Sentences with phrase «election battle for»

Newark, Delaware (CNN)- A feisty Christine O'Donnell attacked her Democratic opponent but also stumbled in Wednesday's debate with Chris Coons in their election battle for Delaware's U.S. Senate seat held for nearly four decades by Vice President Joe Biden.

Senate Republicans have a new strategy in what's shaping up to be an election battle for control of the State Senate.

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

Not exact matches

While the renewable industry has gained momentum in recent years, «the battle certainly got tougher» with the election of Trump, said Dan Kammen, an energy expert at the University of California, Berkeley and science envoy for the U.S. State Department.

The impact of the new tax law is expected to be a major campaign issue this year, as Republicans battle Democrats for control of the House and Senate in the November election.

«It took years of legal battles and a looming election for the Christy Clark government to do the right thing and halt the contamination with a 15 - day suspension of South Island Aggregates» permit.

Akin, who won a tough primary battle this month, has apologized for his comments but also defied pressure to get out of the election.

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.

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.

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is battle - ready for this year's general elections, the party's General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said, adding that the NDC will launch its manifesto in Sunyani in two weeks» time.

Clinton may be headed for another loss in a Democratic primary battle in West Virginia today, though she believes she has already locked down the party's nomination and is focused on the general election and Trump.

But the softly - spoken Wollaston is battle weary after an election campaign whose highlights included her office building being defaced not once but twice by a masked man armed with a spray can and a penchant for anti-Tory slogans.

Sean Patrick Maloney, one of five Democrats battling for the right to take on Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth in the November election, is out with his first mailer, which focuses on his time at the Clinton White House.

Winning the battle for control of the party is clearly more important that winning the next general election.

Labour continued to lose ground in the battle for cash ahead of next year's general election, new figures show.

We're hoping to see one more Siena poll of this race before the Nov. 6 election, since it could prove critical in the battle for control of the majority.

Senate Republicans may have lost the battle for the 9th Senate district last month, but it is well prepared for the general election war coming this November.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under pressure from the left to call the election ASAP, but he has suggested the race won't be held until after the April 1 budget deadline, leaving the GOP in charge of the chamber for what is shaping up to be a difficult budget battle.

«That is why when we are registering people for elections, the biggest battle we fight with the NPP is that, those in smock are aliens and they should not be allowed to register anywhere in the south.

The increasingly ugly battle for the Brooklyn Senate seat vacated by Carl Kruger has attracted national attention as the clock ticks down to the March 20 special election.

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.»

Reports suggest that Romney, Ryan, and key people around them remained confident of victory to the very end, seeing that they were «hitting their numbers» in many districts — only to realize as Election Night unfolded that turnout would exceed their expectations in most swing states, raising the bar for victory and leaving them in the unenviable position of having achieved their tactical goals but lost the strategic battle nonetheless.

After legal, political and ocassionally physical battles for every vote at certain polling stations, two weeks after the elections took place, the results were finally announced on Sunday 11 November: the Party of the Regions (the President's party) has 30 % of the votes to 25.5 % for the Fatherland Party, the opposition party of the jailed ex-prime minister Mrs. Tymoshenko.

There are even hints that the Tories will reverse PR for London and the Euro elections, and maybe even the devolved Wales and Scotland, though they would have a real battle on their hands there.

Election expert Sean Fear offers his predictions for the battles for control of Town Halls taking place in June 2009.

Neither Woolf nor Funiciello faced competition in the primary election on June 24, 2014, while Stefanik battled with Matt Doheny for the Republican nomination.

Although Kinnock had a hard time laying the foundations for the changes in the Labour Party that Blair would finally push through, the one thing he had going for him when fighting his internal battles was the outcome of the 1983 election.

Since 1902, the president's party has been on the losing end of the battle for legislative seats in 27 of 29 midterm election cycles.

And, yes, the governor must resume the fight on the remaining critical issues in the battle to reform Albany — overhaul of New York's campaign - finance laws and nonpartisan redistricting for the 2012 elections.

In more than a dozen states, House and Senate primary elections will happen on the same ballot with the presidential race — timing that could pose a challenge for incumbent candidates in intra-party battles.

My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.

For one thing, it underlines how Labour's general election communications are still not battle - ready.

Taking the responsibility for the NDC's defeat in the 2016 elections, Mahama said: «Of course as the general who led us into battle, I take ultimate responsibility for our losing the election and so if it will satisfy those people, blame me for the loss.»

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.

Cuomo reiterated his support of «progressive politics», stressing that his calls for fiscal conservatism don't mean he is no longer a liberal on social issues like abortion rights (which is shaping up to be a big focus of the Schneiderman - Donovan general election battle).

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.

Like any election season for the state Senate and the battle for control of the chamber, there are a number of x-factors.

Now that the congressional primaries have passed and the general election battles are set, (for the most part), candidates in contested races across the state and their respective supporters have turned their attention to the opponents against whom they'll be facing off in November.

Here's a link to Miringoff's outlook on the gubernatorial election as well as what could happen in the battle for control of the state Senate.

If the intra-party warfare is still going on by the state's presidential primary date of April 19, it could be good for the GOP as it battles to retain former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island in a special election that will also take place on that day.

It has been a difficult year for the WFP after its heady success of the 2009 NYC elections, thanks largely to a federal investigation and a protracted legal battle with former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro.

ALBANY — A lengthy legal battle to move the general election for the 3rd Congressional District to December could set up a national showdown in which the race would determine which party controls the House of Representatives, warned one of the Republican candidates in the fight.

Whether Boris Johnson or Theresa May, or another as yet unknown candidate, becomes party leader, they will have an uphill battle to unite the Conservatives and fight off calls for another general election.

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed party.

Mujuru is believed to be planning to form a new party to contest the next elections, but given ZANU - PF's record of vote rigging analysts say the real battle for power lies within the ruling party itself.

It may seem counterintuitive, but it may actually take a three - way battle, which this state has seen 4 out of the last 5 elections, for the Republicans to have a chance in this race.

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.

Publisher biteback Biteback said the book would cover the battle for Brexit, from the «massing of the UKIP foot soldiers after the general election and the squabbling of the various Leave groups, to the arrival of the cabinet cavalry after Cameron's Brussels deal and the dramatic final weeks fought on battle buses and in TV studios».

Despite his primary opponent's desperate assertion to the contrary On Tuesday, Ohioans will head to the polls for their state's primary election, and the results will lay out a roadmap for a crucial election year in which the Republican and Democratic parties battle for control of the swing state — the first major contests since Donald -LSB-...]

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.