Sentences with phrase «election contests at»

«We note that 2016 is a particularly appropriate year to fund much - needed election administration reforms, with important election contests at the presidential, gubernatorial, congressional level and legislative levels,» they wrote.

Not exact matches

At 6:35 p.m. on November 8, when most pollsters and pundits believed Clinton would carry the election, WikiLeaks messaged Trump Jr. and suggested Trump contest the results because it would help him mount an opposition media brand, and that it would expose «media corruption, primary corruption, PAC corruption, etc..»

Republicans in South Carolina also were voting on Saturday in the state - by - state contest to pick nominees for the Nov. 8 election, with opinion polls showing front - runner Donald Trump trying to solidify his spot at the top of the pack and rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio fighting for a second - place finish.

Glass Lewis hosted a Proxy Talk conference call with the nominees for a contested election at the annual meeting of Vale S.A., which is to be held on 20 April.

We are planning to contest every seat in the United Kingdom at any and every General Election from 2009 onwards.

He unsuccessfully contested the Cities of London and Westminster constituency at the 2010 general election, coming second.

The news that the Tories will not contest the by - election was confirmed at 1 pm on Friday - some hours after a call on Thursday night by former Tory chairman Grant Shapps.

The relative enthusiasm of party members can play a vital role at general elections, especially in close contests such as the one expected in 2015.

Under this Fourth Republic, we have been lucky to have managed our differences so well that despite the high profiled bitter contest of 1998 in Sunyani, Candidate J.A Kufuor who emerged as our flagbearer courted the support of other opposition parties to win the 2000 first and second round elections to become the second President of the Fourth Republic with an appreciated votes at the presidential level for the party and increased seats in Parliament that we occupied the Majority side of Parliament.

He also added that state workers whom his administration has a contractual obligation to pay at the end of every month, and the political class who made it possible to campaign, contest and win elections will be carried along in his administration.

«This year's elections, particularly in the Ashanti region, promises to be a keen contest; the two leading political parties are at each other's throat in the region.

Women representation at the 6th Ghanaian parliament was 10.5 %, meaning only 29 out of the 133 women who contested in the 2012 parliamentary elections were elected.

Now that we have been rushed into a leadership contest, there is an urgent need for those MPs who see themselves as democratic socialists (of whatever hue) to get together at a meeting in the Commons to agree on a candidate for the leadership election.

There are glaring absences at the heart of the UK elections contest.

The fact that we are having contested elections at all and that — while her opponents may argue differently — Cristina and her former - President husband Néstor Kirchner have led the country through 8 years of relatively stable prosperity is not to be taken for granted given this country's history.

The former Minister reportedly told the women that the movement was going to sponsor any member, who would show interest in contesting elections at the district level.

Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.

Michael Tibby contested Dartford at the 2005 general election, receiving 1,224 votes (the elected Labour MP, Howard Stoate, received 19,909 votes).

At least seven presidential aspirants are presently looking to contest the 2019 elections under the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Party Designating petitions were filed at the NYC Board of Elections on Thursday and it is time for my annual report on this year's likely upcoming Primary contests in the City.

At least 13 of the Presidential hopefuls in the 2016 elections were Monday disqualified by the EMB after the commission okayed just four fit to contest the race.

This grants an unfair advantage by allowing convicted legislators to contest elections, while at the same time denying the right to those who are convicted but do not hold office.

His wife, Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, in an attempt to equalize her husband's feat, hurriedly formed the NDP in 2012, to contest that national elections after she was resoundingly defeated at Sunyani by the late president, John Evans Atta Mills at the NDC Presidential Primary.

In his written judgment, Mr Justice Hickinbottom stated: «At the time each of the claimants joined the party, it was the common understanding as reflected in the rule book that, if they joined the party prior to the election process commencing, as new members they would be entitled to vote in any leadership contest.

Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party, is set to contest the West Yorkshire seat of Keighley at the next general election.

Since the Republicans all but washed out on Election Day at the state level, losing every statewide contest and nearly deadlocking the Senate (although things are looking up for them there), Cox has been focusing on the House successes whenever anyone criticizes his leadership and suggests he should resign.

During the election campaign, decision makers from Bucharest have backed the current governing coalition, a move that, in theory at least, could have significant implications for relations between the two countries if Igor Dodon, the leader of Moldova's opposition Socialist Party and the pre-election favourite, manages to win the contest on 30 October.

I mean, the elections could definitely be contested by other people... Also certain regimes, like China, tolerate dissent to a certain extent but do not listen to them at all, thus are still authoritarian.

He had unsuccessfully contested Barnsley East for the party in 1987, and the South Yorkshire constituency at the 1989 European Parliament election.

Heathcoat - Amory contested the London Borough of Brent seat at Brent South at the 1979 general election but was defeated by the sitting Labour MP Laurence Pavitt by 11,616 votes.

Field unsuccessfully contested the constituency of South Buckinghamshire at the 1966 general election, where he was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Ronald Bell.

He was selected to contest the safe Labour seat of Birkenhead at the 1979 general election on the retirement of the sitting MP Edmund Dell.

Michelle Donelan contested Wentworth and Dearne at the General Election and is a member of the Conservative Future National Executive.

It is also a «sister party» of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar and contests the South - West England constituency at European Parliamentary elections on a joint ticket with them taking place six on the party list.

These seats were last contested in 2013 when Labour was ahead in the polls, unlike at the 2015 general election.

Corbyn can clearly win any democratic leadership contest within Labour, so another coup attempt along similar lines to the 2016 leadership election would not succeed at present.

Contested Edinburgh East and the City of York at the last election.

«DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman got the suspected forged retirement letter in 2014 but he contested the Bauchi Central Senatorial election in 2011 general elections under Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at that time he was a Deputy Superintendent of Police and a deserter of the Force.

Anticipating defeat, the PM can always fall back on the consolation that this will help the Tories» chances at the next general election - a contest the Conservatives must win for Cameron to even have a chance of holding the 2017 vote.

Simon Marcus (pictured), the Conservative candidate for Barking since June, has just issued the following statement in response to the announcement today by BNP leader and North West England MEP Nick Griffin that he will contest the seat at the general election:

(a) Must be a registered member of the party at the branch where he / she intends to contest the election.

At each of these elections, Fabiani had also contested the First past the post constituency of East Kilbride finishing as runner up to Andy Kerr of Labour, reducing Labour's majority from 6,499 in 1999 to 1,972 in 2007.

The leadership contest was triggered after Tim Farron said he would step down following the party's failure to make as much progress as he had hoped at the general election, and a series of punishing interviews about his personal views on issues including homosexuality.

(CNN)- Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D - Arkansas, faces off against Rep. John Boozman, R - Arkansas, at a 1 p.m. ET debate in one the mostly hotly contested Senate races of the 2010 Election.

> I recently highlighted the large number of Labour and Lib Dem MPs in Tory target seats not contesting their seats at the general election and in the last couple of weeks there have been further Labour departures announced here and here.

The Sunderland Echo is reporting that veteran Labour MP Chris Mullin won't be contesting the new Sunderland Central seat at the next General Election.

One compelling show was recorded the morning after the contested presidential election of 2000 between Al Gore and George Bush, when the governor told Chartock he had fallen asleep in his chair watching news coverage at 3 a.m.

And are these May 23rd election results for the party prefiguring a large number of Labour Party losses at this next general election contest?

The first six Conservative candidates to be contesting constituency seats at next year's Scottish Parliament election have recently been selected.

Angela Jones - Evans was selected on Tuesday night to contest Cardiff West at the next general election.