Sentences with phrase «controlled by party leaders»

Democrats that year backed Christopher J. Fahey, an aide to Rep. Brian Higgins, in another slate controlled by party leaders.

Not exact matches

The Liberals have also attempted to counter the image of Prime Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign affairs.

The governor has had a rocky relationship with the WFP, and actively tried to neuter it (and other minor parties) earlier this year by proposing an end to the Wilson Pakula process, which would have robbed third party leaders of the power to control who gets their endorsement.

Regardless of who is selected by local party leaders to run, the special election is expected to be one of the most costly in the state's recent history, given the stakes for control of the chamber.

Klein, who was accused on Wednesday of forcibly kissing a former staffer in 2015, is the leader of a key bloc of votes in the Senate and agreed to a unity deal that would unite the factions of Democrats in the chamber by the spring, potentially handing control of the Senate to the party.

Hanna echoed an accusation first leveled at Koch by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, suggesting the former mayor is actually driven by a partisan desire to see his party (the Democrats) control everything in Albany.

As the International Trade Union Confederation has phrased it, «The trade union movement is controlled by the Cuban state, and the leaders of the single union CTC are not elected by the workers but appointed by the state and the Communist Party of Cuba».

But it's clear that Gregorius, as Democratic majority leader, is not enamored with a county legislature that has more members of his own party seated (13 - 10), yet is controlled by Republicans in league with a small Democratic breakaway faction that, together elected Democrat John Parete as its chair.

In a letter to colleagues seen by PoliticsHome, the head of Labour's EU Remain campaign said people in Mr Corbyn's office were «actively undermining the party's efforts» with the leader «at best» unable to control them or «at worst» sympathetic to their views.

For years, Oguebego, who has Chief Chris Uba as the leader of his group and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, who led another faction of the party and supported by the national leadership of PDP, had been in and out of court, fighting for the control of the party machinery in Anambra.

Trafford MBC's former Conservative leader Sean Anstee has said campaigning by hundreds of activists from outside the area was an important «contributory factor» in his party losing overall control of the council - but said it is not «cut and dry» Labour will take control after becoming the largest group.

An «election» could, however, include a situation like that surrounding the adoption of the Magna Carta or the assembly of representatives of the various estates that was convened by the monarch shortly before the French Revolution in which the franchise is quite limited (e.g. limited only to aristocrats, or to elders, or to clergy, or to members of a political party, or to members of a particular tribe or caste, or to a council of leaders of tribes or castes) who are not all members of the incumbent's extended family and whose appointment was not primarily within the control of the incumbent as a practical matter.

The legislative leaders» control over fundraising by party committees also enhances their control over members of the Legislature, to whom they dole out the funds.

The Conservatives hoped to take control of the council and the local party was supported by visits from the national Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith and the party chairman David Davis.

Cuomo has always been a triangular progressive, hoping his stances on social issues — gay rights, gun control, abortion rights — will sufficiently endear him to the left flank of his party that he could govern as a fiscal moderate, once described by liberal activists as «Governor One Percent» and as «a good, moderate Republican» by Dean Skelos, the former leader of the state Senate.

But at the moment, it looks like former Assemblyman Frank Seddio has amassed sufficient support to take control of the party organization, even as a number of minority members are pushing for Assemblyman Karim Camara, whose candidacy is complicated by the fact that he's neither a district leader nor an executive committee member.

By calling the elections now, the party leaders can control who gets on the major lines of the ballot.

ALBANY — Several people within the Working Families Party said its leaders have reached a tentative deal whereby the party would offer its endorsement to Andrew Cuomo in exchange for a pledge by the governor to publicly endorse Democratic control of the State SeParty said its leaders have reached a tentative deal whereby the party would offer its endorsement to Andrew Cuomo in exchange for a pledge by the governor to publicly endorse Democratic control of the State Separty would offer its endorsement to Andrew Cuomo in exchange for a pledge by the governor to publicly endorse Democratic control of the State Senate.

When the White House is controlled by the House majority party, then the House minority leader assumes a larger role in formulating alternatives to executive branch initiatives and in acting as a national spokesperson for their party.

The presiding officer is the Speaker of the House, who is elected by the members thereof and is therefore traditionally the leader of the controlling party.

Remarkably, she was supported in this complaint and desire for Scottish Labour to be the party of Scotland, independent of Westminster control, by her right - wing predecessors as Scottish leader — Henry McLeish and Jack McConnell.

At the Democratic Party's lunchtime meeting in Tarrytown, Schumer spoke to his hopes for the future, including that he will become Senate majority leader and, in the event the Republican - controlled Senate does not relent in its opposition to an Obama nominee, «our madam president will surely nominate a person for the Supreme Court who is in the legal mainstream (and) will uphold fundamental rights and common sense precedents now so severely under attack by the right - wing.»

Yakasai lamented that political parties in the country are controlled by a few individuals who referred to themselves as party leaders.

The union's plan to forego donations to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee this year is part of a deliberate strategy by a united coalition of labor groups, Working Families Party leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo to help Democrats regain control of the State Senate, where they have been in the minority for 48 of the last 50 years.

W.F.P. leaders have tried to remind voters in recent weeks to cast their ballots for the third party, which has received scant attention from Cuomo since he won the party's endorsement in May by promising, among other things, to campaign for Democratic control in the State Senate.

ALBANY — The 25 largest donors to state - level politicians and political parties last year included several hedge fund managers, labor unions and a PAC controlled by a former leader of the Senate.

Cuomo's move means the selection of candidates will be largely controlled by major party leaders, although it is possible — albeit difficult — for independent contenders to circulate petitions and get onto the ballot.

The party is effectively controlled by Mr. Cuomo and some liberals groused that Mr. Paterson seemed less interested in helping Democrats in the State Senate, where he once served as minority leader.

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