Sentences with phrase «election race»

Such groups are likely to be a factor in the upcoming general election races as well.

I suspect that we will hear a lot more from her as the presidential election race heats up.

You could also have different groups of students follow different election races.

These primaries have the potential to be more competitive than other races and could lead to changes in the membership of the Republican caucus or have an impact on general election races.

The special election race in New York's 20th district between state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R) and venture capitalist Scott Murphy (D) is a dead heat — literally.

He beat Chris McGrath, a Republican, in a rematch of their special election race in April to succeed Dean G. Skelos.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio easily defeated a field of longshot Democratic primary opponents Tuesday night, setting up a general election race against Republican Nicole Malliotakis.

A three - way general election race for New York's 23rd District in 2009 was an early referendum on President Obama that garnered national attention.

Here's a summary of the 2010 general election race from Labour's perspective.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's opponents in the November election race are stepping up accusations over the ethics commission scandal and citing sections of state law that they say might have been broken by the governor's aides.

A new poll released by Quinnipiac University today provided new insight into some of the city's key election races.

This year's German election race may turn out to be much tighter than Angela Merkel might have wanted.

Notley pointed to the case of Whitecourt's hospital, its unexplained move up the priority list and the promises made by the PC MLA during the last election where the hospital's construction was an important issue in a very close election race.

A handful of more current House members won special election races at least 20 years ago including California Democrat Sam Farr (1993), Texas Republican Sam Johnson (1991), Oklahoma Republican Frank D. Lucas (1994), New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler (1992), Florida Republican Ileana Ros - Lehtinen (1989), New York Democrat José E. Serrano (1990), and Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson (1993).

The general election race leans Democratic in a state Hillary Clinton won by 8 points in 2016 and where an unpopular GOP governor is leaving office because of term limits.

Espaillat, now in his third attempt to claim Rangel's Congressional seat, is facing off in a crowded election race against Assemblymembers Keith Wright and Guillermo Linares, former Assemblymember Adam Clayton Powell, former Democratic National Committee political director Clyde Williams and others.

Any public support for Ed Miliband by Charles Kennedy and other leading Liberal Democrats could well tip the balance in Ed Miliband's favour in Labour's tightly fought leadership election race — a leadership race between two brothers.

But the governor first has to think about an earlier date 2014 and his re election race, and how to shore up his support in upstate, where he's been flagging in the polls.

He is in a strong position to win the general election race rated Solid Republican.

Danny Tarkanian topped eight others Tuesday night to win Nevada's 4th district Republican primary, setting up a general election race with Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford.

The New York State AFL - CIO, representing 2 1/2 million union members, today announced the following endorsements for special election races taking place on September 13th:

Poloncarz defended his involvement in a Buffalo School Board election race, saying he supports Hope Jay in the North District because she is a friend who has a child - advocacy background and is running in the district where he lives.

He replied by referring to an old election race in which the foreign secretary finished a distant third: «I do recall that Boris Johnson once stood as rector of Edinburgh University.

On April 6, Maine People's Resource Center released the results of a poll for various Maine election races.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced this morning that it will cease spending money in the Hawaii special election race set for later this month, a decision that almost certainly will hand Republicans a victory.

There are other Republicans in the primary election race because the New Hampshire GOP has a depth of viable candidates.

He predicts that a general election race featuring Tenney and Myers would likely turn the 22nd District blue.

Now the relevant question is whether the Long Beach battles affect the April 19 special election race pitting Assemb.

You will want to note, however, that this online tool has limitations; for example, it can not graph numbers larger than 9,999 — so, for many election races, students will need to graph percentages rather than final vote totals.

Former mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has thrown himself into the District 1 special election race by endorsing Genethia Hudley - Hayes, one of 13 candidates running to join the LA Unified School Board.

The Ontario election race is now about one thing — who Ontarians want as premier.

The Alexander Pryor legislation, I think Senator Alexander, who we might think of as the next Dick Lugar, is trying to provide cover for Democrats in tough election races to say that they're voting for something that has absolutely no chance of passage, because their bill would take 60 votes, whereas Senator Inhofe's much better resolution, which would block the rule entirely, only takes 50.

Should Guinta survive his primary, though, his omnibus vote may come up in a general election race against former Democratic Rep. Carol Shea - Porter.

Further down the ballot, however, there will be much more limited choice for many given the number of uncontested general election races for state legislative seats.

Cuomo has been making multiple appearances in the last week on behalf of Democrats running for the state Senate, including the two candidates running in key special elections races on April 24.

All are expected to win general election races in November, along with other Democrats, like Grace Meng and Hakeem Jeffries, who did not have primary challenges, and Republican Rep. Daniel Donovan, who was unopposed in the primary.

The 63 - year - old Modi has entered the fray for the May 2014 election race...

The general election race is on.

There is a general election race to start but politicians need to prove their worth, whether it's recovering from the expenses scandal, getting over the recession or facing the BNP.

Unlike the Senate Republicans and mainline Senate Democrats, most of the IDC did not face competitive challenges to their membership in general election races (Sens. David Carlucci and Tony Avella did face challenges and had Klein's support).

This is one of the few competitive general election races and Republicans also have a primary between Robert Capano, Liam McCabe and John Quaglione.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

Trump carried this north - central Ohio seat by 11 points, but after watching Republicans lose a district that backed the president by 20 points (the old Pennsylvania's 18th) and struggle to win another that he won by 21 points (Arizona's 8th), that's enough evidence to move the Aug. 7 special election race in a more competitive district.

Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire don't much like their options in the primary - election races for U.S. president in 2016.

Coverage of recent polls has suggested that women are becoming more supportive of Labour and that this is driving the recent tightening of the election race.

Teachout, meanwhile, sent out a fundraising email today that landed in my inbox only minutes after Faso's memo, asking donors to help shore up her finances to prepare for what she expects will be a hard fought = and nasty — general election race.

Defunct campaigns with cash on hand (e.g. if eliminated in a primary or after losing a general election race) often give their remaining funds to the local party organization.