Sentences with phrase «backing of this years candidates»

Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner held a news conference Nov. 7, to address questions of her financial backing of this years candidates.

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While speaking about the newly - released Planned Parenthood videos, a presidential candidate has walked back from a recent defense of their practices to say something you don't hear much anymore from the pro-choice crowd: «I have said for more than 22 years that....

According to the Daily Mirror, the Blues see the 24 - year - old as an ideal candidate to come in and provide the kind of leadership they've lacked at the back since Terry's departure at the end of last season.

Himself a candidate for governor of California in 1962 (he lost in a primary to Richard Nixon), Shell worked this year as the state's finance chairman for the Goldwater presidential campaign and ran interference for the GOP just as resolutely as he did when he was captain and a valuable blocking back for the undefeated USC team that shut out Tennessee 14 - 0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl game.

The two players concerned are both in the final years of their respective contracts and as such won't cost a great deal and that may well make them all the more likely candidates to beef up Man United's back - line.

Yet with that opportunity, what they've done to improve the rotation consists entirely of signing Andrew Cashner, who feels uncomfortably like a regression candidate, and Chris Tillman, from whom they are hoping for a major bounce - back from last year.

The rising Junior will finally emerge from the shadows after years of backing up perennial Heisman candidate Bryce Petty.

The La Liga champions have placed the 32 - year - old versatile defender on a shortlist along with Juventus right - back Stephan Lichtsteiner and Shakhtar Donetsk veteran Darijo Srna of potential candidates to replace Dani Alves, who left the Camp Nou over the summer.

The La Liga champions have placed the 32 - year - old versatile defender on a shortlist along with Juventus right - back Stephan Lichtsteiner and Shakhtar Donetsk veteran Darijo Srna of potential candidates to replace Dani Alves, who left the...

The obvious candidates for omission are goalkeeper David de Gea, who didn't feature in Lisbon a fortnight ago, with Danish keeper Anders Lindegaard set to deputise once more, 32 - year - old centre - back Rio Ferdinand, who didn't have a particularly good game against Stoke at the weekend and has a minor knock, and possibly Darren Fletcher, who hasn't played an awful lot of games since Christmas.

The measure backed by Sen. Brad Hoylman is squarely aimed at one candidate from the last year: Republican President - elect Donald Trump, who refused to submit to the post-Watergate scandal tradition of releasing tax information.

There's also a list called Levy's «10 shades of blue» that details all the things the country executive did to support Democratic candidates and / or positions, noting, for example, his backing of single - payer healthcare and early endorsement of former Long Island Assemblyman - turned - state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's first statewide run this year.

As the city prepares to dish out tens of millions of dollars to political candidates this year, the City Council's Republican minority leader wants to scale back the generous taxpayer giveaway.

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.

With its backers gone and its already brittle relationship with the governor crumbled to the point of nonexistence, the party had little left to lose when it decided to back Cynthia Nixon as its candidate for governor earlier this year.

Stutzman thought he'd be getting help from the Club for Growth, which backed him earlier this year, but as Nathan Gonzales pointed out last week, Stutzman wasn't included in the group's end - of - the - year fundraising email, a potentially troubling sign for a candidate looking to close a substantial fundraising gap.

In addition to the endorsement for district attorney, the committee is expected to back a candidate to run for the seat of retiring state Sen. Kathy Marchione of Halfmoon, who is not seeking a fourth two - year term.

After years of Blair and Brown, most of the leading figures in the Labour Party who might be strong candidates — David Miliband being the most obvious example — are too Blairite / Brownite to appeal to an electorate that backed Corbyn in such overwhelming numbers.

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins yesterday received the endorsement of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club — the first time the NYC LGBT club has backed a non-Democrat for governor in its 10 - year history.

Daniel Loeb has been a prolific donor not just to Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the years, but has backed a variety of Republican candidates running in battleground state Senate races as well as a GOP - aligned super PAC.

That's a decent pool of proven candidates in a year where the Suffolk GOP is already excited about its chances to grab a seat in the House of Representatives with St. James businessman Randy Altschuler back on the ballot after being narrowly defeated in 2010.

In an election year in which the front - running Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo is pitching a statewide property tax cap, New York State United Teachers» backing of Mangan may be calibrated to remind Democratic leaders of the union's political clout.

The Democrats, failing to put forward any other candidates, have gone the cross-endorsement route, choosing to back the candidacies of Councilman Richard Dionisio and Mayor / Supervisor Ron Belmont, both Republicans, who are up for re-election this year.

Malpass also said that if, as expected, the «Stop de Blasio» line draws a large number of voters, its use will be extended citywide next year to back the Republican Party's candidate for mayor — assuming de Blasio is running for re-election.

The de Blasio administration is bungling the Superstorm Sandy recovery effort — with a quarter of applicants» homes in the Build It Back program still incomplete after five years, GOP mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis charged Thursday.

No longer the underdog candidate, Mr. Espaillat — who already boasts the backing of the council speaker — is attracting the sort of establishment support he struggled to garner two years ago.

They say Skelos has rewarded Westchester Independence Party leader Giulio Cavallo with patronage jobs and other support — in hopes of getting Independence backing for Senate candidates next year — at the same time that Cavallo was blocking Astorino from getting his party's ballot line.

We look forward to working with each of the endorsed candidates next year as we push a pro-business, pro-growth agenda and get New York back to business.»

With Skelos and Cuomo on the same page, teachers unions will no doubt continue to point to the wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign as well as independent expenditure campaigns backing Republican Senate candidates last year.

This year, the Conservatives have again taken a pass on Grisanti, backing a palceholder candidate pending the outcome of a GOP primary, in which Grisanti faces a challenge from attorney Kevin Stocker.

Esposito was the first Senate Democratic candidate this year to receive an endorsement from Cuomo, who has pledged to help his party capture full control of the chamber as part of his endorsement deal with the labor - backed Working Families Party.

According to the statement: «President Muhammadu Buhari should perish the thought of his anointed candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, wining the July 14 election and face the reality of his failed Presidency with a view to making amends before he is sent back to Daura next year.»

Environmental Advocates notes that Hanna is backed by last year's recipient of the Oil Slick Award, Sen. Lee Zeldin, whose political action committee is contributing to all of the first - time GOP Senate candidates this year.

Ne Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is back in the first - in - the - nation - presidential - primary state of New Hampshire today for the third time this year to stump for Republican candidates

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate, has laid out how he would raise $ 34 billion: stop rebating $ 16 billion annually to Wall St. speculators from the stock transfer tax; raise $ 8 billion, and give 95 % of us a tax cut, by going back to the state tax system of 30 years ago; and raise $ 10 billion by a 50 % tax on bankers bonuses after we gave them trillions of dollars in bail out.

Indeed, in his efforts to raise a billion dollars of private money, Obama became the first presidential candidate in the general election in over 30 years to back out of public financing, an idea which is now more or less kaput.

The Real Estate Board of New York, which raised $ 750,000 from business leaders last year to back mostly GOPers against WFPers in City Council races, just hired Bloomberg administration veteran James Whelan for a similar push this year against WFP - backed Senate candidates.

This year, NYCLASS backed six candidates for the City Council, including incumbents Helen Rosenthal of Manhattan, Laurie Cumbo of Brooklyn and Paul Vallone of Queens, according to city records.

Beloin - Saavedra, for years one of the top vote - getters among Democratic candidates, announced Tuesday that she is getting back into politics.

The 31 - year - old war veteran was one of seven candidates hoping to win the party's backing for the Congressional seat representing Staten Island and a slice of Southern Brooklyn.

«We look forward to working with Sen. Larkin and each of the endorsed candidates next year as we push a pro-business, pro-growth agenda and get New York back to business,» said Briccetti.

The independent expenditure committee supported by the New York League of Conservation Voters is backing a mix of Democratic and Republican candidates in the Legislature this year.

Still, Astorino is only releasing a year's worth of tax information, compared to candidates traditionally releasing tax records dating back five years.

Candidate Pat Ryan of Gardiner, sailing along as one of the top - tier fund - raisers, dealt with some back and forth last week over whether he had conspired to spy on protest groups while employed with a high - tech computer surveillance firm several years ago.

The issue is a stark reminder of the difficulties facing Republican candidates in this highly partisan state, even in a year when the political winds are at their backs.

Five years ago, when her candidate was still struggling at the back of the Democratic pack, lagging behind front - runner Christine Quinn — who would have been the city's first out LGBTQ mayor — Nixon, who has variously described herself as bisexual and lesbian, headlined LGBT for BdB, a raucous Cutting Room campaign event featuring an impressive array of stage actors and downtown nightlife personalities.

I am able to look back that the confidence you give me two years ago and all of you working together to make sure I defeated the PDP candidate was no small feat.

His analysis shows that, as of the Jan. 15 filing date in election years dating back to 2002, Lazio had one of the lowest cash totals among major - party candidates for governor in New York.

Voters will choose between Ms. Cancel, Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou and Republican Lester Chang next month Ms. Niou, a registered Democrat and two - year resident of the district, works as chief of staff to Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, and enjoys the backing of most labor unions and the Democratic power structure in the Assembly.

Back in the spring, he crunched numbers from the New York State Board of Elections and found that there were more than 100,000 potential campaign finance law violations by candidates over a two - year period.