that would pose a challenge for Senate Democrats.

Kaminsky vacated the 20th Assembly District seat after winning a seat in the State Senate in April.

He won the seat last year after Duckworth vacated it for a successful Senate bid.

He won the fight for the Bronx / Westchester Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who departed to join the Cuomo administration earlier this year after losing a bid for Mount Vernon mayor in 2015.

Fossella has been rumored to be contemplating a run against Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who won the seat the five - term former Republican lawmaker vacated in 2008.

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.

Club members also heard from former NYC Councilman Robert Jackson, who is running for the Senate seat Adriano Espaillat will vacate if he wins his June 24 primary challenge to Rep. Charlie Rangel; and Jamie Kemmerer, a political activist and executive director of the Bay Ridge Democrats, who plans to challenge GOP Sen. Marty Golden in November.

Fernandez won 1,622 votes, or about 81, sailing into the Assembly seat vacated by Mark Gjonaj, who was elected to the City Council in November.

In East Harlem, front - runner Robert Rodriguez, former chairman of Community Board 11, won the state assembly seat vacated by Powell with 36 percent of the vote.

Four years later, he would earn the Liberal nomination for the seat of Orkney and Shetland, the seat being vacated by former party leader Jo Grimond, and won election to the Parliament.

Democrat Pamela Hunter, who was campaigning to fill the Assembly seat vacated by Sam Roberts in June, won a three - way race with 51 percent of the vote.

Legislator Simon Conroy was reelected to serve Area 4 after winning a special election last year to fill the seat vacated by City of Plattsburgh Mayor Colin Read.

Independent candidate Angus King on Tuesday won the Maine Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Olympia Snowe, effectively shifting the seat to the Democrats.

In 2015, Borelli won his South Shore City Council seat in an uncontested special election to replace Vincent Ignizio, who vacated his seat to become CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

Should special elections be called to fill the two Democratically controlled seats that will be vacated at the end of this year — and assuming Democrats win those seats — there again would be 32 members of the Democratic Party in the Senate, enough to control the majority.

McGrath is running for a second time for the Long Island Senate seat vacated by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a district won by Kaminsky in an April special election.

Local councillor Gillian Troughton won a tense selection battle and will try to defend the party's 2,500 majority in the Copeland seat being vacated by sitting MP Jamie Reed.

Democrats are already optimistic about their chances in winning a Senate seat in Nassau County vacated by former Majority Leader Dean Skelos following his corruption conviction.

Kansas» 3rd district (D): State Rep. Kevin Yoder (R) has united the party behind his candidacy following his primary win last month, boosting Republicans» chances of taking the seat being vacated by Rep. Dennis Moore (D).

Lankford, R - Oklahoma City, ran for the U.S. Senate and won the seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Coburn.

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.

Colorado (R): The race between former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) and Rep. Mark Udall (D) for the seat being vacated by Sen. Wayne Allard (R) is likely to be won by the candidate best able to define his opponent as being out of the state's mainstream.

Maryland: If you believe polling (and we do), Rep. Ben Cardin's win in Tuesday's Democratic primary makes it more difficult for Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) to win the seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes (D).

Hochul served as Erie County Clerk from 2003 - 2007, then won a four - way special election in 2011 for the vacant 26th Congressional seat that was vacated by Chris Lee.