Sentences with phrase «elected in»

Labour needs mechanisms to ensure every new leader is elected in a contest amongst plp, members and affiliated societies.

In the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Indian Parliament), 76 of the 543 members elected in 2009 had been charged with serious criminal offences such as murder, rape and dacoity.

Once elected in 2004, his government was said to be inspired by and to apply republican principles.

«You can roughly split us 50 - 50 between those who make the most of it and those who absolutely hate it,» says an SNP MP elected in last May's Nationalist tsunami when the party won 56 of Scotland's 59 seats.

Republican Rep. John Katko, the Central New York freshman who is fighting to hold onto his seat in one of the most competitive House races in the nation, is out with his fourth TV ad, which questions the ability of his opponent, Colleen Deacon, to act independently of the Democratic conference if she's elected in November.

You can only get elected in Cook county as a democrat.

The incumbent not seeking re-election is Rep. Bob Turner, who wasn't elected in the 2010 midterms, but won a special election in 2011 for ex-Rep.

«It beggars belief that the mayor who was elected in 2008 on a pledge to keep open every ticket office is now planning to close every single one, with all that means for safety and jobs,» Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said.

Democrats could pick one of their own to replace Schneiderman, first elected in 2010 out of the state Senate.

But the government elected in 2010 will have lost a great deal of credibility in the event of a «Yes» vote.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

They have routinely failed to elect a woman as a leader (something the Tories have managed twice), although its commitment to shortlists that help women get elected in the first place deserves praise.

Much of the discussion centered on campaigns for the U.S. House and Senate, but state races came up constantly as well, and for good reason: the state legislators and governors elected in three short months will oversee the single most important political act in our system of government, the redrawing of state and congressional district lines based on the results of the census.

That's why you can't even get a dog catcher elected in NYS these days.

This year he demonstrated that once again; and he remains the most senior Conservative elected in his own right to public office.

-- Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, who was just elected in 2008.

It is of course possible that the Scottish Parliament elected in May 2016 will yield a majority for Labour or for a Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition, a government composed of parties opposed to independence.

Farrell, who was elected in 1974, was unusually candid (although he's making that something of a habit these days), revealing, for example, that he believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo knew all along he would eventually give in on the so - called millionaire's tax — despite his repeated claims to the contrary.

Mahoney, who was elected in 2007 and is the first woman to hold her post, was mentioned as a potential No. 2 for Lazio, as well, but reportedly signaled she would rather remain where she is.

I am from Denmark, and two politicians such as Roy Moore and Donald Trump would never have been elected in any major election in my country.

Schumer, a Democrat, was first elected in 1998 and is poised to become the next Democratic leader.

If members are to be elected in future then it's vital that this knowledge gap is addressed to enable the public to make informed choices about their new representatives.

The letter, written by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat elected in a special election in April, pointed out that only 121 of the state's 700 - plus school districts so far have submitted evaluation plans that are required in order to receive a portion of state aid.

He was quite clear: the origins of the Obama's campaign were actually in Chicago's independent Democratic politics in the 1970s and 1980s which coalesced around getting Harold Washington - Chicago's first African American mayor - elected in unlikely circumstances in 1983.

The winner of the Nov. 3 general election will replace Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), who was first elected in 2001 and opted to run in the Democratic primary for mayor against city Comptroller William Thompson, who defeated him.

There have been previous attempts to have Paladino removed from the Buffalo School Board who was first elected in 2013.

He also summed up the tenure of Ulrich as the Benedict Arnold Council Member who turned his back on the party that helped get him elected in 2009.

Life would have been very difficult for the British economy, whichever government was elected in 2010.

Yvette Cooper was elected in 1997.

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Louise Slaughter (D), who was first elected in 1986.

Rozic, elected in 2012, is the youngest woman serving in the State Legislature.

Little, R - Queensbury, was first elected in the 45th District in 2002 after serving seven years in the Assembly.

«If (Langworthy) ends up on the right side of this thing he dramatically increases his clout and if Scott Walker gets elected in all likelihood Nick will be the state chairman,» Martucci said.

By that point, however, Thompson had already won the Democratic nomination which is tantamount to getting elected in deep - blue Brooklyn.

Business Kit Malthouse The former deputy mayor of London for business and enterprise was thought by some colleagues to have kept his head down after getting elected in 2015.

The current metro mayor is Conservative Andy Street elected in May 2017 and winning with 50.4 % after second preferences.

Merkley was first elected in 2008.

The remaining 40 to 45 per cent of representatives for each body (the «additional members») are elected in large regional areas using a proportional representation system, so as to match every party's share of winning candidates to their votes share.

He's been a lot like a lot of the Republicans that we've elected in Erie County,» Langworthy said.

Schwartz was first elected in 1995, and also served on the New York State Democratic Committee from 2006 to 2013.

Cuomo's prodigious fund - raising has netted nearly $ 45 million since he was elected in 2010, and has drawn scrutiny this electoral season from Republicans and Democrats alike.

Wills was elected in 2010, and used public matching funds from his 2009 City Council campaign to pay more than $ 11,000 to a shell company that was supposed to translate and distribute campaign literature, the state attorney general said.

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy (D) was first elected in 2010 and was eligible to seek re-election in 2014, although he opted not to run.

Labour's spokesman on Work and Pensions, Liam Byrne, recently set out some of Labour's ideas for welfare reform, and declared that if Labour was elected in 2015, there would have to be further cuts in the amount spent on welfare.

COR and its principals have given Cuomo more than $ 300,000 since he was elected in 2010.

No anti-abortion candidate has been elected in New York statewide since 1994, when Dennis Vacco became Attorney General.)

He was elected in 2009, the same year Republican Edward Mangano upset Democratic County Executive Thomas Suozzi.

Elected in the party's biggest ever wipeout, Labour's 1983 intake of MPs could be about to notch up its third party leader.

Senator Lindsey Graham, R - SC., elected in 2003.

Soon after he was elected in 2010, Orban's government ended mandatory payments into the private funds and nationalised most of the money they contained.