Just over a month ago, Governor Malloy took the the microphone to announce
his election year effort to persuade teachers, parents and public school advocates to overlook his three years of failed education policies and throw their support behind his re-election aspirations.
ABQ was registered with the city Campaign Finance Board as an independent expenditure — meaning it should have been uncoordinated with other
election year efforts — and most of its funding came from the anti-horse carriage group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets.
Not exact matches
The move to preemptively brand «property scalpers» a problem, however, smacks of an
effort to create a villain that the government can then vanquish — a useful tactic for a government headed by a leader with a record - low approval rating facing an
election next
year.
Some of these include using artificial intelligence tools to automatically identify propaganda
efforts similar to those allegedly carried out by Russia - linked groups in upcoming world
elections, and boosting its security and content review team to 20,000 by the end of the
year.
And yet over a
year since the
election meddling took place, little has been done to counter
efforts by Russia to intervene in future
elections that are already underway.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last
year to fight Russian
election interference
efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.
Lynch leaves office following a nearly two -
year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government
efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential
election; and an
election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.
Earlier this
year Mueller charged 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies in a plot to interfere in the 2016 presidential
election through a social media propaganda
effort that included online ad purchases using U.S. aliases and politicking on U.S. soil.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin is among the Republicans from outside California who have contributed to the campaign to repeal the state's gas - tax increase, showing the
effort has national interest from GOP leaders who see it as a way to boost their party's chances in the Golden State for this
year's
election.
Stamos, who joined the social giant almost three
years ago after a very public stint in a similar role at Yahoo, ran the team inside Facebook tasked with hunting down ads related to the Kremlin's
efforts to sow unrest in the U.S. ahead of the presidential
election.
Their
efforts take place more than four
years since Francis's
election, and three
years after Evangelii gaudium was issued.
One night at the beginning of the
year, all over California,
election parties were being held at candlelight dinners to gather signatures so that Eugene McCarthy would run for the presidency, and I had been among the minor - level instigators of the
effort.
The
year 2006 may for most people mark the tenth anniversary of the 1996 Welfare Act, signed by Bill Clinton, after he had vetoed two previous
efforts, and just before crucial midterm
elections that November.
Strider, who helped spearhead Democratic faith outreach in 2006 and 2008 - when he directed that work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign - said the party put substantially fewer resources and
effort into faith - based strategy work this
year than in any
election since 2004.
During the past
year Louisville's news has been dominated by several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community;
efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl; disagreement about the number and location of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown area; and a lively
election campaign around the issue of a city - county merger.
In his report, Mr Burrowes applauds Mr Cameron's
efforts to ensure parliamentary candidates be chosen so early - the next general
election is not due for three or four
years - but warns a central list of candidates is not the best way to get Tories elected.
In her statement James said: «My decision to retire from the
election process and not complete it was very difficult personally and professionally given that Ukip has dominated my life and all my
efforts for over five
years.
Rep. Devin Nunes, the embattled California Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee, announced he would step aside from leading his committee's investigation into Russia's
efforts to disrupt last
year's presidential
election.
... an unprecedented
effort in a midterm
election year, called the Bannock Street Project after the location of Bennet's 2010 campaign office.
In backing the tax code changes this
year, Heastie appears to be making an
effort to not only push Cuomo, but get out in front of what would have been a debate not scheduled to reach Albany until next
year and after an
election.
Also from the OP's linked article: «The sanctions in question included those imposed by Obama for Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and others inflicted late last
year to punish Moscow for its suspected
efforts to interfere in the 2016
election.»
The security
efforts that go into today's special
elections began
years ago and will continue after the votes are initially counted.
Russia «meddled» in last
year's presidential
election as part of a decades - long
effort to «undermine American democracy,» CIA Director Mike Pompeo said.
The state Independence Party has endorsed Republican Matt Doheny's challenge to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 23 — a move that could prove significant in the GOP's
effort to win back the North Country seat it had held for over a century until last
year's special
election loss.
Update 5/10/17: As Bill de Blasio heads towards the
election, his proposal to close Rikers Island in 10
years while defending Corrections Commissioner Joe Ponte once again demonstrates his
efforts to balance competing interests.
While Cuomo's praise for Republican initiatives may help the party as it attempts to fend off Democratic
efforts to win the Senate, it's not certain how big an issue drug abuse will be in a busy presidential
election year.
As the head of his conference's campaign
efforts for the past seven
years, Gianaris might have an advantage in a potential crowded primary field, as he's spent the past several
election cycles getting to know top Democrats in every corner of the state.
Though, Mrs. Rawlings, was unsuccessful in that
election, because her NDP, was unable to meet the requirement of the Electoral Commission (EC), then headed by Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, she is making frantic
effort to be counted on the ballot paper in this
year's
elections.
«The second general
elections... represent an opportunity for all the stakeholders to promote their vision regarding the future of the DRC in a peaceful and constructive way and to the Congolese people to exert their fundamental rights to make a choice regarding the conduct of public affairs for the coming
years... I believe that the country deserves our support in this
effort... I wish her [Mariya Nedelcheva] and her team all success in their independent assessment of these important
elections».
Stone's long - awaited appearance before the committee is shaping up to be a combative confrontation with Democratic committee members who have publicly accused him of being a key player in Russian
efforts to meddle in last
year's presidential
election.
In our unprecedented
effort to cover the midterm
elections, Roll Call has hit the campaign trail in 14 states so far this
year, covering 24 congressional races and writing 36 datelined stories from Adel, Iowa, to Tallulah, Louisiana.
The
effort appears to counter the expected flood of Democratic voters this fall, a presidential
election year.
Intelligence officials have said Russian - backed hackers played a key role in disrupting the presidential
election in 2016 by injecting fake news on social media and may be trying a similar
effort this
year with the congressional
elections.
My two -
year effort to reform the operation of the city and state Boards of
Election is gaining some steam due to the closeness of the congressional race in NY - 13 (Harlem / NW Bronx).
«Over the
years, Fran has had to endure this and many other
efforts to block Democrats from their right to free and fair
elections.
Their vote share, and popular vote size, was less impressive than in past
elections, but the Tories best
effort in this 20
year period was 36 %.
With Donald Trump increasingly looking like the candidate for the Republican party, Assemblyman Francisco Moya said that the push by the Senate GOP was an
effort to «score political points in an
election year.»
With the special
election scheduled for April 24th, we decided that this
year our fundraising
efforts will be best spent in support of Aidan's campaign.
«There were people there who may have a view about her and 2020, but we hosted the fund - raiser because we have admired Kamala for
years, and we applaud her
efforts to support House and Senate Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterm
elections,» Mr. Johnson said.
Cuomo earlier this
year said he was concerned entities with ties to Russia could make another
effort to play a role in midterm
elections this November.
Donations identified by The Buffalo News underscore the intense interest in this
year's
election as well as the organized
effort to upset control of the board by ousting members of the majority.
He further indicated that based on the «good works» of the president, Nana Konadu's
efforts at getting on the ballot paper in this
year's
elections and her rhetoric's about President Mahama's governance style would not impact the
elections in any way.GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com
After all, many businesses were probably quite pleased to see the Conservatives win a majority in last
year's
elections and welcome the subsequent
effort by leading Tories to reclaim the centre - ground: the best of both worlds, many may feel.
Yet his
efforts, coming late in the presidential primary season, fall far short of those of his likely general -
election opponent, Hillary Clinton, whose extensive operation whipped into action a full
year ago.
After five
years of austerity and weeks of negative campaigning, the Conservative leader made a clear
effort to reframe the Tory
election drive in his speech in Swindon this morning.
Former CIA Director John Brennan said he had raised concerns last
year that Russians had sought to recruit Trump campaign officials in an
effort to influence the
election, providing the most expansive public remarks to date from an official involved at the time.
His administration will also work to ameliorate the BOE's cybersecurity and invest $ 500,000 a
year to ensure that when New Yorkers vote, they can «trust their vote will be counted» — a measure he says is necessary in light of Russia's
efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential
election.
Indeed, in his
efforts to raise a billion dollars of private money, Obama became the first presidential candidate in the general
election in over 30
years to back out of public financing, an idea which is now more or less kaput.
Following an appearance at the gleaming new UB facility the state helped build, Cuomo delved into
election year politics by acknowledging that intense weekend
efforts attempted to woo Hochul away from the second spot and, instead, into a rematch with Republican Rep. Chris Collins of Clarence.
The
effort to rename the center after Buckley dates back to 2005, a project supported by former Buckley staffers and then taken up after Turner won the special
election to fill Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat last
year.