Sentences with phrase «wrests majority control»

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Paterson was replaced as minority leader by Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith, who made history in 2009 when the Democrats wrested control of the majority from the GOP and he became the chamber's first black majority leader.

Democrats said they will now focus on winning more seats in November to build a clear majority and wrest Senate control from the GOP.

After four years of further Democratic control of the Senate, Republicans were able to wrest control in the 2014 mid-term elections from Majority Leader Harry Reid, keeping it for the remaining two years of Obama's term.

Control of the party has been challenged by two additional groups seeking to wrest power from a group led by Cuomo, leading a state Supreme Court judge to declare no one could claim leadership over the line until a majority of the candidates who ran last as WEP candidates sign off on the rules.

Days before the April 19 special election on Long Island to replace ex-Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's chief fundraiser procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats wrest control of the key district.

The Man Who Would Be Majority Leader, one of the nation's most powerful posts, should the Democrats wrest control of the august Upper Chamber, does have a challenger after all.