Sentences with phrase «campaign against other candidates»

Under this system, the voters have eliminated contested elections in which appellate Justices and judges campaign against other candidates.

Not exact matches

The presidential campaign pits incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for almost three decades, against seven other candidates, including his ex-doctor Kizza Besigye and former prime minister Amama Mbabazi.

Additionally, until William Jennings Bryan, who ran against William McKinley in 1896, most campaigns were «front porch campaigns», meaning they were rather low key affairs in which it was considered unseemly for the candidate to do anything other than give the occasional speech.

Democrats said they made no promises to Mr. Specter about committee positions or other incentives to switch, but the party can provide significant campaign support and deter other Democratic candidates from running against him in the primary next year.

But he also said he understands the board's decision and says this will free him up to focus full - time on his campaign, which pits him against four other Democratic candidates, including the incumbent, Pedro Espada, Jr..

Over the course of an hour - long debate at the Woodstock Playhouse Monday, October 24, Congressional candidates Democrat Zephyr Teachout and Republican John Faso answered moderators» questions on trade, executive authority, the battle against ISIS and other issues, all while circling back to core campaign themes.

Cuomo and de Blasio had threatened to support primary challenges to IDC members, and several candidates had already announced campaigns against Klein and others.

The victory comes after several months of campaigning against two other candidates.

Kaiman and Suozzi, who are running in the June 28 Democratic primary against three other candidates — and can not use their state campaign accounts for congressional bids — said their purchases were legal and meant to keep their political operations active in case they ran for office again.

Leonard Litwin, who appears to be the developer at the center of a criminal complaint against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, gave nearly $ 3.6 million to candidates and state - level political parties in the last election cycle, more than any other donor, according to a Capital analysis of campaign finance filings.

Initially, the odds of him winning were around 100 - 1, but his campaign was boosted when he won the support of two of the biggest unions, Unite and Unison, and became the only candidate to vote against the Conservatives» welfare bill while the others abstained.

The congressman said that while the results were not what he was hoping for, he is intent on supporting Long during her campaign leading up to the fall election — one Turner believes puts two different candidates against each other.