Sentences with phrase «about running for reelection»

Just as we found no evidence in the 2002 and 2004 elections that a large block of voters held incumbents accountable for poor test scores, we failed to find any indication that incumbents in 2002 and 2004 based their decisions about running for reelection on student learning trends.

Losing Ryan could open the floodgates and prompt more Republicans on the fence about running for reelection to retire, said Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

Not exact matches

We've talked quite a bit here recently about what social media monitoring can and can't predict — for instance, if online enthusiasm were all that mattered, President Ron Paul would be running for reelection this year.

Ken Lovett: If Gov. Andrew Cuomo is serious about a 2020 run for president, he might want to forego a reelection campaign in 2018, various Democratic officials and political operatives say.

He is at pains to demonstrate he is serious about improving the failing subway system that he has controlled since 2011, but also faces a $ 4.4 billion budget deficit and says he plans to run for reelection in November.

We did have over 50 percent of the people who were running for those available seats, about 1,500 seats, were incumbents seeking reelection.

De Blasio, who is running for reelection this fall against Republican Nicole Malliotakis and a string of third - party candidates, told churchgoers: «It takes a lot of gall to tweet negative things about people recovering from a hurricane while you're at your golf course playing golf.»

And I wanted to link this to something that you talked about as a candidate when you first ran but also when you ran for reelection.

At least one Democrat running for reelection has expressed concern about the ban (Representative Ed Perlmutter (CO)-RRB-.

Our Brand Is Crisis (R for profanity and sexual references) Dirty tricks dramedy inspired by the documentary of the same name about an American political consultant (Sandra Bullock) coaxed out of retirement in 2002 to run the reelection campaign of the President of Bolivia (Joaquim de Almeida).

And even after Fagen resigned and no board members associated with her ran for reelection, the fresh - faced reform slate just lost by about the same margin.

As Schwarzenegger ran for reelection in 2006, he deflected questions about his education policies by commissioning, with the leaders of the state legislature, an independent research project to recommend funding levels and reforms needed to provide a quality education for every child in California.

Zimmer, who is running for reelection, said he does not put all his faith in test scores but was happy to brag about the results.

He noted that a deep - background book about an incumbent president running for reelection, released in real time during the campaign, can not easily be replicated by reporters following the opponent.

She explains that about 20 percent of state legislators won't run for reelection in the 2012 elections, and says the new class could be much friendlier toward climate initiatives.