Sentences with phrase «candidate run against each other»

The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.

Not exact matches

At the same time, on a day when divisions within the party were very obvious, Melania Trump made an overture toward the other candidates who ran for the Republican nomination against Trump.

So with Occupy Wall Street, and Penn State football child molestation allegations, and the dearth of credible Republican candidates to run against a President who seems to have no care other than winning the next election, and Kim Kardashian apparently marrying whomever for millions of....

«In Queens, I think we have some very good quality (candidates) running against each other,» the speaker said.

«Most of the candidates for Senator Gillibrand's seat were approached at various points by certain Republican State Committeemen, other than Chairman Cox, to gauge the candidates» interest in running against Senator Schumer, only because there was no candidate for that vacancy for some time.»

Five candidates have declared an intention to run against Ms. Stefanik, who, like several other Republicans, will most likely have to balance between pleasing conservatives who adore Mr. Trump and appealing to independents who may be put off by the president's first year in office.

Cox has not only yet to embrace a US Senate contender, but as recently as several weeks ago was putting out feelers to potential candidates other than the three who have already decided to run — Malpass, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi and Bruce Blakeman — none of whom are performing particularly strongly against Gillibrand in the polls.

Additionally, until William Jennings Bryan, who ran against William McKinley in 1896, most campaigns were «front porch campaigns», meaning they were rather low key affairs in which it was considered unseemly for the candidate to do anything other than give the occasional speech.

Mr. Grimm's resignation will mean the borough's Democratic and Republican organizations will nominate a candidate to run against each other once Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a special election.

He also notes that Espaillat is reportedly «overwhelmingly likely» to run in a primary against Rangel again in 2014, and several other would - be candidates are also still considering a run, too.

He became the CPC Presidential candidate for the 16 April 2011 general election, running against incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP among others.

Sometimes forgotten is that all four town - board candidates really run against each other.

He is currently running for Congress against state Sen. Adriano Espaillat and a host of other candidates.

Voters in North Brooklyn can also cast ballots on who the Democratic nominee will be in the crowded Brooklyn district attorney race, where Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will run against a host of other candidates including former prosecutor Anne Swern.

Two Greens are running against each other in the Green Party primary, Charlie Manolakis and Richard Grayson (who is a declared write - in candidate).

Killian, who ran two years ago against Latimer for the same Senate seat, jumped into the race less than two weeks ago after the other two announced Republican candidates, Sarmad Khojestah and Dan Schorr, didn't excite Republicans here in Westchester or in Albany.

Democrats said they made no promises to Mr. Specter about committee positions or other incentives to switch, but the party can provide significant campaign support and deter other Democratic candidates from running against him in the primary next year.

Grisanti joins two other candidates — Democratic freshman Sen. Ted O'Brien, of Rochester, facing off against Republican Richard Funke; and Andrienne Esposito, a Democratic environmental activist who running against GOP Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci for the Long Island seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Lee Zeldin — as the NYLCV's top priority candidates this season.

From the Queens Tribune: Rozic, 26, recently opened an exploratory committee and will contend against Iannece and other candidates that are sure to surface in a district that runs horizontally from south Flushing to the Douglaston Little Neck area.

«This autumn both David Cameron and Nick Clegg should ask their parties to approve a binding agreement to fight the 2015 general election as coalition partners... If the voters choose to keep our current system of electing MPs, as I fervently hope they will, the pact would give parliamentary candidates in constituencies in seats held by a coalition party a free run against other parties.

He ran against five other candidates, including veteran Councilman Vincent Gentile, who lost with 9.5 % of the vote.

Other likely candidates include Joe Nicoletti, a Common Councilor and longtime City Hall staffer, Andy Maxwell, Miner's director of policy and innovation and Alfonso Davis, who ran against Miner in 2013.

Writing on Facebook early Wednesday morning, the former Alaska governor praised Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and «all the other under - dog candidates who have the courage to put themselves out there and run against the odds.»

Kaiman and Suozzi, who are running in the June 28 Democratic primary against three other candidates — and can not use their state campaign accounts for congressional bids — said their purchases were legal and meant to keep their political operations active in case they ran for office again.

In 2010, Hawkins received 59,906 votes, more than any other 3rd party candidate who ran against Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Balter said she would not rule out running against Messenger or other candidates in a Democratic primary next year.

The other Republican / Conservative - backed candidates endorsed by the union are Teryl Mickens, a member of the Independence Party who is running against incumbent Democrat Bill Carey in Ward 5; James Rodden, a registered Democrat who is running against incumbent Democrat Steve Schabot in Ward 8; and Patrick O'Reilly, who is not enrolled in a political party and is running against registered Democrat Bryant «Drew» Andrews for the open seat in Ward 7.

The other Republican / Conservative - backed candidates endorsed by the CSEA are Teryl Mickens, a member of the Independence Party who is running against Carey in Ward 5; James Rodden, a registered Democrat who is running against Schabot in Ward 8; and O'Reilly in Ward 7.

Other candidates who have looked at the race previously, and may do so again, include Joyce Johnson, whom the New York Times endorsed; Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization, who is close to Rangel and could be a leading candidate to replace him should Rangel step down or not seek re-election, as is often rumored to be the case; Adriano Espaillat, a newly elected state senator who could appeal to the growing Hispanic population in the district, depending on what happens with redistricting; and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the former assemblyman and the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel unseated 40 years ago, who has run and lost against Rangel twice in the past.

His chances: If Walter makes it through a competitive primary against Wendy Rogers, who ran an unsuccessful race for the nomination in 2012, and other potential candidates who are said to be mulling bids, he has a shot of winning the district.

Committees can not directly coordinate with a candidate, but run ads in their support or, as is more common, run negative ads against other candidates.

He's running against six other candidates.

The UNC, NJAC, COP and TOP again ran under the PP banner, and did not run candidates against each other.

Unlike a coalition formed after an election, the partners in an electoral alliance usually do not run candidates against one another but encourage their supporters to vote for candidates from the other members of the alliance.

The speculation intensified after a recent trip to Buffalo in which Cuomo repeatedly said how much he and others believe Hochul would be the strongest candidate to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Collins.

But before Westin can run against Culberson in the November general election, he must beat out six other candidates for his party's nomination.

I believe 1000 ^ 8 is a generous estimate for the number of stars in the visible universe, so if we find that we can identify more than 8 independent 1/1000 conditions needed for the evolution of intelligent (technical) life then it looks like we'll have run out of candidate stars other than the sun and may count ourselves very fortunate to have beaten the staggering odds against being here at all.

Governor Cuomo is trying to persuade other statewide candidates to refuse the Working Families Party endorsement if they choose an independent to run against him.

It's also hard to see how an «awful candidate» won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes when running against three other parties.

Louisiana uses a blanket primary system: all candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once.