Sentences with phrase «last year his nomination»

Last year his nomination as Bishop of Llandaff was blocked by Welsh bishops.

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A few of last year's category winners are back, leading in the early nominations, including tax specialist Robert Sceales from Sceales & Co, insolvency practitioner Lee Christensen, who has changed partners during the year and now goes under the banner Christensen Vaughan, and environmental planning lawyer Tony van Merwjk from Freehills.

He went even further to suggest that «the same «fake» nomination probably took place last year too,» meaning that a fraudulent Peace Prize nomination for Trump has happened twice.

At the summit last year, Romney, then a «Never Trump» Republican, told the crowd that Trump's nomination as the Republican candidate «is breaking my heart for the party.»

For example, Sen. Lindsey Graham has threatened to hold up nominations for government positions until survivors of last year's deadly attack on the diplomatic post in Libya appear before Congress.

Last year's winner had an October release, which set the film up well to benefit from the notorious Oscar bump following its Best Picture nomination and eventual win.

Hulu, which had just 2 Emmy nominations last year, had a much better turnout with 18 nominations this year thanks to the critical darling «The Handmaid's Tale.»

When running for the PC leadership last year, Jim Prentice promised to restore trust in a PC Party badly damaged by former Premier Alison Redford, but the latest nomination controversies undermine his promise and will likely increase cynicism among Alberta voters.

Would any of Mr. Allen's challengers in last year's PC nomination step up?

Last year, LGIM voted against 37 board chairs or chairs of nomination committees in the UK due to poor diversity.

In the last year, the national polls for the Republican presidential nomination have been led by many different people including the freakish and shameful pseudo-candidacy of Donald Trump.

Believe it or not, there are some great movies from the last year that didn't receive any nominations for the Academy Awards, which will air later this February.

The ABC ensemble is a comedy juggernaut that's won 11 trophies for its 31 nominations in the last three years.

During last Thursday's nomination announcement, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert celebrated Isaacs's «34 years of experience living and working around the world to provide lifesaving emergency humanitarian assistance and development aid.»

He nominated John Wesley's name and said: «we thought that it was appropriate to at the very least put John's name forward and we were obviously delighted when we heard last night that the judges agreed with the nomination and have said that his name has been chosen be attached to one of the trains which will be rolling out in the next few years».

Last year, Randy Young, national accounts manager, Basic American Foods, submitted an IFMA Silver Plate nomination for Denny's President and CEO John Miller in the Chain Full Service Category.

This performance was the basis for Jon's subsequent nomination and award of an Extraordinary Full Blue, making him the second member of the club in the last 12 years to achieve this.

This year's nominations are vastly different from last year, where the #OscarsSoWhite controversy took center stage.

In last year's leadership contest, Corbyn picked up 39 % of the nominations from 387 CLPs — but there were four candidates in that race.

The email comes as some Democrats have quickly expressed opposition to Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court, replacing the late Antonin Scalia, who died last year.

Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who sought the Democratic presidential nomination last year, rounds out the top five.

Charles Lavine (D - Glen Cove), two of three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for county executive, criticized Martins Wednesday for his past support of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted last year on federal corruption charges.

«This is a complaint that was made by the Scottish National Party (SNP) against me personally, in effect,» Mr Blair said, referring to the complaint made last year about four of his nominations, which prompted the whole inquiry.

Perez Williams, 54, won an insurgent campaign for Syracuse's Democratic mayoral nomination last year, but lost the general election in November to independent Ben Walsh.

CLP nominations proved to be a good indicator of support last year, while in 2010 David Miliband earned the most CLP nominations, and subsequently secured the most support among members.

But progressive voters seem to care less today about the strength of their party, or even about a particular checklist of issues, than about their confidence in a candidate's sincerity — as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a career independent, proved with his electrifying and magnetic charge at the Democratic nomination last year.

Since her husband, Carl, won the Republican nomination for governor of New York last week, the only story in the race as compelling as his upset victory has been their personal back story: that her husband not only had an affair, not only fathered a child with that other woman, but also told his wife of 40 years about it all the same week that their 29 - year - old son, Patrick, was killed in a car accident.

Just six CLPs have switched from nominating Corbyn in 2015 to Smith in 2016, while an incredible 55 of Corbyn's 100 CLP nominations gained so far either nominated another candidate last year, or did not nominate at all.

Then - President Barack Obama nominated Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland to fill Scalia's seat last year, but McConnell refused to hold hearings on the appointment, and the nomination expired earlier this year.

If he receives the Democratic nomination to move forward in the race for county executive, Latimer would face a tough challenge in Astorino, who has been elected twice, after first running unsuccessfully in 2005, and has held the line on property taxes, keeping them flat for the last six years.

We waited a year for this nomination — because the Republicans stole the nomination from Merrick Garland last year.

Cuomo introduced the proposal in January alongside Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president last year and remains popular with the party's base.

New to the club is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a independent who ran an insurgent campaign for the party's presidential nomination last year against Hillary Clinton.

Top political advisers to John Kasich have formed a nonprofit organization that will promote themes the Ohio governor pushed during his unsuccessful run for last year's Republican presidential nomination.

Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs said last week that his appearance at a Coral House fundraiser for Legislator Laura Curran, a Baldwin Democrat hoping to win the nomination to run for county executive this year, did not mean he was endorsing Curran's candidacy.

Money alone will not win this district and over the last 4 years he has sought the nomination failed and left twice, doing nothing to enhance his candidacy or earn the support of any legit Republican activists.

In turn Corbyn is set to introduce US rap band Run the Jewels who champion left wing politics and were vocal supporters of Bernie Sanders in his attempt to become the Democratic nomination for president last year.

Yemi Alade came under heat last year for attacking the BET Awards organizers for disrespecting African artistes, nonetheless she bagged a nomination.

Ed Gilbert, a state employee who ran for the Town Board last year, filed petitions seeking the Conservative Party's nomination in the district, which covers Columbia County and parts of Rensselaer and Saratoga counties.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER The five Democrats seeking their party's nomination for mayor spent 90 minutes with hundreds of members of our community last week, and the results were encouraging for those hoping to move critical LGBT needs to the top of the city's agenda in the next four years.

Ciarlante, after losing the Republican nomination to Kelly Myers last year, ran on the Conservative ticket against Myers and the eventual winner, Democrat Greg Helsmoortel.

Ms. Maertz had sought the Democratic nomination for Brookhaven Town Board last year but was not chosen by party leaders.

They still control judicial nominations and scored a number of victories in the primaries and general elections last year.

Other names being mentioned as possible Gillibrand challengers are former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who sought the GOP nomination for New York governor in 2006; little - known Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has already «announced» his candidacy; state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, President Richard Nixon's son - in - law; and former US Rep. Rick Lazio, who suffered an embarrassing loss to Carl Paladino in the gubernatorial primary last year and was defeated by Mrs. Clinton in 2000.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 54 percent of likely Democratic vogers believe Hillary Clinton won last year's Democratic presidential nomination fairly.

The seat that Silver vacated late last year following his corruption conviction is now the focus of a primary featuring a half - dozen candidates vying for the Democratic nomination.

With Clinton and Trump officially securing their parties» presidential nominations over the last two weeks, for the first time in 72 years, both major party candidates call themselves New Yorkers.

Quinn, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor last year, has emerged as the point person for the Women's Equality Party, a ballot line Gov. Andrew Cuomo created this year as a way of promoting the women's agenda as well as to gain more women voters.

Tony Blair's nomination of Sir David and Mr Patel for a seat in the House of Lords last year was blocked by an independent commission after it found out about the loans, sparking the cash for honours scandal.

Yuh - Line Niou won a six - way race on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination to inherit the State Assembly seat once held by Sheldon Silver, in a repudiation of the stubborn grip Mr. Silver held on his Lower Manhattan district for four decades — held, that is, until his conviction late last year on federal corruption charges.