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DNAinfo New York analyzed campaign filings and endorsements of candidates in all five races, compiling a snapshot of who may end up joining the Legislature next year.

In an editorial board meeting in October 1994 editors and the publisher gathered to discuss the endorsement of candidates in state elections.

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(Note that this article is in no way a political endorsement of any candidate.)

It is unclear whether Mr. Anders, who has the endorsement of senior cabinet minister Jason Kenney, will be approved by the Ottawa Tories as their candidate in this new riding.

* GOP PANICS ABOUT SENATE SEAT: With Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee refusing to give a full - throated endorsement to GOP candidate Marsha Blackburn while praising Dem Phil Bredesen, Politico reports that Republicans are in panic mode:

While the endorsement of the two more «conservative» candidates will aid Mr. Mar in dispelling this attack, I am not sure that I would put a «progressive» label or Mr. Mar, or either of the other two remaining candidates.

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).

But that would require a fundamental change to the Elections Act — eliminating the requirement of a party leader's endorsement to run as a party's candidate, then fashioning a more coherent rule — and a change in the ways our political parties do business.

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.

In the last presidential campaign, Candidate Obama was pressed to distance himself from his pastor, who carried racial bitterness to extremes, and Candidate McCain was forced to reject the endorsement of a preacher who offended Catholics and Jews.

Hagee's endorsement of then - presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 was plagued by controversy.

The Conservative Party has a habit of issuing early endorsements to gubernatorial candidates in hope of influencing the GOP selection process.

They stole tens of thousands of dollars from crazy Carl's campaign and even lied about endorsements by printing the wrong candidates name on mailers going out to tens of thousands of people in 2010 (picking Jay Townsend over Gary Bernstein without authorization.

... that would be two — count»em — TWO public appearances by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo: One in NYC (to pick up the endorsement of Mayor Bloomberg) and another in Albany (to announce a «major takedown of 41 gang members).

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.

To be clear, visits by candidates to religious institutions — particularly black churches — are a time - honored tradition in New York and elsewhere, and generally they don't include a formal endorsement, which would, of course, put nonprofit status in danger.

«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.

ESPA Executive Director Ross Levi insisted in a statement that the organization's endorsements were not based on a single issue, but rather on «a comprehensive review of a candidate's positions and record, as well an assessment of his or her leadership qualities.»

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.

Parker is facing a primary challenge from perennial candidate Wellington Sharpe, who got a boost recently in the form of the DN's endorsement (which was really more of an un-endorsement of Parker).

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).

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.

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.

Democratic congressional candidate Gareth Rhodes this weekend received the endorsements of two members of the Kingston city Council as he seeks the party's nomination in the Hudson Valley congressional district.

But the junior senator is not about to make an endorsement in the mayor's race, even though she's a fan of the leading Democratic candidate, who also happens to be a woman.

Club endorsements are important because members act as volunteer foot soldiers in campaigns, circulating petitions on behalf of chosen candidates and assisting with literature drops, phone banks, and other GOTV efforts.

In the crowded field of nine candidates, Keith Powers is seen as the frontrunner, especially after receiving the Times and Daily News endorsements, while Bessie Schachter and Marti Speranza are strong competitors.

(CNN)- Nancy Reagan weighed in on the Senate and gubernatorial races in her home state on Wednesday, offering her endorsement of the Republican candidates in both California races.

In reality, he belongs firmly in Labour's «moderate» soft - left camp — and his nomination success is a classic case of a candidate moving to the flanks to secure the endorsement before distancing himself from Corbyn and returning to the centrIn reality, he belongs firmly in Labour's «moderate» soft - left camp — and his nomination success is a classic case of a candidate moving to the flanks to secure the endorsement before distancing himself from Corbyn and returning to the centrin Labour's «moderate» soft - left camp — and his nomination success is a classic case of a candidate moving to the flanks to secure the endorsement before distancing himself from Corbyn and returning to the centre.

Maloney stressed his endorsements, as well as his fundraising advantage over the rest of the Democratic candidates — the funding, he said, would be necessary to unseat Hayworth in the general.

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden also intervened on behalf of Hillary Clinton by making unprecedented endorsements of two Democratic Primary Candidates in Florida: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Florida Senate Candidate Patrick Murphy.

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.

The last time a Republican gubernatorial candidate won the party's endorsement at the convention but dropped the primary was in 1986, when Watertown's Richard Buzzuto was the delegates» pick but fell to then - state Rep. Julie Belaga of...

His endorsement was prominent in Weprin's mailer; in fact, considering the size of Cuomo's smiling mug, it's easy to forget which one is the candidate:

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.

The convention did not result in an endorsement because no candidate received the required 60 percent of the delegate votes.

Kinderhook, NY... October 17, 2016 — John Faso, the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform candidate in the 19th Congressional District, earned the endorsement of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Empire State Chapter (ABC), his campaign today announced.

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 candidates receiving StreetsPAC's initial endorsements in state - level races are running to represent New Yorkers in districts from the tip of Manhattan to the tip of Long Island.

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.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's mayoral campaign wasted no time in capitalizing on the Democratic candidate's surprise endorsement yesterday from Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the DOMA case that led to one of the historic same - sex marriage rulings by the US Supreme Court yesterday.

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.

Paul's commitment to small businesses has already earned him the nod from The Murray Hill Business Association and The Flushing Chinese Business Association, including The Presidents Co-Op & Condo Council — just to name a few organizations that have recognized Vallone through their respective endorsements as the best of six candidates in this competitive primary election.

The candidates in the April 19 special election to fill the seat of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos rolled out major endorsements Tuesday, as President Bill Clinton backed Democratic Assemb.

In such a crowded Democratic primary with several candidates that have political experience, connections, and endorsements, the margin of victory could be quite small, with getting out the vote essential to winning.

He has, however, become more selective and calculated in his support of candidates — both in fundraising / contributions and public endorsements.

«I'm proud to accept the endorsement of FreedomWorks joining the ranks of Jeff Flake (Arizona), Connie Mack (Florida), Ted Cruz (Texas) and all the other endorsed candidates in the fight to win back the United States Senate.