Sentences with phrase «electoral challenges from»

And it is that promise that is the justification for public financing: The promise that well - entrenched incumbents will face electoral challenges from opponents with the resources to make that challenge serious.

Some MPs are concerned that his radical stance of facing down corporations and taking on Tory cuts will have little resonance in areas where Labour is facing a tough electoral challenge from Ukip; but asked if the party should tailor its message for different audiences, Corbyn said: «No: you've got to give fundamentally the same message, of the injustice of economic austerity, and the way in which local government is being punished».

Bennett, a Republican, faces an electoral challenge from Democrat Glenda Ritz, who said in a response pre-recorded for Indiana Public Broadcasting stations that Indiana's education system had become too focused on standardized testing.

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Opposition leader Mr Raila Odinga, whose legal challenge to the election results led to the vote being nullified, withdrew from the new election, saying the process was not credible because of the lack of electoral reforms.

After almost a decade of decline, during which the party has fallen from a position of complete political dominance into third place behind the all - conquering SNP and the rejuvenated Scottish Tories, Labour can't seem to get back on its feet never mind mount a serious electoral challenge.

The huge scale of the electoral challenge was underlined early today by Corbyn's Southern Discomfort in the Witney by - election, Labour slipping from second to third behind the Liberal Democrat candidate and David Cameron's successor Robert Courts.

We must also rise to the challenge of binding this new movement to the one thing that distinguishes Labour from the left ecosystem of protest and pressure groups — our electoral purpose.

Beginning from the Kogi governorship election of 21st November 2015, through to the latest Anambra governorship election held on 18th November 2017, the Commission has demonstrated the capacity to fine - tune its operations, sustain stakeholder engagements and rapidly respond to field challenges in our continuing effort to maintain the integrity of the electoral process.»

Although Teachout, author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United, showed how irked many upstate and liberal Democrats were with Cuomo two years ago — the New York Times noted that she was the «strongest challenge to an incumbent governor since primaries for the office were established in New York in 1970» — she hasn't had much electoral success.

However, all indications point to Bennett vastly out - fundraising Ritz, who has relied on small donations and an infusion of cash from the state's teachers unions to mount her electoral challenge.