Sentences with phrase «candidate for the state legislature»

Whenever a party, other than the two major parties, runs this many candidates for a state legislature, invariably that action pays off with unforeseen opportunity.

They have the resources to help finance local school board races, they can invest heavily in candidates for the state legislature, and they heavily fund statewide school superintendent and gubernatorial campaigns.

Mr. Williams cited the example of one Democratic candidate for state legislature who supported charter schools and other school improvement steps favored by DFER.

Casey also lives in that district, but has been an unsuccessful candidate for state legislature on numerous occasions.

Democrats for Education Reform — referred to as DFER (dee - fer)-- is active nationally, promoting the candidacy of pro-charter candidates for state legislatures and for national office.

The Kingston area chamber of commerce will sponsor what amounts to a legislative cattle call in hosting upwards of eight candidates for state legislature from Ulster's four Assembly districts next Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7:45 a.m. at the Garden Lounge off Washington Avenue.

That's the message that some progressives have for colleagues like Netroots Nation's Raven Brooks, who called for a boycott of the political software startup NationBuilder, and Matt Browner Hamlin, who says he'll stop recommending the software to clients, all because NationBuilder has struck a deal to provide software to Republican candidates for state legislatures.

This is a ballot access case, which challenged the North Dakota law on how a minor party candidate for the state legislature gets on the ballot.

According to this story, Minnesota Independence Party leaders would rather not run anyone for U.S. Senate in 2012, and instead concentrate on recruiting strong candidates for the state legislature.

New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC (R - HI) Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.

It will also field candidates for the state legislature.

Candidates for state legislature can join the cause by circulating petitions with their names and Astorino's on them.

When voters were asked if they would be more or less likely to support a candidate for the state legislature who supports school choice, 69 percent said more likely and 16 percent said less likely.