Sentences with phrase «year than the incumbent»

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> A Greene County resident who is among eight Democrats seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Faso in the 2018 election has raised more for his campaign this year than the incumbent or any of the other Democrats, thanks in large part to a $ 500,000 loan from himself.

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Over the years, Virgin has competed well in markets where incumbents do business in a particular way for no other reason than «that's the way we've always done it.»

Wind, which launched early this year, already offers unlimited data for $ 35 a month — significantly less than the incumbent carriers.

The company said in February it was losing more than $ 1 billion a year in China's red - hot ride hailing market, where it is battling large local incumbents to win customers.

Republicans Are Better Off Than You Think: Lots of Republican incumbents are retiring this year, but half of them are in districts usually won by the GOP.

English bishops are now generally freed from the responsibility of maintaining the medieval mansions in which some of them still reside; their salaries are now with a few exceptions equalized at # 2000 - # 2500, while most English dioceses achieve a minimum stipend for incumbents of # 500 or better.24 In available goods and comparable status this is probably somewhat but not much better than the «passing rich on forty pounds a year «25 Of two centuries ago.

Cherwin called Yepsen a «true progressive» and a «fresh face,» who he believes voters of the 43rd Senate District will find more attractive in an election year expected to be difficult for incumbents than the man to whom he referred as «Bruno's hand - picked replacement.»

McCain, the fifth - term incumbent, ended the year with $ 5.1 million in the bank after raising just more than $ 950,000 — and spending most of it — during the final three months of 2015.

Brooklyn District 40 (Flatbush and Prospect Lefferts Gardens): After several years of mostly undistinguished service, incumbent Mathieu Eugene faces a serious challenge from Pia Raymond, who has actually raised and spent more than Eugene.

The work comes more than a year before incumbents face re-election, but are already facing declared challengers.

States with elections in 2014 held fewer general elections between partisan candidates, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.

States with elections in 2015 held fewer general elections between partisan candidates and more incumbents ran for re-election than in the 2011 election cycle, the last time all four odd - year states held legislative elections.

Mr. Abubakar claims his performance as Northern Region Minister in the past six months is better than the eight years of incumbent Member of Parliament, Dr Sagre Bambangi.

This year's election was expected to be less suspenseful for the incumbent than it was two years ago.

Even in 2010, the year Malliotakis first took elected office by beating the Democratic incumbent, her total vote tally was 52.2 percent (13,944 votes out of 26,705), marginally less than the 55 percent she claims on her website.

Hanna, 59, of Barneveld, Oneida County, disclosed he raised more than $ 358,000 in the first quarter of the year, eclipsing Arcuri, a two - term incumbent by about $ 150,000, according to disclosure reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.

In the state comptroller's race, Democratic incumbent Tom DiNapoli has a two - to - one lead over his GOP challenger, Harry Wilson, but nearly two - thirds of voters still have no opinion about DiNapoli despite the fact that he's spent more than three years in office.

The poll reinforces the widespread view that Gillibrand is set to cruise to re-election, though Republicans argue that the three - year incumbent's support is softer than it appears.

Additionally, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.

This year, both major party candidates for governor, incumbent Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley, qualified for public financing and each has received more than $ 6.5 million to spend on the general election.

Wednesday will mark the 11th Budget for the 56 - year - old chancellor, now the longest standing incumbent of the office for more than 100 years.

«Every year, hundreds of donors give more money than is allowed by state law that has highest limits of any state capping donation size; scores of candidates fail to disclose large contributions received in the run - up to Election Day; thousands of filings obfuscate the identity of donors or the purpose of expenditures through the inclusion of incomplete or incorrect information; and dozens of incumbent lawmakers spend campaign funds for what reasonable people would unanimously agree are non-campaign reasons,» the report found.

Cronin is facing Republican incumbent Kemp Hannon, whose seat Democrats have targeted in recent years, especially during presidential election cycles when his margins of victory have generally been lower than in gubernatorial years.

At 2/1 odds, incumbent Donald Trump remains the prohibitive favorite, still more than three years out from the next election.

But the Post celebrates the DA for taking that stance, saying he'll be better able to probe public corruption than a 12 - year Senate incumbent ever could.

More than a dozen candidates are vying to de-throne mayoral incumbent Bill de Blasio, who is vying for his second term in office this year.

Weprin is one of a number of incumbents angling for the leadership position in a Council that will see more than 20 of the body's 52 seats filled with freshman members next year.

«After 34 years of Albany incumbent Hugh Farley's runaway spending, job - killing taxes, and irresponsible corporate giveaways for his Wall Street banker buddies, it's not surprising that fewer than half the voters want him to remain as their senator.

More than a year out from Election Day 2016, Republican incumbents and GOP - aligned outside groups have shelled out at least $ 13.3 million to boost their re-election prospects and attack potential Democratic challengers in Senate contests across the map.

Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

And this year, the first incumbent - free mayoral contest in more than a decade, will also mark a coming - out party of sorts for a new class of influencers looking to make their marks.

«Two years ago, we came very close — in fact closer than any challenger to an incumbent senator,» Jackson said in a statement.

For more than 50 years, Albany lawmakers have unilaterally controlled the state's redistricting process, allowing them to carefully engineer districts that let incumbents coast to victory.

A POLITICO analysis of new federal disclosures suggests many Democratic Senate incumbents — particularly those who have been most outspoken in their resistance to Trump — are on a trajectory to raise more money online than in any previous nonelection year.

Mr. Thompson was elected district attorney in 2013 after campaigning on a platform of reform and racial justice, and unseating Charles J. Hynes, a fellow Democrat and a troubled incumbent who had served more than 20 years.

The opportunity for a power shift at the Legislature is higher than normal this year, thanks to decisions by four incumbent Republicans not to seek re-election.

Seventeen incumbents had served fewer than ten years.

They found that in years when the team won in the two weeks prior to election day, the incumbent or their party received 1.6 per cent more of the votes than in years when the team lost (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1007420107).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected the Maryland - based aerospace giant yesterday in a competition that ran more than 2 years longer than expected and featured a record seven bidders, including incumbent Raytheon Polar Services.

More than 20 years ago, when I took my oath of office to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, I solemnly swore to «administer justice without respect to persons,» to «do equal right to the poor and to the rich,» and to «faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me... under the Constitution and laws of the United States.»

Rather than simply testing proofs - of - concept, incumbent firms began to take more dedicated steps toward making their vision of blockchain's impact apparent over the course of the year.

With no incumbent running for president in 2008, the primaries will present voters with more choices than they've seen in many years.