Senate First reported on this blog last week, Mike Shaikh has confirmed his entrance into the PC Senate
candidate nomination contest.
Not exact matches
Five
candidates are
contesting the Conservative
nomination in this constituency.
Prospective
candidate Gus Baron claimed he had been unfairly disqualified from that
nomination contest.
This is not the first time the PCs have decided to appoint a
candidate in this constituency rather than allow members to vote for a
candidate through an open
nomination contest.
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.
Calgary - Hawkwood (January 28, 2012): This newly created constituency has attracted the most
candidates of any
nomination contest of the 2012 election.
Fort McMurray - Athabasca Unlike the raucous Conservative by - election
nomination race in Macleod, the
contest to choose the next Conservative
candidate in northeastern Alberta's Fort McMurray - Athabasca is a sleepy affair.
Today, March 24, is the deadline for
candidates to enter the Conservative Party
nomination contest and the cutoff for membership sales is March 31, 2014.
Calgary lawyer Paul Frank is the second
candidate to join the
nomination contest.
Barrhead - Morinville - Westlock: Westlock Town Councillor David Truckey is the first
candidate to enter the Progressive Conservative
nomination contest in the constituency being vacated by long - time MLA Ken Kowalski.
Mr. Adatia was the Chief Financial Officer for Premier Alison Redford «s leadership campaign in 2011, and he was an unsuccessful
candidate in the hotly
contested PC
nomination in Calgary - Hawkwood earlier this year.
Calgary - McCall: It is a full house in the PC
nomination contest on January 21, 2012 with 10
candidates having entered the race.
Lethbridge - East: William West defeated former Green
candidate Helen McMenamin in this week's Liberal
nomination contest.
Lethbridge - East: Lawyer Tammy Perlich is the first
candidate to enter the PC
nomination contest.
If this scenario holds true, neither
candidate will have the 2,383 delegates needed to secure the
nomination, which means the Democrats are headed for a
contested convention in July.
He noted that as it stands now, the NDC has no Presidential
candidate because the party hasn't opened
nominations yet for prospective
candidates to file and
contest.
In last year's leadership
contest, Corbyn picked up 39 % of the
nominations from 387 CLPs — but there were four
candidates in that race.
This is supposed to happen before a change in rules could see the number of
nominations needed for any would - be
candidate to enter a leadership
contest reduced.
Theoretically, for example, if ten
candidates were seeking
nomination it is possible that the winner of that
contest could possibly only have 11 % control over the voting to gain a majority.
Renee and guest Ronnie Ellis with CNHI News Service run down the key state legislative races in this year's primary
contest, the top - tier
candidates vying for the Democratic
nomination in the 6th congressional district, the impact of recent educator activism in response to pension legislation and education funding, and more.
Races to fill two vacant legislative seats began to solidify on Tuesday as
candidates filed
nomination papers with state election officials, setting the battle lines in
contests that Democrats hope will bolster their momentum heading into November's mid-term elections.
Presidential
candidates of the various political parties are expected to pay GHc50, 000 to enable them file their
nominations to
contest in Ghana's 2016 elections in December.
The EC's directive comes hours after the Supreme Court on Monday asked the election management body to extend the
nomination period to November 8, and allow the
candidates to correct their mistakes in order to
contest the polls.
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 started giving out
nomination forms to interested political parties and
candidates who wish to
contest in the election.
Interestingly, Mr. Ofosu Ampofo did not file his
nomination to
contest in the primaries and this has angered the supporters of the two
candidates.
The PPP took the case to court seeking «an order directed against the 1st respondent in her capacity as returning officer for presidential elections to grant the applicant the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly found in his
nomination papers as well as accept his
nomination papers as amended or altered to enable him
contest as a presidential
candidate for the 7th December 2016 elections.»
Nominations have been opened for
candidates who would want to
contest for parliamentary seats on the ticket of the PNC to pick forms.
In American presidential
nominations, a
candidate wins a
contest and gets some delegates.
With these
contests taking place on the same day as the Local and European elections of May 23rd, this post lists the names of the
candidates who will be
contesting the Longford - Westmeath and Dublin West by - elections on this page, following the official close of
nominations at 12.00 pm on May 10th.
He withdrew from those
contests and sought the 2012 Americans Elect presidential
nomination until that group announced it would not field a
candidate in 2012 because no
candidate reached the required minimum threshold of support to be listed on its ballot.
Congressional
candidate Nan Hayworth appeared to hold a commanding lead over primary opponent Neil Di Carlo late Tuesday in their
contest for the Republican
nomination to challenge Democratic Rep. John Hall for the 19th Congressional District in November.
President John Dramani Mahama has filed his
nomination forms with the Electoral Commission (EC) to
contest as presidential
candidate in the 2016 elections.
It just shouldn't be possible for another
contest to take place without a female
candidate and there are whispers that former MEP and House of Lords member, Eluned Morgan AM, will put herself forward and will surely secure the
nominations.
A Labour spokesperson said: «The
nominations for
candidates in the 2016 Labour Leadership
contest by members of the PLP and EPLP closed at 5 pm today.
They protested that many
candidates were yet to obtain the
nomination forms to
contest the election.
With
nominations for Lib Dem leadership
candidates closing on Wednesday, the
contest is almost certain to be a head - to - head battle between the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, and Lamb.
Owen Smith has received 88
nominations from Labour MPs and two from MEPs in the party's leadership
contest, therefore clearing the hurdle of 51
nominations to become a
candidate.
Hassan Ayariga was disqualified from the race because some of the subscribers to his
nomination form also endorsed other
candidates for the
contest.
The Republican
nomination is also being
contested, by
candidates including Joseph J. Lhota, a former deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani who resigned as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's chair at the end of 2012, and John Catsimatidis, the owner of the Gristedes and Red Apple supermarket chains.
At the end of the day at 5 pm on Monday, which is the first day of the filling of the
nominations, 19
candidates, namely, Alhaji Aminu Abu who is
contesting the Nasara Coordinator, Sadik Nabicheing for the national Organizer, Dominic Kweku Edua for the National Youth Organizer, were able to file successfully.
Mahmud made the announcement shortly after a meeting with some stakeholders who protested that many
candidates were yet to obtain the
nomination forms to
contest the election.
In turn, the
nomination contest has been a struggle of geography, political influence and even race, with a black
candidate, Ms. Harris, seeking to represent a district that is predominately white.
Both
candidates have pledged that they will not
contest a primary beyond the convention, keeping in line with the party's plan of unifying behind a single
candidate after the
nomination is formally decided, giving that
candidate from June until November to run with full GOP support.
A pivotal Buffalo - area
contest was the Democratic
nomination for Erie County District Attorney, where John Flynn, the party's endorsed
candidate, appears to have defeated Acting District Attorney Michael Flaherty and former assistant DA Mark Sacha.
In the
contest for the Democratic
nomination for New York City's public advocate, 51 % of registered Democrats are undecided about which
candidate to support.
The current
nomination contest is no exception, with all of the GOP
candidates calling for a smaller federal footprint, if not the outright closure of the Department of Education.
Tang Capital Partners has ended its proxy
contest by withdrawing its
nominations of director
candidates for election to VNDA's Board of Directors and its stockholder proposal to liquidate VNDA.
Rockville, MD. (May 7, 2009)-- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VNDA)(«Vanda» or the «Company») announced today that Tang Capital Partners, LP («TCP») has ended its proxy
contest by withdrawing its
nominations of director
candidates for election to Vanda's Board of Directors and its stockholder proposal to liquidate the Company.