Sentences with phrase «conservative district»

How do you feel about that and what do you advise women candidates in more conservative districts to say to that question?

People might complain about all my liberal votes if I went to a more [conservative district].

He's also ridden socially conservative candidates to victory in special elections in conservative districts in Louisiana, Mississippi and New York over the last two years.

If only of course the 34th were a «liberal» district as opposed to a relatively conservative district for NYC — maybe you think the other voters of the 34th might want a say in who represents them?

But even still, she dismisses Mangan's chances to beat her or win a general election in a relatively conservative district that once sent Steve Levy to Albany and is home to 8,615 more Republicans than Democrats.

There are teachers that work in very conservative districts and they already have students on a yearly basis that voice their concerns about having to learn some of these concepts.»

The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an unusually strong Democratic challenge to win a special congressional election, demonstrating the resilience of the Republican base but also the eagerness of liberals to compete in even the most heavily conservative districts.

Two polls released yesterday in upstate conservative districts (19th and 21) showed Hawkins at 12 %.

Critics also charge that Gillibrand emphasized more centrist positions as a congresswoman from a somewhat conservative district than she does as a senator from a liberal state.

WASHINGTON — Many Democrats want breathing room for their candidates to break with both leadership and the base if they want to continue to win in moderate conservative districts across the US.

But most importantly, Democrats on Capitol Hill said, is that Lamb was a unique fit for an otherwise conservative district.

Greg McLean: Former president of the Calgary - Centre Conservative District Association.

He is in a safe conservative district, where he doesn't have to campaign too much.

Rep. Pete Gallego (D) ran for re-election in an increasingly conservative district.

Democratic incumbent Louise Slaughter was challenged by Maggie Brooks (R), in a more conservative district due to redistricting.

Addabbo, who's Catholic and represents a fairly conservative district (for NYC, anyway) insisted his «no» vote was neither political nor personal, but a reflection of what the majority of his constituents wanted.

«The Republicans do not, for the most part, represent ultra conservative districts,» Cuomo said.

But Cuomo points out that many of the Republicans who kept their seats do not live in inherently conservative districts on Long Island and in many upstate districts.

Critics, pointing to the new conservative district being built in Borough Park, say politicians use the redistricting process to make sure that the political party currently in power stays in power.

This has many in this strongly Democratic, but socially conservative district, up in arms and we intend to make sure people know about Weprin's betrayal.

Both national parties are likely to pump resources into the race - but new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has vowed to compete especially hard in the traditionally conservative district.

$ 800,000 and a full - court press so Republicans can maybe declare «victory» by holding on to an extremely conservative district.

There is the sum total of 1 Conservative district councillor in this constituency.

• Because voting patterns are shaped by the political culture of a district, unions in conservative districts sometimes find themselves supporting candidates who are less pro-union than they would like in order not to lose.

Democrat Pat Miles is a Grand Rapids attorney who touts his moderate views in the generally conservative district.

The pollsters took the temperature of three very conservative districts held by Democrats who voted for Waxman - Markey, and the results were surprising: Voters in Heath Shuler's North Carolina district supported a cap on carbon 55 percent to 29 percent; in Barron Hill's Indiana district, support ran 45 - 30; in freshman Tom Perriello's conservative Virginia district, support ran 42 - 25.

Most years, Democrats have little hope of winning the 32nd Senate District seat, one of the most conservative districts in Connecticut.

The Democratic hesitancy to go all - in for this seat contrasts sharply with special elections last May in far more conservative districts in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Mr. Hikind, an Orthodox Jew representing a relatively conservative district, is one of the few city Democrats who openly criticizes the president.

WASHINGTON — The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an unusually strong Democratic challenge to win a special congressional election on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, demonstrating the resilience of the Republican base but also the eagerness of liberals to compete in even the most heavily conservative districts.

Asked the same thing, Brewer said, «She's from a very conservative district.

The conventional wisdom about the politics of climate - change legislation is that cap - and - trade is grossly, horribly unpopular and that Democrats in conservative districts ought to be blanching with terror over getting behind it.

«Whether it's 2nd Amendment or social issues, they're gonna need room if they're gonna win in more conservative districts and if we want to win a majority we're gonna need to make sure to provide them with that room,» he added.

Otherwise, she'd just be a mom in a conservative district.

But Republicans hold most of the upstate congressional districts that Cuomo wants to target and many represent heavily Republican and conservative districts.

So it's these conservative districts, and they'll follow what seems like the most practical political narrative.

Running in a more conservative district, she's even tiptoed toward the right, confident that her large primary lead — the most recent public poll was a Time Warner - Siena College poll that put Teachout leading Yandik 53 - 23 — won't hurt her in the primary.

The Times, along with some liberal Democrats, have knocked Ms. Hochul's record in Buffalo: representing a conservative district, Ms. Hochul was a moderate who earned praise from the National Rife Association and fought a plan, when she was Erie County clerk, to give drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants.

Though some in the military community have questioned just how effective Tomahawk missiles would be in impacting al - Assad's military assets, Petraeus's stamp of approval could give Republicans and Democrats in more conservative districts the necessary political cover to vote for a controversial resolution.

So Hall is an inexperienced environmentalist liberal with no money in a conservative district.

The 20th is a moderate - to - conservative district that Republicans dominated for decades.

Many Democrats have expressed strong doubts that Ms. Gillibrand, a former congresswoman from a conservative district in upstate New York, could win the nomination of a party dominated by liberals.

Valesky, a Syracuse - area Democrat, was once a top target for Republicans in the conservative district.

«It's a Democratic district, but it's a conservative district, and that's what I keep arguing about Erie County,» he said.

Moran has an advantage over Tiahrt in the Kansas Senate race due to Moran's district being a much more conservative district (in terms of its voting record) than Tiahrt's district.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse's two state senators won big in the state's redistricting proposal, with a well - entrenched Republican inheriting a new but more conservative district and a black sheep Democrat losing rural areas in exchange for more liberal - leaning neighborhoods within the city.

As a result of the divided vote, the Democrat in the race won the conservative district for the first time in more than a century.

If a Republican were to come out today and say he is for marriage equality, he would risk making a name as a gay rights pioneer, something that a conservative district might not look on too fondly.