Sentences with phrase «candidate nomination contests»

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.