Sentences with phrase «democratic moves a party»

Open primaries, not just for the mayoralty but also for parliamentary candidates, are one of the easiest democratic moves a party can make.

Not exact matches

The Democratic Party's victory on Tuesday in the governor's race appears to have cemented the move toward climate regulations, with Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam beating Republican challenger Ed Gillespie.

Clinton has moved leftward since announcing her candidacy, but she is still threatened by the populist appeal of Sanders, who has long championed the causes that seem to be coming into grace for the Democratic Party.

Because it was a democratic administration which finally broke the backs of segregation in the 1960's, those who fought so bitterly against integration moved to the republican party to the regret of many republicans who are finding no home for the expression of their true political beliefs.

In 1992, however, Seculars moved dramatically back into the Democratic column, with 55 percent supporting Clinton in a three - way race (73 percent of the two - party vote).

Even the Democratic Party in 2012 removed the «rare» qualifier from their platform, moved by activists who want to erase any sense that abortion should be minimized any more than another medical procedure.

Since the mid-1980s, white evangelical women have shifted more Republican than white women overall, a move that has solidified as it becomes harder for pro-life women to find a place in the Democratic Party.

Just last week, long - shot Democratic contender Tom Allon confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that he's mulling a Democrat - to - Republican switch — a move that would mimic Bloomberg's pre-2001 campaign party hopping.

Basil A. Smikle Jr., the executive director of the state Democratic Party, who issued the statement on behalf of the governor's campaign, said such a move was necessary to «dispense with the Republican ploys and focus on the real issues.»

The move clears a major obstacle in the way of the restoration of power - sharing government between Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) at Stormont, which, under the terms of the St Andrews agreement, could take place in March.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who (thankfully) belongs to the early - risers club of which I am a card - carrying member, told me this morning that he has not been informed of a reported move by state Democratic leaders to oust controversial Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. from the party.

The TU notes the «official and political overlap» in the move to boot Espada from the Democratic Party's ranks, but doesn't come to his defense.

The Usual Suspects moved quickly as news spread of Eric Cantor's sudden fall in Tuesday's primary election: my inbox filled fast with fundraising messages from the Democratic party committees, outside political funding groups, individual candidates and more.

Less than 24 hours after deciding to have a single ballot for the AG race — a move likely to benefit only three of the five contenders, at best — state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs has had a change of heart.

But in exchange for getting the popular Democratic gubernatorial candidate on its line — thus ensuring it would well surpass the required 50,000 - vote mark to live another four years (the party ended up moving to Row D)-- the WFP had to agree to Cuomo's «New NY Agenda,» which included a slew of agenda items — the property tax cap, no new taxes to close the budget deficit etc. — that the left had opposed.

The Clinton camp denied the claims in the book and the Democratic party moved quickly to discredit Klein as a biased.

Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, who is none too pleased about being tossed the political hot potato on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s future by the state Democratic Party, told me today there is «no certainty» the Bronx Dems will move to oust the controversial lawmaker.

Still, the move seemed to catch Monroe County Democratic Party Chairman Joe Morelle off guard.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo says the Democratic Party has likely moved too far to the left for someone like his brother to have a real chance at running for president.

As the Independent Democratic Conference moves toward being abolished, the labor - aligned Working Families Party on Wednesday in a statement said it would continue to back challengers to IDC incumbents.

The supporters of both the All Progressive Congress and the People's Democratic Party in Edo State clashed at the Benin Airport on Friday evening over the motion moved by Senator Matthew Urhoghide seeking the invocation of Section 143 of the Nigeria's Constitution.

Hillary Clinton has ramped up her efforts to influence the Democratic Party and its voters in upcoming midterm elections, a move that some say only hands ammunition to Republican candidates.

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee stood behind the party's lawsuit against Russia and President Trump's campaign, calling it a necessary move to deter Russia from meddling in future elections.

The state Independence Party has endorsed Republican Matt Doheny's challenge to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 23 — a move that could prove significant in the GOP's effort to win back the North Country seat it had held for over a century until last year's special election loss.

As a professor at Fordham Law School, the author of important books on political and economic policy, a key figure in Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, and a visionary organizer on behalf of banking and business reforms, she understands that the Democratic Party must move toward progressive populism in order to become more than a tepid alternative to Republican extremism.

If the current administration and Democratic Congress won't stand up against a corrupt system and even attempt reform, attempt structural change or pull us back from the last 3 decades where BOTH parties have moved firmly to the right, they're part of the problem.

The Democratic Party is moving faster and more aggressively than in previous election years to dig up unflattering details about Republican challengers.

Democratic strategists say it's a move that could either pay huge dividends if those candidates were to win, or could burn bridges with party insiders who could shut off the spigot for future business.

Brown, the state Democratic chairman, appears to have worn out his welcome with the Conservative party, which has supported him throughout his career in a move mirroring another Democrat and a political mentor former County Executive Dennis T. Gorski.

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And the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party is unhappy with the coalition, saying it makes it harder to move ahead a more progressive agenda.

West Virginia, too, seems to have moved even further away from the Democratic Party at the presidential level.

The move drew a complaint from Nassau Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs, who said the box was meant to directly support Mangano's 2013 re-election campaign.

Now, according to a story in Monday's New York Post, state Democratic leaders are moving to oust Espada from the party.

Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has become a reference point as Nigeria moves toward another election.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun, Mr. Akintunde Bello Sheriff, has gone online in an emotion - laden letter to the impeached Deputy Governor of Osun, Otunba Iyiola Omisore over the later's move to dump the Peoples Democratic Party.

The Erie County Conservative Party was poised to vote tonight to endorse Democratic County Legislator Chuck Swanick over Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti in a move that could have a significant impact on the impending battle for control of the Senate chamber.

A group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), PDP Youth Frontier yesterday kicked against federal government's plan to increase electricity tariff stressing that the move is anti-people and illogical.

But leaders of the party said Saturday they would not play into Cuomo's «divide and conquer» tactics, instead nominating longtime state committee member Kenny Schafer as a placeholder candidate — a move, POLITICO reported Thursday, that gives them the option of backing whomever is picked by the Democratic Party during its convention in the coming party said Saturday they would not play into Cuomo's «divide and conquer» tactics, instead nominating longtime state committee member Kenny Schafer as a placeholder candidate — a move, POLITICO reported Thursday, that gives them the option of backing whomever is picked by the Democratic Party during its convention in the coming Party during its convention in the coming week.

New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox dismissed Cuomo's move and noted that the Democratic governor plans a visit next month to Cuba, a country where he said «political dissidents are imprisoned and tortured.»

ALBANY — State Democratic leaders, disgusted with scandal - a-minute Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada of The Bronx, will move to oust him from the party, The Post learned yesterday.

A top state party official, in an unprecedented move, has prepared a letter to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, the Bronx Democratic chairman, calling on him to formally begin the ouster effort.

«This is a move by the state party to get rid of Espada for good,» said a source close to Democratic leaders.

The Republican and Democratic parties each sought, in November, to move partisan control of the various state legislative chambers into their column.

Our sources at the radio station indicate that this is a clear witch - hunting move by the ruling New Patriotic Party to thwart efforts of the main opposition National Democratic Congress to expose their corrupt acts and faults since the management and staff of Muntie FM are believed to be sympathetic towards the NDC.

In 1987, Chiang moved to Los Angeles, where he got involved with the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley and the West LA Democratic Club.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos praising Mr. Felders move into the Republican fold is a declaration of war against the Democratic Party and now it's time for Mr. Murphy and everyone else advocating that voters get what they voted for «A Democratic Majority in the State Senate» and nothing less.

«We need to start cultivating a younger crop of Congress members who can develop a career and move up within the Democratic Party.»

The Erie County Democratic Party is moving its» headquarters from the Ellicott Square building to the Larkin district effective in March of this year.

«I realized that it's time for me to move on, and time for the Democratic Party to have a fresh start.