Sentences with phrase «endorsements of candidates for»

ALBANY, NY (08/16/2010)(readMedia)-- Today, the 2 1/2 million member New York State AFL - CIO announced endorsements of candidates for United States Congress.

«Carnright, by a flicker» sounded more like a pick for a horse race than an endorsement of a candidate for an important county office.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

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Seeking a sixth - term as MLA, Ms. Blakeman is running for re-election in Edmonton - Centre and has secured the nominations, or endorsements, of the Alberta Party and Green Party (and in Red Deer - North, Liberal candidate Michael Dawe has also secured the Green Party nomination).

Bank of America commented on E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) Monday following the endorsement of Nelson Peltz and John H. Myers as candidates for the board of directors by Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS).

San Jose City Councilmembers Raul Peralez, Chappie Jones and Sergio Jimenez endorsed Antonio Villaraigosa for governor... Insurance commissioner candidate Asif Mahmood has been endorsed by Antioch Councilmember Monica Wilson; Skyler Tempel, Vice Chair Riverside Democratic Party and Monterey Councilmember Alan Haffa... The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, San Francisco's largest Democratic Club, has endorsed Dave Jones for attorney general... State Treasurer John Chiang's campaign for governor announced the endorsement of the AAPI Democratic Club of San Diego... The Latino Victory Fund endorsed Gil Cisneros in CA - 39.

If President Obama is looking for a conservative endorsement, he might find it from potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — at least on the issue of family values.

Usually the delegates defer to the endorsement out of pure decency but they can vote for whoever they like, including the candidate which dropped out.

One of his opponents, Yen Chou, just landed the endorsement of the powerful UFT, which, like HTC, is known for being able to deliver a lot of boots on the ground for its preferred candidates.

This doesn't come as a huge surprise for the Democrat - turned - Republican - turned - independent mayor, particularly considering the extended interview he gave to the NY Times about his endorsements of candidates across the country whom he views as «centrist» in an effort to counteract the polarizing force of the Tea Party.

Former Assembly Minority Leader and unsuccessful 2006 gubernatorial candidate John Faso was my guest yesterday on «Capital Tonight» following his change - of - heart endorsement of Rick Lazio for governor and call for his fellow Republicans to unite around the ex-Long Island congressman or risk another crushing defeat.

«We were blindsided and disheartened that the PPESA logo was used in a way that creates the appearance of an endorsement for a candidate or committee.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday continued his spate of endorsements for Democrats running in swing seats, backing Democratic candidate Anna Kaplan in Long Island's 7th district.

Mr. Ayariga at Press Conference in Accra on Monday explained that the decision to endorse President John Mahama followed careful consideration of the attributes and competence of two presidential candidates who approached his APC for an endorsement.

Crowley has been relegated to the sidelines in the NY - 6 battle lately as the focus has been on the mysterious — and belated — candidacy of longtime Queens Democratic operative Jeff Gottlieb, who may or may not be (depending on who you believe) a stalking horse for the party's endorsed candidate, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, although she has been plugging away at her campaign, announcing earlier today that she has netted yet another small labor endorsement.

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on Thursday unveiled its endorsement of Democratic candidate Harvey Epstein, who is vying for the seat vacated in the Assembly by Sen. Brian Kavanagh.

We differentiated between computational approaches (either based on volume data, such as the number of mentions related to a party or candidate or the occurrence of particular hashtags; or endorsement data, such as the number of Twitter followers, Facebook friends or the number of «likes» received on Facebook walls), sentiment analysis approaches, that pay attention to the language and try to attach a qualitative meaning to the comments (posts, tweets) published by social media users employing automated tools for sentiment analysis (i.e., via natural language processing models or the employment of pre-defined ontological dictionaries), and finally what we call supervised and aggregated sentiment analysis (SASA), that is, techniques that exploit the human codification in their process and focus on the estimation of the aggregated distribution of the opinions, rather than on individual classification of each single text (Ceron et al. 2016).

At 10 a.m., former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout and New York Communities for Change announce their endorsement of Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Among the other Democrats still in the running for the seat vacated on Jan. 1 by Westchester County Executive George Latimer are People for Bernie co-founder Kat Brezler, who received the endorsement yesterday of 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout; and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick.

There's also a list called Levy's «10 shades of blue» that details all the things the country executive did to support Democratic candidates and / or positions, noting, for example, his backing of single - payer healthcare and early endorsement of former Long Island Assemblyman - turned - state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's first statewide run this year.

Our endorsement may not be a feature that is common in Ghana's politics, but it is not an unknown phenomenon in politics in the Western world: Every Election cycle for example, the United States of America, typically witnesses major high circulating media publications endorsing presidential candidates of their choosing bases on a set of criteria they might feel the candidates have satisfied.

The endorsement of the Nassau County GOP pushed Wilson passed the 76 percent mark — far more than the 25 percent necessary for a candidate to get onto the ballot.

The labor union 32BJ announced a slate of early endorsements for New York City candidates, including backing the bids of citywide candidates for re-election.

The majority, however, feature President Obama and his endorsement of Murphy: «Scott Murphy is the right candidate for Upstate New York.

StreetsPAC today announced three additional candidate endorsements for Tuesday's general election, supporting the re-election campaigns of New York State Assemblymembers Dan Quart and Michaelle Solages, and the State Senate race of Adrienne Esposito, who's running for an open seat on Long Island.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon visited Crown Heights, receiving the endorsement of the activist group New York Communities for Change.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has announced his endorsement of Democratic candidate Monica Wallace for the 143rd District Assembly seat.

But while Cuomo is in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention to boost Hillary Clinton, he once again declined to endorse a Democratic takeover of the state Senate, reiterating his stance that his endorsement is on a candidate - by - candidate basis.

StreetsPAC today announced a second round of candidate endorsements in fall races for the New York State Senate and Assembly, backing the reelection bids of State Senator Tony Avella and Assembly Members Nily Rozic and Felix Ortiz, and the campaigns of Brooklyn State Senate challenger Dell Smitherman and Suffolk County Assembly challenger Jason Zove.

In 2015, for example, 98 candidates with the WEP's endorsement received about 2 percent of their vote on its line, according to a POLITICO analysis.

The Working Families Party on Monday announced it would begin a vetting of candidates for attorney general, with plans to make an endorsement at its state convention on Saturday in New York City.

Ben Walsh, an independent contender for Syracuse mayor, received the endorsement of the Upstate Jobs Party — a nascent group founded last year by millionaire entrepreneur, and unsuccessful NY - 22 candidate, Martin Babinec of Little Falls.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who expressed his dismay over a robocall for Senate candidate Mark Levine that mentioned the Times endorsement but neglected to note it was Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, not Levine, who got the paper's nod, is retaliating with a robocall of his own.

None of the candidates for governor have actually asked for my endorsement.

The New York State AFL - CIO on Monday announced its endorsement of Democratic congressional candidate Joe Morelle, the Assembly majority leader who is running for the 25th House district in the Rochester area.

Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long says denying legislative candidates endorsements because of their vote for same - sex marriage hasn't changed.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for governor who has outlined a strongly pro-business platform, has so far refused to accept the endorsement of the WFP.

New York state Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's endorsement of Democratic candidate Juanita Perez Williams for Syracuse mayor on Friday.

«I'm honored to have the endorsement of Downtown Progressive Democrats, whose members have a long and distinguished record of engaging local Democrats and backing progressive candidates for public office.

In addition to the endorsement for district attorney, the committee is expected to back a candidate to run for the seat of retiring state Sen. Kathy Marchione of Halfmoon, who is not seeking a fourth two - year term.

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins yesterday received the endorsement of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club — the first time the NYC LGBT club has backed a non-Democrat for governor in its 10 - year history.

RWDSU is a traditional supporter of Democratic candidates, but endorsement is also one of the earliest for Scheniderman, who this month was backed by the painters union.

And his influence extends beyond his members: Mr. Seabrook has been known to throw his weight behind an interesting array of candidates from both parties and was rumored (by Rudy Giuliani) to be supporting Donald Trump — for whom an endorsement from a black union leader would amount to big news.

The Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has surprisingly congratulated Donald Trump for his historic win, in the just ended elections in the United States of America (USA), after snubbing an invitation from the same man to attend his endorsement at the Republicans National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland — Ohio, last July.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has been stepping up his endorsements of GOP candidates as the primary draws near, today announced his support of Nan Hayworth, who will face off against the little - known and far less funded self - professed Tea Party candidate, Neil Di Carlo, for Row B next Tuesday.

I also thank your Excellencies for the big vote of confidence you gave to my country Ghana, not just by the massive endorsement of Ghana's candidate for Deputy Chair of our Commission, but also for the selection of my compatriot, Prof. Dakoure, as one of the two awardees of this year's Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award.

«We would expect that the Women's Equality Party should consider all of the candidates running for this position before issuing an endorsement.»

In NY1 - Marist's previous survey, nearly half of registered voters — 48 % — reported they would be less likely to vote for a candidate with Bloomberg's backing while 30 % thought a Bloomberg endorsement would make them more likely to do so.

CWA New Jersey Endorses Tom Malinowski for Congress Democratic congressional candidate Tom Malinowski has picked up the endorsement of the Communication Workers of America New Jersey, one of the state's largest public worker unions.