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"career politician" refers to a person who has made politics their main profession and has consistently held elected positions for a long time. It suggests that the person's focus is on their political career rather than other professions or interests.
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He distances himself
from career politicians and says that if elected governor he would work to improve the state's business climate.
But the console makers and third party publishers sound a lot like
career politicians when they talk about walking the line between the old and new worlds.
Do the two
party career politicians appear unwilling or unable to address the many issues and challenges facing our nation?
She wants local communities to have control over spending decisions —
not career politicians like John Faso, who sat in Albany for 16 years while property taxes skyrocketed 43 %.»
The ad also feeds into Lynton Crosby's attempts to paint the two Eds as
career politicians with no experience of the real world.
«We the people are standing up against the politics of the status quo and against the corruption and cronyism of
career politicians in Washington.»
One candidate for mayor, Republican billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, said the arrests «point to a culture of corruption that permeates our city and state, corruption fueled
by career politicians who put personal advancement before public service.»
What's more, the field of data - driven political persuasion is fairly new, meaning a company that can claim success in a realm many
career politicians do not really understand has a huge marketing advantage.
«Nita Lowey and
other career politicians who kicked the can down the road year after year have to explain to voters how they got us $ 16 trillion in the hole.»
They claim to protect ordinary people against the «caste» of
career politicians whose policies they accuse of protecting the interests of bankers and big multinational corporations.
«Two things are certain: businessman Carl Paladino is competitive with
career politician Andrew Cuomo and this will be a very close race.»
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While career politician Dan Maffei was handing out $ 200,000 in taxpayer - funded bonuses to his staff and voting for first class airfare for members of Congress, John Katko was prosecuting gang members and corrupt politicians,» Prior said in a statement.
«Today's Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in the New York State shows Buffalo builder Carl Paladino down by 14 points
against career politician Andrew Cuomo, 51 to 37 percent.
David Weprin will stop at nothing to distract voters from
what career politicians like him have done to this economy.»
Hold on to your wallets, Paul Graziano is looking for your money to help support
career politician Tony Avella.
«It's the
desperate career politician who, you know, who just doesn't want to see an independent Democrat like me in this race, and is trying to attack me with no grounds whatsoever,» he said.
«Jack Martins is once again showing his true colors as a hypocritical
machine career politician — hurling baseless allegations about something he is doing himself.
«Bob Cohen, a proven job creator who knows the importance of cutting taxes, is already within striking distance of
career politician George Latimer in Westchester County, home to the highest property taxes in the nation.»
Shah's journey into politics is a far cry from the PPE - at - Oxford template of the traditional upper - middle -
class career politician.
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«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder -
climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.
Successful career politicians benefit from just enough emotional autism to ignore a room full of braying enemies desperate for their humiliation.
«If a
smooth career politician like Andrew Cuomo doesn't have the courage to debate a businessman from Buffalo, how will he have the courage to take on the entrenched special interests in Albany,» Paladino said in a statement.
On the other hand, if the intention is to rely more on the legislature for policy making, presidents will
appoint career politicians, including members of the Congress, to win their support.
«Joe Dillon offers the voters of the 37th Senate district in Westchester a contrast that
scares career politicians like George Latimer.
And of course, someone moved fast to buy up the misspelled domain name, which now plays host to a site that's not exactly flattering to the sitting Senator (it starts here and gets worse: «Lisa Murkowski is an elitist, Big Government, Tax and
Spend career politician who was given the seat by her daddy.»).
«The recent convictions of leaders from both houses of the legislature, both
career politicians amassing very large pensions; the current ongoing investigations of corruption around the state; and the campaign finance scandal that is shining a light on the alleged actions of the mayor of New York City attempting to skirt campaign finance laws to peddle influence in upstate as well as Long Island, makes it crucial that this measure be passed this year.»