Sentences with phrase «republican field of candidates»

He is deeply disappointed by President Obama's utter failure of leadership on the debt issue and in the lack of real solutions being offered by the current Republican field of candidates.»

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The field of 745 Republican candidates helped the GOP overtake the majority in the House that year.

Strickland compared the lengthy list of declared and possible candidates, all of whom are or would be seeking to succeed term - limited Republican Gov. John Kasich, to the 2016 Republican presidential primary field.

Back during the primaries when he was an unlikely challenger to a slew of other more mainstream Republican candidates, Trump managed to attract the support of a whopping 41 percent of small business owners despite the crowded field.

But the calculus is different for the speaker of the House, Richard Corcoran, a likely candidate for governor in a crowded Republican field.

Ben Carson has ranked as one of the top Republican presidential candidates in a field of over a dozen — a position that even the retired brain surgeon himself didn't expect.

Last weekend, the coalition held its second Faith and Freedom Conference, which featured a parade of the who's who of conservative politics, not the least of which were almost all of the candidates for President in the Republican field: Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, and Herman Cain.

Republican presidential candidate and father of four Marco Rubio has a paid leave policy, touted as the first of its kind in the Republican field.

- Carly Fiorina (R): The former CEO of Hewlett - Packard is an interesting candidate for one big reason: she is the only woman in the Republican field.

Hein had been one of the more prominent Democrats considering a run for the seat, while the Republican field has been a crowded one: At least five GOP candidates are in the mix, including former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, Assemblyman Peter Lopez and businessman Andrew Heaney.

The move is a culmination of a weeks - long push by some Republicans to add more candidates to the party's gubernatorial field amid concerns over DeFrancisco's candidacy.

«I am confident that our Republican Majority will field excellent candidates in each of these districts, which have all been represented by Republicans for many many years,» he said.

«With 32 legislative districts, hundreds of dedicated volunteers, and nearly 100,000 registered Republican voters in Manhattan, the RLC is dedicated to fielding candidates in every district and giving them the grassroots support they need.»

Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates, according to a new CBS News poll, while Rick Perry has fallen 11 percentage points in just two weeks.

He is more moderate than any recent Republican nominee and is the most moderate candidate in the 2016 Republican field, according to our aggregated ideological scores.1 Pataki is, among other things, in favor of abortion rights.

A crowded field of mostly Republican candidates are vying to replace longtime Republican State Sen. Mike Nozzolio, who's retiring.

With businesswoman Theresa Greenfield ending her campaign, the Democratic field of candidates to take on two - term Republican incumbent David Young is down to three.

Joseph J. DioGuardi, a former congressman from Westchester County, emerged from a field of little - known candidates on Tuesday as the Republican choice to take on Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand in the November election.

At a mayoral candidate forum this morning, hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and held at St. Francis College, three Republican candidates and one Independence candidate fielded questions from a number of borough Chambers of Commerce.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

With an enormously crowded Republican field filled with more conservative candidates, any conceivable available space for Pataki lies to the left of that conservative and ultra conservative pack.

In theory, by helping winnow the field a party endorsement could help prevent what Politico called the «nightmare scenario» of so many Democratic candidates splitting up the vote that two Republicans finish first and second, shutting Democrats out of the general election.

The ever - growing field of candidates looking to unseat freshman New York Congressman John Faso, a Republican from the 19th District, includes seven Democrats, two unaffiliated entrants and one person seeking the Green Party nomination.

John Katko left his successful career as a federal prosecutor in January and joined a crowded field — a pool of eight Republican candidates — ...

While Giambra may face an uphill battle for the Republican nomination, he is one of only two announced candidates in the GOP field.

Nebraska voters on Tuesday will pick US Senate nominees for both parties out of crowded fields of candidates who hope to claim the seat held by incumbent Republican Deb Fischer.

Sanders — who enjoys the most positive favorable rating of any presidential candidate in the field, according to the poll — tops all three Republicans by wide margins: 57 % to 40 % against Cruz, 55 % to 43 % against Trump, and 53 % to 45 % against Rubio.

Former Glen Cove City Council candidate Philip Pidot has joined a crowded field of Republicans running for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's seat.

He will join a crowded field of Republican presidential candidates that is expected to grow to nearly 20 by this summer.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco says businessman Harry Wilson's decision to stay out of the 2018 race for New York governor — one that seems to open the field for Republican candidates — won't affect his own plans on whether to seek the GOP nomination.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco says businessman Harry Wilson's decision to stay out of the 2018 race for New York governor - one that seems to open the field for Republican candidates - won't affect his own plans on whether to seek the GOP nomination.

For town Council, incumbent Republican John Gill is seeking his third four - year term in a field of three candidates for two posts, alongside fellow Republican John Dittus and Democrat William McKnight.

Trump also had some choice words for the field of potential Republican candidates, saying he wishes there was a clear choice in the field right now.

Democrats called on the state Republican Party chairman and the rest of the GOP candidates in the field to denounce Visconti's post.

The strategy poses both an opportunity and a risk for the beleaguered Republican Party, which is seeking to take advantage of conservative discontent while still fielding candidates who appeal to independent voters.

Clinton's emergence this autumn as a strong Democratic candidate and a formidable contrast to a crowded Republican field afforded Cuomo the breathing room to bulk up his profile, both in New York and nationally, without any serious accusations of immediate upward mobility.

Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

James Kotecki, he of the funny - stick - figure - dorm - room - YouTube - interviews of 2008 presidential candidates, has a smart piece up on The New Republic's website parsing the current Republican field of declared presidential... Read More

The open Assembly seat has likewise attracted a field of candidates: the Republicans Spencer Zimmerman, Colleen Locke - Murphy, Jon Plumer and Darren Schroeder, Democrat Ann Groves Lloyd and independent Gene Rubinstein.

«As long as it's a level playing field, it shouldn't upset anyone,» Mangano, a Republican, said of overhauling a system that allows county vendors to make large contributions to candidates.

Republicans did not field any candidates for the 2017 elections in Woodstock, being on the extreme short end of the demographic rope.

Rhodes is among the crowded field of Democratic candidates in the House district seeking to take on Republican Rep. John Faso next year in what is expected to be a battleground race.

Gibson is among an increasingly crowded field of potential Republican candidates for governor, including Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, businessman Harry Wilson and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

(CNN)- Four potential Republican presidential candidates stand out above the rest of the possible field, according to new national poll.

That would set up a crowded race with Gallo and Clement running, and dividing the Democratic field, and the eventual winner of the Republican primary competing with Conservative Party candidate Richard Cahill Jr. for GOP votes.

In a large field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia, David...

But a CNN / WMUR survey conducted by the University of New Hampshire also indicates that the race is far from settled, with nearly nine in ten potential Republican primary voters saying they haven't come close to making up their minds and more than four in ten saying they're not satisfied with the field of GOP candidates running for president.

Republicans have a stable of candidates of their own, with 2002 nominee Kevin Mannix leading the field currently thanks to a large name - recognition edge.

When looking at the field of Republican candidates without Pataki, there is no clear frontrunner.

Developers, members of the business community and elected officials are absorbing the election results from Amherst, Erie County's most populous suburb, where Kulpa defeated his Republican opponent, Town Clerk Marjory Jaeger, and where the two Democratic board candidates finished at the top of a five - person field.