Sentences with phrase «candidate of a new political party»

A candidate of a new political party must file signatures equal to at least one - tenth of 1 percent of the total votes cast for the winning presidential or gubernatorial candidate at the last general election in the district the candidate seeks to represent.

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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.

Chief Scribe of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, is predicting a bleak political future for Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia if he still persists in what he describes as intellectual dishonesty.

New York is one of eight states that have «electoral fusion» — which allows more than one political party to support a common candidate.

On its face, James» declination is shocking: In 2003, she became the first candidate in New York City political history to win election running solely on the third - party ballot line of the WFP, winning an election to replace ex-Brooklyn Councilman James Davis, who months earlier had been assassinated by a political rival.

«The New Era Democrats endorses candidates who are best qualified to serve the people regardless of political party,» said NED founder Mary Sansone.

FWIW, in decades of active political party involvement in Ohio, Michigan, New York and Colorado I've never seen a political party provide any support to a non-partisan candidate (not counting candidates nominated in partisan judicial race primaries whose affiliation doesn't appear on general election ballots which Ohio once did and may still do).

Saying he's the candidate of New York's political left, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins says his party will have a good year because there is discontent against Governor CParty candidate Howie Hawkins says his party will have a good year because there is discontent against Governor Cparty will have a good year because there is discontent against Governor Cuomo.

Some top New York City business lead ers, fearful that the leftist Working Families Party has brought the state the most anti-business government ever, are considering the formation of a «527» organization to back pro-business political candidates, The Post has learned.

From Iowa to New York, candidates whose party affiliations and campaign contributions suggest a degree of political flexibility are running for Congress.

«Independent expenditures tend not to be particularly as big in New York as say the LLC Loophole or housekeeping accounts,» said Blair Horner of The New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to political party accounts not subject to the same campaign finance limits as candidate campaigns.

As members of that party continue their cash dash, Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrate, is preparing to file a report for a new political action committee called «No Bad Apples,» designed to recruit Democratic candidates whose track record on reform issues is similar to her own.

Additionally under the new C.I. to regulate elections, all political parties and candidates are entitled to have counting agents present during the counting and collation of results.

Jimmy McMillan, the whiskered political showman who became a viral Internet star when he ran for governor of New York in 2010 as a candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has announced his retirement from the political arena, citing a lack of public support for his agenda.

In the 2014 election cycle, according to Politico New York, members of REBNY gave $ 21.7 million in campaign contributions to state - level candidates and political parties.

Pataki, the last Republican to be elected to statewide office in New York, spoke several weeks ago at the annual political action conference of the Conservative Party, which is considered a crucial cross-endorsement for any GOP candidate.

Political Independent Gene DeFrancis Readies GOP Bid for State Assembly New York Assembly candidate (8oth AD) Gene DeFrancis became the official nominee of the Republican Party of Bronx County back February 13, 2018.

A third - party candidate for governor of New York might not expect much attention in a race dominated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo, a practiced political heir campaigning from the powerful platform of attorney general, and Republican Carl Paladino, an excitable multimillionaire whose gaffes have grabbed headlines.

I agreed to be the Green Party's 2014 candidate for lieutenant governor of New York because I deeply believe we need our own political representation.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor of New York, is a soft - spoken middle - aged man with a lifetime of political experience.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor of New York, spoke Sept. 12 at Ithaca College about the need to unify people to make positive political change.

All six candidates vying for the new Queens congressional seat appeared at a tame forum at the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library Monday night, where most of the political differences were along party lines.

Animated by a wave of polling since the Florida massacre, Democratic governors warned that candidates would pay a political price for opposing new gun regulations, and some of their Republican counterparts conceded that the pleas of voters could no longer be ignored as they increasingly abandon the party.

WFP, a progressive political party founded in 1998 in New York by labor unions and community organizations with chapters nationwide, takes advantage of New York's fusion voting laws — which allow small third parties to cross-endorse Democratic and Republican candidates.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gears up for its national delegates» conference next week, some of its parliamentary candidates in the 2012 elections are warning the campaign team of Paul Afoko, one of the aspirants for the chairmanship slot to desist from dragging their names into the mud for his political gains.

The inquiry comes as charter schools, once celebrated as laboratories of urban educational achievement and innovation, increasingly face a backlash from teachers» unions and political figures ranging from the mayor of New York City to a third - party candidate for governor of Connecticut.

Macron's victory may also signal the beginning of a new era: the election of a young centrist candidate from a brand new political party at the expense of the old guard.