Sentences with phrase «conservative challengers»

Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

A Great Night For School Choice In Mississippi August 5, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

(CNN)-- The Lone Star state held its primary contests Tuesday, kicking off the 2014 election season with two top Republicans guarding their seats in Congress against conservative challengers and gubernatorial candidates Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott ready to square off in November.

While Cornyn and Sessions easily beat back conservative challengers, other more establishment lawmakers were forced into May runoffs by challengers backed by Cruz.

From the Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/90sBJf): «Many Democratic incumbents, including Senator Susan Fargo of Lincoln and Representative Allen McCarthy of East Bridgewater, who are locked in tough battles with conservative challengers, have been sounding traditionally Republican themes such as lower taxes and spending cuts.

Although the party realises the loss of a swathe of Labour - facing seats won on an anti-Iraq, anti-fees, anti-Brown backlash is inevitable, two - thirds of its MPs will face Conservative challengers, and they're all still in play.

But, in reality, it's not entirely his fault since there some more conservative members are adamant of the bill since they are worried that they might face more conservative challengers in the 2018 House elections.

The only way we can do this is if we have strong conservative challengers in key legislative races, we need YOU!

Sens. Mark Grisanti of Buffalo and Stephen Saland of Poughkeepsie, also face primaries today from socially conservative challengers.

ICYMI: Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous told me last night on CapTon that the GOP is «strongly behind» their two colleagues who are locked in life - or - death primary battles with conservative challengers.

In a one - sentence order, the court said it would decide a case brought by conservative challengers of the law.

If McConnell can fend off his conservative challenger on May 20, guide four of his fellow incumbents through a thicket of Tea Party primary challenges, and survive the November election — a difficult hat trick — he is likely to emerge as the one Washington Republican who can return the Grand Old Party to the grand old political center and put an end to Tea Party extremism.

Unlike McDonald, Grisanti easily won his primary against a more socially conservative challenger.

Abrahams» Conservative challenger is Jason McCartney, a former RAF officer and sports journalist.

Cuomo has lavished attention — otherwise known as «Buffalove» — on Western New York since the 2010 election, when he lost the region to his GOP / Conservative challenger, Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

At the 2005 election, her seat became the most marginal in Wales as her Conservative challenger reduced her majority to 1,146.

The stakes, as both Kumar and his Conservative challenger Paul Bristow demonstrate, are extremely high.

The highest number of votes for a loser was 26,976, achieved by Conservative challenger Annunziata Rees - Mogg in Somerton and Frome.

The first of three congressional polls being released by Siena this morning finds an incumbent Democratic considered one of the GOP's top targets this fall, Long Island Rep. Tim Bishop, with a solid double - digit lead over his GOP / Conservative challenger, Randy Altschuler.

Insiders report Rick Lazio, who won the GOP nomination for governor, desperately tried to prevent his conservative challenger, Carl Paladino, from speaking.

As for the impact of the gubernatorial race, Democratic standard - nearer Andrew Cuomo is leading his GOP / Conservative challenger, Carl Paladino, 48 - 49.

In Kentucky, McConnell was once considered vulnerable to a conservative challenger, but he's likely to easily defeat Louisville businessman Matt Bevin, a tea - party - backed, partially self - financing contender.

Conservative challenger Nigel Huddleston gives his take on local issues, including crime, immigration and the economy, as he outlines why he thinks he has the edge over his Labour rival.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has been running his re-election campaign entirely through TV ads and has steadfastly refused to even acknowledge the many attacks from his GOP / Conservative challenger, Jay Townsend, has finally agreed to debate, the senator's office confirmed.

It came after he and his political advisers concluded over the weekend that he could not win a Republican primary against a conservative challenger, particularly in light of his vote for the president's economic stimulus package.

Oddly, in spite of the overwhelmingly negative sentiments about the Democratic leadership in Washington and the GOP enrollment edge in NY - 23, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo is doing well in the district, leading his GOP / Conservative challenger, Carl Paladino, 53 - 32.

For example, while the Q poll and SurveyUSA showed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a surprisingly tight race with her GOP / Conservative challenger, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, Siena found DioGuardi has failed to gain any post-primary momentum and trails her by 26 percentage points (57 - 31 with 12 percent undecided).

And in the state comptroller contest, Siena found incumbent Democratic comptroller Tom DiNapoli has extended his lead over his GOP / Conservative challenger, Harry Wilson, to 51 - 25, with 25 percent still undecided.

Robin Walker, Foster's Conservative challenger, accepts this is a tight contest.

Ken Livingstone has launched an attack on Conservative challenger Boris Johnson's reputation for competence as the London mayoral campaign enters its final week.

Ken Livingstone is seeking a third term as London's mayor today after a tight campaign against nearest rival Conservative challenger Boris Johnson.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone) retained her seat, netting 18,899 votes, or 87.86 percent of the vote, compared to her Conservative challenger Robert Schwartz's 2,612 votes, or 12.14 percent of the vote, with 172 of the 234 precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from NY1.

Bartolomeo, 47, was seeking her third term and a third straight win over her 68 - year - old conservative challenger.

Hours before the anti-terror press conference on Friday morning, Cuomo declined to back Democratic Senate candidate Marc Panepinto in his bid for a Buffalo seat that may be winnable for Democrats after incumbent Mark Grisanti unexpectedly lost his own G.O.P. primary race to a more conservative challenger.

In other words, as of the unofficial numbers released on November 9, Leifeld was besting Republican / Conservative challenger Cindy Johansen by only 35 votes, with 61 absentee and other ballots still to be counted.

Gov. Bruce Rauner ekes out win over conservative challenger.

But he's also run a divisive campaign and plotted with another conservative challenger to team up against Evers in exchange for a fat salary and personal driver at DPI — as well as power over urban school districts.

Not exact matches

Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski managed to beat back his progressive challenger in Illinois» 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday with 50.9 % of the vote, virtually guaranteeing the conservative Lipinski an eighth term in Congress.

GOP incumbents once feared the voting scorecard from conservative groups and the possibility of a challenger.

The main challenger to Powell is Stanford University economist John Taylor, a favorite of conservative Republicans who believe monetary policy has been too loose under Yellen and want the central bank to rely more on rules when setting rates.

Lethbridge First - term MP Jim Hillyer is facing two challengers for the Conservative nomination in the new Lethbridge riding.

When Mr. Anglin failed to persuade the Wildrose officials to disallow Mr. Nixon's candidacy on the grounds the challenger didn't resign his constituency position soon enough to comply with party rules, he accused the party of being no different from the long - governing Progressive Conservatives.

With only two full days left before the May 5 provincial election, the 43 - year long governing Progressive Conservatives and its supporters are waging a thick fear campaign against its electoral challengers.

The challenger for the GOP nomination in the 51st District said he is looking to restore more traditional conservative voting to the state representative position.

Ukip are replacing the Conservatives as the natural challengers to Labour in marginal seats across the country according to new polling conducted for the party.

Gillibrand herself has three potential Republican challengers, who will face off in the June 26 primary: Attorney Wendy Long, who has the Conservative Party line; Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and Rep. Bob Turner, who was drawn by Mann out of his NY - 9 district.

And in the 51st AD, Felix W Ortiz took nearly 88 percent of the vote, vs. challenger Conservative Sandra A. Palacios - Serrano, who received roughly 12 percent.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand can expect a strong political assault in her re-election campaign against Republican, Conservative and Reform candidate Chele Farley, The challenger made her first visit locally Thursday.

National pundits began to speak of moderate Republican candidates being «Scozzafavaed» by tea party challengers and the GOP's conservative wing.

Cable is leading the fight against further cuts to the welfare budget, but the Treasury also faces opposition from potential Conservative leadership challengers including defence secretary Philip Hammond and environment secretary Owen Paterson.