Sentences with phrase «election following a few months»

In most states (since 1970), a primary election is held first for the Republican and Democratic parties, with the general election following a few months later.

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In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

Republicans expect the U.S. economy to boom and Democrats see a bust following Donald Trump's election as president, a sharp reversal from sentiment a few months before the vote, according to a University of Michigan consumer survey.