Sentences with phrase «between major party»

«Throughout the history of the presidential public finance system, the program has operated admirably to the point of fairly equalizing campaign expenditures between the major party candidates, and providing primary candidates with the resources to be able to run campaigns,» said Holman «It made elections very competitive, quite open and fairly scandal - free.»

[22] Meanwhile, Governing rated the general election between major party nominees Doug Ducey (R) and Fred DuVal (D) as a «Toss - up.»

The vote reflected the fierce divide between both major parties over the bill (SB 7026), which also sets up a «guardian» program allowing trained school employees to carry guns in schools.

Whatever the motivations for the changes, the effect has been to conceal the events at the time, the relationships between the major parties, and any ongoing concerns.

The district stretches from Freeport to Seaford, and for much of Denenberg's tenure, voter enrollment was closely split between major parties.

Elected rather handily over a progressive Democrat in a district almost evenly divided between the major parties, Faso may welcome the left leaning on him.

This is notable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Katko's district, NY - 24, is fairly closely divided and has changed hands between the major parties over the past several election cycles, which means whoever the incumbent is needs NOT to hew too closely to the party leadership and orthodoxy.

In the end, some of the main policies were indistinguishable between the major parties, to the point where Tony Abbott is now longer promising to stop the boats, just to slow them down (and to keep them off Sydney's freeways).

Third party respondents are sometimes perceived as seeking unreasonable outcomes in the native title mediation process, which can delay the resolution of a claim that may otherwise be agreed between the major parties.

Not exact matches

One major point of contention between both parties is a deposition video that was leaked to Business Insider, in which Spiegel admits that Brown did conceive of the disappearing photos ideas and that he «may deserve something for some of his contributions,» none of which will help Spiegel's and Murphy's cause.

Any substantial defections requiring the support of major opposition party New Democracy would open up the possibility of broader changes to the government or a referendum, said Saravelos, who calculates that between 10 and 40 Syriza lawmakers could dissent based on local media reports.

And with the Senate and the House of Representatives divided between the two major political parties, the chances are slim that new, significant fiscal policies will be forthcoming.

The criticism (Akin's remarks) is creating major tensions between the mainstream Republican Party and a key part of its base days before the GOP's convention is set to open in Tampa, Florida.

Subsequent chapters look at the worldview of Jackson and Robertson, the role of their respective church affiliates in the 1988 campaign, the relationship between their activists and the major parties, and an opinion survey of their respective followers.

In between, balloons will drop on the first Mormon to be nominated by a major political party to be president of the United States.

Due to a voter - approved initiative that has the two highest primary vote - getters appearing on the general election ballot regardless of party, some November races for major state offices are contests between a leftwing Democrat and a radical Democrat.

The major difference between parties concerns the relative importance of outreach and mission activities in a congregation.

The responses effectively blurred the lines between the two major parties on the issue of foreign investment, despite repeated statements from Labor ministers supporting foreign investment and ridiculing the Coalition's policy.

The transfer fee is to be finalized between the clubs but that could be a major shoo - off for other interested parties including Arsenal.

But I'm guessing most readers of this post clearly understood my use of «bipartisan» as meaning, per Merriam Webster: «marked by or involving cooperation, agreement, and compromise between two major political parties.»

The move clears a major obstacle in the way of the restoration of power - sharing government between Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) at Stormont, which, under the terms of the St Andrews agreement, could take place in March.

Alliances between the minority political parties, and the two leading ones; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have always played a major role in deciding, which of them wins the Presidential Election.

Sir Alan writes of the two major political events to occur during his time as Berwick MP; the merger with the Social Democrat Party in 1988 and the talks between Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair over a possible Lib - Lab coalition.

In fact states don't have rules, the state parties do and the rules differ between the two major parties.

But tensions between and within parties could see progress grind to a halt, a situation unwanted not least because all of the three major parties have actually expressed support for reform, at least in principle.

That is not to say it is impossible however, but there are religious objections, and significant differences in policy between the two major political parties.

Both major parties» national executives routinely switch elected representatives between parliament, a provincial legislature and a municipality.

That can have major consequences if there is some ideological difference between MPs and party members — as there was in the Labour Party last party members — as there was in the Labour Party last Party last year.

Throughout the campaign for the 7 May elections, Miliband insisted that David Cameron should debate him one on one as part of a televised election broadcast [104] in order to highlight differences in policies between the two major parties, but this was never to happen, with the pair instead being interviewed separately by Jeremy Paxman as part of the first major televised political broadcast of the election involving multiple parties.

He also took a swipe at the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) over this year's presidential debates, which will have an exclusive one between leaders of the country's two major parties, as proposed.

It seems to me that the most profound challenges were to Labour after 1983, since they had to adapt to Thatcherism following the party's own shift sharply left, and indeed a major split in the party with the SDP forming, and profound differences between the party leadership and the trade unions in Kinnock's first 2 years.

We have called for at least one televised debate between the two major party candidates, as is custom in every election from President of the United States on down.»

A major difference between the US and many of these countries is the two party system currently present in the United States.

Now Laws, who wants Nick Clegg to be given an effective veto over the appointment of Morgan's successor, has announced his party will mount a major attempt to distance itself from the Tories between April and September.

In terms of Commons arithmetic, this relies on the gap in seats between the two major parties being a good deal smaller than the LibDem number of seats, as well as the two party total being over half of all seats.

There are not much differences between the major political parties apart from the names of their flag - bearers.

But the difference between the Parliamentary Party he helped to whip 20 years ago, as part of John Major's whips» office during the Maastricht Bill, and today's Parliamentary Party should be taken very seriously indeed, especially by him.

There have been a number of skirmishes between the two major party candidates over various issues, but one of the key differences between the two major party candidates is their view of the state's economy and its future.

Cuomo had offered to debate Astorino one - on - one on public radio, but Astorino rejected the offer, saying any head - to - head debate between the two major party candidates should be televised.

This will not affect the balance between major candidates (since a downvote for A is same as upvote for B, in the balance between the two)- BUT, a downvote for major candidate A is also effectively an upvote for 3 - d party candidate C!

A big field results in little time for each candidate and avoids direct exchanges between major - party candidates.

CWA is a major get for Klein, considering the labor union is a key player within the Working Families Party, which is officially remaining neutral in this race and the primary campaign between IDC Sen. Tony Avella and former city Comptroller John Liu.

If you didn't catch last night's TWC News / NY1 debate in Hamburg between the two major party candidates for state attorney general — the only time they'll face off before next Tuesday's election — you missed quite the show.

«The eastern part of the district remains a closely divided battleground between the two major party candidates,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

With the nation on the verge of a presidential election between the first woman to lead a major party and an opponent accused of misogyny, Trump and Hillary Clinton are digging in for a fight in which he is likely to attack her precisely because she is a woman.

Pat of the reason this position is such a graveyard for Lewis is that there is no major difference between the two big parties on Northern Ireland.

It really comes down to whether ideological reconciliation should happen within the murky internal shadows of each major party or in broad daylight between representatives.

Although Reale does not see much difference between the two major political parties, he's tried, and failed, to win the endorsement of the Republican Party at state conventions.

Each of the major parties, Merkel's center - right CDU and the center - left Social Democratic Party, will spend somewhere between $ 20 million and $ 25 million on the entire campaign; smaller parties, like the Greens, will have less than $ 10 million.

At present, there are rules governing the process by which the major opposition party consults Whitehall officials, but in practice these amount to cursory discussions between shadow cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries.