Sentences with phrase «contested presidential election»

The court's decisions this term will be set against the backdrop of the hotly contested presidential election.

A year ago at this time, the country was emerging from a hotly contested presidential election.

CIVIL Not going forward STUDIO: TNT Originals / MGM Television TEAM: Scott Smith (w, ep), Thomas Kelly (ep, sr), Lloyd Braun (ep), Andrew Mittman (co-ep), Allen Coulter (d) LOGLINE: A hotly contested presidential election has America plunging uncontrollably into a modern day Civil War.

Of course, being an integral part of a presidential ticket, a VP candidate is a fair game in a hotly contested presidential election.

President Buhari contested presidential election consecutively four times before he eventually won in 2015.

Mr Trump of the Republican Party beat his main contender Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party in a keenly contested presidential election on Tuesday [November 8].

One compelling show was recorded the morning after the contested presidential election of 2000 between Al Gore and George Bush, when the governor told Chartock he had fallen asleep in his chair watching news coverage at 3 a.m.

The Convention Peoples Party (CPP), the Progressive People's Party (PPP), National Democratic Party (NDP), the People's National Convention (PNC) and a private candidate, Joseph Osei Yeboah are also contesting the presidential elections.

It also does no credit to whatever agenda the appointing authority which is also contesting this presidential election had in mind in patronizing her to the important and critical office of impartiality as Electoral Commissioner under the Constitution.

A professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, Prof. Olufumilayo Adesanya - Davies, has announced her intention to contest the presidential election in 2019.

First of all, European Elections are as much about personality contests as Presidential Elections are (note how many MEPs / former MEPs have contested Presidential Elections) and party support trends do not always fully equate to likelihood of success in these contests.

A professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, Prof. Olufumilayo Adesanya - Davies, has announced her intention to contest the presidential election...

«Whether the 1st defendant (Buhari), despite the various call, including the applicants (plaintiffs)» ultimatum dated 15th February 2018, will remain mute, without making a public declaration to contest the presidential election of 2019.»

The plaintiffs are seeking an order of the court directing Buhari to declare his intention to vie for the presidential election as well as, an order directing him to answer the clarion call by the plaintiffs to contest the presidential election of 2019 to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The plaintiffs moreover submitted that they had mobilised a million man match in Abuja on 15th February in Abuja to show solidarity to Buhari, with the clarion call on him to declare his intention to contest the presidential election in 2019.

Candidates contesting the presidential election are: Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the Convention People's Party; Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings representing the National Democratic Party; John Dramani Mahama of the governing National Democratic Congress and Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People's Party.

Ohuabunwa cited as evidence, the defection to the Peoples Democratic Party of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as well as the increasingly loud hints of President Muhammadu Buhari that he will likely contest the presidential election.

Not exact matches

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is to contest his party's nomination for next February's presidential election.

Also this week, the remaining crop of presidential hopefuls square off in New Hampshire in the second major early contest of the 2016 election cycle.

Business owners turned their attention over the past few days squarely toward the Iowa caucuses, the first national contest in the 2016 presidential election.

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee on Friday released their hotly contested report on Russian interference in the presidential election, concluding there was no conspiracy between President Trump or his allies and Moscow.

Even before news reports emerged in recent days about the potential misuse of Facebook data, federal regulators and Congress grappled with social media's growing influence on U.S. elections and the ways in which Russian operatives used the platforms to attempt to sow social unrest ahead of the 2016 presidential contest.

There was a brief lull in Europe's crowded election calendar, but polls in the run - up to the first round of voting in France's presidential contest in late April suggested the centrist - candidate Emmanuel Macron was gaining support, which continued to soothe market concerns about a possible victory for the populist Marine Le Pen.

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The Middle East has been riven by conflict, the European Union has been struck by crisis after crisis, and America is facing one of the most controversial presidential election contests in history.

There's some clear blue water between the two candidates contesting the final round of the French presidential elections on May 7: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron.

Undocumented immigration became a hotly contested issue during the 2016 presidential election, inciting passionate responses from both sides of the political spectrum.

According to him, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings voluntarily resigned her position as Vice Chairperson of NDC and picked a form to contest the election as Presidential Candidate of the NDC.

Despite their unsolicited support for Nana Akufo Addo and the NPP and with nobody defending the attacks on their stewardship in office, the image of Jerry Rawlings and Nana Konadu, who was over the weekend endorsed to contest the November presidential elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Party (NDP); have become even more vulnerable than ever.

TPM Media's PollTracker App provides users with an essential tool to track the 2012 Election in real time — from the presidential race to each and every congressional contest.

Under this Fourth Republic, we have been lucky to have managed our differences so well that despite the high profiled bitter contest of 1998 in Sunyani, Candidate J.A Kufuor who emerged as our flagbearer courted the support of other opposition parties to win the 2000 first and second round elections to become the second President of the Fourth Republic with an appreciated votes at the presidential level for the party and increased seats in Parliament that we occupied the Majority side of Parliament.

Complicating things even further, the special election will appear on a separate ballot from the presidential primary contest.

President Mahama, it would be recalled, lost the December 7, 2016 Presidential Election to his NPP rival, Nana Akufo - Addo in a keenly contested election, a situation most Ghanaians have bemoaned considering the six years of infrastructural achievements the country experienced while he heElection to his NPP rival, Nana Akufo - Addo in a keenly contested election, a situation most Ghanaians have bemoaned considering the six years of infrastructural achievements the country experienced while he heelection, a situation most Ghanaians have bemoaned considering the six years of infrastructural achievements the country experienced while he held sway.

In the 1980s when the late Vincent Hannah was the Newsnight's by - election correspondent each battle seemed as important as a US presidential contest.

12 of the Presidential hopefuls in the 2016 elections were Monday disqualified by the Electoral Commission after the commission okayed just four as fit to contest the race.

Some analysts are describing this as the most important election in the last 50 years — not including presidential contests.

Television ad slots have been scarce in contested states during election seasons before, but the combination of big - money super-PACs and the expectation that both presidential campaigns will spend heavily seems to be driving political actors to reserve time much earlier than usual.

At least seven presidential aspirants are presently looking to contest the 2019 elections under the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

At least 13 of the Presidential hopefuls in the 2016 elections were Monday disqualified by the EMB after the commission okayed just four fit to contest the race.

The letter read; «It is with deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket / mandate of our party to contest the 2019 Presidential election, considering your support and commitment towards our great party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.

His wife, Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, in an attempt to equalize her husband's feat, hurriedly formed the NDP in 2012, to contest that national elections after she was resoundingly defeated at Sunyani by the late president, John Evans Atta Mills at the NDC Presidential Primary.

With barely a year since John Dramani Mahama lost the 2016 elections, there has been heated debates from both sides of the political divide over whether or not the defeated president will consider contesting the 2020 presidential race.

On March 30, the Kenyan Supreme Court faced its most critical challenge to date, as it delivered its verdict on the petition contesting the results of the presidential election held on 4 March.

The scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus on yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media «trolls» were connected to Trump's election efforts.

Pastor Bakare was notably picked as the running mate of current president, Muhammadu Buhari, when he contested on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) during the 2011 presidential election which he lost to former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Muhammadu Buhari was a presidential candidate in all the three times vying on the platforms of three different political parties and failed to win the contest until the APC leveraged the expertise of Axerold in the last presidential election in 2015 and won.

But until polls are released suggesting otherwise, there's no reason to think Gipson will enjoy the turnout edge that Democrats typically benefit from in presidential election years: The district contains parts of Dutchess and Putnam counties, both of which went to Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary and overwhelmingly to Donald Trump in the GOP's contest.

Senate races will still be overshadowed by their presidential counterpart in the general election, especially when so many Senate battlegrounds — like those in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida — double as key contests in the presidential race.

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«We note that 2016 is a particularly appropriate year to fund much - needed election administration reforms, with important election contests at the presidential, gubernatorial, congressional level and legislative levels,» they wrote.