Sentences with phrase «competitive gubernatorial»

Democrats are optimistic that a competitive gubernatorial race, as well as the presidential race and sheriff races, will drive Democratic turnout.

He also spent many years in the trenches of political campaigns, managing highly competitive gubernatorial and congressional campaigns and advising hundreds of candidates in over 20 states.

The competitive gubernatorial race was not the only race on the November ballot that could have shifted the partisan balance of power in Colorado.

Despite a competitive gubernatorial race, the large Democratic majorities in the state legislature look solid for 2018.

Typically, competitive gubernatorial races impact one key factor for victory: turnout.

Not exact matches

The Democratic gubernatorial primary is so competitive this year, The Sun's Erin Cox reports, that campaigns and strategists think they may need the support of no more than a quarter of the electorate to win — maybe as few as 125,000 votes.

But in statewide races, winning isn't (always) everything: When a party fails to mount competent candidates for long - shot gubernatorial and Senate races, it can doom more competitive candidates down - ballot.

In response to the court decisions, the supplemental grants were removed from the state's campaign financing law; the basic grant of public money to gubernatorial candidates was doubled to make participants more competitive and a low, $ 100 limit was placed on lobbyist contributions, thus limiting their influence.

Cuomo and the former «Sex and the City» star are locked in a tight competition for the nomination to the progressive Working Families Party, which could make this year's gubernatorial election a highly competitive three - way race.

But they agreed that next year's gubernatorial race will be competitive for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, regardless of who runs.

With an emphasis on the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, the environmental advocacy nonprofit and political action committee created by San Francisco philanthropist Tom Steyer announced Wednesday it will also focus on key congressional districts currently held by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Central Florida, Republican Brian Mast in the Treasure Coast, and two competitive seats in South Florida — CD 26 and 27.

But with competitive Senate and gubernatorial races, the two red states will see a combined $ 1 million from the coordinated campaign.

Incumbents on both sides of the aisle prevailed in their contested races, as Tuesday's Illinois primaries set the stage for competitive House and gubernatorial races this fall that could be key to Democratic comeback efforts in 2018.

* Michigan Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra: Hoekstra placed second in Michigan's competitive Republican gubernatorial primary this year, but the 2nd District congressman appears intent on running statewide again.

There are important races for gubernatorial nominations in California, Iowa and Alabama, a contested Senate primary in Montana and a number of competitive House primary battles.