Sentences with phrase «election winners went»

Between the 2007 legislative special elections and the 2014 general election, 29 of 30 special election winners went on to win in the general election held either in the same year or the following year.

Not exact matches

Whether we are talking about a football game, an election or an entrepreneurial journey, one thing is certain — there are going to be winners and there are going to be losers.

Nutjobs do not win elections, Rick Santorum is a proven winner and has the very real potential to go all the way.

«Some of my neighbours told my wife that the NPP was not going to win the elections, so she should abandon me, so she left, but the day Nana Addo was declared winner, she returned home and I accepted her together with the children...,» he said.

By urging tribunals to strike down the use of the card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners of election.

Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky's House District 49 — a seat that Trump carried by a 72 - 23 margin in 2016 and that went 66 - 33 for Mitt Romney in 2012.

«Given the dynamic that has played out and the votes that have been objected to, it's very clear that John Brooks is going to be the winner in that election.

Electoral area system does lead to a «winner - take - all» scenario, where a 55 % majority often leads to a total dominance - a visible example is the USA elections; where if 51 % of a state votes for a presidental candidate, then nationally 100 % of that state votes go for him / her.

Well, based on the assumption that a vote is cast in anticipation that the recipient of the vote is going to win, it seems to me that a vote cast for David Cameron or whoever is the leader of the Labour Party at the time of the election is far more likely to see a winner than any vote for the Liberal Democrats will do.

Over 2650 delegates from 16 local government areas of the state would participate in the election holding at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado - Ekiti.33 aspirants including two former governors of the state; Chief Segun Oni and Dr. Kayode Fayemi jostling for APC Governorship ticket.Fillers from the venue of the primaries indicated Fayemi or Oni might emerge winner based on comments from some of the delegates.The exercise being conducted by Governor Tanko Al - makura led committee is going on peaceful as Police has provided adequate security inside and outside the venue.

But Teachout, the all - but - certain winner of Tuesday's Democratic primary for the right to run in a Hudson Valley election expected to be one of the most hotly contested in the nation, also said she opposes Gov. Cuomo's new order barring the state from doing business with BDS - supporting companies and went on to seemingly give a nod of support to many BDS backers.

The winner of today's election will go on to carry the Republican Party's banner in the general election.

Ambode said the time has come for Nigerians to go beyond the commemoration and entrench a viable democracy as a way to immortalise the late presumed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Chief M.K.O Abiola through the practice of true federalism and conduct of credible and fair elections.

ATOS and all that went with this I see no sign of Miliband going to the left Railways he told Cruddas to go back and work on something else, now the election is closer Miliband thinks it might be a winner.

«In 2011, when my defeat was very glaring, just like what we have now, I did not go about disparaging the winner; instead, I went back to prepare for the next election, because in any election, one person must win.

Hon. Dipo Okeyomi aka «carry go» was also declared winner of APC chairmanship primary elections in Ojokoro LCDA.

The winner of Tuesday's primary will go on to face Democratic candidate Aaron Woolf and Green Party candidate Matt Funicello in this November's general election.

So if the winner of tomorrow's election decides they like their job enough to keep it, they are likely in for a lot more campaigning going forward.

They went round the local government areas in the northern part of the state, and intimidated the people with the aid of riot and regular police personnel just to ensure that candidates of the APC were declared winners of the election.

The winner will go into the general election without a Republican opponent.

Though New York went to Democrat Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election, Donald Trump was the clear winner Upstate.

«It didn't help Bob Cohen that Rob Astorino was the county executive last year, nor is it going to help any of the vulnerable G.O.P. senators that other positions are held by the winners of yesterday's elections.»