Sentences with phrase «election year for»

2008 proved a landmark election year for the 18 - to -29-year-old demographic, with 51 % of qualified Americans within this age range showing up at the polls.

It's an election year for these senators.

JS: This is a huge election year for school choice advocates.

It would seem unlikely such a plan would be embraced by Senate Republicans, who are in a scramble to try to retain control of the 63 - member chamber in an election year for all lawmakers.

Here's what the league said: «This is an important election year for all of us.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said Monday he will not seek re-election this year, adding his name to a growing list of senior Republican lawmakers who have chosen to retire in what is shaping up to be a difficult election year for the GOP.

Freezing property taxes is a budget win in an election year for Republicans, moderates and Cuomo, who tries to balance fiscal conservatism with progressive social policy.

This year is an election year for a number of local offices, including the district attorney and most local positions, including clerks and town supervisors.

2014 also happens to be an election year for governor in New York.

«2014 is a critical election year for California.

But next year is an election year for both the governor and the legislature, and aside from Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, none of the so - called three men in a room have expressed support for the measure.

But the issue polls very high, and this is another key election year for the Senate Republicans, who are maintaining a slim hold on control of the chamber.

Lawmakers are also potentially mindful of the calendar since this is an election year for all 213 seats as well as all statewide offices.

State Sen. Dave Valesky (D - Oneida) will most likely face a competitive election this year for the first time since 2010.

2014 is an election year for Governor Cuomo as well as all of the 213 seats in the legislature.

That seems unrealistic, some lawmakers said privately, given that it is an election year for the 213 legislative seats come 2016.

«Clearly there's an added incentive for a big project in an election year for both the governor and the legislature,» McMahon said.

It will be a tough election year for Democrats and getting out the vote, she said, with it being a non-presidential election year.

And second, it's an election year for the governor and all 200 plus state lawmakers.

It's an election year for all 212 members of the legislature, and unions often provide support for field campaigns in the form of volunteers to staff phone banks and to drop off campaign literature door to door.

But Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio, who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee - with overall responsibility for electing GOP House members - said that although 2018 is a challenging election year for Republicans, he is not worried about Faso.

Shelley Mayer (D - Yonkers), who is facing a special election this year for a Senate seat, said Kaminsky's bill is similar to measure supported by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in his budget.

2018 is an election year for statewide offices, and Cuomo has said he's interested in seeking a third term, though he has not yet formally announced his candidacy.

There was joy in the air Tuesday, as State Republican Chair Ed Cox and Erie County Republican Chair Nick Langworthy reflected on what they called a great election year for the GOP and an opportunity to change politics - in New York and nationally under President - Elect Donald Trump.

Still, that would come in an election year for all 213 legislative seats in the Assembly and Senate.

The day kicked off with a Times report by Nick Confessore about how the infighting caused in no small part by Cox's insistence on pushing Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy for governor has cast a pall on what is supposed to be a banner election year for the GOP.

It's an election year for all 212 (plus one added seat should the Senate redistricting plan be allowed) and an off - cycle year for the governor.

And even though the campaign was not successful in getting Mr. Raczynski elected (not for lack of hard - work, it was a really bad election year for Liberals in Alberta) it was a worthwhile experience.

The most convincing evidence about presidential election years for Evans is that in 18 of the last 22, the S&P 500 indexhas had a positive return for the year and has posted an average return of 11 percent in those years.

New York City is holding elections this year for the offices of Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, and all 51 seats on the City Council.

Not exact matches

It was a pretty grim election, and our ability to affect policy was going to be quite minimal for the next two years.»

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

Pelosi expressed confidence that Democrats are in for a monumental wave election after solid Republican control of government for the past two years.

A lot of people say it's a combination of the election and the #MeToo movement, but it's been growing for years.»

Often, presidential candidates will launch their bids for office a year or more before the actual November elections.

Since her father won last year's presidential election, the First Daughter's company has filed trademark requests with U.S. officials for branded lingerie, lounge wear and athletic apparel, Bloomberg reported this week.

One of those women is porn star Stormy Daniels, who was paid $ 130,000 by Cohen shortly before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an alleged dalliance with Trump years earlier.

CBS chairman Les Moonves famously said earlier this year that Trump had been «damn good» for his network, while CNN reportedly earned an additional $ 100 million in digital ad revenues this year, thanks to interest in election coverage.

Scott's candidacy is a bright spot for Republicans in a year where Democratic enthusiasm is expected to be overwhelming, as evidenced by the recent wave of recent Democratic victories in special elections in Alabama and Pennsylvania.

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.

Budget cuts not possible - Buswell The state government's economic policy was in tatters last night after Treasurer Troy Buswell conceded he would not achieve the controversial 3 per cent cuts expected to pay for election promises in this year's budget.

Gillibrand is often deemed a contender for the presidential election in 2020, although she said last year she is ruling out the possibility and focusing on her Senate reelection campaign.

In the 2016 election cycle, the average winning Senate candidate had spent $ 10.4 million through October 19 of that year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

At the start of last year's federal election campaign, Bardish Chagger left Waterloo, Ont., for an out - of - town meeting.

The arguments for deleting your account as your 2017 New Year's resolution are strong indeed, as Jake Swearingen points out in Select / All: Facebook was the chief venue for the spread of misleading fake news and pro-Russian propaganda that confused voters and may have helped tip the presidential election to Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON — When House Speaker Paul Ryan told his colleagues on Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the year, he signaled what many Republicans are already thinking: Midterm elections will be rough for the GOP if it wants to keep its majority.

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair used the club's stage in 2013 to reveal the party's energy platform for the most recent federal election; MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren pitched a Toronto casino from it that same year; Governor General David Johnston announced his new innovation awards program there last summer.

Since November, just before elections in December that bought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power, Abe has pushed for bold measures and an aggressive monetary policy to revive the Japanese economy, which is in recession and plagued by years of deflation.

In France, the socialist party is hosting the first debate for the primaries ahead of presidential elections later this year.