Sentences with phrase «election returns as»

I also watched election returns as a youth with my parents... and I still watch them today.

His «cartograms» take state - and county - level election returns as well as data about population and electoral college representation and churn out a vision of the U.S. that is novel, yet still recognizable.

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.

After returning to Serbia in late 2015 after 12 years in detention, Seselj led his party back into parliament last year as the strongest opposition force, and he now hopes for success in a presidential election due in April.

As such, the document marked both the belated return of Parliament and the unofficial start to a federal election campaign that is still two years away.

The Eurozone is coming to terms with the return of crisis conditions to Greece, as new elections on Jan. 25 approach.

Besides Mr. Drexler, major (5 % or greater) shareholders in the firm, as of the annual proxy in April, include FMR LLC (which includes the Fidelity Contrafund), Baron Capital Group, BlackRock, and T Rowe Price, all of whom voted in favor of the directors up for election as well as the other management proposals — and Columbia Wanger Asset Management (whose parent Ameriprise, did not return requests for information).

In conclusion, we do not believe that geopolitical events, such as yesterday's U.S. elections, are long - term determinants of economic growth and financial market returns.

Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

With just over a year to go before the 2015 election, campaigning was front and centre as MPs returned to Parliament Hill on Monday.

Shares that are properly voted by the Internet or telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; «FOR» approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and «AGAINST» the shareholder proposal.

Shares that are properly voted via the Internet, mobile device, or by telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; «FOR» approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and «AGAINST» each of the shareholder proposals.

Registered shareholders are reminded that they must complete, sign and return a Letter of Transmittal and Election Form with their share certificate (s) to Equity Financial Trust Company, as depositary, by the election dElection Form with their share certificate (s) to Equity Financial Trust Company, as depositary, by the election delection deadline.

On leaving the European Parliament, he intends to return to German politics for the 2017 election cycle and has been tipped as a probable cabinet minister.

Former leader Paul Hinman returned to the Assembly in a 2009 by - election and Heather Forsyth, Rob Anderson, and Guy Boutilier were elected as PC candidates in 2008 before crossing the floor to join the Wildrose Party in 2010.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

As we approach the presidential election and the planned expiration of the Bush tax cuts at the end of the year, we may see people steer away from dividend strategies and focus more on total return strategies.

Speaking to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Mr Varoufakis was noted as expressing a rejection from Europe would cause «difficulties but, as my primary minister has said, we are not nevertheless glued to our chairs and we can return to elections, phone a referendum.»

If you sign and return your proxy but do not specify how you want your shares voted, they will be voted FOR the election of all nominees for Director as set forth under «Election of Directors,» FOR the ratification of the appointment of the independent registereelection of all nominees for Director as set forth under «Election of Directors,» FOR the ratification of the appointment of the independent registereElection of Directors,» FOR the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public

Shares that are properly voted via the Internet or by telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; and «AGAINST» the shareholder proposals.

I'll leave it to others to debate his definitions of liberalism and other political philosophies, and there's a whole other debate to be had about whether his leadership of the Liberal Democrat party was doomed by his Christian faith, as he claims, or his failure to return a higher number of MPs at this year's General Election.

Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia provides an interesting sidebar this morning to last night's election returns: Since the first Congress sat in 1789, only four American Catholics have been entrusted with the gavel as Speaker of the House.

After fleeing to the United States for several years, she returned to Liberia to run for the office of president against Charles Taylor, a man who has since been convicted of war crimes.She lost that election, but through the campaigning process became known as Liberia's Iron Lady.

He returned to his work as usual and in May 1984 preached a sermon which implicitly supported the election boycott sponsored by solidarity.

Although strong tonic for the local fans, the flurries of touchdowns, the long runs and the passing averages that read like election returns are usually made against opposition as fierce as paper tigers.

For the other faction that participated in the election, APGA maintained that they were wrongly returned as having won the election and demanded that their Certificates of Return be withdrawn.

Green MP Caroline Lucas has admitted that party leader Natalie Bennett could have performed better in the general election campaign - and has left the door ajar to returning as party leader.

I think it gives us lessons of persistence and courage», Mr Nyaunu who left the NDC to contest the 2012 parliamentary elections as an independent candidate and only returned to the party last year observed.

Were an individual Gloucestershire voter given up to seven votes to distribute as s / he saw fit, it is of course impossible to know whether this would lead to seven Conservative MPs returned (as was the case in the 2015 election), or a mixture of parties (in 2005 the seats were split three Conservative, two Labour and two Liberal Democrat).

There are cameo appearances by some banker puppets that are supposed to be Lazio's friends from JPMorgan and by the «tax man» (dressed as Uncle Sam) character from the 2000 US Senate election, during which the candidate's tax returns were also an issue.

Elections were held on March 7th, returning the DUP and Sinn Fein as the two largest parties.

I will be continuing at my job as Editor in Chief of Breitbart London, returning to the United States this week to cover the last leg of the presidential elections.»

The election was one of the final contests to decide control of the Senate for the Republicans, who returned to the majority as a result.

Their aim has been to prepare the ground for a backbench debate on Thursday in which MPs will hold a symbolic vote on returning to the old days when Prime Ministers had full discretion to call elections as they saw fit.

Because the US is so polarized politically, there is very little chance that a Republican controlled House of Representatives would choose to impeach a Republican President even if there were overwhelming evidence that he had accepted a direct bribe from the Russian government (such as, for hypothetical example, a 19 % interest in the Russian gas company Rosneft) in return for promulgating policies favorable to the Russians, let alone confirmation of the allegations that his Presidential campaign had coordinated election strategy and tactics with the Russians.

Thus, as Marshall Ganz has warned since the early 1990s, in the vast majority of districts where elections are not effectively contested, the new political targeting may in fact narrow the electorate by helping campaigns focus on an ever more clearly defined plurality of highly motivated and highly partisan supporters who turn out on a regular basis to return the incumbent to office.

The Senate Republicans used the so - called «cash - for - casinos corruption scandal» — otherwise known as the AEG debacle — to great effect during the 2010 election cycle, which, as we know, ended with their triumphant return to the majority.

Election Returning Officers will be unable to guarantee «One Person - One Vote» nor to sign off ANY part of such a referendum as «true», «democratic», «free» or «fair».

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

The plaintiff is seeking an order invalidating the candidature of President Buhari in respect of the 2015 general elections, as well as an order directing INEC to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to him.

He lost his seat to Labour's Imran Hussain in 2015, five years after first winning election, but returned as a Lib Dem councillor in Bradford last year.

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Korle Klottey chairman, Nii Noi Nortey who is contesting the upcoming December 7 election as an independent candidate, has asked the party not to entertain any expectation of him returning to the party's fold.

A candidate must, at the same time as filing a return of election expenses under section 205K, file with the Electoral Commission a return setting out --

The Rensselaer County Board of Elections says almost 1,500 absentee ballots were distributed, and as of Wednesday afternoon, 750 have been returned.

Following Ed Miliband's election as leader, she returned to her role as Deputy Leader, shadowing Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and with the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

In the 2011 Welsh Assembly election, the party fielded the Kent - based Steve Uncles as its candidate in Monmouth, in line with its view that Monmouthshire should be returned to English governance (Monmouthshire has been considered Welsh since at least 1974, after its status as part of England or Wales had been ambiguous after 1542).

No election and no return to the House of Representatives shall be questioned except by a petition complaining of an unlawful election or unlawful return (in this Act referred to as an election petition) presented in accordance with this Part.

As for regulating the «manner» of elections, the Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean «matters like notices, registration, supervision of voting, protection of voters, prevention of fraud and corrupt practices, counting of votes, duties of inspectors and canvassers, and making and publication of election returns.»