Sentences with phrase «against a candidate whom»

But it's going to be an entirely different story when that Mormon is running against a candidate whom they consider (rightly or wrongly) to be a socialist Muslim.

Not exact matches

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

Standing out against the competition were candidates Maya, of JKS Restaurants, who is working alongside head of operations to develop the drinks offering across the group, and The Railway Kitchen's Martin Bilsborough, both of whom will work closely with bartenders in their respective cities and around the country to deliver bespoke training sessions, interactive master - classes, and consumer and trade tasting events to communicate the distinctive flavour profile and production process of Half Hitch gin.

Trump calls Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders «crazy Bernie,» but that has not stopped the Republican candidate from borrowing from Clinton's Democratic primary rival, whom he also frequently praises from the stump, on how to run against Clinton — his likely opponent in the general election.

Candidate for Governor of New York Cynthia Nixon delivered a blistering speech against Governor Andrew Cuomo, whom she hopes to challenge in a Democratic primary.

So... to recap, Bernie is continuing to send money down - ballot by backing 3 more congressional candidates, who are allies, 2 of whom are running against incumbents who are gay... because they believe they are better on fiscal policy.

Cox has not only yet to embrace a US Senate contender, but as recently as several weeks ago was putting out feelers to potential candidates other than the three who have already decided to run — Malpass, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi and Bruce Blakeman — none of whom are performing particularly strongly against Gillibrand in the polls.

Now that the congressional primaries have passed and the general election battles are set, (for the most part), candidates in contested races across the state and their respective supporters have turned their attention to the opponents against whom they'll be facing off in November.

Much like a previous radio ad on this subject, this spot casts the race for governor as a two - person contest between «two major candidates» — Paladino and Cuomo — making no mention of the third contender, Republican Rick Lazio, whom Paladino must first defeat in a primary before facing off against the AG.

Buerkle was recently among six in - state House candidates for whom Dan Senor, who almost ran for U.S. Senate against Kirsten GIllibrand, raised funds along with former gubernatorial nominee John Faso and Conservative Party chairman Mike Long.

First, the overall tone seems to follow Mrs. Clinton's accusations leveled against other presidential candidates (whom she and the Democratic Party believe swung the elections in her disfavor)- so the article seems to have a distinct agenda.

Asked during a debate in July whether she would have prosecuted Mr. Spitzer, who resigned two years ago after a prostitution scandal but against whom federal prosecutors ultimately declined to file charges, Ms. Rice was the only candidate to say yes.

«I don't see how [city Comptroller] Bill Thompson, whom I respect, or I could have come out of a hard fought primary and still be able to win against the mayor, who's on his way to spending more money than any other municipal candidate in history.»

In April 2018, More United supported the launch of a legal challenge against the government, led by three deaf and disabled candidates of different parties, all of whom are also Members of More United.

If this is case, In December, the 5 elector from Party B have to vote to Candidate A if they don't want to be faithless, which is different from whom they voted to in the general vote, and quite likely against their will, is it correct?

But, the state's demographics strongly favor Democrats and the party has several credible candidates — any one of whom would likely be favored against Dubie in the general election.

During the Democratic primary, longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout — whom the WFP briefly entertained running against the governor — slammed the WEP as a «sham party,» noting that 11 of the 17 candidates on the line are male.

He is pictured earlier today with Michelle Donelan, the Conservative candidate standing against John Healey, the Housing minister, with whom Grant has regularly been sparring at the Despatch Box these last few years.

Just to reiterate: A Berntsen supporter sent me this, which gives you some insight into the sort of voter to whom the Tea Party - inspired candidate is appealing as he fights for the right to sqaure off against Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer on Row B in November.

And Carl Paladino, the former Republican gubernatorial candidate with whom the board's majority typically sides, narrowly held onto his seat by a margin of just 107 votes against union - supported high school student Austin Harig, according to preliminary numbers.

Other candidates who have looked at the race previously, and may do so again, include Joyce Johnson, whom the New York Times endorsed; Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization, who is close to Rangel and could be a leading candidate to replace him should Rangel step down or not seek re-election, as is often rumored to be the case; Adriano Espaillat, a newly elected state senator who could appeal to the growing Hispanic population in the district, depending on what happens with redistricting; and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the former assemblyman and the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel unseated 40 years ago, who has run and lost against Rangel twice in the past.

But other prominent Republicans expressed concern that Ms. Scozzafava's decision seemed likely to encourage conservatives going into next year's midterm elections to mount primary challenges against Republican candidates whom they consider too moderate, particularly if Mr. Hoffman wins on Tuesday.

Two local councillors resigned from the party in protest, one of whom subsequently stood against her as an Independent Labour candidate, somewhat denting her majority of 2,688.

But not running for reelection in the city, he has been mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate, running against the Republican incumbent with whom he has shared the Newark stage.

The statue was unveiled by the then - Culture Secretary, Chris Smith, against whom Thomson was standing in the United Kingdom general election, 2001 as a Stuckist candidate.