Sentences with phrase «democratic political opponents»

Not exact matches

Just over four months to the election, and facing pressure from their Democratic opponents, most Republican Senate incumbents opted for consistency despite the political frenzy days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

Unlike several of his Democratic opponents, Sen. Madaleno is not a political outsider.

His passion for our province and social democratic politics is a refreshing reminder of a level of respect that used to exist among political opponents and adversaries in our province.

Gibson has managed to keep his seat, but he remains a top target of the DCCC heading into the 2014 midterm elections, and his opponent, Democratic activist and political newcomer Sean Eldridge, is making the selfsame argument about the GOP congressman — that he leans too far to the right and in doing so is contributing to the dysfunction down in D.C.

In his reaction to the incident, Benson, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), blamed the attack on his political opponents.

Paladino also praised a man he just recently was quoted as calling a «degenerate idiot» — former Gov. George Pataki — saying his fellow Republican «put his own political best interests aside for the public good» by insisting in 2002 that the minor party gubernatorial candidates be included in debates along with his Democratic opponent, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

If Perry sticks to his online - only strategy in the face of a strong opponent in the Fall — and this former Texas Democratic political staffer (for one) hopes that Bill White WILL be a strong opponent.

It was his first run for political office and his opponent was Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who had been appointed to the office three years prior.

GOP / Conservative state comptroller candidate Harry Wilson is trying to turn his refusal to endorse his ticketmate, Carl Paladino, into an asset, saying it demonstrates a level of political independence that is lacking in his Democratic opponent, incumbent Tom DiNapoli.

Oakeshott, a stalwart of the party's social democratic left wing and a vocal critic of the Tory - Lib Dem coalition's economic policies, had long been a political opponent of Nick Clegg.

Polls show de Blasio with anemic support as he battles twin investigations into his political fundraising, but he continues to outperform all potential Democratic opponents, with the sole exception of Hillary Clinton.

Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins is criticizing his Democratic opponent's use of a political consulting firm involved in controversies surrounding New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer's first major newspaper endorsement comes from The Journal News, which chose to back the veteran senior senator over his hometown paper his GOP / Conservative opponent, political consultant Jay Townsend.

Speaking at the Unity Walk in Tarkwa on Saturday, November 26, the former President asserted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is an honest political party which presents the truth to Ghanaians, unlike their opponents.

«If this shapes up into de Blasio with a couple primary opponents, then Staten Island numbers just aren't big enough to shape a Democratic citywide primary,» said Richard Flanagan, a political science professor at the College of Staten Island.

In the press conference after his one - man show, Grimm blasted his Democratic opponent, who recently made headlines when he apparently had trouble answering a question from NY1 political reporter Courtney Gross on the Trans - Pacific Partnership international trade agreement.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, has advised his political opponents and their assigns to concentrate on their campaign as the November 7 elections will not be won by badmouthing others.

One potential Democratic opponent in his Hudson Valley district lost no time in trying to seize the political high ground.

Dozens of civic activists, religious leaders and elected Democratic officials rallied Wednesday in Mineola to criticize GOP County Executive candidate Jack Martins for a political mailer that contends his Democratic opponent, Laura Curran, «will roll out the welcome mat» for violent street gangs.

But lord chief justice Lord Bingham said: «The democratic process is liable to be subverted if, on a question of moral and political judgment, opponents of the act achieve through the courts what they could not achieve in parliament.»

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Senator George Latimer, the Democratic nominee for Westchester County Executive is accusing his opponent, County Executive Rob Astorino (R - Mount Pleasant) of awarding $ 55.7 million in county contracts to political donors.

The union's regional leaders recommended backing Sampson's primary challenger Dell Smitherman, a former 1199 SEIU political coordinator, and Libous» Democratic opponent, former Vestal Town Supervisor Anndrea Starzak; but those suggestions were not heeded when a final vote was taken at PEF's conference last week.

Scrutinising the principles, ideas and policies of political opponents is an important part of offering a democratic choice.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz deemed a domestic violence - themed mailer sent out by NYSUT's political arm in opposition to GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti «disgusting» and said he has urged Grisanti's Democratic opponent, Marc Panepinto, to disavow it.

For someone who won't even acknowledge the existence of his opponent, or debate her, Cuomo sure is calling in every political chit he ever laid down to ram Kathy Whochul down the throats of the Democratic Party base.

Clinton and her Democratic primary opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, both accused Trump of inciting violence, with the former secretary of state calling him «bigoted» and alleging he had perpetrated «political arson,» while Sanders labeled him a «pathological liar» at a town hall last night.

However, few weeks after Mr. Afoko's revelations, the party has had it leaders issuing threats upon threats to people, as well as state institutions, especially the Ghana Police Service, the Electoral Commission (EC) and members of their main political opponents; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), creating fear and panic.

Meanwhile, some politicians and political parties have expressed concerns over the victory of the Republican candidate against his Democratic opponent, Hilary Clinton.

(CNN)-- After calls from his Democratic opponent to release his personal income tax returns, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer — currently making a political comeback bid for New York City comptroller — disclosed his income and taxes paid for the past two years.

On Boyle, whom Democratic operatives say is a formidable opponent due to his strong union and Philadelphia political machine support, Leach says, «Brendan Boyle opposed a woman's right to chose.

Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins is criticizing his Democratic opponent's use of BerlinRosen, a political consulting firm involved in controversies surrounding New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

McLaughlin apologized for the incident, but his Democratic opponent, Andrea Smyth, tried to make political hay of it, saying the assemblyman's behavior made him unfit to lead.

It is a political suicide mission in a city with such a heavy Democratic majority, but an opponent offers voters a choice and issues that might otherwise not be considered.

His approval ratings have already tanked after the extensive media coverage of the original trial, and though most of the experts still rated him as a favorite for reelection (his race was listed as «Likely Democratic» by the Cook Political Report) in his heavily pro-Democratic state, he attracted a primary opponent just a few days ago.

(CNN)-- With only days left until her political future is decided in Arkansas» Senate Democratic primary runoff, incumbent Blanche Lincoln criticized her opponent and defended her moderate record which has drawn fire from both conservatives and liberals during this midterm election year.

His view has recently changed, as he faces a Democratic primary opponent in his reelection this year and as the state has continued its political demographic evolution into an ever - increasingly Democratic state.

Gary Greenberg, who created a political action committee to push for the Child Victims Act, said his PAC will support Felder's Democratic primary opponent, Blake Morris, as well as other Democrats running for Senate.

Republican mayoral nominee Joe Lhota ratcheted up his attacks on Democratic opponent Bill de Blasio Thursday, calling him a «political hack» who «talks in great platitudes» but doesn't have the «skills or ability» to run New York City.

His speech at the Democratic state convention in 2000 underwhelmed audiences while political rival and future gubernatorial primary opponent Carl McCall received a standing ovation.

BERLIN — After a campaign in which German Chancellor Angela Merkel's opponents largely failed to portray themselves as a political alternative, her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, CSU, won the most votes in Sunday's election, according to first projections.

After keeping her opponent waiting overnight with wishes that he have «a very painful evening,» political newcomer Marie Newman conceded to Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski on Wednesday in their widely watched primary race.

Wilson directly asked in a Web video for campaign cash to fend off attacks from political opponents and said he's standing by his opposition to Democratic efforts at health care reform.

News of that cash haul comes after Wilson directly asked in a Web video for campaign cash to fend off attacks from political opponents and said he's standing by his opposition to Democratic efforts at health care reform.

While his opponents in the Democratic primary — current Assemblymember Guillermo Linares and Carmen De La Rosa, a former chief of staff to Councilman Ydanis Rodríguez — might be better known on the city's broader political scene, Fernández insisted that his work as a Community Board Chair and tenant organizer has prepared him for a role in the Assembly.

Katko said he has not come around on the issue for political reasons, but his opponent, Democratic candidate Colleen Deacon, has made it a major policy issue.

As I noted here, opponents claim the bill is a political move by the Republican controlled legislature to avoid giving the Democratic governor the power to fill interim vacancies set to occur as several members of the court are forced into mandatory retirement in the next few years.

Opponents claim it is a political move by the Republican controlled legislature to avoid giving the Democratic governor the power to fill interim vacancies set to occur as several members of the court are forced into mandatory retirement in the next few years.

Some of the Russian pages and accounts explicitly called for the election of Republican Donald Trump or denigrated his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and some others called for real - world political rallies — many peopled heeded those calls by showing up at the time and places dictated by the Russian trolls.