Sentences with phrase «bid for a second term as»

But in what his opponent called a «referendum» on Indiana's education overhaul, Bennett's re-election bid for a second term as state superintendent fell short in November 2012 after he captured just 48 percent of the vote.

The US then resisted his bid for a second term as chair, but Dr Pachauri was supported by developing countries, who appreciated his willingness to prod the main perpetrators of climate change.

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Now Boro have accepted the offer — which as the second improved bid from City — for Johnsonand he is now on his way to the North East to discuss personal terms.

The trip comes as de Blasio's re-election bid for a second term is just getting underway.

But, Obama's loner tendencies have served him far less well as president and now, as he turns to his bid for a second term, threaten to leave him isolated with little political cover from his own side.

Despite having rode into office in 2010 as an anti-corruption crusader, his second term saw several of his top aides and donors indicted on charges of bribery and rigging bids for economic development contracts.

The Paramount Chief of Offinso in the Ashanti Region, Nana Wiafe Akenten III, has called on his fellow chiefs and subjects to support President John Dramani Mahama in his bid to retain the seat as President for a second term.

The endorsement from the group, based in Rochester, comes as Serino's re-election is being targeted by Airbnb, the online rental company that has started running ads opposing her bid for a second term against Democrat Terry Gipson.

In the latter half of 2014, Mr. Cuomo tripled down on SolarCity, raising the state's commitment to $ 750 million, from $ 225 million, even as he hopped across western New York, collecting campaign donations from at least two developers connected to Buffalo Billion projects, in the run - up to his successful bid for a second term.

John Odigie - OyegunThe national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed as «childish and laughable» yesterday's claim by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the governing party is persecuting its officials in order to prepare ground for President Muhammadu Buhari's second term bid in 2019.

As opposed to 2014, Cox sees a clear path for a Republican victory this year — with the governor's mounting scandals, his second - term swing to the left that has created resentment upstate, and his use of the race as a springboard for a presidential bid, which Cox said would rub voters the wrong waAs opposed to 2014, Cox sees a clear path for a Republican victory this year — with the governor's mounting scandals, his second - term swing to the left that has created resentment upstate, and his use of the race as a springboard for a presidential bid, which Cox said would rub voters the wrong waas a springboard for a presidential bid, which Cox said would rub voters the wrong way.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday he will push the school district to allow outside operators to bid for control of hundreds of campuses, a move he described as the centerpiece of education reform for his second term.

At about 4 A.M. on election day 1992, when it looked as if Bush was going to fail in his bid for a second term, Bandar had dispatched a private letter to him saying, You're my friend for life.