Sentences with phrase «dropped out of the election»

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His stock response to the committee's concerns about divisive political ads was that Facebook believes «radical transparency» is the fix — also dropping one tidbit of extra news on that front in his written testimony by saying Facebook will roll out an authentication process for political advertisers in the UK in time for the local elections in May 2019.

A group of Tea Party activists has launched a Website in hopes of pressuring Rick Lazio to drop out of the general election and cede the state Conservative Party line and request that Row D and Row B be «unified under a single candidate.»

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

If these allegations are found to be true, Roy Moore must drop out of the Alabama special Senate election,» NRSC Chairman Cory Gardner (R - Colo.)

Large numbers of party members have left, activists have dropped out, and election results have (with the odd exception — Eastleigh) been far from reassuring.

Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer defended his role in urging a Democratic candidate to drop out of a primary in Colorado, arguing the party needs to back candidates who can win the general election.

Updated 10:09 a.m. State Sen. Toi Hutchinson will drop out of the the 2nd District special election Sunday and back her fellow Democrat, Cook County Chief Administrative Officer Robin Kelly, according to local news reports.

Following the redrawing of boundaries prior to the 2011 elections, the Liberal Democrats had dropped out of the picture, affected by the national swing against the party because of its participation in the UK coalition government.

Hoffman, running on the Conservative Party line in a special election last year, came within 4,000 votes of defeating Owens after Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the race on the weekend before Electelection last year, came within 4,000 votes of defeating Owens after Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the race on the weekend before ElectionElection Day.

President Obama urged Paterson to drop out of the race, ostensibly fearing Paterson would hurt other NY Democrats come election day.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

The prime minister has defended Eastleigh by - election Tory candidate Maria Hutchings's decision to drop out of a BBC 5 Live election debate.

Lancman lucked out when two of his competitors for the nomination dropped out of the race: Isaac Sasson, lottery winner and election perennial, and Martha Taylor, popular district leader and activist, who appeared to have the support of Queens powerbroker Joe Crowley.

Though he technically dropped out of the race, Deneberg's name remained on the general election ballot, and he was easily defeated by Republican Michael Venditto, also a former county legislator and son of longtime Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In New York's 23rd congressional district, Democratic candidate Bill Owens is capitalizing on Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava's last - minute decision to drop out of the special election as a final opportunity to tie Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to former President Bush.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of New York's 23rd District special election Saturday, citing a slip in the polls as a factor contributing to her decision.

Bridgeport's wild mayoral campaign went into overdrive Tuesday with incumbent Democrat Bill Finch threatening to sue state election officials and unsuccessfully pleading with the Republican candidate to drop out of the race and let Finch run on the GOP line in November.

Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

☐ Ricardo Chaves - The week before the general election, Chaves dropped out of the race and endorsed Dan Lewis.

In the 2009 NY - 21 special election, the Republicans candidate, former Assemblywoman Dee Dee Scozzafava, dropped out of the race after the GOP's right flank complained she was too moderate.

(CNN)- Republican Doug Hoffman, who split the conservative vote in last year's special election for New York's 23rd congressional district handing the seat to a Democrat, has dropped out of this November's general election for the same seat.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The top Republican in the House said Monday that he regretted endorsing Dede Scozzafava, the former GOP candidate who dropped out of a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York.

Justin Sanchez, who dropped out of the Democratic primary, but will run under the Liberal Party line in the general election, claims rival Randy Abreu's campaign contacted his lawyer threatening to expose him, claiming he improperly gathered signatures needed to secure a primary ballot slot.

August 4, 2011: Jack Wagner: Ideas to help the Green Party win June 28, 2011: In This Year's Tucson Mayor's Election, Green Party is the Only Party with a Choice on its Primary Ballot June 22, 2011: Republican drops out of Tucson mayoral race due to signature challenge, leaving only Democrat and two Greens

George Pataki against then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who was the Democratic nominee after Cuomo dropped out of the primary one week before the election.

At 11 a.m. on Monday, President Obama stepped off Air Force One and greeted the governor of New York on an airport tarmac here, the two men crossing paths for the first time since news broke that the White House was urging Gov. David A. Paterson to drop out of the 2010 election.

The first out of the stocks (with changes from the General Election) are the ICM and Populus polls ICM have CON 18 % -LRB--8), LAB 44 % (+12), LDEM 27 % -LRB--5) Populus have CON 15 % -LRB--11), LAB 46 % (+14), LDEM 29 -LRB--3) So both have Labour substantially up on their general election support and the Lib Dems dropping less than the third placed ConserElection) are the ICM and Populus polls ICM have CON 18 % -LRB--8), LAB 44 % (+12), LDEM 27 % -LRB--5) Populus have CON 15 % -LRB--11), LAB 46 % (+14), LDEM 29 -LRB--3) So both have Labour substantially up on their general election support and the Lib Dems dropping less than the third placed Conserelection support and the Lib Dems dropping less than the third placed Conservatives.

WASHINGTON — The Libertarian Party (LP) today expressed its support for independent Libertarian Joe Kennedy's determination not to drop out of the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senator.

Despite a fiercely contested race, Péladeau was the frontrunner for much of the campaign, causing Jean - François Lisée to drop out in January 2015, Bernard Drainville to drop out on April 22, 2015, [32] and Pierre Céré to follow Drainville only five days before the leadership election.

August 21, 2011: Tucson Newspaper Feature Story on Contested Green Party Primary for Mayor August 4, 2011: Jack Wagner: Ideas to help the Green Party win June 28, 2011: In This Year's Tucson Mayor's Election, Green Party is the Only Party with a Choice on its Primary Ballot June 22, 2011: Republican drops out of Tucson mayoral race due to signature challenge, leaving only Democrat and two Greens

LAKE GEORGE — Incumbent Lake George Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson — who nearly dropped out of the race for a third term after losing the Republican primary election in September to challenger Keith Hanchett — rebounded dramatically in the general election Nov. 3 in a decisive comeback victory.

Scozzafava, sinking in the polls as Hoffman picked up support from leading conservative Republicans such as Sarah Palin, dropped out of the race on the weekend before the election and endorsed Owens.

Mr. Golisano continued to be plagued by the travails of his lieutenant governor candidate, Daniel F. Mahony, who dropped out of the race yesterday by moving to Connecticut and declined to answer questions in court about whether or not he had voted twice in an election.

After lagging in polls and fund raising and being the target of attacks from both conservatives and Democrats, Scozzafava abruptly decided to drop out of the race just days before Election Day.

Besides Newell and Gigi Li, candidates in September will likely include: Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party line in the April special election; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader and attorney; local businessman Don Lee; Lower East Side resident Christopher Marte.; and John Bal, a contender who dropped out of the special election citing a rigged process to select Silver's successor.

Hart ran for 1988 United States presidential elections but had to drop out over allegations of extra-marital affair with Donna Rice.

Earlier this fall, Payne dropped by our office while we were working on the new director - approved edition of his 1999 high - school - set political comedy Election, which comes out next week.

In the lead up to the Armenian presidential election on February 15th, the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) emerged as the only viable choice on the ballot after four other prospective candidates dropped out of the race, one of whom was shot in an assassination attempt, while another cited electoral fraud and commenced a hunger strike in protest.

Since his election to the Board of Education in July 2007, Dr. Vladovic has been a strong advocate for a number of important LAUSD issues including eliminating year - round calendars, ensuring health benefits for all employees, personalizing education, championing for the arts, fighting for more environmentally safe schools, supporting drop - out prevention and mentorship programs, and maintaining world class instruction through difficult budget times.

One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the state Election Commission, alleging a deal between Holtz and former candidate John Humphries in which one of the two would drop out of the race in exchange for a $ 150,000 - per - year job at the DPI should one beat Evers amounted to election Election Commission, alleging a deal between Holtz and former candidate John Humphries in which one of the two would drop out of the race in exchange for a $ 150,000 - per - year job at the DPI should one beat Evers amounted to election election bribery.

In December, Holtz and a candidate that was later eliminated in the spring primary election discussed the possibility of one of them dropping out of the race in exchange for landing a six - figure, taxpayer - funded job at DPI overseeing urban districts.

It's almost like we — the twenty - and early thirty - somethings — are coming of age at some weird potluck of every social issue staring us in the face: food insecurity, epic natural disasters, stock market crashes, three wars, droughts worse than the Dust Bowl, banks getting away with robbery, extreme poverty, corporate - purchased elections, rising childhood obesity, rising deficit, salmon run extinctions, flocks of birds dropping out of the sky, college debt surpassing credit card debt, you name it.

Duncan ran for reelection in the 2009 RNC Chairmanship Election, but dropped out after the third round of balloting when elections were held on January 30, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Michael S. Steele was later that day elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Otherwise, if these rules start coming down after the election on Nov. 6, the administration is going to face not only a protracted unemployment of 8 percent, but a draconian drop in consumer confidence as housing becomes out of reach for almost everybody.»