Sentences with phrase «as white candidates»

The State Education Department on Tuesday would not release statistics showing passing rates by ethnicity, but officials have acknowledged that minority teaching candidates have not done as well as white candidates on the new test.

Not exact matches

So, what do you do when the pool of candidates you identify as leaders consists predominantly of white men?

Even before The New York Times reported that the White House was considering running Sessions as a write - in candidate, it would've been pretty hard to avoid the elephant in the room: the accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around the race to fill Sessions's old seat.

As the U.S. businessman has gone from long - shot Republican presidential candidate to the party's nominee for the White House, fears that Mr. Trump will act on some of his campaign statements — like renegotiating the North American free - trade agreement and pulling the United States out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement — have spooked some Canadian small - business owners with U.S. interests.

As Summers's name has circulated as a leading candidate in recent weeks, the White House has discouraged speculation about whom Obama is going to pick, saying he is considering a range of candidates and will not decide until the falAs Summers's name has circulated as a leading candidate in recent weeks, the White House has discouraged speculation about whom Obama is going to pick, saying he is considering a range of candidates and will not decide until the falas a leading candidate in recent weeks, the White House has discouraged speculation about whom Obama is going to pick, saying he is considering a range of candidates and will not decide until the fall.

Addressing a union audience gathered here for Labor Day, Mr. Obama said he was glad not to be on the ballot but then sounded like a candidate himself as he went after the Republicans who hope to succeed him in the White House.

Now it appears that the prickly America First advocate who played a crucial role in driving Cohn to quit could, in fact, be taking his old position: Trump administration officials are reportedly considering White House trade adviser Peter Navarro as one of the leading candidates to head the National Economic Council (NEC).

Now White House officials say Navarro is being considered alongside conservative commentator Larry Kudlow as one of the top two candidates for director of the NEC.

Medium today hosts a variety of politically themed content — from the White House posting the text of the Iran deal or GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina posting campaign updates — alongside sports and consumer fare such as Hope Solo's goodbye to the retiring Abby Wambach and «Become A Morning Person in 7 Easy Steps.»

Many people see him as the candidate of identity politics for elderly white people, but many of those same Trump despisers have grown up in the post-Cold War world.

If white Americans are feeling tepid about the final two candidates, Hispanics are perhaps even more disenchanted, wondering when either Trump or Clinton will emerge as a leader Hispanics can entirely support.

Two large groups suggest themselves as potential candidates for inclusion in a larger Republican coalition: seculars and white Protestant modernists.

White evangelicals (83 %) are the most likely of all to want a candidate that shares their faith, followed by black Protestants (72 %), two - thirds of whom identify as evangelicals according to Pew.

As U.S. Sen. Obama's adviser on faith issues on Capitol Hill, as candidate Obama's religious affairs director on his 2008 campaign, and as President Obama's director of the White House faith - based initiative, I have had the honor of seeing firsthand the life and heart of a president who cares deeply about his country, his family and his God, in times of prayer, conversation and diligent worAs U.S. Sen. Obama's adviser on faith issues on Capitol Hill, as candidate Obama's religious affairs director on his 2008 campaign, and as President Obama's director of the White House faith - based initiative, I have had the honor of seeing firsthand the life and heart of a president who cares deeply about his country, his family and his God, in times of prayer, conversation and diligent woras candidate Obama's religious affairs director on his 2008 campaign, and as President Obama's director of the White House faith - based initiative, I have had the honor of seeing firsthand the life and heart of a president who cares deeply about his country, his family and his God, in times of prayer, conversation and diligent woras President Obama's director of the White House faith - based initiative, I have had the honor of seeing firsthand the life and heart of a president who cares deeply about his country, his family and his God, in times of prayer, conversation and diligent work.

Just as candidate Trump pledged to say «Merry Christmas» in his White House, rather than President Obama's tepid «Happy Holidays,» and just as he promised to choose an anti-Roe justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia, Trump's «We want God» assured religious voters that he would not apologize for his faith nor deny that it would play a role in his decision - making.

Jackson and White met with Trump during the campaign, and Graham issued veiled support for him as a candidate despite saying his comments about sexual assault «can not be defended.»

BetDSI released a series of 2020 prop bets that show Oprah as a formidable candidate with a legitimate shot at winning both the Democratic Nomination and the White House.

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

Hillary Clinton released a web video portraying Donald Trump as the candidate of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white supremacists, and warning «if Trump wins, they could be running the country.»

Two candidates for the Lewiston - Porter Board of Education on Friday vehemently disavowed a flyer mailed to some district residents that contained that endorsed them as the candidates that will «Keep Lew - Port white» in Tuesday's election.

During his flirtation in 1999 with a run for White House as a member of the Reform Party, however, Trump was on the opposite end of similar criticisms, targeting former - Republican turned Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan as too controversial to be elected.

As a Democrat, I really don't think Paterson can win either, and that Cuomo is the best candidate, but I do agree that the White House seriously overstepped here.

WHITE PLAINS — Democrats in Westchester County gathered Tuesday to unanimously choose Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer as the candidate to fill the state senate seat left vacated by newly - elected Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

Cuomo has long been seen as a possible White House candidate and has been in the news in recent weeks for his criticism of the tax - cut bill Trump signed into law last week.

He also has been mentioned as a possible White House candidate in 2020.

Elise Stefanik, a 29 - year - old former White House aide, has emerged as the favorite Republican candidate, but Watertown - area investor Matt Doheny, who challenged Owens twice, may launch a primary bid.

She's engaged in a fierce Democratic primary battle with Sen. Bernie Sanders, but the new ad underscores her new effort to present herself as the best candidate to stop Trump from reaching the White House.

Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University, thinks Peebles, who lacks the name recognition of other possible African - American mayoral candidates such as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, could be appealing to disaffected white voters.

Mayer took the nomination over a field of candidates that included Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick and former Bernie Sanders organizer and White Plains resident, Kat Brezler, as well as Mark Jaffe of West Harrison.

WHITE PLAINS — State Senate candidate Bob Cohen (R, I, C — 37th District) today warned MTA commuters of another massive fare hike beginning on January first as part of the Legislature's multi-billion dollar plan to bailout the troubled authority.

WHITE PLAINS — State Senate candidate Bob Cohen's campaign today cited the lead article in today's City Hall as further confirmation that Senator Oppenheimer's smear campaign to discredit Bob Cohen is made up of unfounded accusations.

Those records are believed to hold the personal information of thousands of unauthorized immigrants, for whom the program was designed, and the Council added the deletion proviso to the legislation as an explicit precaution should a deportation - happy candidate win the White House and seek to requisition the databanks.

The 1984 keynote address catapulted the late Mario Cuomo to the national spotlight, making him an instant prospect as a presidential candidate and a spokesman for liberal Democrats in an era in which Republicans held the White House over three terms.

Up to this point, the Democratic AG candidates have been releasing white papers on this or that issue, trying to differentiate themselves — or, as the case may be, out - liberal one another — in hopes of getting a toehold in the crowded field.

Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White is being considered as a candidate to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is moderating her image as she runs for mayor of New York City, saying that she's her own candidate in an era of controversy surrounding the party's White House occupant.

But it is interesting to note the very warm feelings being expressed today for Schweitzer — a red state Democrat who is viewed by insiders as an intriguing White House contender because he polls well with independents and moderates, even though he's not as well known as Cuomo or Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley or any other of the numerous candidates likely to rise to the top tier of if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decides not to run.

There are only three citywide positions in New York and, as several white candidates are jockeying for the mayoralty and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer runs unopposed for comptroller, the public advocate's office is viewed by some Democrats as an opportunity to have demographic diversity on their ticket.

With his megaphone, Sharpton can confer credibility (as he did for Liu, who ran as the «minority» candidate against white councilman David Yassky) or he can contaminate.

«Bill de Blasio's been very supportive of abolishing stop - and - frisk, which was a hot issue in the African - American community more so than the white community, as were his efforts in that area in terms of policing,» said Sal Albanese, a former south Brooklyn councilman and mayoral candidate who has been critical of Mr. de Blasio.

The poll shows Clinton has kept a consistent edge in a state that both candidates call home, and which Trump has vowed to win as part of his path to the White House.

The White House says Obama will start appearing with candidates as early as next week, but no events have been announced yet.

Astorino has been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, and penning a book seems to have become a prerequisite for White House bids.

The Dem candidates — such as the AG hopefuls and all sitting senators, assemblymembers and I think DiNapoli — all are perfectly happy to let the Public Integrity Commission or Legislative Ethics Commission «white out» every single amount (as indicated by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F).

Earlier this month, Mayer received the Democratic nomination over a pool of candidates, including Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick; former Bernie Sanders organizer and White Plains resident Kat Brezler; as well as Mark Jaffe, of West Harrison.

At 1:45 p.m., Democratic Westchester County executive candidate George Latimer will call on his Republican opponent, incumbent Executive Rob Astorino, «to explain his ties to Trump benefactor Robert Mercer, (Steve) Bannon, and the Alt - Right, as well as publicly denounce the dark money pouring into the race,» Trump Tower at City Center, 10 City Pl., White Plains.

President Obama, once a candidate with deep misgivings about executive power, will leave the White House as one of the most prolific authors of major regulations in presidential history.

A member of The Wall Street Journal's traditionally conservative editorial board has endorsed Clinton for president, calling her «eminently sane» and bashing Trump as the candidate of «white supremacists and swastika devotees.»

However, there is an obvious gap in the White Paper as it stands - the very reason why a majority of people think their views are not represented, and one of the barriers to greater diversity of candidates for local elections: our First - Past - the - Post electoral system.

And furthermore imagine that this party was polling first as the next party to take power in 2016 with a candidate like Howie Hawkins slated to occupy the White House rather than a park.