Tag: new york
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New York environmental bond removed from the November ballot, with governor citing an unstable financial situation
On July 30, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced that a $3.00 billion bond measure related to environmental projects was removed from the general election ballot. In April 2020, as part of the state budget bill, the New York State Legislature passed a provision for the bond measure. Gov. Cuomo proposed the bond…
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Jacobs sworn into U.S. House to represent New York’s 27th Congressional District
Just under a month after Christopher Jacobs (R) won the special election to fill the vacant seat in New York’s 27th Congressional District, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) swore him into office on July 21. Jacobs defeated Nate McMurray (D/Working Families Party), Duane Whitmer (Libertarian Party), and Michael Gammariello (Green Party) in the…
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New York Assemblymember Gantt dies
New York State Assemblymember David Gantt (D) died on July 1 after serving in the legislature for close to thirty years. Gantt was first elected to represent District 133 in the New York State Assembly in 1983. He was elected to represent District 137 in 2013 and held that office until his death. Vacancies in…
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House Judiciary Chairman Nadler wins three-way Democratic primary in New York’s 10th District
Rep. Jerry Nadler, first elected in 1992, defeated Lindsey Boylan and Jonathan Herzog in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District. The election was held on June 23, 2020, but results were delayed. due to the number of absentee ballots. New York state law prohibits such ballots from being counted until the beginning…
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Flanagan resigns from New York Senate, Republicans select new Minority Leader
John J. Flanagan (R) resigned from the New York State Senate on June 28, ending more than 20 years of service in the New York state legislature. Flanagan represented District 9 in New York’s General Assembly beginning in 1987 and won election to the state Senate in 2002. Flanagan had already announced that he would…
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Voters decide state-level races in Kentucky, New York, South Carolina
On June 23, 2020, Kentucky and New York held primaries for state-level offices, and South Carolina held state legislative primary runoff elections. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for November 3, 2020. In Kentucky, 19 state Senate seats and all 100 state House seats were on the ballot, along with one state…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins renomination over three challengers
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) defeated challengers Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Badrun Khan, and Sam Sloan in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District. As of 11:15 p.m. Eastern Time on June 23, Ocasio-Cortez had received 73.8% of the vote to Caruso-Cabrera’s 18.6%. This was Ocasio-Cortez’s first primary after she unseated incumbent Joseph Crowley in the…
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Kentucky and New York to hold state legislative and judicial primaries
Kentucky and New York are holding regularly scheduled primaries for state-level offices on June 23. In Kentucky, there are primaries being held for 19 state Senate seats, all 100 state House seats, one state supreme court seat, and one state intermediate appellate court seat. A special general election is being held in District 26 of…
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3 states holding primaries for 42 congressional seats on June 23
Three states are holding primaries on June 23, 2020. Forty-two congressional seats will be on the ballot, including two U.S. Senate seats and 40 U.S. House seats. The following seats will be on the ballot in Kentucky: • 1 U.S. Senate seat • 6 U.S. House seats The following seats will be on the ballot…
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NYT highlights federal law allowing for the repeal of administrative agency regulations
The New York Times in its May 7 morning briefing discussed the use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) during the Trump administration to reverse certain regulations issued by the Obama administration. Trump administration officials, according to the Times, are working to ensure that the administration’s own regulations are not similarly vulnerable to reversal under…