Sentences with phrase «election challenge for»

As to those politicians, of the four Republicans that blatantly went against their supporters and constituents, one has already quit, two are in serious danger of losing their primaries, and the last is facing a primary challenge and a general election challenge for the first time in decades.

Not exact matches

«It's a new challenge,» he said, «for online communities to have to deal with nation - states attempting to subvert elections.»

Despite seeing off Ben Wyatt's «challenge» for the top job, WA Labor leader Eric Ripper still has plenty to do if he wants to lead the party to the next election.

- Starbucks will be joining the TurboVote Challenge in a technology - supported attempt to make it easier for employees to vote, as part of nonprofit Democracy Works» larger goal of 80 % voter participation in the 2020 election.

It is a new challenge for internet communities to deal with nation states attempting to subvert elections.

For many, electronic vote tampering would appear a new threat on our democracy — and another twist in an already challenging election cycle.

An election year usually means limited action on the federal policy front, but 2016 holds prospective wins — and challenges — for entrepreneurs.The Kauffman foundation highlighted these areas of change:

Earlier this year, the group coordinated requests for a shareholder report on election interference and other platform challenges, as well as a separate request to establish an ongoing risk oversight committee.

BAGHDAD (AP)-- Iraqi women running for parliament this month are undaunted, despite many challenges they face ahead of the May 12 elections — including unprecedented smear campaigns complete with sex...

Mobile voting has been near and dear to Tusk's heart for some time and he has recently been promoting one company as a potential solution to the challenge of the lack of participation, particularly when it comes to local elections where turnout is often in the range of 10 to 15 percent.

Completely scrap the the funding for private schools, but in the event it's not politically expedient for the government heading into an election, at least consider a reduction in funding levels to financially aid the public system and alleviate some of the pressures they currently are experiencing with class size, lack of teachers and the challenges inherent in providing school lunch programs.

And now at election time, she wants us to believe she cares about fixing the health care challenges people in Kamloops have been facing for years.»

Washington (CNN)-- With the world facing «perilous times» and «anxiety stemming from economic challenges,» evangelical leader Franklin Graham is asking congregations to pray for President Barack Obama, even though Graham endorsed the president's opponent in the 2012 election.

Since 1806 Mexico has suffered military intervention at least ten times by U.S. troops, and if there are no interventions in the offing now, perhaps it is largely because the U.S. has been shoring up the rule of one party, which wins rigged elections and then fails to challenge U.S. investment and business practices that increase human suffering for campesinos and urban poor there.

The disaster of this presidential election is a long time in coming — it will spawn disasters beyond our imagining — and yet it remains our responsibility to persevere and make the best of our challenges and opportunities as they come upon us.The first thing is to steel ourselves for a disaster in....

The nominating committee's slate can be challenged by candidates nominated by a petition process from the members; but the way things normally work — and always, now, for the officers — «elections» take place with only one person «competing» for each slot.

For example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests wFor example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests wfor democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests win.

O'Donnell also talked about some of the challenges her campaign faced in the 2008 election, when she ran against Joe Biden for his U.S. Senate seat.

The week before the election, John Piper challenged the notion that voting was a binding duty for Christians based on this verse.

He then went on challenging the party's leader, Pierluigi Bersani, in a hotly contested primary election for the premiership.

These political challenges were not countered within the political process (ie, by defeating the challengers in elections, and so on) but by circumventing the rule of law to prosecute the oligarchs for fabricated crimes.

In a subsequent conversation with reporters down at the state Capitol, Nolan officially announced she is dropping her challenge to Heastie, clearing the way for his election as speaker.

Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a security expert at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPC) has predicted that 2016 would be a challenging year for Ghanaians due to the stakes for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

The next NYC mayoral election isn't until 2017, but one of de Blasio's supposed allies — former state Senator - turned - Brooklyn BP Eric Adams is already quietly making moves for a possible challenge.

What is extremely difficult to pin down and, according to him, the greatest challenge for accurate polling is determining who is actually likely to vote in any given election, both among the respondents, and how that maps out to the larger population.

Back in February, he paid for an ad that ran in Orthodox Jewish newspapers downstate challenging voters to repeat the election of GOP Bob Turner and reject Fidler's candidacy.

Observers say a legal challenge to the proposals is inevitable and warn that, because the changes will require «hybrid» legislation, it could prove difficult for the government to force the law through parliament before the 2015 general election.

If there is no special election, it's a safe bet Zeller might be challenged for the Democratic nod.

Juanita Perez Williams survived a challenge to disqualify her from appearing on the Democratic ballot for Congress in NY - 24, and now will likely face Dana Balter in a June 26 primary election.

Assuming that a moderate unity candidate could be found, let's think about the second and third hurdles: the difficulty of challenging Corbyn and the poor prospects this would create for Labour in the 2020 election.

For many countries, then, the challenge is keeping the population constructively engaged in the democratic process following successful free and fair elections.

The plan requires both the IDC and mainline conference to work together on filling two open Senate seats in a special election and drop support for primary challenges against each others» members.

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

It is challenging to identify party gatekeepers in the past elections in the United States, for instance, since it is unclear whether the parties have maintained a centralised record - keeping system.

Part of that deal is for each side to not fund or support primary challenges against each others» members, while also working together to win two special elections to fill upcoming vacancies in the chamber.

In fact, the Tea Partiers» online organizing may be more dangerous to Republicans than Democrats, as in the 2009 special election in upstate New York that swung a seat to the Dems for the first time in over a century (as an analogy, Joe Lieberman is still in office despite Ned Lamont, and Dems who want health care reform are now paying the price for his challenge).

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

For Theresa May, still reeling from the disastrous general election campaign and result, leading the nation at this time is an enormous challenge in its own right.

Klein's comments were a rebuke of the mainline Senate Democrats» earlier in the day referring to the eight - member IDC as «the rogue Democrats» while also challenging them to vote for «resistance» amendments — measures designed to bolster liberal policies in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential election.

He was accused of trying to keep Corbyn off the ballot when the Labour leader faced a challenge in 2016 and some also held him responsible for Labour failing to make even bigger gains at last year's general election.

He thus condemned the EC's failure to address challenges preventing Ghanaians living abroad from voting, and specifically asked them to ensure that arrangements are made for such people to vote in the 2020 elections.

But with seven days to go before elections, the television advertising market is swamped with political messages from all corners, marking a challenge for campaigns that need to distinguish themselves among undecided voters.

The state Independence Party has endorsed Republican Matt Doheny's challenge to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 23 — a move that could prove significant in the GOP's effort to win back the North Country seat it had held for over a century until last year's special election loss.

I look at the particular challenges for Labour in reconnecting to disillusioned liberal - left voters as part of the task of rebuilding the broad electoral coalition which won it three election victories.

Faso's district is a top battleground target for Democrats this election cycle, with a large field lining up in a primary to challenge him later this year.

One of the plaintiffs part of a lawsuit challenging Governor Cuomo for not holding a special election after Rep. Louise Slaughter's death says he was recruited to join the suit by a representative for the Republican candidate...

Announcing the timetable for the election, Ms Harman said: «Our challenge now is to use this time to listen and learn, to elect a new leader and deputy leader who will rebuild the Labour party in order to take the fight to this Tory government and to stand up for Britain.»

Tom Schiliro, Assembly District 2, Suffolk County (Challenger)-- Schiliro, an active two - decade veteran of the Suffolk County Park Police and a teacher, is challenging Anthony Palumbo, who won a special election last November, for the Assembly seat representing this North Fork district.

For Burnham or Cooper to defeat Corbyn, they would need to challenge this fatalism by arguing that the next election is not already lost.

A former aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.).