Sentences with phrase «party ran a candidate»

The Populist Party ran candidates in the United States from 1984 through 1994, on a platform that suggested that whites are discriminated against by many government policies.

If the party ran a candidate who could potentially beat Cuomo in 2014, however, the governor would spend $ 40 million to defeat that candidate and Senate Republicans.

Although that is not especially noteworthy, it is far better than the only other instance when the Libertarian Party ran a candidate for Governor.

The party ran candidates in the 2005 and 2009 New York City mayoral elections and the 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial elections.

Not exact matches

At the same time, on a day when divisions within the party were very obvious, Melania Trump made an overture toward the other candidates who ran for the Republican nomination against Trump.

Finally, there is the Green Party, which is not so much avoiding scrutiny but being ignored altogether, as they are being excluded from the debate despite running a full slate of candidates.

Bloomberg considered running for president as a third - party candidate earlier this year, but ultimately decided against it.

These voters elected candidates who were running on the Party ticket, but not interested in following the party Party ticket, but not interested in following the party party line.

Last month's G20 meetings in Paris brought into tighter focus the ambitions of International Monetary Fund chief, and failed 2006 French presidential candidate, Dominique Strauss - Kahn to run in that country's next election as the Socialist party candidate.

In 1999, he established an exploratory committee and briefly ran as Reform Party candidate.

The candidate from her party running in Buenos Aires — the country's biggest province — has demurred when asked about the situation in the Venezuela, saying that he did not know «in detail» what was going on there, later stressing the differences between the tenures of Chavez and Maduro and calling for dialogue with a third party, such as the Pope.

He'd rather focus on ruling Austria: he launched a political party there this year and plans to run candidates in the country's election in 2013.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a press conference before delivering the keynote address at the Genesee and Saginaw Republican Party Lincoln Day Event August 11, 2015 in Birch Run, Michigan.

Environmental activist and writer Briony Penn is running for the Liberals and Andrew Lewis is the Green Party candidate.

The only countervailing power is that within the Republican Party a fringe of tea partiers threatens to run against more established candidates safely sold to special interests.

Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, facing voter scorn over corruption, tepid economic growth and rising violence, loosened its rules earlier this month to allow it to form coalitions and let a non-party member run as its candidate in 2018 presidential elections.

The Farmers» Movement and the Canadian Council of Agriculture had initially hoped to convert the Liberal Party to their point of view, and run Liberal candidates in the West under their platform.

Mr. Leech would run as an Independent candidate in 2008 and as a Wildrose Party candidate in 2012, during which his controversial comments would become a flashpoint of the campaign.

After two unsuccessful runs as a Liberal Party candidate in the 1986 and 1989 provincial elections, Leibovici was first elected as the MLA for Edmonton - Meadowlark in the 1993 provincial election.

The PCs picked up a big name candidate today as businessman and Edmonton - enthusiast Chris Labossiere announced he is running for that party's nomination in Edmonton - Rutherford.

In 2008, Ms. Cavaliere challenged Raj Sherman in the Meadowlark PC nomination contest before withdrawing, switching parties and unsuccessfully running against him in that year's election as the Liberal candidate.

He briefly led the Liberals until internal conflict from within his party and caucus convinced him that running as a federal Liberal candidate might be a better career option.

Whoever they choose will be the first candidate, from any party, to be nominated to run in Alberta's next provincial general election.

Now that Clark has made his announcement, it is unclear if he or the Alberta Together group have a chosen candidate waiting in the wings to run for the party leadership.

He was widely expected to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada and only just recently began positioning himself as candidate to unite Alberta's conservative partisans under one banner.

Seeking a sixth - term as MLA, Ms. Blakeman is running for re-election in Edmonton - Centre and has secured the nominations, or endorsements, of the Alberta Party and Green Party (and in Red Deer - North, Liberal candidate Michael Dawe has also secured the Green Party nomination).

We must do something to change it as soon as possible and I am doing my part by stepping up to the plate to run as a United Conservative Party candidate, under the strong leadership of Jason Kenney, to defeat the NDP government in 2019 and to put Alberta's economy back on track!

Edmonton - Meadowlark: Lawyer and past federal Liberal candidate Neil Mather will run in this west Edmonton constituency under the Alberta Party banner.

I believe that not running a candidate in the upcoming Senator - in - Waiting election is a real missed opportunity for these opposition parties.

Argument # 1: The non-conservative opposition parties do not have the resources to run a candidate in the Senate election.

Supporters of the Alberta Party have taken to social media to voice their annoyance with Liberal Party plans to run a candidate, likely John Roggeveen, in Calgary - Elbow, where Alberta Party leader Greg Clark is also running.

After losing the Wildrose Party nomination in Rimbey - Rocky Mountain House - Sundre last weekend, some political watchers have speculated that he might join the Alberta Party, others believe he could run as an Independent candidate in the next election.

If he runs as an Independent or an Alberta Party candidate, even if he doesn't win, he could just split the vote enough in the riding to let a Progressive Conservative squeak in.

There has been plenty of activity this week as candidates from all political parties put forward their names to run in Canada's next federal election, scheduled to be held in October 2015.

He first ran for the PC Party in 1993, first in an unsuccessfully bid for the party nomination in Edmonton - Glenora and then as the PC candidate in Edmonton - Highlands - Beverly (in the election he was defeated by his Liberal opponent, Alice HanParty in 1993, first in an unsuccessfully bid for the party nomination in Edmonton - Glenora and then as the PC candidate in Edmonton - Highlands - Beverly (in the election he was defeated by his Liberal opponent, Alice Hanparty nomination in Edmonton - Glenora and then as the PC candidate in Edmonton - Highlands - Beverly (in the election he was defeated by his Liberal opponent, Alice Hanson).

He could quietly complete his term as a Wildrose MLA and retire at the next election, or he could run for another party or as an Independent candidate (given his style, this may be the likely option).

The Liberal Party declined to run a candidate in order to not oppose the new party leader's entry into the House of ComParty declined to run a candidate in order to not oppose the new party leader's entry into the House of Comparty leader's entry into the House of Commons.

But that would require a fundamental change to the Elections Act — eliminating the requirement of a party leader's endorsement to run as a party's candidate, then fashioning a more coherent rule — and a change in the ways our political parties do business.

Then this morning I did see something about historic fact - facing of the party, that it could finally run a candidate without mentioning the «G» word as well as not mentioning Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel.

These are the best candidates for running the country the parties can come up with??? That's a sad fact.

Which continues: «Ms. Davis, formerly known as the Manhattan Madam for having run a high - end prostitution ring in New York City... was [in 2010] the gubernatorial candidate of the Anti-Prohibition Party.

Capnerhurst said she was «outed» in 2005 while running as the Green Party's candidate for local office.

Reuters: Israel considers ban for far - right candidate over gaffe on blowing up shrine An Israeli panel weighed a request on Sunday to disqualify a candidate of a powerful far - right party from running in a January 22 election for alluding in a speech to the possibility of seeing one of Islam's holiest shrines in Jerusalem «blown up.»

That's part of the issue here with Obama beating the candidates actually tossed into the mix, because those candidates might be running under the repub ticket, but also have their own track records and views that sometimes completely contradicts the party itself.

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

He once ran as a Green Party candidate for Parliament, and he lectures frequently.

I honestly wish that candidates could run without having to affiliate with parties and run just on their ideas alone.

The only Protestant Christian candidate in the national election is running for the «wrong» party in their eyes, so his faith must be discredited by the Christian right.

In 1930 he helped found the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and ran for Congress as the candidate of the Socialist party in the Morningside Heights community of New York City.

In addition to calling your representatives, consider attending a town hall, writing letters the editor of your local paper, connecting with the local Democratic Party to help with voter registration efforts and to challenge voter suppression / gerrymandering, and (because it's becoming painfully obvious that progressives have ceded local politics to the extreme right for too long), running for office or helping a better candidate get the job.