Sentences with phrase «election battle between»

Rebellion (15)(3/5) is about a native uprising in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the south - west Pacific in 1988, on the eve of the election battle between Francois Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac.

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The 2018 Italian election is proving to be a hard battle between the center - right bloc and the Five Star Movement (M5S), a Euro - skeptic party.

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The battle is joined, and it is likely that it will figure also in the presidential election, with Senator Obama urging «respect» for the court decision and Senator McCain reiterating his support for marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

The battle between Driehaus and a group of progressive Catholic supporters on the one hand and religious conservatives on the other is a reminder that abortion has become a key issue in the midterm elections in parts of the country, even as the economy and jobs remain voters» top concern.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

A battle between Rep. Dan Donovan and his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Michael Grimm, over the Reform Party line has been referred by the state Board of Elections to federal prosecutors.

This leadership election is, again, a battle between idealism and pragmatism, principle and power.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee emailed a fundraising appeal this afternoon on behalf of the Democratic candidate, NYC Councilman Lew Fidler, calling this race «the front line in the battle to retake one of the most important legislative chambers in the country» and «one of the most important elections for progressives anywhere in the country between now and the Wisconsin recalls.»

If the Right of the Tory Party think that the Party is losing the battle of ideas because it is insufficiently Right - wing, the the eight years of modernisation under Cameron and the three election defeats between 1997 and 2005 has been lost on them.

NIAGARA FALLS - Even before Election Day, it was clear that the battle between Assemblyman John D. Ceretto and his challenger, Angelo J. Morinello, was the most expensive Assembly race ever outside of New York City.

Andrew Cuomo is about to weigh in on the seemingly intractable bitter state budget battle between Gov. Paterson and the Legislature, and he will tell Democratic lawmakers, who are nervously eyeing the November elections, what he wants them to do, The Post has learned.

He added: «It is irresponsible of many in the commentariat to ignore these issues and to pretend that the mayoral election is only a battle between two personalities with no real national consequence for the wider society.

Some months ago, I predicted that these euro - elections would be a battle between Labour and UKIP for first place, with the Conservatives trailing third.

Next year's general election will be a battle between two rival narratives — YouGov's latest survey for the Sunday Times suggests that the Government... (Comments: 223)

The Lib Dem leadership election is expected to be a head - to - head battle between Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and former party president, and Norman Lamb, MP for North Norfolk and a former care minister.

The leadership election that follows is a close - fought battle between four political heavyweights — Brown, Blair, Margaret Beckett and the foreign secretary Robin Cook.

Syracuse, NY — Any semblance of peace between Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and the leadership of her own political party has vaporized amid battles over political patronage and a grand jury investigation into allegations of election law violations.

In his first major general election speech, Jeremy Corbyn has attempted to frame the upcoming contest as a battle between «the people» and «the establishment».

Fierce exchanges across the despatch boxes between Cameron and Ed Miliband seemed to preview the battle lines the parties will take at the 2015 general election.

The war of combative strong - worded statements between Democratic Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and Republican Rep. John Katko that began during the summer resumed with a new battle yesterday when Miner hinted she may reconsider her pledge to not challenge the congressman in the 2018 midterm elections.

The Rev. Al Sharpton came out in support of partisan elections, signaling a battle between himself and Bloomberg.

But between the new district lines and the Democratic enrollment edge in a presidential election year, the Republicans are probably going to need every penny to assist members in tough general election battles, and perhaps in trying to help non-incumbents like Bob Cohen, who's making his second attempt at winning retiring Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat.

It said Atiku was surprised that his 2015 comment, wherein he called for an amicable resolution of crisis of confidence that arose from the election of principal officers, was credited to him in the current battle between the Senate and the Attorney General of the Federation.

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.

Conservative MP Alun Cairns said it would be an «extremely interesting» by - election with a battle between the two coalition parties for the Eastleigh seat in Hampshire after the former energy secretary announced his resignation.

A battle over the one - percent extension was waged between assemblyman Cahill and Hein in 2013, with Cahill insisting that as a condition of his support for state passage, the county assume the cost of safety - net expenses and election over a three - year phase - in.

The Times (#) today treats the forthcoming elections for the 1922 Committee as a battle between left and right.

Festus Keyamo, activist lawyer and Director, Strategic Communications of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign organisation has said the 2019 elections will be a battle between forces and...

While voters and pundits are still focused on this year's neck - and - neck battle between GOP Rep. Michael Grimm and Democrat Domenic M. Recchia Jr., some politicos have started triangulating a possible 2015 special election, with one intriguing name coming to the fore in recent days: GOP District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

A battle over the 1 percent surtax was waged between Cahill and Hein in 2013, with Cahill insisting that as a condition of his support for state passage, the county assume the cost of Safety Net welfare expenses and elections over a three - year phase - in.

But he added: «The next election of course will be a big challenge and rightly a two - horse race between Gordon Brown and David Cameron... Let's get down to business, let the battle commence for the general election when I'm confident that Labour will put up a fight.»

A post-election question is whether an expensive and lengthy primary battle for the Democratic nomination between Ms. Throne - Holst and Dave Calone had a negative effect on her general election run.

However, had David Cameron read any history — and given that he thinks America fought with us in the Battle of Britain, he probably hasn't — he would remember the outcome of the pact between Ramsay MacDonald, then secretary of the Labour Representation Committee, and Herbert Gladstone, the Liberal chief whip, in 1903 to allow some Labour candidates a clear run at the 1906 election, in return for Labour not fighting seats where the Liberals could beat the Tories.

He later wrote a book, The Battle For Power, about the strained relationship between the Liberals and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) during that campaign, the last general election fought as the SDP — Liberal Alliance.

There has been an endless cycle of purity - testing that rivals the battles within both the conservative movement and the Grand Old Party that were the norm between the Second World War and Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980.

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While some important political, racial, and environmental red tape may have been broken in this election, this latest battle between red and blue was anything but green when it comes to the waste created by campaign entourages swinging through up to 7

While some important political, racial, and environmental red tape may have been broken in this election, this latest battle between red and blue was anything but green when it comes to the waste created by campaign entourages swinging through up to 7 states in one day.

Any GOP expression of interest in carbon taxes at this time can only muddy the election - year battle lines between what may loosely be called the pro - tax / anti-energy party and anti - tax / pro-energy party.