Sentences with phrase «candidate election work»
«The group knows that it can do some candidate election work, but that such work can't be its primary activity — i.e., it has to spend more than half of its budget on non-candidate-election work,» Ryan told The Daily Beast when provided documentation about the organization.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ Not exact matches
Bollore fell 6 percent after French police questioned billionaire Vincent Bollore over allegations his group worked on the election campaigns of presidential candidates in two African countries in return for lucrative port contracts.
PARIS, April 24 (Reuters)- French police questioned billionaire Vincent Bollore on Tuesday over allegations his Groupe Bollore worked on the election campaigns of presidential candidates in Africa in return for lucrative port contracts.
Clinton, the Democratic candidate for the Nov. 8 presidential election, has faced steady criticism from Republicans over her use of the unauthorized server for her work as the country's most senior diplomat between 2009 and 2013.
Under federal campaign finance law, any expenditures by a candidate or someone working on behalf of a candidate must be reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
While I spent a considerable amount of time knocking on doors for candidates in Edmonton, I was also working with a group of MLAs, lawyers and former PC cabinet ministers on what would have been the plan to transition the Liberals into government if the party had won that election ten years ago today.
The nominating committee's slate can be challenged by candidates nominated by a petition process from the members; but the way things normally work — and always, now, for the officers — «elections» take place with only one person «competing» for each slot.
Dannenfelser's group works to elect women candidates who oppose abortion rights, raising roughly $ 11 million in the 2010 election cycle.
The City of Chicago is planning for more than 70,000 people to mob an election - night rally in Grant Park for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, an event that will involve police and firefighters working overtime, blocked streets and at least $ 2 million in extra costs.
«In addition, this is an important election and I look forward to working with our Democratic candidate to provide a strong voice in Washington for the great people of this entire district and I am confident that a Democrat will win this seat.»
In Ondo State, if APC works very hard, seeks the face of God and puts up the right candidate, the party will win the 2016 governorship election.
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.
Assemblywoman Yuh - Line Niou, who was mentioned as a potential candidate to fill former Sen. Daniel Squadron's seat, today announced she is throwing her support to her Assembly colleague, Brian Kavanagh, though she pledged to work to reform the special election process to give voters more of a choice in candidate selection.
«In the very end, my committee and I will support the candidate selected through this process and work diligently to ensure that he or she is victorious in the election.»
She began working for Theresa May during the 2010 general election campaign, after a few attempts to win selection as a parliamentary candidate.
Elections tended to work by picking delegates who would travel to conventions and negotiate their way to a common candidate.
The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.
After all of that work for their candidate, recruiting volunteers, raising money, building a community of supporters, and spreading campaign news, a very large number of campaign web sites freeze on Election Day.
The vice-presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked Muslims to pray for the country and work towards unity and peace before, during and after this year's general election.
The special election would be Drucker's first run for office, although Jacobs said he has worked for the party and Democratic candidates in the past.
Since gaining acclaim during the 2008 presidential election through its Obama campaign work, the integrated digital marketing agency has veered away from political candidate campaigns and broadened its clientele to encompass more advocacy groups, non-profits, unions, sporting organizations, educational institutions, and corporate clients.
But it is the process we currently have, and the one in which we need to work to ensure that we elect the best candidates (while we also work to change election laws to make them more small - d democratic).
«I am in this race because during the 2016 elections, I was in the Upper East Region campaigning for the NPP and I saw some gaping holes; there was no party unity and parliamentary candidates were not resourced adequately and party chairmen were struggling to work.
Trump on Wednesday morning tweeted that GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore worked hard in the Alabama special election, but that the «deck was stacked against him.»
Baird was rejected by the ethics board because she worked on board member John Frolish's campaign and served as an election commissioner at polling places for the candidate.
«I am confident that these candidates will continue to work hard for their communities and build strong campaigns as we head into the election year.»
Executives at Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on digital ads for President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, were caught on camera suggesting that the firm could use sex workers, bribes, ex-spies and fake news to help candidates win votes around the world, a new investigation has revealed.
In recent weeks, the list of potential candidates has grown to include Mohr, the county's Republican elections commissioner, Kloch, a veteran jurist; Guerra, a career prosecutor; and McCabe, a Democrat and former prosecutor now working at Delaware North.
David continued: - «The British Political Establishment parties, had the benefit, not only of their vast resources, but also quite a lot of their supporters turning out for local elections based on the self - interested leafleting and canvassing work of their local election candidates.»
The candidate must file a return of election expenses with the Electoral Commission within 85 working days after election result day.
A college intern working for a NYC Council candidate this summer got a lesson in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law by registering to vote in two different states.
Your vote is your own, but to work within the system you should vote for the candidate you feel best fits the role that the election seeks to fill.
Republicans were working with a fantastic political baseline in 2014 — low presidential approval, a slew of Democratic Senate incumbents defending their seats in Red states, a midterm election, and high - quality candidates drawn into battle this year, in part precisely because it was so favorable to Republicans in the first place.
When asked what it would mean if the world wakes up after Election Day to a Mayor Weiner and Comptroller Spitzer leading New York City, the candidate responded, «Democracy works to reflect the will of the public.»
A college intern working for a New York City Council candidate this summer got a lesson in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law in the process.
Grechen Shirley said she and other members of activist groups known as «pop ups» had worked for Democrat Christine Pellegrino's successful state Assembly election, which Schaffer sat out, and planned fundraisers for Democratic county legislative candidates.
Former Councilwoman Una Clarke — an influential political leader in central Brooklyn's Caribbean - American community — told the Observer today that she and her daughter, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, are endorsing Working Families Party candidate Diana Richardson in the special election to replace former Assemblyman Karim Camara.
Larry Weismann was a 2012 Working Families Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 12th Congressional District of New York.
According to the campaign group, the plot involves the use of thugs who will allegedly pretend to be working for Fayemi, the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Ekiti governorship election.
The groups have also worked together to support candidates in internal Parliamentary party elections.
We spoke this week with Mr. Griffith, who is contesting Mr. Vann in the general election as the Working Families Party candidate.
Alyson Kennedy, a member of the Socialist Workers Party who was that group's candidate for Vice President during the 2008 election, said that despite Sanders idealism, he wouldn't be able to enact sufficient changes to help working class people.
A booklet will be sent to each household explaining how the elections work, but this will not include information about the candidates.
Nana received me with warm hands and since then I have been working hard to ensure his victory and that of NPP Parliamentary Candidates in the upcoming general elections.
As the Working Families Party mulls whether to grant Gov. Andrew Cuomo its ballot line this election year, Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins has an unusual proposal: They should nominate him.
Information reaching The aL - hAJJ indicates that the twice defeated presidential candidate, having now regretted instigating the removal of National Chairman, Paul Afoko; General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong, and 2nd vice chairman, Sammy Crabbe from office, is frantically working to suppress any threat their suspension may pose to his chances in the November elections.
Democrats candidate in the just concluded US Presidential election, Hillary Clinton has vowed to work with American President - elect Donald Trump, and urged fellow Democrats to allow him the chance to lead the deeply divided country.
In February, Data and Field Services settled a lawsuit brought by Randy M. Mastro, a former deputy mayor who is now an election lawyer, that alleged that the Working Families Party had unfairly helped Deborah Rose, the winning candidate in a Staten Island City Council race.
On Sept. 13, Democratic and Working Families candidate Nily Rozic, of Fresh Meadows, bested Iannece, the Independence candidate, in the Democratic state Assembly primary with roughly 500 more votes, according to official results from the city Board of Elections.
The spending has become an issue in this year's election campaign, with Republicans including gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino saying they are little more than a taxpayer - funded political boost for Cuomo, a Democrat who is campaigning in part on his work to revive the state economy, particularly upstate.