Sentences with phrase «candidate against her this year»

Republicans didn't even bother to run a candidate against her this year.

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Bloomberg considered running for president as a third - party candidate earlier this year, but ultimately decided against it.

At a Veterans» Day event this morning, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore again denied claims that he had been sexually involved with a 14 - year - old girl when he was in his early thirties, and reiterated that he will not step down from his Alabama race against Democrat Doug Jones.

That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

In 2008, Ms. Cavaliere challenged Raj Sherman in the Meadowlark PC nomination contest before withdrawing, switching parties and unsuccessfully running against him in that year's election as the Liberal candidate.

Moderate Tories have tried for 17 years to grab the nomination from Mr. Anders, sending high - profile candidates like Alison Redford, Jocelyn Burgener and Donna Kennedy - Glans to run against him, to no avail.

(CNN)- Bias against a Mormon presidential candidate hasn't budged in 45 years, with 18 % of Americans saying they would not vote for a well - qualified candidate who happened to be Mormon, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

The very fact that, in 2012, a presidential candidate from one party can create instant headlines by arguing against a speech made by a presidential candidate of the other party, more than 50 years ago, should be enough to convince any fair - minded American that we still have much work to do as we try to reason with each other about these questions.

National Player of the Year candidate, Victor Oladipo, made this 360 - slam look easy during the end of the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament against Illinois.

Related: Rams safety tackles Vernon Davis by his dick Related: Knowshon Moreno was crying during the National Anthem of the Chiefs - Broncos game Related: Cordarrelle Patterson gets high five from ref after scoring touchdown Related: Knowshon Moreno does military crawl celebration after crucial first down against Chief Related: Mike Glennon has comical fumble against Panthers in Red Zone Related: Alshon Jeffery with Catch of the Year candidate against Vikings

Last year the Bruins football squad went just 2 - 7 straight up and 4 - 8 against the spread, but things are trending in the right direction thanks to their Heisman - candidate quarterback.

Related: Rams safety tackles Vernon Davis by his dick Related: Alshon Jeffery has catch of the year candidate against Vikings Related: Cordarrelle Patterson gets high five from ref after scoring touchdown Related: Knowshon Moreno does military crawl celebration after crucial first down against Chief Related: Vernon Davis hurdles defender en route to touchdown Related: Mike Glennon has comical fumble against Panthers in Red Zone

Twenty - eight years later Ed Marinaro can laugh at the campaign launched against him when he was a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy.

The Oakland Athletics» Josh Donaldson had a catch of the year candidate on Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers.

The obvious candidates for omission are goalkeeper David de Gea, who didn't feature in Lisbon a fortnight ago, with Danish keeper Anders Lindegaard set to deputise once more, 32 - year - old centre - back Rio Ferdinand, who didn't have a particularly good game against Stoke at the weekend and has a minor knock, and possibly Darren Fletcher, who hasn't played an awful lot of games since Christmas.

Stachowski also had the added benefit in 2008 of the Conservative Party line, but this year that went to Kennedy (which is sort of amusing, when you consider that the Erie County Conservative chairman, Ralph Lorigo, has launched a primary against GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio for Row D, complaining that he's too liberal).

Republicans, particularly Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, have worked hard to woo Latino voters in recent years, and some worry that a single negative ad run against Long featuring comments like these would tank her — and fellow GOP candidates — in the general election.

Murphy's race against Democratic candidate Justin Wagner in 2014 was one of four contested Senate campaigns in question last year that saw transfers from county committees to candidates in an apparent effort to avoid donation limits.

The Republicans have a strong candidate this year in Assemblyman Jack Quinn, who will no doubt put up a spirited fight against no matter who wins the Democratic primary.

Incumbent Nathan Deal (R) won another four - year term against Democratic state Sen. Jason Carter (D) and Libertarian Party candidate Andrew Hunt.

«Is it any surprise that they would give money to a candidate who ran against me two years ago for mayor?

Five candidates have declared an intention to run against Ms. Stefanik, who, like several other Republicans, will most likely have to balance between pleasing conservatives who adore Mr. Trump and appealing to independents who may be put off by the president's first year in office.

Mayor de Blasio is so reviled across the state that Senate Republicans are planning to use criticism against Hizzoner to boost their candidates in next year's campaigns — and they'll use critiques leveled by Gov. Cuomo to help demonize him, The Post has learned.

Candidate: Avraham Rosenberg Running Against: Senator Carl Kruger Odds of winning: 1 in 100,000 Mr. Rosenberg is a 19 year old Touro College student who is a Republican but is running on the Conservative party line.

Gillibrand won a six - year term in 2012 against Wendy Long, taking 72.2 percent of the vote — a record margin for a statewide candidate.

One of the more prominent Republican contenders to run for New York Governor against Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo this year has decided he won't be a candidate after all.

That declaration might seem pretty picayune, but it's his enthusiasm and attention to the often mundane mechanics of elections and civic engagement that seems to be gaining Peterson, a first - time political candidate, traction against Democratic establishment figure Alex Padilla, a 41 - year - old Democratic state senator from Los Angeles, and a MIT - trained mechanical engineer.

The business lobby is serious about crushing «the little party that could» (a Newsday headline of a few years ago), spending millions of dollars on television and mail against WFP candidates, and even trying to hire well - known progressive public relations firms to wage a PR battle against them.

Gillibrand won a six - year term in 2012 against Wendy Long, winning 72.2 percent of the vote — a record margin for a statewide candidate.

Paladino, the Republican gubernatorial candidate who surged to a surprise primary victory two years ago against Lazio, endorsed Long on Sunday.

ALBANY — Harry Wilson, a business adviser who was considered by many Republicans as their best candidate against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has said he will not launch a campaign this year.

Faso, a former Assembly minority leader, is competing against five other Republican candidates for the GOP nomination in the 19th congressional district, which is being vacated by Rep. Chris Gibson at the end of the year.

Randall Terry, well - known activist against legal abortion, ran for president this year as an independent candidate, and he also ran as an independent candidate for U.S. House in Florida's 20th district.

Saying he's the candidate of New York's political left, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins says his party will have a good year because there is discontent against Governor Cuomo.

Albanese emerged as the front - runner among this year's longshot opponents after becoming the only other candidate to qualify for two televised debates against the mayor.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

Espaillat, a potential Congressional candidate against Rep. Charlie Rangel later this year, is reviving his call to have key Senate committees — transportation, government operations and investigations — probe the incident.

This likely sends Republicans back to the drawing board for a candidate to run against Schneiderman, who has in the last year challenged policies backed by President Donald Trump's administration.

Three years ago, she defied the party by running a primary against the chosen candidate for county executive, Dale Sweetland, and she scraped by with a victory.

LeFevre won her Plattsburgh town council seat last year against Republican candidate Tom Metz, joining the council not just as the only woman, but the youngest member in her early 30s.

, an arrangement now subject to greater scrutiny thanks to last year's pay - to - play allegations against its former impresario and an Albany mayoral candidate's more recent campaign pledge.

Stefanik benefited from a similar air war against Woolf, a first - time candidate who fought an uphill battle in an election year that favored the GOP.

He has been a rumored candidate to replace Mr. Ragusa, who angered some party insiders when he ran a primary opponent against Mr. Ulrich's State Senate bid last year — the latest in what has been an ongoing feud between the party's two factions.

Asked during a debate in July whether she would have prosecuted Mr. Spitzer, who resigned two years ago after a prostitution scandal but against whom federal prosecutors ultimately declined to file charges, Ms. Rice was the only candidate to say yes.

Jacobs said one of the reasons the party is not renominating John Mangelli, the Democratic candidate against Venditto two years ago, is because the Bayville attorney filed for personal bankruptcy in the past.

Charlene DiCalogero, 12th Worcester: 1st time candidate, 19.7 % of the vote in a small - town - rural mixed economic area, against a 22 - year incumbent Democrat native to the area, with over $ 321,000 in his campaign fund at the start of the race and raised an additional $ 54K, while I raised circa $ 3,000.

To improve the city's safety and protect against terror threats, all the candidates called for either an influx of new police officers to bolster the force or at the very least an end to the cuts that have slashed the number of officers patrolling the city over the past 12 years.

Prior to the vote, GOP leaders said they needed a candidate with significant name recognition, such as an elected official, to run a competitive campaign against Mr. Krupski, who had served in town government for 28 years.

Killian, who ran two years ago against Latimer for the same Senate seat, jumped into the race less than two weeks ago after the other two announced Republican candidates, Sarmad Khojestah and Dan Schorr, didn't excite Republicans here in Westchester or in Albany.

The Green Party has twice run its own candidate against Cuomo, who in his first two races had the support of the Working Families Party, which could go a different route next year.