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In this Aug. 15, 2018, file photo, Democratic New York state Senate candidate Julia Salazar smiles as she speaks to a supporter before a rally in McCarren Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Salazar is taking on 16-year-incumbent Sen. Martin Dilan in Brooklyn's 18th District.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: FILE - In this July 28, 2018 file photo, New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated10-term Rep. Joseph Crowley in the Democratic primary, campaigns for Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is back on the campaign trail, but this time in the Midwest. The 28-year-old Democratic rising star is stumping for two young, progressive Democrats hoping to win Democratic primaries in Kansas and Michigan.
Kevin de Leon, a sparsely known liberal legislator trying to oust U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, staged an insider coup Saturday by winning the endorsement of state Democratic Party leaders. The embarrassing snub to Feinstein was a testament to the leftward shift of California Democratic activists in the age of President Donald Trump, highlighting a long-running split between the party establishment and its restive liberal wing.
The House returns from its July Fourth recess this week in a state of remarkable uncertainty, with both Democrats and Republicans facing open questions about their leaders' futures and neither party certain of which will be in control after November's elections. "Sometimes things have to be torn down before they can be built back up," said Representative Brian Higgins, Democrat of New York.
In 1989, a New York businessman who was worried about chronic federal budget deficits erected the National Debt Clock in midtown Manhattan to keep a running tally of how much the U.S. government owes. The total had reached $2.7 trillion, and Seymour Durst wanted "to call attention to the soaring debt and each family's share of it."
Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Shortly after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old democratic socialist, pulled off a surprise left-flank victory over incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley in a New York congressional primary last week, pictures of her childhood home began appearing on social media.
If fired-up young and minority progressives are set to affect the state Democratic primaries, the polls could be the last to show it. But in New York, where the electorate is charged up in the President Trump era and 400,000 new Democrats have registered since 2014, it could make the job even tougher, forcing both public and private pollsters to engage in new models in hopes of getting it right.
Cynthia Nixon spoke last at The Working Family Party State Convention, held Saturday at The First Corinthian Baptist Church, Harlem, NY. The following is an expanded version of the second item from my "Albany Insider" column from Monday's print editions: The Working Families Party has hired people to help circulate designation petitions to get actress and activist Cynthia Nixon on the Sept.
Illustration by Selman Design; Photographs by Tammy Bradshaw, Seth Wenig/Associated Press, Mark Makela for The New York Times, and Jeff Swensen for The New York Times. In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavily favored by the political establishment.
In this Friday, June 22, 2018, photo, Mike Kennedy speaks at a backyard meet and greet in Holladay, Utah. Mitt Romney faces state lawmaker Kennedy on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, as the ex-presidential nominee looks to restart his po... U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley says he wishes "the best" for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the challenger who beat him in the Democratic congressional primary in New York in a highly unexpected upset.
In the last 48 hours, since first-time politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat incumbent and assumed heir to Nancy Pelosi's House Minority Leader role Rep. Joseph Crowley in the Democratic primary in New York, much of the mainstream media has been playing catch up . Thursday night, she spoke in front of a late-night audience for the first time.
On Tuesday night, the 28-year-old New York Democratic primary candidate knocked longtime Democratic Representative Joseph Crowley, who was being considered to take over as Speaker of the House, out of the running . After the results were announced, Spectrum News NY1 shared a video of Ocasio-Cortez learning she'd won the majority votes of New York's 14th Congressional District.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old who's never held elected office, ousted New York City Congressman Joe Crowley. Crowley had been considered a candidate to become House speaker if Democrats win the majority in November.
Mitt Romney wins Republican primary in Utah senate race, as a Democrat heavyweight in New York is ousted by a Sanders socialist Romney's win was largely expected - but the victory of 28-year-old Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over incumbent Representative Joe Crowley is being seen as a massive upset Former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney's return to politics is now official, after he handily won the Republican primary for a Utah Senate seat Tuesday after toning down his criticism of Donald Trump.
There will be important primaries or runoff elections on Tuesday in seven states, including New York, where establishment candidates in both parties face tests in colorful, close primary battles. A former congressman on Staten Island will try to regain his seat, hoping Republican voters look past his criminal record as a tax evader.
Pelosi, who has led the Democrats since 2003, has given no indication she intends to relinquish her position, regardless of the midterm outcomes. But winning the 23 seats Democrats need to seize the House majority may be no guarantee that Pelosi can gather the 218 votes she'd need to retake the Speaker's gavel, which she lost after Republicans captured the chamber in a 2010 wave.
Eight breakaway Senate Democrats that have been aligned with the Republicans since 2011 have agreed to dissolve their independent conference and return to the mainline Democratic conference, a source with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday morning. Under the agreement, which was hashed out during a two-hour meeting on Tuesday with Gov. Cuomo, Rep. Joseph Crowley and influential labor unions, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein will no longer be co-leader of the chamber.
WASHINGTON When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.
When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.