A former senator and US scretary of state, Clinton would be the first woman to ever be the presidential
candidate of a major political party in the country's 239 - year history.
«In fairness, I'm not what you'd might consider the most likely of candidates, to have gone from food stamps to the gubernatorial
candidate of a major political party in one of the greatest places on earth,» he said.
Sanders, who turns 75 this month, said nothing about Teachout in an AP interview, but called Donald Trump «the worst
candidate of a major political party in my lifetime.»
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's historic nomination as the first woman presidential
candidate of a major political party in the U.S., women continue to face obstacles in politics and the workplace, according to a national poll conducted by The Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Not exact matches
With presidential
candidates from both
major political parties proposing a federal mandate on paid parental leave, some companies have chosen to get ahead
of any potential new regulations.
«Hillary Clinton,» said P T Carlo in The Daily Caller, «was easily the most corrupt, personally repulsive, and genuinely dangerous
candidate to win the nomination
of a
major American
Political Party in living memory».
A
major or minor
political party must file the name
of its presidential
candidate with the secretary
of state if the
party meets the requirements for ballot access.
Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details
of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for
political ads and in which both
major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.
The presidential
candidates of the two
major political parties in Ghana, John Dramani Mahama and Nana Akufo Addo have been visiting various communities as part
of their campaign ahead
of the December polls.
Abrams Fensterman, a frequent donor to
political candidates from both
major parties, has given Mangano's campaign $ 20,550 since 2010, according to the state Board
of Elections.
«As an eager young delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, I can tell you first - hand that Geraldine Ferraro thrilled us when she took the stage as the first woman ever nominated by a
major political party to be its
candidate for vice president
of the United States,» Maloney said in a statement.
The leader
of the Senate Democrats, Andrea Stewart - Cousins, is at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia to witness the historic nomination
of the first female
candidate for president in a
major political party.
As the campaign has intensified over the past month, with both
candidates trading attacks in TV ads and
political mailers, Singas has gained ground among both
major parties — 27 percent
of Republicans polled said they would vote for Singas, an 11 - point increase from September.
Note that the vast majority
of candidates from
major political parties do get 5 %
of the vote and get their deposit refunded, while unserious
candidates are # 500 out
of pocket, which fees approximately pay for their election communications.
and the fact that most
major political parties are well aware
of the fact that they would almost certainly lose other types
of elections (or even the current type if they hadn't put so much effort into locking down the primaries to exclude other
candidates).
Distinct from the process
of electoral alliances in that the
political parties remain separately listed on the ballot, the practice
of electoral fusion in jurisdictions where it exists allows minor
parties to influence election results and policy by offering to endorse or nominate a
major party's
candidate.
Republican Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb earned a note
of distinction by becoming the first
major -
party candidate to formally declare a campaign to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose formidable war chest and bruising
political style have seemingly made other potential
candidates wary to enter the 2018 race.
The current system allows
major political parties to influence the delegate election, by grouping together a «slate»
of candidates on the ballot.
Bill Clyde has never held
political office, has not raised much campaign cash and does not have the backing and organizational help
of a
major political party — yet he's one
of two third -
party candidates running in the 2nd Congressional District.
[4] He thus achieved the feat
of having stood for election to Parliament on behalf
of a
major political party on three occasions before his 28th birthday, at a time when the minimum age for
candidates was 21.
That means the Liberal
Party wants Democrats to stay left - leaning and Conservatives want Republicans to stay right leaning — thereby avoiding the tendencies
of candidates and office holders from
major political parties to move to the middle
of the
political spectrum.
And that special election must be nonpartisan, ie,
candidates may not run under the banner
of a
major political party such as the Democratic or Republican
parties.
In a series
of studies, the researchers found a split between the same words presidential
candidates from the nation's two
major political parties used and what those words mean.
All the more painful because it is a year after the first female presidential
candidate for a
major political party was taken down by a united effort
of a country that apparently just wasn't ready.
In England, the notion
of banning private education — while highly unlikely — has long been a part
of the
political debate entertained by
major -
party candidates.