Sentences with phrase «about the candidacy of»

My opinion is that these letters might shape public discourse and opinion about the candidacy of President Buhari in the 2019 election if he decides to re-contest.

Naturally, Cuomo's views on politics were also asked, and the governor expanded on his go - to line about the candidacies of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer for mayor and city comptroller.

At a Meet - the - Candidates Night event at the Rosendale Recreation Center last Thursday evening, sponsored by the Women's Club of Rosendale, about 100 local residents turned out to hear a succession of three - minute «elevator speeches» about the candidacies of contenders for the posts of representatives for the 19th US Congressional District and New York State's 103rd Assembly District, as well as judges for the Ulster County Supreme Court and Family Court.

Of the seven, six are genuinely competitive at the moment with New York being the lone exception — although Republicans are genuinely excited about the candidacy of party switching Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

Republican party leaders were unenthusiastic about the candidacy of Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who had been «exploring» a race for Lieutenant Governor for over a year.

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Although he's been the face of the party since 2003, his candidacy for the country's top job has brought up issues of disclosure and privacy: How much does the public need to know about a prospective leader?

Exposure of the «Access Hollywood» tape, on which Trump is heard bragging about grabbing women without their consent, caused a sensation and led to speculation that it would doom his candidacy.

I thought about the trader's call when I read the news that Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist who supported Donald Trump's candidacy and advised him during the post-election transition, has secretly been a citizen of New Zealand since 2011 and owns a large rural estate there.

«But Donald Trump's behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy.

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I have said it about Mitch Daniels returning to candidacy and actually winning the presidency under such circumstances of late entry.

Today that same qualification, if the church teaches biblical truths about homosexuality, is a detriment to one's candidacy in many areas of our country.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

This trip comes after more than a year of tension caused by Trump's comments about Mexicans, beginning with the infamous speech he made to announce his candidacy, saying that Mexico was «bringing their worst people» including rapists and crime - and drug - ridden people.

Mitt Romney's ill - advised comment about the «47 %» of us who are «dependent on government» helped sink his candidacy in an otherwise winnable election.

This comes one day after Tiger Woods, who has an almost daily back - and - forth in the media with Watson about the prospects of his Ryder Cup candidacy, was heard yelling, «For fuck's sake, Tiger!»

While there was very little of lasting interest about an editorial in the Birmingham Age - Herald endorsing the presidential candidacy of James M. Cox one fall day in 1920, the newspaper's words had a galvanic effect upon an Alabama shopkeeper named Julius Allen Israel.

Sampaoli had to answer questions about his «candidacy» on Saturday in his pre-game press conference ahead of Sunday's

By the same token, Paladino hardened his position about the potential candidacy of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

Blakeman was the first to announce his candidacy and the first to claim he had 25 percent of the weighted convention vote, but there's not a lot of excitement about his candidacy.

While I continue to believe that an opportunity was missed in her address to more directly confront and acknowledge the mistakes she has made in her long political career, Mrs Clinton did something in her acceptance of the nomination that Mr Trump did not do in his: she did not make her candidacy about her personal greatness, but about her policies and what she will do to help those Americans most in need.

There's a «lingering sense of unease» about AG Andrew Cuomo's gubernatorial candidacy that is «partly of his own design,» write Danny Hakim and Nick Confessore.

Borrowing a page from Clinton's 1999 «listening tour» — held as she prepared for a Senate candidacy — Buffalo mayoral candidature Mark Schroeder is staging a series of events in city neighborhoods, none downtown, to gauge feedback from voters and bolster his claims that incumbent Mayor Byron Brown cares only about downtown.

Felder's candidacy has generated a lot of interest because he has been coy about who he'll support for leader in the event of another closely divided Senate chamber.

Paladino, a developer, discussed his daughter with the Buffalo News when he declared his candidacy before the summer, and the campaign made his wife, Cathy, available for a string of interviews in the past week in which she was asked about the young girl.

On the day Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) announced his candidacy and called Cuomo «no friend of the taxpayer,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi criticized not the substance of the claim, but the senator's personal appearance, saying on Twitter Tuesday: «That statement is about as real as his hairline.»

«From the day President Trump announced his candidacy until Inauguration Day, to my knowledge I never spoke about his campaign with anyone remotely associated with the Russian government,» Caputo said in prepared testimony that he released on his blog before the closed - door session of the committee.

A Manhattan Democratic club is opposing Lori Sattler's candidacy for Manhattan Supreme Court for her controversial ruling about abortion, sending 10,000 voters provocative mailings with images of «The Scarlet Letter's» Hester Prynne.

Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin - connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy.

[122] The local Conservative branch were split over Johnson's candidacy; some found him amusing and charming, while others were critical of his flippant attitude to serious matters and his lack of knowledge about the local area, although he was nevertheless selected.

This has been viewed as an implicitly homophobic criticism of Angela Eagle's candidacy, and compared to Andrea Leadsom's gaffe about Theresa May not being a mother.

In an interview Thursday with USA Today, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said «there's a great deal of excitement» about a potential Clinton candidacy, adding that she personally hopes Clinton enters the race.

«The County organization is panicked by the strength of my candidacy,» Mr. Lancman said in his statemebt about Mr. Gottlieb.

She's collected roughly $ 115,000 since launching her candidacy, and about $ 45,000 of that total has come from herself or family members.

This has been viewed as an implicitly homophobic criticism of Angela Eagle's candidacy, and compared to Andrea Leadsom's gaffe about Theresa May not being a -LSB-...]

Monday, Liz Benjamin caught up with state democratic party chairman jay jacobs to discuss the last minute decision to stick to the party rules and, of course, to hear what he has to say about the two day old candidacy of Andrew Cuomo.

«And with his signature, the refusal of some candidates — incumbents and challengers alike — to sign the pledge and support these reforms says even more about their candidacies, their beliefs, their ethics, and their obviously utter contempt for the people of our state.»

On the other hand, it can be argued that Quinn is not especially concerned with Thompson, and has in fact been thinking just as much about the soon - to - be candidacy of Anthony Weiner, as demonstrated by her Sharing Tour and upcoming memoir, seemingly tailor - made to trump Weiner's own Oprahtic tale of personal redemption.

The Siena poll finds a small percentage of New Yorkers say they are entertained by the Weiner and Spitzer candidacies, which have featured extensive personal information about the two.

While they've denied any involvement in his primary candidacy against state Sen. Neil Breslin, members of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference had nothing but swell things to say about Albany County Legislature Chairman Shawn Morse on Wednesday.

Perez Williams, a Democrat, announced her candidacy in front of about 100 supporters at the American Legion in The Valley Saturday afternoon.

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«It is disgusting that campaign workers would sink so low as to use this sort of vile and hateful language to lie about my candidacy,» Curran said.

Malliotakis became a candidate and began campaigning about two weeks ago, so the news in her appearance comes from her comments rather the fact of her candidacy.

WHAT: Dozens of union members will be visiting the homes of fellow union brothers and sisters talking about the importance of this year's election, and the candidacy of Congressman McMahon.

«Our candidacy would be a long shot — but as a chair in a red county that's increased membership by over 300 % this year, knocked the most doors of any DEC in Florida, improved fundraising by focusing on small donors, and won three elections with a whole lot of heart and about $ 6000 — I've learned to believe in the power of US,» Patel declared on Tuesday night.

So, we're excited and I think it's kind of a validation of the fact that people want some change, people like our message and they're excited about our candidacy.»

But Hochul will have to spend the next four years proving herself and winning over the left, which was unenthusiastic about her candidacy, thanks to her right - of - center record on key issues like gun control and immigration during her days serving as a congresswoman and before that, as Erie County clerk.

That involves a much greater education and treatment and — yes, absolutely — prosecution of these individuals who are selling and distributing drugs in our communities,» Cahill said in an interview about his candidacy.