Sentences with phrase «republican women candidates»

Republican women candidates in Albany County last year harnessed the tea party outrage sweeping the country and pushed a popular Democratic assemblyman to the precipice of defeat.

«As many of you know, my boss, Ann Wagner (MO - 2), and Congresswoman Diane Black (TN - 6) have worked over the last year to recruit, support and promote Republican women candidates for Congress across the country,» wrote Christian Morgan, Wagner's chief of staff.

Not exact matches

The drama began with the very first Republican debate last August, when the Fox anchor asked the candidate whether he had the right temperament to be president, given that he had referred to women using derogatory terms such as «fat pigs» and «disgusting animals.»

It refers to negative comments Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made about various groups of people, including Mexicans, Muslims, and women, asking that people support the petition to encourage Starbucks to cut ties with the businessman.

A lifelong Republican, Whitman switched her support to Hillary Clinton three months before last year's election — she was the only Fortune Most Powerful Woman to publicly campaign for a nominee — stoking speculation that the former gubernatorial candidate would reenter the political arena.

With Clinton, along with some Republicans, attacking Trump over his comments on women, and Trump already discounting the election results as «rigged,» all eyes will be on the last matchup between the candidates before Election Day.

A young woman participates in a protest outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel where US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was speaking in Burlingame, California on April 29, 2016.

«Of course, women shouldn't be punished,» rival Republican candidate John Kasich said on Wednesday, saying he opposed abortion except in specific cases such as rape.

The failed Alabama Senate candidate is now suing three women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment (major reasons why the Republican lost the special election in December).

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump again dismissed as «locker room talk» the newly published lewd comments he made about women in a 2005 conversation,

Of the people surveyed, 82.2 percent said they had heard about the allegations publicized by the Washington Post, including one woman who claims Moore had sexual contact with her when she was 14 and he was 32, but regardless, nearly three - fourths of Republicans don't want their candidate to drop out.

On the day that Daniels canceled the deal, protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower in New York City to express outrage over week - old revelations that the Republican presidential nominee had once bragged about grabbing women by the crotch, news that was prompting a number of women to come forward with stories of alleged sexual misconduct by the candidate.

A Wave of Losses Coming: There's an influx of female candidates running for Democratic seats in 2018 — but many of those women are running in races considered to be easy Republican wins.

But the Missouri Senate candidate who claimed that women could prevent conception in cases of «legitimate rape» opened a rift in the Republican Party, with GOP chieftains pressuring him to drop out while some powerful conservative Christian activists rally to his defense.

- 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.

The Erie County Federation of Republican Women said Alaimo was a huge supporter of the organization and worked tirelessly behind the scenes for all GOP candidates.

During the debate, Schumer slammed Republican presidential candidate as unfit to serve in the White House given his comments directed at women and immigrants.

She supports liberal candidates whether the be male or female, and opposes Republicans women as well as men.]

The database will point out, for example, that Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney are supporting the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, Sharron Angle, who once said that victims of rape should make «what was really a lemon situation into lemonade,» and Ms. O'Donnell, who has said that having women in the service academies «cripples the readiness of our defense.»

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is trying to win over moderate Republican women put off by Donald Trump.

It's ridiculous for Republicans to criticize feminists for not supporting any and all women — no matter how crazy the female candidates» views may be.

Joanie Mahoney, the Republican Onondaga County executive and first woman to hold that post, is the latest member of her party to announce support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo, YNN's Bill Carey reports.

This isn't even a partisan thing - plenty of women vote for a man in Democratic primaries featuring both genders, where the standard idiotic explanation of «female candidate is a Republican woman and thus anti-women as all Republicans are» doesn't fly.

Anecdotaly, however, there is no evidence that Hillary Clinton is leading against Republican candidates among women, and may even be leading by less than Obama did.

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan in a fundraising email blasted Republican incumbent Marty Golden after The Daily News reported the lawmaker in 2005 was the driver in a crash the led to a woman in a coma that resulted in a large settlement to her family.

Long is engaged in a primary battle with Republicans Bob Turner and George Maragos, and some insiders say one reason they think she would be a better candidate than the two men is because she can confront Senator Gillibrand on women's issues more effectively.

As the Women's Equality Party ballot line fails to gain traction with candidates this election year, the ballot line founded by Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Asotorino will include more than 1,900 candidates.

Also at 6 p.m., Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, will attend The Monday Meeting, Women's National Republican Club, 3 W. 51st St., Manhattan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is keeping the heat on New York Republicans to disown Donald Trump after a video revealed the GOP presidential candidate's coarse remarks about women.

When Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin came under heavy fire from Republicans and Democrats last year after telling a local interviewer that women couldn't become pregnant by rape, he sought shelter at the Delaware manse — and Elsass eagerly took him in, urging him to ignore the Republicans calling for him to drop out.

Jazmina Saavedra, a Republican congressional candidate running for California's 44th district, streamed herself on Facebook Live harassing a transgender woman in a public restroom.

Also at 8:30 a.m., an initiative of the National Women's Political Caucus of New York City, Sheroes of New York, is set to make history as the first campaign with 11 female candidates, Democrats and Republicans, collaborating to motivate people to vote and increase awareness and consideration for women candidates, New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W., ManhaWomen's Political Caucus of New York City, Sheroes of New York, is set to make history as the first campaign with 11 female candidates, Democrats and Republicans, collaborating to motivate people to vote and increase awareness and consideration for women candidates, New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W., Manhawomen candidates, New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W., Manhattan.

When Democratic Westchester County executive hopeful Noam Bramson announced his full - throated support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's women's agenda, the campaign of Republican incumbent (and possible gubernatorial candidate next year) Rob Astorino hit back hard by wondering why their opponent supports Silver remaining in office.

Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long accused Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in last night's debate of preferring to talk about aboriton and womens reproductive issues because it's a distraction from the economy.

Rob Ryan, the campaign manager of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long, wrote in a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's top campaign aide asking for a debate on «the true nature» of women's rights issues.

Staying in Westchester, Republican county clerk candidate Mary Beth Murphy (perhaps best known to state politics junkies as the woman who lost a 2010 state Senate GOP primary to a fellow named Greg Ball) is knocking Democrat Tim Idoni for not seeking Silver's resignation.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday cast doubt on women who have accused Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of groping or inappropriately touching them.

A League of Women Voters candidates» debate in East Hampton on Monday night touched on a host of issues about the town's most pressing needs and underscored the differences between Democratic and Republican candidates for town supervisor and for two seats on the town board.

(CNN)- The female Democratic candidate who hopes to topple Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is out with a new television ad hitting him where Democrats think he is highly vulnerable - with women voters.

In January, Monroe County Republicans announced their two candidates, also women, Nicole Bayly and Alecia Mazzo.

It should come as no surprise that the Women's Equality Party typically endorses Democrats and the Reform Party supports Republican candidates.

On Tuesday morning, a top aide to Rep. Ann Wagner, a Missouri Republican and leading voice in the conference for women, emailed Capitol Hill colleagues and K Street allies to highlight these female candidates, according to an email obtained by CQ Roll Call.

A few of the House Republican women have helped Stefanik with her bid through Project GROW, program designed to help female GOP candidates.

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in the state of Alabama, was accused of sexual misconduct by five women.

Meanwhile, the US was reeling after comments from Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin said women's bodies stopped them getting pregnant after «legitimate rape».

Faso's hair - splitting statement comes as Trump faces a mass defection by Republican office holders and candidates after an 11 - year - old video depicting him bragging about sexually assaulting women surfaced last week.

Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, was accused of sexual misconduct by a fifth woman.

LeFevre won her Plattsburgh town council seat last year against Republican candidate Tom Metz, joining the council not just as the only woman, but the youngest member in her early 30s.

After Friday's release of 2005 video showing Trump making lewd comments about groping women, Democrats from every corner of the state have been decrying not only the Republican presidential candidate but any member of his party who continues to supports him.