Sentences with phrase «democratic nomination fight»
As for his previous suggestion that the Democratic nomination fight could go all the way until the convention in July, Reid said: «I don't know about that, you know I had some meetings today and I think the race is moving along very quickly so we'll have to see, we'll have to see what happens next month.»
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Bernie Sanders told a town hall meeting Monday that if he loses the Democratic nomination, he will help Hillary Clinton in the fight against Republicans, albeit he tied it to her supporting his plan for Medicare for all and more advocacy in fighting climate change.
The national Democratic Party's hierarchy acknowledged the «perceived influence» of insiders over voters in picking a presidential nominee, but don't know yet how to settle an issue that bedeviled the bitter nomination fight between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2016.
Like Sanders, Grayson is in an uphill fight against his party's leaders, challenging Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy for the party's nomination for Senate in the Sunshine State.
With chances growing that New York's Democratic primary could count after all as part of the wider nomination fight, the chairwoman of the party's national committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D - Fla.)
As Liu continues to fight his fines, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, one of the other contenders for the 2013 Democratic nomination for mayor, has given up his battle.
He was reelected in 2012 and 2014, winning the Democratic nomination in vigorously fought primaries against Betty Jean Grant on both occasions.
Gillum is fighting former North Florida Congresswoman Gwen Graham and Orlando businessman Chris King for the nomination, but the Democratic field is expected to grow.
But the battle between the two for the 2016 Democratic nomination lives on, strangely, in the fight for the future of the Democratic Party.
This summer has seen a very spirited fight for the Democratic nomination for City Council in District 13 which covers Morris Park, Throgs Neck and City Island.
But a key Cuomo ally fired back, demonstrating that this stacks up to be a brutal fight for the Democratic nomination.
While the Democratic Party's Public Advocate nomination has yet to be settled, the top two candidates, Daniel Squadron and Letitia James, have substantial track records in fighting for increased Government transparency.
Cuomo may have to fight for the Democratic nomination.
Now, two Democrats running for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat in 2010 are seizing on the chance to score points with liberals and party activists - the kind of people who vote in Democratic primaries - by pledging to «to help lead the fight for the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.»
While Rep. Tom DeLay's (R) legal troubles and battle for a 12th term have dominated the political landscape for much of the last six months, there are three other Texas races of import that could well be decided today: the fight for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and congressional primaries in the 17th and 28th congressional districts.
In a string of Democratic primary elections around the country, two of the long - memoried protagonists of the Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton nomination fight keep finding themselves at odds as they rally to support down - ballot candidates who picked the «right» side in 2008.
Mr. Ignizio, a Staten Island Republican Party loyalist, could have an incentive to delay his resignation long enough to hand Mr. Borelli the Republican nomination without a primary fight — and all but ensure Mr. Borelli's victory against nominal Democratic opposition.
(CNN)- Iconic Rep. Charlie Rangel is fighting for the Democratic nomination in a newly redrawn New York district, after an over four - decade long congressional career that made him one of the most high profile lawmakers and almost culminated after he was censured on the House floor in 2010.
There are all sorts of suggestions in the base that Bush should nominate a really good nominee, and when that nomination fails, nominate another really good nominee, just refuse to back down, but frankly, I have serious doubts that a man who tried to run away from a fight with a Democratic minority has the spine for a fight with a Democratic majority.