Sentences with phrase «by an incumbent president»

Last week President Obama's «red line» was crossed by incumbent President of Syria, Bashar al - Assad, who ordered the use of chemical weapons against the rebels.

Not exact matches

The defeat of an incumbent President, the election of the first «baby boomer» by a slim plurality, and the extraordinary campaign of an independent candidate are only the more obvious reasons for the special attention that 1992 is likely to be paid in the history books.

Uganda's incumbent president Yoweri Museveni, candidate of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate, to an early lead of 61.75 per cent in early results released Friday morning by Electoral Commission Chairman.

Unfortunately, both the phantom reporter and the organisation he represents were so much in a hurry to lend authenticity to their story by talking to any party Exco or member in the state, so were they also too hasty to reach out to the incumbent Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, for confirmation or denial.

President Donald Trump is invoked in the opening moments of a new TV ad being released Wednesday by Democratic Westchester County executive George Latimer, who has sought to link him to Republican incumbent Rob Astorino.

But I was dissuaded from doing so when I read two other feature articles on the Modern Ghana website of that day and I realized that his insults and condemnation of my article congratulating the Kenyan Supreme Court and questioning the integrity of John Dramani Mahama to accept to be an observer in an election in which the whole world knew that the incumbent President in that election is his personal friend, had been answered by two more mature contributors.

Trump's apparent commitment to stand by incumbent Republican senators against his former campaign CEO and White House strategist shows that even a tradition - bucking president may hew to the party line in the interest of moving his agenda forward and maintaining a governing majority.

An incumbent who is the board president being challenged by a parent who wants transparency.

The incumbent president is however seen to be fighting corruption by some government members, [134] and a fellow politician of an opposition party, [135] after ordering investigations into scandals.

Interestingly, when people complained that incumbent President Buhari was being difficult by repeatedly contesting for the presidency, they were reminded that President Abraham Lincoln of America failed more times in his desire before attaining the top position.

Leadership elections in the NYC correction officers union will be delayed at least a week until a Manhattan judge can decide if the embattled incumbent president, Norman Seabrook, will be opposed by rival William Valentin.

She continued: «In the bid to address the issue of the membership of the advisory council in a situation where the incumbent is re-elected, the bill proposes that the advisory council shall be constituted by the president selecting two persons in addition to the speaker of parliament.»

The elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, Buhari's won 12,214,853 votes, coming in second to the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, who polled 22,495,187 votes and was declared the winner.

All the elections were won by the incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been President of Uganda since 26 January 1986.

The General Secretary of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has dismissed assertions by NPP Flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo, that achievements enumerated by President Mahama in his State of the Nation Address, particularly on the construction of the Salaga Hospital were false.

A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, in Abuja on Friday quoted him as saying, «Former President Goodluck Jonathan put Nigeria on the global map as a leading democratic nation when he put in everything to ensure free and fair elections (in 2015), in which he did not only lose the presidential poll as an incumbent but also willingly conceded defeat.

Washington (CNN)-- As the Senate begins getting down to the business on Friday of whether to defund the health care law backed by President Barack Obama, a national Republican political committee cautions Democratic incumbents facing tough reelection fights.

Leadership elections in the city correction officers union will be delayed at least a week until a Manhattan judge can decide if the embattled incumbent president, Norman Seabrook, will be opposed by rival William Valentin.

Mr Abubakar was reacting to questions posed to him by the host of Onua FM's morning show in connection with an allegation levelled against Mr Mahama by Jarrah Kawusu - Konte who works at the office of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and one of the campaign managers of the incumbent party's Presidential candidate.

- ran for Bronx Borough President, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by the incumbent, Stanley Simon

The incumbent is the President of the Washington State Senate and takes on other duties as assigned by law or as delegated by the governor.

On Thursday, Jack Flynn, Albany's Eighth Ward councilman, was elected to a two - year term as chairman over incumbent and Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin, by a 185 - 82 vote at the Polish Community Center on Washington Avenue Extension.

She pointed to a 2013 poll conducted by the same institute that appeared to dramatically understate the support of Rochester's then - City Council President, Lovely Warren, who roundly defeated the incumbent mayor.

The alderman - at - large Democratic primary race was also clinched by another Noble, Steve's uncle James, an incumbent who beat outgoing county legislator Jeanette Provenzano, for the position, which doubles as city council president.

Walker is up for re-election in November and Democrats are riding high after an incumbent Republican state representative lost by 11 points in a special election for state Senate on Tuesday in a district President Donald Trump won by 17 points.

Besides being perceived as master riggers, by making the entire economy to collapse a few months to the general election, the CIA can easily make people to hardly vote for the incumbent President.

He recently explained the difference by saying that it was incumbent upon him, as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration, to vigorously support the election of then - vice president Al Gore, in contrast to his duties now.

Quite a number of prominent Nigerians, not least among those who would want incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari to be kicked out by all means in 2019, have been grandstanding on the issue of youth participation in politics.

Richard Iannuzzi, a nine - year incumbent president of New York State United Teachers, was defeated by a comfortable margin Sunday, and James Jackson, a member of the State Board of Regents, was pressured by lawmakers to resign last month; both are casualties of an emotional controversy that has erupted among parents and teachers and mobilized lobbies with a variety of political goals.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is accusing Democrats of being driven by «anger and hatred,» a line of attack the two - term incumbent Republican began emphasizing last week that his opponents say more accurately reflects the tactics of President Donald Trump.

Many described the victory as historic, since no incumbent president in Ghana's recent history had lost by such margin.

Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner by the IEBC.

A reformer who won the lion's share of labor endorsements in the race, including that of the Working Families Party, Torres was supported by State Senator Gustavo Rivera, who ousted disgraced and jailed incumbent Pedro Espada, Jr. in 2010, as well as by the Bronx's most popular elected official, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (who has broken with his father on social issues like LGBT rights and marriage equality).

She has not declared any intention to run for another office, like Manhattan Borough President, Public Advocate, or Mayor, all of which are held by Democratic incumbents all - but - certain to run for re-election in 2017.

The incumbent President John Dramani Mahama polled 4, 713,277 votes representing 44.40 % of the total votes as against 5,716,026 which is 53.85 % by the main opposition NPP led by Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo - Addo to emerge the victor in the 2016 presidential elections.

A series of studies by Tsinghua University, whose alumni includes the incumbent president, showed electric vehicles charged in China produce two to five times as much particulate matter and chemicals that contribute to smog versus gas - engine cars.

In a field of 10 candidates for president, Alex Caputo - Pearl out - polled his nearest competitor, incumbent Warren Fletcher, by a 2 - to - 1 margin — ...

In Board District 4, Nick defeated incumbent school board president Steve Zimmer by a margin of 57.41 % to 42.58 %.

Incumbent board president Steve Zimmer, backed by labor, is running against the education reformer Nicholas Melvoin; in another district, labor - backed Imelda Padilla is facing off against the charter - backed Kelly Fitzpatrick - Gonez in an open race.

Over the weekend a quickly - formed school board candidate fund - raiser was put together by the Utah Technology Council, among others, with House Speaker Greg Hughes, R - Draper, and Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R - Sandy, called in to help raise money for some of the remaining school board incumbents feeling the heat from the Utah Education Association — the main teacher union in the state.

He noted that a deep - background book about an incumbent president running for reelection, released in real time during the campaign, can not easily be replicated by reporters following the opponent.

Pearson Wright's portrait was a formal commission by the Royal Academy to show the incumbent president and five living, former presidents.

In the present case, ENEA failed to comply with the obligation incumbent on it under the Law on Energy and was sanctioned by the president of the URE.

The role of the company again came under scrutiny when it was hired by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was victorious as the incumbent in the 8 August 2017 general election, the aftermath of which saw deadly pre — and post-election violence.

It had been hired by a rich Nigerian who supported the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.