Sentences with phrase «election win over»

That, coupled with Andrews» unpopular vote for the Iraq war in 2002, resulted in an easy Lautenberg win in the primary, followed by an easy general election win over former then - congressman Dick Zimmer.

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Zena Stephens, is surrounded by supporters while celebrating her election win over Republican Ray Beck for sheriff in Beaumont, Texas on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Nix: How many states was the election won over?

Nix: How many states was the election won over?

Not exact matches

(One early sign: The Republican House win in the Florida special election in March was due in part to concerns over the health care law.)

When the club's founder, Mark Adler, won his Toronto riding in the 2011 general election, he asked Traill to take over.

Republican Debbie Lesko is projected to win Tuesday's Arizona House special election over Democrat Hiral Tipirneni.

The New York Times predicted a Hillary Clinton win at over 90 % probability a few days before the election.

Republican Debbie Lesko is projected to win Arizona's 8th District House special election over Democrat Hiral Tipirneni.

On Tuesday, the large hedge fund Bridgewater Associates predicted the stock market would fall just over 10 % if Trump were to win the election.

Republican state Sen. Debbie Lesko is projected to win Tuesday's election over Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, a physician, in Arizona's solidly red 8th District, according to NBC News.

This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

The special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions's vacated senate seat first drew national attention when Moore won the Republican primary over President Trump's preferred candidate, Luther Strange.

Mr. Ford's candidacy in the federal elections were in response to Mr. Uppal's nomination win over Strathcona County Councillor Jacquie Fenske, which many in the local Conservative establishment believed to be unfair.

A poll that surveyed nearly 1,000 Albertans earlier this month found the United Conservative Party have a large lead over the NDP and would win if an election...

A poll that surveyed nearly 1,000 Albertans earlier this month found the United Conservative Party have a large lead over the NDP and would win if an election was held...

Over four articles the Financial Review revealed how Nexia BT, a Malta advisory firm that was close to the government, had contacted Mossack Fonseca five days after Muscat's March 2013 election win to «set up a Panama company and possibly a trust».

The election saw an upset win by the Republican nominee Donald Trump over his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

As soon as the election is over, those who have won the majority undertake to act according to their speech, while the minority, abstaining from action, must satisfy itself with talk in order to prepare for the next election.

If Romney and Ryan win the election and there is voter suppression in battlegound states, the country will be ungovernable — it will be 1968 all over again.

When the November election was over Lincoln had won, but he could not take office until March, 1861.

The latino vote is going to be absolutely critical in every future election, and they are not incapable of being won over with the right message and more importantly right actions.

That means that any candidate that wins their support must seem to have a plausible chance to win over enough swing voters to win the presidential election.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The WSJ heads an editorial this morning with «Why Not Paul Ryan?Romney can win a big election over big issues.

Know this... the republicans won over 60 % of the white vote and lost the election... this have never before happened.

From the very beginning, our goal has been to cut through the noise, eliminate subjectivity and examine the 2016 election from a purely betting standpoint, tracking the odds movement over time to see which candidate is the smartest bet to win the presidency.

He won both the 1992 and 1996 Presidential elections after having led the Provincial National Defence Council's military junta for over a decade.

In three elections over just a few years, Walker's team seems to have built an operation that's primed to leverage digital tools to help win Walker the Republican presidential nomination.

During the last presidential election cycle, Reed won by only a few percentage points over then - opponent Nate Shinagawa, a former Tompkins County legislator.

Elections are won at the water cooler, at the bar, at the dinner table, over the phone and in bed, and Obama's supporters were primed to know the messages, know the strategy and understand the stakes every time his candidacy came up in conversation.

Local elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national level.

It was their failure to win over these people that cost them an overall majority at the last election.

Commons Speaker John Bercow managed to get re-elected to the job after this year's general election, but he has yet to win over the bulk of his former colleagues in the Conservative party.

At the general election in 2015, he had won the seat with a 24,000 majority over Labour.

The 72 - year - old Akufo - Addo beat President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by over one million votes to win the presidency at the third attempt while his party, the NPP snatched almost 50 of the NDC's seats to win an overwhelming parliamentary majority in the elections.

A win is a win, but unifying the party is tougher and there will be more debate over its strategic direction towards the 2020 election.

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.

While he says he would work with anyone on the Heathrow issue, he might struggle to win over London Mayor Khan, who he's not spoken to since election night on 8 May.

It is not the kind of thing which wins over wavering voters, but it is a sign of an advanced political strategist and gives a good indication of how Balls wants to shape Labour's image when the 2015 general election comes.

This election year has been a spectacle, an extended sporting event, an obsession, a flat - out, dopamine - bursting ADDICTION for millions of people in this country and even abroad, and we're all likely to suffer some kind of king - hell letdown over the few weeks after the vote regardless of who wins.

Since then, he has won a series of controversial elections that critics claim he rigged, including one in 2008 which he lost to now Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, sparking political violence that human rights groups say claimed over 200 lives.

According to The Guardian, President Trump was subject to criticism over his decision to congratulate President Putin on winning Russian elections in 2018:

Meanwhile The Gambia over the weekend, sworn - in President Adama Barrow who won the 2016 election unseating the country's long - serving leader, Yahya Jammeh.

They're critical to deciding the next general election - but will any of the political parties actually do what they must to win over young voters?

Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom coalition is heading for a decisive win over the centre - left Democratic Party which is still reeling from the disastrous local election results which forced the resignation of opposition leader Walter Veltroni.

Fidler is favored to win this contest, and despite their considerable financial edge over the Democrats, the Republicans are likely to keep their powder dry on this race unless internal polls show the odds improving for Storobin as election day nears.

Very recently the UK Independence Party won the 2014 European elections, the first time in over 100 years that neither the socialist labour or conservative parties had won a national election.

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.

But I do not believe that he and his allies are indifferent to winning a general election and are only interested in taking over a doomed Labour party.