Sentences with phrase «election candidates who»

Project GROW bet on two Florida special election candidates who were unable to win their primaries.

A Ukip local elections candidate who suggested foetuses with debilitating syndromes could be automatically aborted has been suspended from the party.

The party last night expelled an election candidate who was pictured on the front of today's Daily Mirror making a Nazi salute.

Another successful local election candidate who went on to become a member of the European Parliament was Labour's Emer Costello (North Inner City), who was co-opted to replace Proinnsias de Rossa on his retirement.

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.

Here are some moderators from recent elections (including the current one) who have faced intense blowback from across the political spectrum, often managing to knock the candidates themselves out of the headlines in the process.

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.

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.

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.

Cuban, who supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the election, went on to say that Trump's opposers should «Propose a deal that protects our environment, economy and jobs and gives us flexibility.»

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.

One of their tactics is very specific: To stop politicians from taking money from the National Rifle Association, and to unseat any candidate who does in the upcoming mid-term elections.

More than 500 contributors who gave more than $ 200 to Republican candidates earlier in this election cycle, are now giving money to Clinton rather than the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, according to political research group, Crowdpac.

New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who had supported Trump, said she will write in vice presidential candidate Mike Pence on election day.

Unlike Khan, who significantly outperformed the Labour party in his own constituency during the mayoral election, Goldsmith did only about as well as a generic Conservative candidate.

The top diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Russel, is criticizing the election commission's disqualification of dozens of parliamentary candidates, many of them Muslims, and the disenfranchisement of stateless Rohingya, who were allowed to vote in previous elections.

After two elections backing social - conservative candidates who could afford little more than gas money, Christian leaders have long been eager to back a horse with the money to win.

The failed Alabama Senate candidate is now suing three women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment (major reasons why the Republican lost the special election in December).

With two deeply unpopular nominees on the presidential ballot this year, the number of voters in Maryland who wrote in their own candidate for president more than tripled, according to state election data.

Several progressive groups think they have a clearer shot at winning the general election in December than they would have if Sen. Luther Strange, the establishment candidate who lost resoundingly to Moore on Tuesday, had won.

At the outset of the presidential elections, there were four candidates representing very different parts of the political spectrum who accounted for around 20 % of the votes each.

Investors are sometimes cheered by the election of a candidate, such as Trump, who seems likely to roll back regulations and embrace corporate tax reform.

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

He might be able to make a new Conservative Party out of the failures of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and he might be able to get the folks who don't want to vote Wildrosie to vote for his party candidates at the next provincial election.

Foothills is represented by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Len Webber, who has also been nominated as his party candidate for the next election.

You might think that 30 days is a short time to reasonably campaign for election, and you would be right, but there were many candidates who came out of the woodwork to launch their campaign today.

I am maintaining a list of candidates who have announced their intentions to seek nominations and run in the next federal election in Alberta ridings.

Paul Hinman, who was narrowly elected in a 2009 by - election was soundly defeated by PC candidate Linda Johnson in Calgary - Glenmore.

This election, first - term PC MLA Greg Weadick and second - time Liberal candidate Bal Boora will be joined by NDP candidate Shannon Phillips, who has launched a spirited campaign, and Wildrose candidate Kevin Kinahan.

The longest serving woman in the Assembly is Lesser Slave Lake PC MLA Pearl Calahasen, who was first elected in 1989 and has been acclaimed as her party's candidate in the next election.

And because they're tax - free at the federal level, they appeal to wealthy investors who seek to protect their capital against possibly - rising income taxes, depending on which presidential candidate wins the election in November.

Also seeking the nomination is Richard Guyon, who was the Wildrose candidate in this constituency in the 2008 election.

Mr. Ford is better known as the Independent candidate who placed a strong second to Conservative Tim Uppal in the 2008 and 2011 federal elections.

Immediately before entering elected politics, he served as executive assistant to cabinet minister Hugh Horner (father of current PC leadership candidate Doug Horner), who he later replaced as MLA for Barrhead in a closely fought 1979 by - election.

Past Red Deer - North Liberal candidate Michael Dawe announced via email this week that he will «investigate what might be involved, and what might be possible, in creating cross partisan alliances in the next election, in order to ensure that the people who elect us come first, instead of a group of semi-anonymous backroom players, who are always trying to set the agenda, regardless of what the general public might feel.»

It will be interesting, then, to see how Okotokians, especially those thousands who ostensibly flocked to town specifically because of its environmental reputation, mark their ballot in the next provincial election if forced to choose between a not - so - green Smith and a pro-growth PC candidate such as Morton.

The Foothills district is currently represented by UCP MLA Prasad Panda, who was first elected as a Wildrose candidate in a 2016 by - election to replace former MLA Jim Prentice.

I had hoped that we would see a «new» Donald Trump as a general - election candidate — one who would focus on jobs and the economy, tone down his rhetoric, develop more thoughtful policies and, yes, apologize for ill - tempered rants.

Did the sheer number of debates help the joke candidates who had no hope of winning the presidential election.

It's funny, I was rather surprised that was rarely brought up during the 2008 election, when the one candidate who was actually born in one of our 50 states (not just on US territory abroad) was the one accused of being a foreigner.

In fact, the only people who have displayed any ability to run the country better are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich — neither of whom have a snowball's chance of even being the candidate, much less winning a rigged election.

For starters, it has given me a very important inside & background story as to make up my mind as to who to vote for, if Mitt Romney will become a candidate, in the next general elections.

I personally think that Obama's election was more about his left wing ideology than his «skin color» because if it had only been about «skin color» then the POTUS candidates on the right who were black, would have had just as good a chance to become the POTUS, as Obama did.

The pastor proceeded to warn his audience against voting for a candidate in the upcoming midterm elections who supports gay marriage and abortion, even if that candidate, Carl DeMaio, is a Republican.

But at that same convention, Obama's party nominated John Kerry, a candidate who eschewed God talk and who lost his own Catholic demographic on Election Day.

White evangelicals and black Protestants are more likely to say that it «really matters» who wins the election and to follow the news about the candidates closely.

We just saw a rare election in that, according to a CNN exit poll, nearly half of those who voted had an unfavorable view of both presidential candidates.

So with Occupy Wall Street, and Penn State football child molestation allegations, and the dearth of credible Republican candidates to run against a President who seems to have no care other than winning the next election, and Kim Kardashian apparently marrying whomever for millions of....

the only time these candidates are christian is around election time.And we christian are so dumb to see that.Do you think God care who is conservative or not?there are many gods but one true God and his name is Jesus.