Sentences with phrase «contentious election year»

Even in the midst of a contentious election year, both ends of the political spectrum can agree that The Campaign misses the mark.

It's a contentious election year with the party leadership of the New York State Senate hanging in the balance.

It will be a busy, contentious election year in New York, with many races to keep tabs on, and outcomes that have major impact on the city, the state, and the nation.

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FORTUNE — In a year with a highly contentious presidential election, the Olympics, and tragedy, after tragedy, after tragedy, you'd think 2012 would have been a banner year for American media.

This year's contentious presidential election may be affecting Donald Trump's hotel business, the Boston Globe reported.

It would require defying the party leader's trade agenda during a contentious midterm election year and magnifying areas of serious disunity within the majority governing party.

Trump pressed lawmakers to send him «one terrific bill» combining several proposals aimed at reducing gun violence, although that could complicate the legislative outlook for such a contentious issue in an election year.

For many parts of the state, it'll be the most consequential and contentious election of the year.

Her decision to run follows a contentious Working Families Party convention, where the third party nominated Cuomo for their ballot line in this year's gubernatorial election.

The Working Families Party, which endorsed Cuomo in last year's election after a contentious process, only to feud with him publically later, issued a Sunday statement praising the proposal a a first step but pushing for a $ 15 minimum wage.

The third is deciding whether it's still worth giving it a try amid all the turmoil surrounding this year's contentious elections for the six district seats on the nine - member board.

It's the first contentious special election of the year.

The upstate New York House district in which a three - way special election helped ignite the national tea party movement last year is headed for another contentious race in November.

And even if Congress does manage to introduce last - minute legislation, as many observers expect, the sequester will have cast a shadow over the contentious process of funding science in a time of fiscal constraints — and in an election year.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

But issues surrounding charter schools have become particularly contentious at the ballot box in recent years as candidates supported by wealthy charter school advocates have increasingly squared off against those backed by teachers» unions in local and state elections.

In the wake of the contentious presidential election, schools have been criticized in some circles for de-emphasizing civics, and the issue is not going away given the controversial first year of the Trump administration.

It was a contentious presidential election year between the incumbent George H.W. Bush and his opponent Bill Clinton.

In fact, the report says that the average shopper plans to spend less than last year I guess this should come as no surprise; prevailing wisdom tells us that consumer spending is often depressed after particularly contentious national elections.

After visiting artists» studios, dealers and curators in 40 cities during the past year, the biennial's curators — Christopher Y. Lew, an associate curator at the Whitney, and Mia Locks, an independent curator — were struck by themes that resonated with the contentious election: personal identity, social struggle, connection to place.

This year's election has been more contentious than most.

This year's election is one of the most contentious in history.

Unemployment rates were low, wages improved and, as the year waned, we completed a contentious presidential election and saw mortgage rates increase, neither of which are expected to have a negative impact on real estate in 2017.

We can expect the persistence of unemployment to be a particularly contentious issue in the 2012 election year.