Sentences with phrase «election races for»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

In the runup to the gubernatorial election, the editorial board of the Martinsville Bulletin wrote that the newspaper wouldn't be making endorsements in state or local races: «It's not for a lack of interest.

Another Special Election, Another Litmus Test for November: What To Know About Tuesday's Race in Arizona

In a race that includes a primary election, that means contributors can give up to $ 2,700 to a candidate for the primary and an additional $ 2,700 to the same candidate for the general election.

Lamb and Saccone are locked in a tight race that has prompted Republicans to fear they'll lose a seat in a district that went heavily for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

Is it legal for a sitting President to be «wire tapping» a race for president prior to an election?

The Obama administration, in particular, has come under fire recently for what some lawmakers say was an inadequate response to Russia's election interference efforts during the 2016 presidential race.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

Troubling or not, here's how a few contentious down ballot races played out in yesterday's election, and what the results could mean for Canadian businesses.

Pishevar tweeted Tuesday night as the election was unfolding that he will be «announcing and funding a legitimate campaign for California to become its own nation,» if Trump won the race.

NDP's federal council met to review terms for leadership race, which will pick a new leader two years before next election

The stakes are also high for Republicans in Congress, where Republicans on Tuesday night watched their party peers in state and local races get ousted in a string of election defeats.

There are, we know, a number of interesting races going on across the province this election cycle, but one of the more compelling ones is the contest for the seat in Rimbey - Rocky Mountain House - Sundr...

But for many voters — the ones the National Rifle Association delivers election after election — the race comes down to one issue.

-- Having the Blue Jays in the race for the World Series at the same time as the federal election has been a bit of a boon for the Conservatives, given that they share the same colours.

The race for New York's 9th Congressional District has attracted national attention because polls give Republican candidate Robert Turner an edge, a potential sign of trouble for President Barack Obama and for the Democrats ahead of next year's election.

Due to a voter - approved initiative that has the two highest primary vote - getters appearing on the general election ballot regardless of party, some November races for major state offices are contests between a leftwing Democrat and a radical Democrat.

While insiders characterize Luter's anticipated election as a watershed moment for a denomination started by slave owners, some observers outside the SBC voice skepticism about the true potential impact on race relations.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

Funny, but when Clinton won his elections, no one seemed to question who I voted for, so race seems to matter for some people.

Colonel George Wigg, who has been the watchdog for scandals and security leaks in Harold Wilson's government and a close confidant of the Prime Minister (he helped win the election for the Socialists by exposing Profumo), became the No. 1 man in British racing last week.

Monday was the last day for candidates to file nominating petitions for the April 13 election, which will feature races for various village positions as well as contests for school boards, park district boards and library boards.

LAKE COUNTY — The primary election will feature races for Democratic spots in Waukegan and North Chicago.

Northbrook resident Lise Schleicher, who voted at Wescott School's election location, said the two most important races for her were in the District 30 and in the Northbrook Park District, where four candidates ran for three spots.

Arlington Heights: Election day also marked the passing of an era in the largest northwest suburb, where an attorney was ahead by a small margin in a three - way race for the mayor «s seat, vacated after 14 years in the firm grasp of retiring Mayor James Ryan.

Shortly after Carl Paladino handily won the Republican nomination in the race for governor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos congratulated Paladino and welcomed him to the general election fight — and Senate Democrats were quick to pounce.

That number is up for Slaughter, who led Assini by about 600 votes at the end of election night, making the race too close to call at that time.

The re-election campaign committee for Gov. Andrew Cuomo donated $ 11,000 to the state Senate campaign of Democrat Barbara Fiala, who is running an uphill race for a special election to fill a vacant Binghamton - area district.

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 congressman's campaign doesn't seem to be taking this race for granted though, attacking Plumb Monday for repeatedly failing to vote in elections.

As the Obama presidency has unfolded, it seems it has been a mixture of both; nevertheless, the fact that Obama did not run for election as a Black candidate (despite winning over 90 % of the votes of the African American community) but rather ran a strategically race - neutral campaign is a testament to the complicated relationship the United States has with race.

Meanwhile, Mandela has an «outsider» strategy - not least because he can neither vote nor stand for election, because of his race, and because all of the democratic organisations he would be part of and allied to are proscribed by law.

The closely watched and hotly contest Senate race, to be decided in a special election scheduled for April 19, is already one of the costliest races in recent history.

A special election being held next could add Chris McGrath, but he is locked in a tight race with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky for the district formerly led by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The party is 0 - for - 2 in Tuesday's special election, failing once again to flip a suburban Senate seat that has been the source of several expensive races.

The National Republican Congressional Campaign in a statement knocked Brindisi, linking him to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — a strategy deployed in the special election this month for a Georgia House race won by by GOP candidate Karen Handel.

In a usual New York City election year, most of the political world does not care much for the comptroller's race.

Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump was seen as a galvanizing event for many women to run for office in down - ballot races — from local elections, state legislation races and congressional campaigns — this year.

The Politicker's Colin Campbell notes that the Queens Conservative vs. Republican dynamic in this race is now playing out similarly to what happened in the lead up to the NY - 9 special election last year, in which the GOP pushed for Reyes, a former attorney in the Giuliani administration, to get the nod to run for ex-Rep.

Now, Republicans in western New York are filing complaints to the Board of Elections to have the races from 2014 in their areas investigated for wrongdoing as well.

Ms. Clinton's message of unity works for the current primary race as well as a general election concept that can counteract the divisive messaging from Donald Trump's campaign, said Mr. Delany.

«Her appointing Government failed in the rigging agenda despite all the attempts by the Commission to narrow the election to a two - party race to facilitate easy rigging for the incumbent.

Should the general election be split three ways with both Nixon and Molinaro still in the race, Cuomo's support drops to 40 percent, with 23 percent backing Molinaro and 20 percent for Nixon, who has the endorsement of the Working Families Party.

The chairman noted that in 2012, the governor called a special election to fill numerous vacancies around the state — including, ironically, the race for the seat vacated by now - Mayor Spano, who was succeeded by now - Assemblywoman Mayer — in early January.

The race is one of two special elections for Senate seats taking place tomorrow.

Despite the experience, Antonacci more or less embraced the findings of a seven - page report released this week by the Board of Elections assessing the one - year only program that was in place last year for the comptroller's race.

[xvi] However, because Kenyatta is due to stand trial in the month following the elections, this presidential race constitutes for him an all - or - nothing fight, which he needs to win if he is to avoid participation in the ICC process.

The DN isn't waiting until after the GOP primary to choose a favorite in the race for governor, dismissing both Carl Paladino and Rick Lazio out of hand and backing the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo in an editorial that appears in today's paper — with more than two months to go until the November general election.