Sentences with phrase «elected political office»

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that it is insensitive for elected political office holders to leave service delivery now and be preoccupied with 2019 politicking.

I think that's why that is the rare occurrence as opposed to actual elected political office.

It is no more news that since the inception of this administration, some of your elected political office holders, especially the Chairmen have been removed by Executive fiat for very flimsy excuse; your chosen councillors were tagged illiterate and area boys and that they do not deserve commensurate remunerations.

Not exact matches

Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

Overall, I think my age brings more to the table than not, and the idea that someone who isn't affiliated with a political party, didn't have the blessing of the establishment, and who doesn't have deep pockets was able to get elected into a substantial government office is pretty exciting.

You said, «Personally I think he's atheist / agnostic, but basically wears his faith on his sleeve, because it's impossible to get elected to political office in the U.S without being Christian»

«I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote — where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference — and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

We can expect of our elected officials (and ourselves) integrity — the idea that we can act as honorably in the locker room as we would from the stage of the political rally or the seat in the Oval Office — without requiring perfection.

It is time we said to our leaders that while we don't expect to elect any saints to public office, we have had more than enough of political pragmatism rooted in nothing but the desire to win the next election.

Finally suppose those same people, organized around this shared delusion, formed a voting bloc which exerted political pressure to organize your government and laws in accordance with those of the wizarding world and was large enough and vocal enough that elected officials could not attain office without pandering to it.

We don't elect Saint to political office so stop the shenanigans.

Political scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters andPolitical scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters andpolitical support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters and backers.

In a small political party that is unlikely to elect anyone to office, or is likely to elect only a handful of officials, the drafting of the party platform is often seen as the primary mission of the party since it articulates the ideas that are associated with the party and provides a marketing document for the party and for its ideas.

Wrongdoing has no political colour and I do not subscribe to the lawlessness of political party supporters simply because their party has been elected into office,» he stated.

If political office was an unpaid position and had no benefits to offer the elected (retirement, health care etc.) only those interested in making a difference might run.

As Maggie Haberman reports, de Blasio has had discussions in recent weeks with Google on the heels of his successful effort to get Goldman Sachs to agree not to spend on political ads in this election cycle — even though a recent US Supreme Court decision allows corporations to drop unlimited amounts of cash to try to elect of defeat candidates running for federal office.

«This Office will continue the vigorous prosecution of political corruption to secure for the people of New York — regardless of party affiliation — what they deserve: the honest labors of their elected representatives.

RSLC president Chris Jankowski: «Matt is an experienced political professional who is ready to continue the RSLC's groundbreaking success and take the point for the Committee's efforts electing Republicans to state office across the country.»»

Joshua Lafazan, who in 2012 became the youngest public office holder in state history when he was elected at 18 to the Syosset school board, kicked off his campaign for the Nassau Legislature, vowing to bring young energy to fight political corruption and restore the county's fiscal integrity.

Indeed, the ability of a small clique in political party apparatuses to determine who runs for office, coupled with proportional representation systems that allow for the concentration of power in the hands of a few, has led to tight control of who gets elected.

As you'll see in our highlight reel, the speeches displayed much of what Team Cuomo has going for it; four years in office with some significant legislative accomplishments, nearly universal support from elected Democrats and their political organizations, enormous amounts of state money spent over the past four years which, whether well spent or not produces support from recipients, and a powerful speaker at the top of the ticket.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election.

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election.

Zacarese, on the other hand, is a true political outsider making his first run for elected office.

In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38).

So you can bounce between parties as much as you want in the United States until you decide to run for office... than you better be prepared to part with the party only on pain of death or (worse of an elected official) future political career.

It might make sense that, say, technology bloggers would be disproportionately male, since many more men than women work in high - tech (and obsess about it), but politics is a different animal — women may still be underrepresented in top elected offices, but at least as many women as men work as political activists and political staff or as volunteers.

Barkan, a political journalist making his first run for public office, said he would fight for the disabled if elected.

The governor introduced eight bills - one for all political offices and one for each of the state's elected offices - that would require LLCs be treated as traditional corporations, with the same contribution limits.

«Paladino has amassed considerable power and influence in western New York through his real estate development, political campaigns, media presence, elected office, and campaign contributions,» the group's director Sam Magavern wrote in a statement.

We all live political lives, whether that's in terms of whom we elect to office or the politics of daily interactions.

«In his first act of political opportunism, Mark Grisanti switched parties, joining the Republican Party to satisfy his need for elected office.

Who constitutes the State, the public officers, elected office holders and political appointees.

Like Saujani, Dinallo has long - standing ties to the political world (he worked for Eliot Spitzer in the AG's office and served as state insurance superintendent; she raised campaign cash for Hillary Clinton), but neither has ever held elected office and both are considered long - shot candidates.

Despite last having held elected office in 1998, he remains the political godfather of his native Long Island, with close ties to Mr. Flanagan and the rest of the dominant downstate wing of the State Senate GOP.

Green Party candidates in the United States have primarily won elected offices at the local level; most Green officeholders have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (races in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party).

«When our citizens contribute to a political campaign, the obvious intent is to help the person running for office or in office to be elected,» Lavine said.

IDC spokeswoman Candice Giove ripped Smikle as a «failed candidate and political operative who has no ability to elect candidates or himself to political office.»

I believe Maloney is the first candidate to land such public support from Cuomo, who so far has been limiting his political activity largely to helping his son, AG Andrew Cuomo, get elected to the governor's office he once held.

It was Gustavo Rivera, a 34 - year - old part - time college professor and former political staffer who has never held elected office, and who is now running for the State Senate against a well - financed incumbent senator of his own party.

In conversations with nearly two dozen political operatives, office holders and candidates, the consensus was that The Times remains the biggest single factor in deciding who gets elected in this town.

While 2018 has marked a watershed moment with regard to women running for elected office, we know that there is still much work to be done to ensure greater gender equity, including more opportunities for women to have many seats at the political and business leadership table.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- For the first time since taking office, President Obama is spending some political capital to get another Democrat elected.

The Board of Elections requires all candidates to petition for a political party's support when running for elected office.

Though he's been discussed as having a political future, Bharara has insisted he has no interest in running for elected office.

Democratic clubs are comprised of dedicated individuals who seek to have local Democrats elected to various political offices throughout the borough of Manhattan, New York City.

Iowa's senior senator, Republican Charles E. Grassley, who celebrates his 82nd birthday Thursday, is a long - distance runner, both in his political career (first elected to public office in 1958 as a member of the Iowa Legislature) and in his exercise regimen.

Give Kingston Republican Party Chairman Joe Ingarra credit for shaking up a moribund political organization (Democrats hold 14 of 15 city elected offices).

The Working Families Party («WFP») is a grassroots political party operating in several states that endorses and works to elect progressive candidates for office.

«When you look around my office, you will see more family than you will see pictures of presidents or political relationships or prominent elected leaders, both nationally and statewide,» he said.