Sentences with phrase «campaign apparatus»

The poll results come as state lawmakers once again are being pushed on the issue of public financing, this time by a coalition of good - government groups, labor organizations and even the former campaign apparatus of President Obama's re-election effort, Organizing for America.

«My petition operation, once we have secured our place on the Primary ballot, will serve as the genesis of an aggressive Democratic field campaign apparatus for the New Roosevelt Initiative that can help elect New Roosevelt's throughout the State,» Samuels said.

The GOP nominee appears to have no real campaign apparatus in his native state, even by his own skeletal standards.

Now, his singular participation in the campaign finance system is calling attention to a system that has failed to keep pace with the rising costs of campaigns, especially in a political cycle in which so - called «super PACs,» as a consequence of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, can spend unlimited sums for or against candidates as long as they maintain a veneer of distance from their candidate's official campaign apparatus.

In addition to the fact that Alvin Greene, an unemployed veteran with no apparent campaign apparatus, won Tuesday's race for the South Carolina's Democratic Senate nomination, Clyburn also told CNN of a suspicious element in his own primary race - a consultant with Republican ties worked for Clyburn's unsuccessful challenger.

Fueled by a near - upset, Mr. Espaillat's supporters argue the state senator is a far more formidable candidate this time around, boasting an enhanced campaign apparatus, a more polished presentation and a new, glitzy line - up of endorsements that could send the Dominican - American to Capitol Hill.

But even with a more sophisticated campaign apparatus, Mr. Espaillat came up short again, failing to win much support outside of his Latino base.

While Mr. Espaillat undoubtedly entered Election Day with advantages he sorely lacked two years ago when he almost unseated the incumbent, Mr. Rangel showed that a bolstered campaign apparatus coupled with renewed physical health was enough to stave off a fierce challenge from the state senator.

She claims that in their effort to build «Obama 3.0,» a nod to the former president's lauded campaign apparatus, Democrats were at a disadvantage of their own making.

With the Wisconsin GOP endorsement, state Sen. Leah Vukmir gains access to the state party's campaign apparatus for the Republican primary.

The ads, which officials said cost close to $ 100,000, represent the first paid media campaign by Organizing for Action (OFA), the nonprofit group formed last month to harness Obama's campaign apparatus in support of his legislative agenda.

Cunningham is certain to remain in close contact with Cuomo as he continues his work in Albany, and we can be reasonably confident that if he does run for president in 2016 as many are now predicting, she will be a key player either in his official campaign apparatus or more informally as an outside advisor.

It is more important to Obama that he be worshipped, than to worship... and CNN is a mere extension of Obama's campaign apparatus.

It may be irrelevant that he's not building what professionals would recognize as a campaign apparatus — his followers are sick sick of the trappings of contemporary politics in the first place.

Many of the volunteers were burned out, for sure, but the campaign apparatus was also allowed to decay — Organizing For America may have become a «permanent field campaign» in theory, but it was a shadow of Obama For America until recently in terms of staff, funding and emphasis.

Now those donations, solicited in part by the mayor's campaign apparatus, are under scrutiny as part of a multipronged criminal investigation being conducted by federal and state authorities, several people briefed on the matter have said.

Bayh won't have a lot of time to shake off any rust from his campaign apparatus since he hasn't been on the general election ballot since 2004.

All of them are keeping an eye on what happens with de Blasio, but none show any signs of putting together a campaign apparatus.

As part of its «Correct the Record» campaign, American Bridge is putting out positive messages for Democrats for the first time — rather than just negative ones about Republicans — as none of the potential candidates has a campaign apparatus to do the work.

De Blasio and Ellison released a joint statement this morning through the mayor's campaign apparatus, less than a month after the City Council's Progressive Caucus backed the African - American Muslim lawmaker for chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he is not part of Trump's «campaign apparatus,» but reiterated he will be voting for the candidate though he has not issued any endorsements.

The WFP, through their campaign apparatus, could help Mr. Sanders overcome that hurdle.

Meanwhile, Lawson's campaign apparatus has been fairly dormant thus far — and he needs to get it together, as his primary opponent Alvin Brown will host a campaign kickoff Saturday morning at the IBEW hall... the meeting place of the Duval Democrats.

Mr. Espaillat enters his re-match against Mr. Rangel, who represents a district that now stretches from upper Manhattan into the Bronx, with a beefed - up campaign apparatus.

Sanders has had a large field organizing presence all over the country, and Wednesday's cuts are the first significant scaling back of his campaign apparatus now that the majority of states have voted in the primary.

In addition, the attacks on unions by Democratic led or financed groups like StudentsFirst and Students Matter soured the campaign apparatus of Democratic Party.