Sentences with phrase «election win against»
His capitulation earned him the continued support of SEIU 1199, which played a key role in his special election win against Assemblyman Jim Tedisco.
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Traditionally, Republicans win elections by running against big government.
He won the next election against her new friends.
In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's center - right Christian Democrat Union party comfortably won a small regional election, doing better than expected against its main rival, the Social Democrats, and providing a welcome boost for the German leader, ahead of national elections due in September.
And because they're tax - free at the federal level, they appeal to wealthy investors who seek to protect their capital against possibly - rising income taxes, depending on which presidential candidate wins the election in November.
And rightly so, for without a great deal of willingness from social conservatives to come out and vote in the national election, the Republican nominee has no chance of winning in November against the Democrats.
I say praise with the express acknowledgement that I think Rick would have had a hard time winning the Republican nomination, let alone winning a popular — or even an electoral majority — against the current president in the general election in the first place.
So with Occupy Wall Street, and Penn State football child molestation allegations, and the dearth of credible Republican candidates to run against a President who seems to have no care other than winning the next election, and Kim Kardashian apparently marrying whomever for millions of....
The Republicans and the Romney team are hoping that racial hatred against the President will be enough to win the election.
The same way we're in a propaganda war against Islam, as Bloomberg put it, we have been fed propaganda about Hamas, the group which was almost unheard of until they won parliamentary elections in 2006.
But even if, in hope against hope, Kasich were to win the nomination, I actually don't believe he'd win the general election against Hillary Clinton.
It's simple as this, Rick Santorum appeals to the less educated, extremely conservative and more bigot minded segment of rural America, which is largely dominated by Born again evangelicals, who as the article points out have a misguided view that that Mormons aren't Christian, and in their misguided bigotry seem to be voting against Romney based upon their religion rather than for a good candidate who can win the general election.
Between those blindly betting on their preferred candidate and those hedging against the wrong candidate winning, it is easy to envision the massive interest in betting on an election.
For Mitt Romney, picking up swing states will be crucial if he is going to win the election against current President...
The President of the United States won the 2016 election with odds stacked against him.
Kenyatta said he will fix the judiciary once he wins the coming elections because it ruled against him.
His campaign had previously suggested there were «thousands» of Tories who had infiltrated the leadership election and suggested he could mount a legal challenge against a Corbyn win.
Mandelson has won the argument against «investment versus cuts» - but that might lose the election, and if there's a Tory govt, lose the recovery.
Fast - forwarding, events took a different turn when in Tamale, the major protagonists against whom lots of negative campaigning went against, went on to win the elections.
... Even at the parliamentary level when he stood for elections and won against Owuraku Amofa in 1996, what he did to our party people there is still there, it's evident.
Part of that deal is for each side to not fund or support primary challenges against each others» members, while also working together to win two special elections to fill upcoming vacancies in the chamber.
Mr President, the desperation so far exhibited by your person and your government in manipulating sensitive agencies of state like the judiciary and now the electoral commission to further your bid to win the 2020 election is totally against the spirit of democracy and peace bestowed by the NDC in conceding defeat at the Presidential election.
There have been reports that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is tacitly supporting Felder, even though freshman Sen. David Storobin, who complicated things for the GOP by winning a long - fought special election against Democratic NYC Councilman Lew Fidler for ex-Sen.
At the same time, Flanagan had narrowly won election to succeed the scandal - tainted Skelos against DeFrancisco, who garnered the support of upstate lawmakers.
The fact that this is a presidential election year stacks the deck against Republicans to begin with in this Democrat - dominated state, although whoever wins the GOP primary will have more time than ususal between then and the November general election to focus on the real target: Gillibrand.
Perhaps the strongest evidence against the idea that his support has slipped (or at least slipped significantly) amongst the membership is that the PLP has so far failed to trigger a leadership election — because they know that they could not win.
«Carl Paladino is trying to win this election by setting New Yorkers against each other.
Gillibrand's approval rating has remained stalled at under 50 percent for some time now, despite the fact that she has been in office since early 2009 and won a statewide election — quite easily — against former Rep. Joe DioGuardi last year.
It's been over 20 years since they won a majority, nine years since Cameron became leader and four years since they failed to win an election against a hugely unpopular Labour government.
He has won elections, but over the past 15 years, these have been reportedly marred by violence against political opponents.
According to The Guardian, President Trump was subject to criticism over his decision to congratulate President Putin on winning Russian elections in 2018: Donald Trump defended himself against...
Turner has argued that his big win against Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin in Weiner's old Democrat - dominated Brooklyn / Queens district, which drew national attention and made him an overnight GOP sensation, afforded him more name recognition than his two primary opponents, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and makes him a better general election challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
He must win the Aug. 28 primary against state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who served in the House from 2001 to 2011, then pivot and win a competitive general election in a swing state in a poor environment for the president's party.
This reminds me just before the last general election a Labour spy was in a private meeting held by a Tory MP talking about the party having to put up taxes if the Tories won the election which went against the party line.
Dietl might win the Republican primary but he'll have a difficult time convincing Democrats to vote for him against Mayor Bill de Blasio in the general election.
Whoever wins the June 26th primary will face off against Republican Dan Halloran in the general election.
This came as no surprise, as The Cook Political Report rated this race as solid Democratic, and Booker won the 2013 special election against Republican Steve Lonegan by 10.9 percent.
The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of NPP in September 2015 upheld the decision of the Disciplinary Committee to suspend indefinitely the National Chairman, Paul Afoko and the General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong for working against the party's chances of winning the 2016 elections.
A win by Gonzalez would help re-establish the WFP in Albany and also solidify its standing in NYC as a vehicle for reform against the well - established so - called Democratic «machines» in the outer boroughs — particularly Brooklyn and, in the case of the 2009 NYC Council elections, in which the WFP teamed up with HTC and 1199 against party - backed candidates, Queens.
His reference is to the 1997 General Election when New Labour won the support of just 30.8 % of those eligible to vote, against 32.5 % won by Major in 1992.
While the hyper - liberal approach the Schneiderman campaign has adopted might be a risky strategy — particularly when it comes to winning the support of Cuomo, who is clearly concerned the senator's left - of - center ideology will hurt him in the general election against Staten Island DA Dan Donovan — it is one that is being expertly executed.
Feingold is launching a comeback campaign against Johnson for next year's election to win his old seat back.
Spano, a Westchester Republican, won a very close election (by 18 votes) against then - County Legislator Andrea Stewart - Cousins in 2004, thanks largely to his cross-endorsement by the WFP.
I'm just saying that saying that the Lib Dems have gone against a lot of their manifesto is both a trivial and meaningless point to make: the Lib Dems didn't win the election, and in other very similar circumstances, the Lib Dems would be getting * absolutely none * of their campaign pledges enacted, as opposed to the limited quantity now.
[69] Bush won the general election with 53.5 percent against Richards» 45.9 percent.
It could mean the collapse of the government if Cameron loses a vote of no confidence, leading to an election which Labour would probably win against a leaderless conservative party.
We might win the next election outright, with or without boundary changes, but the odds are against it.
In her first major interview since Trump won election, Gillibrand shared her thoughts on how to push back against Trump policies.
«You promised the Chinese that if they sponsor your campaign to win the election, you will pave the way for them to engage in galamsey only for Ghanaians to kick against the decision then you run back to beg them claiming you went there for a deal so we should praise you.