Sentences with phrase «election challenger»

It gave him an opportunity to ding Manchin as he awaits a general election challenger following a three - way May 8 Republican primary.

Here's a recap of our items on the incumbent Tony Evers, his general - election challenger Lowell Holtz — plus some related ones from John Humphries, who didn't make it past the February primary election.

His comments drew ire not only from his election challenger, former Senator Russ Feingold, but also from nationally - recognized figures such as Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Ken Burns himself.

Elected into office in 2008, DenDekker has never faced a primary or general election challenger, according to Ballotpedia.

He hasn't faced a primary or general election challenger since.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney on Friday blasted Anthony Brindisi, saying her election challenger was «disingenuous» about his public split with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Meanwhile, Brown's current general election challenger, Republican Sergio R. Rodriguez, so far has spent $ 26,653 and raised $ 26,872, according to campaign filing reports.

Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker spent more than twice as much as his recall election challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Democratic supporters.

Turner has argued that his big win against Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin in Weiner's old Democrat - dominated Brooklyn / Queens district, which drew national attention and made him an overnight GOP sensation, afforded him more name recognition than his two primary opponents, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and makes him a better general election challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn't have any real election challengers now.

During the last mayoral race of 2013, when Brown had primary and general election challengers, $ 1.76 million was spent.

Heastie ran unopposed in the last five Democratic primaries, while he defeated general election challengers in those election cycles with upwards of 95 percent of the vote, all according to Ballotpedia.

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.

As the Netherlands prepares to vote in an election characterised by inflammatory rhetoric by both the prime minister, Mark Rutte, and hard - right challenger Geert Wilders, the country's most diverse city is having a moment of soul - searching.

The Monmouth poll found that in counties that Trump or Hillary Clinton, his Democratic challenger, won by less than 10 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election, 30 % of people say they approve of the bill and 38 % say they disapprove.

While Florida remains the only swing state that's still too close to call, Obama bested his Republican challenger Mitt Romney regardless, as he raked in at least 303 electoral votes during yesterday's election.

A Privacy International investigation in December 2017 accused Harris Media of influencing the Kenyan presidential election in favour of the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, by creating online video content discrediting his challenger, opposition leader Raila Odinga.

With only two full days left before the May 5 provincial election, the 43 - year long governing Progressive Conservatives and its supporters are waging a thick fear campaign against its electoral challengers.

After the 2012 election, in which Graham endorsed Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the evangelist asked congregations to pray for President Barack Obama.

In the board elections in April that unseated incumbents Gladys Fox and Reno Caneva, some of the challengers complained that too much money was being spent on Lockport and not enough elsewhere.

Challengers in the election that saw the defeat of two incumbents and a tax increase request referendum to build a recreation center questioned the profitability and management of the golf course.

Also, she filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections Tuesday claiming a district employee illegally delayed an effort by Saunderson and another board challenger to file their candidacy paperwork Jan. 15.

Five candidates, including a challenger and four incumbents, are running for the four open Arlington Heights village board trustee seats that will be filled in next month's election.

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.

Supporters would expect a race to be a landslide for a particular candidate, but polling showed that their challenger is improving in the polls and the election may be a close race after all.

The Working Families Party, meanwhile, celebrated the brokered deal to end the IDC, but also released a fundraising appeal urging support not just for Democrats Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda running in special elections this month for vacant seats, but also the challengers to IDC lawmakers.

Primary elections will happen in the fall and every IDC member will face a challenger.

Not so much this election cycle, but in the past I feel like when there's a female or minority candidate, the challenger is often female or minority, respectively.

According to Moroney, Maragos is trying to figure out whether he might have any «viability» in a general election against Schumer (amazing that in such a short time the senior senator has gone from having zero potential GOP challengers to two; all efforts by state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox to entice someone to run have so far gone nowhere).

It appears Western New York Congressman Brian Higgins will have a challenger for this fall's midterm election.

With roughly a year and a half until the mid-term elections, Southern Tier Republican Tom Reed already has a challenger for his congressional set.

It's looking increasingly likely that at least two of the three would - be Gillibrand challengers will get onto the ballot as 2012 shapes quickly up into a re-do of 2010 when the GOP finally settled on former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who lost big in the general election.

Cuomo has lavished attention — otherwise known as «Buffalove» — on Western New York since the 2010 election, when he lost the region to his GOP / Conservative challenger, Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

Despite challengers on the left and right, Cuomo's political apparatus seems largely dormant seven months before Election Day, with no spokesperson, campaign office, or manager (it was Joe Percoco) and an outdated website.

In the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary elections, Labour fell to third place behind the Scottish Tories, whose Ruth Davidson is now leader of the opposition and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon main challenger to be First Minister after the 2021 election.

The Mayor and The Majority Leader have been at odds since at least the 2014 election when de Blasio backed challengers to Flanagan's members in the Hudson Valley and elsewhere.

This was sort of a no - brainer, considering Schumer has just one long - shot primary opponent — comedian and drug law reform advocate Randy Credico — and no GOP challenger yet for the general election.

With no challenger of his own this past election, state Senator Tim Kennedy, D - Buffalo, spent some of his time this fall, helping out with a handful of competitive races on Long Island.

Shot entirely in the five boroughs, our photo retrospective reflects our 2017 focus on the mayoral election and particularly on challengers looking to defeat Mayor de Blasio.

«We call on the Independent Democratic Conference to prove their worth and deliver for the working people of New York State following the New York State special elections,» the primary challengers said.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan debated his challenger for the upcoming November 7 general election, state Sen. Coleman Young II.

Despite a vote of no confidence, Corbyn has insisted he won't resign, citing the large mandate he won in the 2015 leadership election, when he finished 40 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger in a vote of party members.

A new Siena College poll suggests New Yorkers still prefer Governor Andrew Cuomo over the Democrat's current challengers in this year's election.

NIAGARA FALLS - Even before Election Day, it was clear that the battle between Assemblyman John D. Ceretto and his challenger, Angelo J. Morinello, was the most expensive Assembly race ever outside of New York City.

But 52 members of the new parliamentary group of MPs have to support a challenger for there to be an election.

So far this election cycle, Governor Andrew Cuomo has ignored repeated calls for a debate from GOP candidate Rob Astorino on the right and Democratic primary challenger Zephyr Teachout on the left.

After announcing Sunday he is running for the Republican presidential nomination to take on President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, Pawlenty is trailing in national polls which put him in about fifth or sixth place among Republican challengers.

He faced five challengers in the Republican primary and received 45.4 percent of the vote, falling short of the majority required to avoid a runoff election.

The Democratic Party is moving faster and more aggressively than in previous election years to dig up unflattering details about Republican challengers.

So with Messer out, the «primary vote» will be safe for Senator Stavisky putting S.J in a perpetual uphill climb: registering new voters and pulling them out on election day, which is not as easy as it sounds epecially when voters doubt a challenger's ability to trounce an incumbent of this magnitude.