Sentences with phrase «election challenge if»
The conventional wisdom at this point is that one seat will have to come out of downstate and another will be axed upstate, which could force some interesting primaries or even a general election challenge if a Republican and adjacent Democrat are pushed together.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
If McConnell can fend off his conservative challenger on May 20, guide four of his fellow incumbents through a thicket of Tea Party primary challenges, and survive the November election — a difficult hat trick — he is likely to emerge as the one Washington Republican who can return the Grand Old Party to the grand old political center and put an end to Tea Party extremism.
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.
'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»
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.
It's a challenging message — even a controversial one — in the midst of election season, but it's well worth the watch, even if you don't agree with everything Bell says.
State Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has thrown down a challenge to Premier Denis Napthine, pledging $ 30 million to embattled fruit processor SPC Ardmona if Labor wins November's election.
If there is no special election, it's a safe bet Zeller might be challenged for the Democratic nod.
If members of the PLP want to challenge his leadership, it must be done through an election — anything else lacks democratic legitimacy.
As Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come with the Working Families Party, which could give her a general - election ballot line even if the governor wins the Democratic nomination.
ALBANY — As Cynthia Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come with the Working Families Party, which could give her a general - election ballot line even if Cuomo wins the Democratic nomination.
If Norton wins the primary as expected one of her opponents in the general election will be another gay Libertarian Party activist, Bruce Majors, who has challenged Norton unsuccessfully in past elections.
The GOP can only afford to lose three or four Senate seats — depending on which party wins the presidential election — if it wants to hold on to the majority in 2017, and the NRSC faces a challenging map.
«If the challenge succeeds, then the NDC will not have a candidate for the 2016 election».
And he examines the challenges for the Tories if they are to achieve their goal of a majority government at the 2015 general election.
If Serwotka is not to be seen as hypocritical, I challenge him to introduce a rule change which will enable supporters to vote in the leadership election of the PCS by paying # 3 and stating they support the aims and objectives of the trade union movement.
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour critics are already discussing how to respond if the party sustains heavy losses on election night — with most counselling against an early leadership challenge after his better - than - expected performance on the campaign trail.
It may be that many of us would find it a challenge to name our MEP even if they were elected by first past the post - but it seems likely that the list system we use for European elections has made that challenge even tougher.
In a challenge to his internal critics, a spokesman for Mr Corbyn said today: «Our view is that the leader of the Labour party is on the ballot paper if there's a leadership election.»
Eleanor Randolph, a member of the New York Times» editorial board, profiles Zephyr Teachout's spunky bid to challenge New York governor Andrew Cuomo, asking «if she is such a trifle, then why has he hired one of the best elections experts in the state to pore over her records and find ways to get her off the ballot?»
Therefore if the Welsh Government wants its preferred route for the M4 to be built, then it must survive a legal challenge, produce a convincing environmental assessment, win a majority at the next Assembly elections, convince its own Assembly Members of its merits, then face a public inquiry.
If Miliband shirks the challenge, or loses the fight, then a triumphant Cameron and Co will laud it over him, and the week in Manchester will be one long election rally.
It's way too soon to tell if he will have a serious primary challenge (unlike most incumbent Presidents), but even if he does, he can clearly spend these campaign funds on that election.
I am confident that most CLPs would act responsibly in the selection process, as you would expect if members are informed and are keen to challenge at not only the next election, but for decades to come.
That is, they might be too incompetent to distinguish an erroneous election from a correct one, and oblivious of their own ignorance, vain that they believed themselves to be doing an exemplary job, and jealous so that if challenged they regarded the challenge mainly as a personal threat to their future livelihoods and civic respect.
But if a special election is called sooner, the county committee, led by Chairman John Antoniello, would decide whom the candidate is without the possibility of a challenge from a primary opponent.
It said that if not for the duo, it had determined to challenge the APC and its candidate, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) at the election petition tribunal.
In Montana, it will depend on if a Democrat with state - wide election experience decides to challenge Republican Denny Rehberg.
Asked if he would seek to face down any leadership challenge, he said he would, pointing to the size of his victory in the leadership election last autumn.
But, in his first comments on what he might do if Thursday's election is inconclusive, Mr Cameron challenged the Whitehall convention that says that, if Britain votes for a hung parliament, the existing Prime Minister gets the first chance to form a government, even if his party has fewer seats or votes than its main rival.
The election board gets involved if petitions are challenged.
Even in a close race, if a candidate this week successfully challenges a state's election results (such as proof of vote fraud), would the U.S. Supreme Court intervene?
The shadow home secretary's comments suggest that allies of Corbyn are fearing a renewed effort by Labour rebels to challenge him for the leadership if the party loses seats in local elections.
However, David Davis, a former Conservative Europe minister, said Cameron still faces major challenges in Europe over his negotiating strategy if he wins the election and wants to deliver reforms before arguing to stay in at a referendum in 2017.
«I am sure,» he observed, «that there are Election Commissions from many European countries that will shiver if not crumble with such enormous challenges ahead of them.
His comments come amid mounting speculation that Mr Corbyn could face a leadership challenge in the summer if Labour performs badly in May's local elections.
Ms Kirkbride could probably win readoption from her local Association if she insists upon it and then survive an independent challenge at the General Election from a Martin Bell - style anti-sleaze candidate.
His deputy will be particularly vulnerable to a challenge if the Liberal Democrats suffer heavy losses in local elections on the same day.
If Nick Clegg is preventing a Lib Dem challenge it would seem churlish to run this as a Conservative by - election.
For non-party members to run in a minor or even major party primary or general election if not challenged, the signature requirements can be raised from 5 % to 10 % to demonstrate support at the party level.
Umeh challenged Soludo's supporters who are claiming that he was weeded out of the party unjustly, to tell him to go ahead and contest the election on the platform of another political party so they can elect him if he is so good.
Candidates are able to challenge signatures if they believe they are not valid and the city Board of Elections can strike the signatures from the record if it turns out they, for example, are from individuals who are not registered to vote in the district.?
(CNN)- It was a crucial swing state that Barack Obama carried in both of his presidential election victories, but a new poll suggests that if Hillary Clinton's the Democratic nominee in 2016, she may have a challenge winning Colorado.
If the state Board of Elections upholds even half of those challenges, she's off the Democratic line for the primary.)
He maintained that the residents may boycott the 2016 general election if the governing NDC fails to solve a myriad of challenges confronting them.
But other prominent Republicans expressed concern that Ms. Scozzafava's decision seemed likely to encourage conservatives going into next year's midterm elections to mount primary challenges against Republican candidates whom they consider too moderate, particularly if Mr. Hoffman wins on Tuesday.
If Paterson survives a primary challenge, the survey suggests he trails Republican Rudy Giuliani by 15 points in a hypothetical general election matchup.
Although the INEC boss declined to name the parties involved in the wrongful substitution of candidates» names, he warned that if the act was eventually challenged in court, the whole election could be voided on that account and the nation made to bear the financial brunt of conducting a fresh election.
It is not yet clear though if that plan will survive court challenges and November's presidential election.
The 2014 and 2016 elections will provide additional opportunities in the US if the Keystone is blocked, the EPA tries to regulate away coal plants (which will get overturned on legal challenge as clearly beyond their present lawful charter given there are no proved scaled CCS technologies...)