Sentences with phrase «election candidate for»

Ron Meyers was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 49 of the Mississippi State Senate.

Santana is also running as a 2018 Democratic special election candidate for District 32 of the California State Senate.

Jean Kessner was a 2015 Democratic special election candidate for District 128 of the New York State Assembly.

Brian Banks is a 2018 Democratic special election candidate for District 2 of the Michigan State Senate.

Several years ago, I had the immense privilege of being selected as the Conservative general election candidate for Rotherham.

UKIP's general election candidate for Basildon in Essex has resigned, after he was recorded using racist and homophobic language.

She is also a 2014 special election candidate for District 23 of the California State Senate.

Deputy Jonathan O'Brien was selected as the Sinn Féin general election candidate for this constituency at a selection convention on 20th January 2018.

Bermudez is also running as a 2018 Democratic special election candidate for District 32 of the California State Senate.

Michael Cathey was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 10 of the Mississippi State Senate.

Having lost her seat in 2010, she was a by - election candidate for the same ward in May 2012 where it was reported that she was the victim of false leaflets produced in her name.

The Liberal Democrats have sacked former MP David Ward as their general election candidate for Bradford East over accusations of anti-Semitism, after leader Tim Farron had earlier decided not to drop him.

Supporters attend the public meeting of French presidential election candidate for the far - left coalition «La France insoumise» Jean - Luc Melenchon, on February 5, 2017, in Chassieu, near Lyon.

The May 1 primary elections that were held in 57 Tennessee counties mainly involved selecting general election candidates for county positions like mayor and county commissioner.

Not exact matches

The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

Although no recent First Amendment cases could be seen to apply directly to the publication of tax returns from a candidate for president, lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election, about a candidate for President.»

Newell confirmed last week it had received notice from Starboard regarding its intention to nominate 10 candidates to stand for election to the board.

Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections.

Often, presidential candidates will launch their bids for office a year or more before the actual November elections.

Regardless of who wins the presidential election on Tuesday, there is likely to be a lot of analysis about who is to blame for two of the most unpopular candidates in modern history.

And that the sexist dialogue around the election is making it very hard for women, or anyone else, from fully and fairly evaluating the candidates.

In the 2016 election cycle, the average winning Senate candidate had spent $ 10.4 million through October 19 of that year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

More than 2,500 French expats gathered in central London on Tuesday evening to listen to Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate for the presidential election.

Trump didn't follow the usual path of a successful presidential candidate, who plays to his party's base to win the nomination, then tacks to the center for the general election.

A lifelong Republican, Whitman switched her support to Hillary Clinton three months before last year's election — she was the only Fortune Most Powerful Woman to publicly campaign for a nominee — stoking speculation that the former gubernatorial candidate would reenter the political arena.

In a race that includes a primary election, that means contributors can give up to $ 2,700 to a candidate for the primary and an additional $ 2,700 to the same candidate for the general election.

The three defense companies have also donated more money in the 2018 election cycle than any other company in the industry, according to a new analysis from the Center for Responsible Politics, which draws on the Federal Election Commission's latest political - candidate - contributionelection cycle than any other company in the industry, according to a new analysis from the Center for Responsible Politics, which draws on the Federal Election Commission's latest political - candidate - contributionElection Commission's latest political - candidate - contribution report.

Like any boxing promoter, the press hypes every election, exaggerating differences between the parties and hyping each candidate as a legitimate contender, Matt Taibbi wrote in an article on the Republican convention for Rolling Stone: «Otherwise, why watch?»

Seen here in a 2006 file photo, the then - candidate for the riding of Whitby - Oshawa Jim Flaherty tapes Canadian flags to chairs at the Royal Canadian Legion in Whitby where he would host his constituents for an election night party.

Bollore fell 6 percent after French police questioned billionaire Vincent Bollore over allegations his group worked on the election campaigns of presidential candidates in two African countries in return for lucrative port contracts.

Starting a movement from scratch, as an unknown candidate, without any experience of how to campaign for a municipal election let alone for the presidency, is a fairly unconventional move in French politics.

One desperate solution was for blacks to risk voting for the candidate who represented the greater of two evils, in the hope that he would be sympathetic to African Americans because they helped secure the election.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

Trump was in the state to stump for GOP special election candidate Rick Saccone, but only mentioned him in passing.

PARIS, April 24 (Reuters)- French police questioned billionaire Vincent Bollore on Tuesday over allegations his Groupe Bollore worked on the election campaigns of presidential candidates in Africa in return for lucrative port contracts.

A key reason for holding the vote was to fulfil a 2011 promise made by all municipal election candidates in Kitimat to poll citizens on the pipeline project.

Point Bridge Capital, a financial firm in Fort Worth, Texas combed through election filings to identify 150 corporations whose employees, management and political action committees have donated the most money to Republican candidates for office and any party - affiliated federal committees or groups.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

Much has been made during the current election cycle about which political party is best aligned with the interests of Corporate America, with some arguing that the Republican party is losing its status as the «party of business,» while Fortune «s Chris Matthews argued that Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson may actually be the best candidate for the business community this year.

In Argentina, President Mauricio Macri is stumping for his party's candidates ahead of August 13 primary elections, which precede October 22 legislative elections.

The election of Jónsdóttir and two other Pirate candidates that year was — for the party's purposes — well timed.

The data, which was compiled from Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings by CrowdPAC, a non-partisan organization aimed at analyzing money in politics, revealed what the candidate's own filings have been showing for the last several months: Silicon Valley loves Bernie and can't stand Trump.

But as a presidential candidate, Trump expressed support for the group, repeatedly praising it ahead of the election in November.

With the 2016 presidential election less than three months away, the quest for money continues to define both presidential candidates.

French presidential election candidates pose for a picture prior to a debate organised by the French private TV channels BFM TV and CNews on April 4, 2017 in La Plaine - Saint - Denis near Paris.

The protests in Hong Kong were sparked when Beijing rejected a proposal for open nominations of candidates for Hong Kong's first - ever leadership election in 2017, meaning all candidates will continue to be picked by a panel that is mostly aligned with Beijing.

In the 2016 election, for example, these and other internet giants donated about $ 1.8 million to Republican campaigns, compared to $ 1.5 million on Democratic candidates, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

The odds it gave for candidates in the primaries and the election itself were regularly cited in newspaper articles and repeated by talking heads on cable television, drumming up publicity.

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