Sentences with phrase «class candidates who»

Not exact matches

In a potential contest over who becomes the «real conservative» alternative to the establishment candidate, Cruz could be the candidate of the middle - class tax cut while Rand Paul would be the candidate of the middle - class tax increase.

The national Republican candidate who came closest to trying to recapture Reagan's appeal to working - class voters was Mike Huckabee.

Whether it is Michael Strain on employment, James Capretta on health care coverage, Robert Stein on taxes or Scott Winship on economic mobility, Republican candidates have a series of approaches they can select from in order to address the concerns of families who are middle - class or aspire to join the middle - class.

What I meant to say is that the religion of a candidate will certainly influence his politics — how could someone who's religion discriminates against a «gay lifestyle» pass legislation that supports gay equality and abolishes the second - class citizen status of gay people?

Standing out against the competition were candidates Maya, of JKS Restaurants, who is working alongside head of operations to develop the drinks offering across the group, and The Railway Kitchen's Martin Bilsborough, both of whom will work closely with bartenders in their respective cities and around the country to deliver bespoke training sessions, interactive master - classes, and consumer and trade tasting events to communicate the distinctive flavour profile and production process of Half Hitch gin.

After missing out on one of their top offensive lineman targets — five - star OT Isaiah Wilson pledged to Georgia on Friday — we take a look at five OL candidates who could join Michigan's #BluePrint17 class.

Still, while Vidal is among the most exciting candidates to come in and add some world class quality to United's midfield, there are plenty of others who could make equally good signings, with five of the best listed below.

«The candidate, this election more than ever the candidate who focuses best and convinces middle class folks they can get incomes moving again, make it easier to stay in the middle class, make it easier to get to the middle class,» Schumer said.

``...» So, the class of 2010 is interesting across the board for this year's election, but 2010 may go down in political history as the year in which a guy like this isn't the perennial kook candidate who runs in at least one election every election cycle.

WFP evaluates the records of all the candidates and supports only those who stand up for working - class and middle - class families on issues like good jobs, affordable healthcare, fair taxes and quality schools.

I'm proud to support Bill Owens because he's the only candidate who will fight for middle class families and their future.

There is one candidate in this race who represents the interests of middle class and working families, and his name is Matt Alexander.»

The driving force for each candidate buckles down to: Affordable health care, free and reduced college and even serving the working class, as well as, for those students in attendance who put on these events, they say it's important to get to know their potential representative on a personal level.

«This race — I don't care who's in it — is about what the candidates have done for New York's middle class and what our vision is for New York's middle class moving forward,» she said.

The group's mission is to support «city council candidates who are committed to creating good jobs, affordable housing and strengthening the middle class,» according to its website, with the shared bond that they are pro-development.

«The Democratic field for Mayor this year was comprised of candidates who are passionate about improving the quality of life for workers, the middle class, and New York's most vulnerable, such as the poor and senior citizens,» said UAW Region 9A Director Julie Kushner.

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

Alyson Kennedy, a member of the Socialist Workers Party who was that group's candidate for Vice President during the 2008 election, said that despite Sanders idealism, he wouldn't be able to enact sufficient changes to help working class people.

Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Mr Livingstone, who lost to Tory candidate Boris Johnson last week in the race to become London Mayor, said working - class people had become «disillusioned» at the last Labour government's failure to create «good jobs».

«This is a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to invest in our middle class,» said Quinn, who is one of the more closely watched candidates to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Half of Labour's candidates in marginals are «fully paid up members» of the political class (like Ed Miliband) rather than people who have done «real jobs», like John Prescott, according to a Guardian report.

The Republican Party's leadership and membership throughout the five boroughs is committed to providing New Yorkers with a candidate who will be responsive to the issues affecting the middle class, homeowners, small businesses, those on fixed incomes and the unemployed.

ALBANY — Rep. Bill Owens» decision not to seek re-election took New York's political class by surprise on Tuesday, and left Democrats searching for a candidate who can protect a seat that Republicans are eager to reclaim.

There is a true labor / middle class candidate, Radahakrishna Mohan, who is a union official (Public Employees Federation) running for that office.

He includes a comment from Labour's candidate in Swindon North, Mark Dempsey, who says the problem was that Labour lost working class votes to Ukip and middle class votes to the Conservatives.

Dr Asante, a much sought after Petrochemical Engineer of 25 years work experience, a world - renowned authority on the Gas industry who has worked for reputable oil and Gas companies in 25 countries is the best candidate to transform Ghana Gas to the world - class company we all expect.

Senate 15th District: Albert Baldeo, a «working class» lawyer and South Asian immigrant, is the Democratic Party candidate who will oppose the Republican incumbent.

UPPER WEST SIDE — With three of his potential rivals seated in the front row, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer positioned himself as the candidate who will «reclaim» the city for the middle class during his annual State of the Borough address Thursday night.

For his part, Mr. Jeffries extolled the party, saying, «Working Families Party was born with a mission to stand up for working and middle class families and support candidates who share that goal.

«Last night voters selected an outstanding crop of Republican candidates for the State Legislature who will fight for the middle class and get New York's economy growing again.

In an article for Slate about the US Democratic primaries, Michelle Goldberg wrote in late 2015 about a cultural phenomenon of so - called «Bernie Bros» — male supporters of US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders who «seem to believe that their class politics exempt them from taking sexism seriously».

«Our recruiting is already ahead of schedule, and these Jumpstart candidates are standouts — women and men who have spent their careers solving problems and putting the middle class ahead of partisan ideology,» said Rep. Steve Israel of New York, chairman of the DCCC.

I am a bona fide independent candidate who will scare the bejeezus out of the political class.»

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins said the state's economic development strategy benefits the wealthy, instead of middle class and lower income workers who need the help.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

Davena Rankin would be a first class and full time MP, in contrast to Labour's latest favoured candidate who is 5th choice and wants to be a part time MP.

The city's corporate and real - estate classes, accustomed to a place of influence under previous administrations, were unable to salvage the bid of their preferred candidate, Daniel R. Garodnick, an establishment Manhattan Democrat, who found himself outmaneuvered by labor and grass - roots groups eager to reassert their strength in local government.

However, their candidate is a Remainer, and Stoke's status as «capital of Brexit» is likely to prove a challenge for a party increasingly seen as out of touch with the many of the working - class voters who used to assure it their vote.

While the baker excoriated both candidates as corporate - backed elists whose policies were misaligned with that of the working class, he focused the brunt of his attacks on Woolf, who opted to ignore him, even up until the second debate, when Funiciello took him to task for it.

The county democratic party hardly focuses on judicial races and judicial candidates seldom reach out to local clubs for endorsements; however, I have elected to include their ratio in this piece because courts have the ability to deeply impact anyone who is involved in the justice system, and people in a lower socio - economic class are likely to have less control over and support with their legal matters.

To those who suggested that Quinn, long the frontrunner in the Democratic mayoral field, stumbled on the homophobia voters reflect once at the ballot box, Menchaca's and Torres» victories demonstrate that LGBT candidates can win in outer borough districts dominated by working class and poor people of color and without large visible gay and lesbian voting blocs.

Other candidates who expressed interest in the Democratic Party's nomination for the race are former Congressman Michael McMahon, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Colton and Robert Holst, an electrician and co-founder of the Middle Class Action Project.

The Labour party has responded by claiming the Conservative candidate is a toff who can't properly represent a working class constituency.

Is it asking too much of Gay City News readers to hear out all the candidates for mayor and not just ra ra for Quinn who more than many represents the Bloomberg era with its pro developer real estate high rent bias, that left out the working class and poor in their calculations.

Ukip were perceived as the main challengers from the beginning and it was a promising seat for them: a somewhat neglected working class Labour seat that voted strongly for Brexit, but with a Labour candidate who was remain.

«Big corporations and right - wing ideologues are dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into races to elect candidates who would take away the voice of labor and the middle class.»

Planes, Pools, and VR The dozen or so applicants per class who make the cut — referred to within NASA as Ascans (short for «astronaut candidates» and pronounced to generate a smirk)-- undergo two and a half years of intensive training before earning the title of astronaut.

While the Physics Residency Program is a three - year program with a focus on clinical training along with two research semesters, the Physics Postdoctoral Program is for PhD candidates who would like to focus primarily on research with limited and optional clinical physics classes and training.

The swaggering alpha male of the group is Phil (Bradley Cooper of He's Just Not That into You), a married, too - cool - for - school English teacher who is bored with his middle - class family life and, naturally, is the movie's leading candidate for redemption.

Luckily, I have a class next week for all of the candidates who are officially going through the process.