Sentences with phrase «election candidates»
In some districts, the opposing party isn't running a general election candidate at all.
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State, county, and municipal election candidate restrictions are set by those bodies.
In a single member election the candidate with the highest number, not necessarily a majority, of votes is elected.
Only two new Labour women were elected (and over 30 new men), and by - election candidates replacing women were all men.
So why are so many election candidates obsessed with the environment?
The survey asks election candidates to indicate agreement or otherwise with each of the following statements: 1.
In 2017, another $ 5.8 million was spent in independent expenditures between the two general election candidates.
With Dave Hancock being sworn - in as the 15th Premier of Alberta and speculation running rampant about who will replace him in four to six months, I thought now would be a good opportunity to provide a quick update about nominations for federal election candidates in Alberta.
Scherie Murray was a 2015 Republican special election candidate for District 29 of the New York State Assembly.
The legislation would also take the nominations for special election candidates out of the hands of the local party apparatus and have candidates petition their way onto the ballot, similar to a general election.
A who's who of election candidates and political figures were among the 3,000 people who came to the Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam Temple in Flushing for its annual Sri Ganesha Chaturthi celebration Sunday afternoon.
A local election candidate for UKIP sparks fresh controversy for the anti-EU party over comments he made on social media about comedian Lenny Henry.
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Figure 5: Percentage share of the vote won by Republican presidential election candidate by region, 1972 - 2016
My enquiry was prompted by the discovery that on the English Democrats» list of general election candidates on its website, the party's candidate for Shipley is named as one Philip Davies, as per the screengrab below:
Project GROW bet on two Florida special election candidates who were unable to win their primaries.
Note: Stansberry was not in the Democratic primary, but appeared on the West Virginia Secretary of State general election candidate list.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron sacked former MP David Ward as a general election candidate after a storm over his past comments about Israel and Jews.
Figure 6: Number of electoral college votes won by Republican presidential election candidate by region, 1972 - 2016
Before May's general election, Oakeshott gave an unusual donation of # 600,000 to 30 Labour and 15 centre - left Lib Dem election candidates in an attempt to create an Ed Miliband - led progressive government.
Tory Election candidate Afzal Amin (pictured) was suspended after plotting with far - Right extremists to stir up racial hatred in a cynical bid to win votes
There was also some unhappiness that Saj Karim MEP, a recent defector from the LibDems, was «toplisted» as a Conservative European elections candidate without grassroots members being given a say.
I have updated the list of Alberta election candidates to include some of the following individuals:
Speaking after former election candidate Mark Clarke was expelled from the party for life after accusations of bullying and blackmail, Ben Howlett MP claimed there had been institutionalised bullying in the party's youth movement, Conservative Future, which he chaired until 2013.
A City business run by a former Conservative party treasurer has agreed to pay back donations made to five of the party's general election candidates running against Liberal Democrats following a shareholder revolt.
Since 2003, people from Ulster have been able to join the Party — but an internal ban on standing election candidates there remains.
David Cameron tells defeated general election candidates why he believes the Conservatives failed to win an overall majority
He held the seat for only a year though, before being defeated in a rematch against Labour's by - election candidate Sir Peter Soulsby at the 2005 general election.
A US election candidate said electing her opponent was like hiring Count Dracula to run the blood bank.
The DSCC's unusually heavy spending against Sestak can be attributed in part to the belief among some party leaders that he would make a weak general election candidate against Republican incumbent Sen. Patrick J. Toomey.
He also wants to introduce US - style open primaries to select election candidates, starting with the contest to be Labour's next London mayoral candidate.
Trump was in the state to stump for GOP special election candidate Rick Saccone, but only mentioned him in passing.
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.
In those seven counties, Jones virtually matched Clinton's vote total — quite the feat for a special election candidate compared to a presidential nominee.
In this context, Canada has adopted a broad set of rules in relation to key political actors, including election candidates, political parties, electoral district associations, and third parties.
A perennial election candidate, Mr. Koziak placed a close second behind Ms. Krushell in 2010 and has run for office many times in the past, including as the Edmonton - Glenora Wildrose candidate in the 2012 provincial election and the mayoral election in 2007.
Mr. Xiao's candidacy has been endorsed by provincial Health Minister and Edmonton - Whitemud by - election candidate Stephen Mandel, former premier Ed Stelmach and provincial cabinet ministers Jonathan Denis and Manmeet Bhullar.
Mr. Trudeau is on a leadership tour through British Columbia and Alberta this week, having campaigned with Liberal by - election candidate Harvey Locke in Calgary - Centre and rallying a crowd of more than 400 party faithful in downtown Edmonton.
Ceferin is the only election candidate to have evinced a firm manifesto pledge to challenge the ever - increasing power of the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern and the Premier League billionaires.
Ukip has suspended a council election candidate following allegations she made comments online claiming the Second World War was «engineered by Zionist Jews».
Election candidates mingling in a room full of lobbyists is a controversial recipe.
Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson — advisers to home secretary Theresa May — were struck off the Conservative party's list of general election candidates last year because they refused to take part in telephone canvassing on behalf of the party during a by - election campaign.
It deals in theoretical situations with all sorts of shortcomings — such as no defined alternative election candidates — but it underscores the risk to political parties of ignoring voters» moral sensitivities.
The Senate Republicans may have drawn their own special election candidate David Storobin out of the district he's running in, but Mr. Storobin says he'll simply move into the newly created Orthodox Jewish district if the maps hold.
The Iron Lady is a wild, colourful, fast - paced swoosh through a career that transformed its eponymous character from determined election candidate to scarred leader.
Gillian Troughton, the Labour by - election and general election candidate here, lost her council seat last week as the Tories hoovered up Labour wards.
New York special election candidate Jane Corwin (R) contributed $ 1,000 to fellow Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava's (R) 2009 special election campaign — something that may not go over well with conservatives.