Sentences with phrase «election battle»

It will signal the start of the longest election battle in modern history.

The often smaller primary election battles guarantee each party retaining political control of the district by eliminating an unpleasant incumbent.

A major election battle ground has now been joined by the three major parties: expect to hear a lot more about the cost of living.

It means that, for instance, election battles become concentrated on a smaller number of voters.

He is gearing up for a tough general election battle against Republican Sen. Anitere Flores.

Thanks to a paperwork problem, there is no Democratic candidate in the four - way May 5 special election battle for former Assemblyman Karim Camara's Brooklyn seat.

spent $ 3.9 million — mostly of his own money — in the final weeks of his general election battle against Democratic Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo and still owes some $ 6.1 million (mostly to himself).

This part of the reshuffle was intended to arm the Tory party not just for a general election battle with Ukip but also for the intended referendum on the UK's EU membership.

Labour leader Ed Miliband and Ken Livingstone launch Labour's mayoral election battle bus in Croydon today.

Lieberman has a track record of surviving tough election battles.

He complained that de Blasio sent mailers ripping his brother, Steven Green, a prominent real - estate developer, as «one of the most corrupt landlords in New York City» during the 2009 election battle between the two for public advocate.

(CNN)- President Barack Obama has told Senate Democrats that he's willing to stay away from election battles where his presence would not be helpful, a Democratic source said - an apparent nod to his poll numbers.

The press draws election battle lines between the three parties after a fiery leaders debate that saw Nick Clegg and David Cameron come out top in the polls.

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — President Donald Trump got business out of the way quickly Saturday night — urging voters to elect Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone, who's locked in an unexpectedly tough special election battle in Pennsylvania — before turning to the main subject of the night: himself.

David Cameron waded into the mayoral election battle after being asked about commuting prices by Labour's Huw Irranca - Davies.

Boris Johnson joined the Eastleigh by - election battle by criticising the Lib Dems during a visit.

«President Barack Obama has told Senate Democrats that he's willing to stay away from election battles where his presence would not be helpful, a Democratic source said — an apparent nod to his poll numbers.»

The spending that has been found to be in violation by the Electoral Commission was used to bring Conservative campaigners into the tightest marginal election battles.

The Green Party defied expectations in a «David and Goliath» local election battle against larger parties, its co-leader says.

«This year's fierce election battle prompted me to pick up this 2014 book, by an Oxford University scholar who has studied political leadership — good, bad, and ugly — for more than 50 years,» he explains.

The Goldwater debacle in that year's general election (a humiliating 52 electoral votes to Lyndon Johnson's 486) generated a panicked purge by the national Republican establishment of all Goldwater - identified conservatives, including Schlafly, who was pushed out of her expected presidency of the National Federation of Republican Women in a nasty election battle in 1967.

Now that he knows who his Democratic opponent will be in November, Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins isn't wasting any time getting the general election battle underway.

In ancient times, the death of a leader in battle would mean slavery or worse for the defeated side; likewise, in a presidential - style election battle if Cameron were caught with his trousers down, or suffered a catastrophic failure in authority, there are 303 Conservative MPs whose careers depend on him.

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Cabrera and Rivera are locked in an acrimonious election battle where negative campaign mailers have flooded voter mailboxes.

Pendry eventually put in a call to an ex-girlfriend who was a big wheel in the Beaconsfield constituency Labour party, easing Blair into his first election battle.

In what had to be ugliest and costliest election battle, Senator Gustavo Rivera once again soundly defeated City Councilman Rev. Fernando Cabrera in the 33rd Senate District.

But it's been a long time since she's fought a real election battle, and she'll potentially be giving up one of the softest seats in state politics.

The prime minister overnights with British troops in Afghanistan, as there is growing talk of an early general election battle at home.

The race to succeed Adriano Espaillat in the state Senate and the fight for Sheldon Silver's old state Assembly seat will lead a slate of local primary election battles Tuesday.

Bronx GOP Chairman Jay Savino, who lost a contentious election battle with Democratic Sen. Jeff Klein in 2006, has decided to forgive his erstwhile foe and let him run on the GOP line in the upcoming general election.

Labour and the Conservatives step up their political campaigning with pledges on education and NHS funding at the start of what could be a five month election battle.

Washington — A new Super PAC plans to begin spending big money in the race for Central New York's congressional seat, already on pace to be the most expensive election battle in the region's history.

Appearing at a brief campaign event Tuesday with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen, Fox was experiencing the nerve disorder symptoms of Parkinson's disease, with which he was diagnosed in the early 1990s — but he said it was important to return to the political and election battles over stem cell research.

Launching one of his party's election battle buses in north London, Mr Clegg said: «Any increase in taxation is unwelcome, but that is not the issue.»

Glen Oaks resident Bob Friedrich said he is banking on an anti-incumbent wave and a platform of reforming Albany in his Democratic primary election battle with state Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck).

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)- Longtime Clinton ally and former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe has conceded to state senator Creigh Deeds in the party's gubernatorial primary, calling on his supporters to back Deeds in his general election battle against Republican Bob McDonnell.

Bill Shorten is pushing schools funding to the centre of this year's election battle by committing to fully funding the Gonski blueprint.

Rangel survived a close Democratic primary election battle in 2012 with state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, winning by just 990 votes.

Also, Jacobs has in past elections demonstrated crossover appeal — especially in Democrat - dominated Erie County — and now that he's looking toward a general election battle with the winner of the Democratic primary, Amber Small, he needs to take a pragmatic approach if he's to have a shot of winning in a presidential year in a district that has a Democratic enrollment edge.

Danny Donohue, president of New York's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is coming off a tough election battle, running to be leader of the national union AFSCME.

Labour is set to send resources for election battles in seats that the party would normally consider to be safe, including campaigns to shore up MPs who have majorities of more than 10,000.

The heat of the election battle was not easily dissipated and considerable numbers of nationalist supporters have attempted to keep alive their campaign for what they see as freedom.

UEFA president Michel Platini claims he is the only person who can beat Sepp Blatter in an election battle for the FIFA presidency.

Bitter by - election battles, gaffe - prone juniors, devious whips and one big game of «coalition chess» sounds more like the sober politics pages of a national broadsheet than a fun evening out, but first - time playwrights Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky remarkably manage to marry the two in their new political comedy, Coalition.

Last week, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox pleaded with his party's presidential hopefuls to stop attacking one another out of a concern that they'll provide fodder for President Obama once the general election battle is joined.