A seat where one party wins 100 % of the vote because the other party does not
even run a candidate is not a 100 % partisan seat.
Not exact matches
The same intelligentsia who say Trump alienates everyone around him are convinced Howard Schultz has the name recognition to be a serious
candidate for the serious issues,
even though most Americans probably think Starbucks is
run by some guy named Starbuck (who may also have a topless - mermaid fetish).
Until that point, few knew he was
even in the
running with the top two
candidates, Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman and former GE CEO Jeff Immelt.
Likewise, excellent job experience at reputable companies and perfectly aligned skills can keep a
candidate in the
running even if they bomb the interview.
Even before The New York Times reported that the White House was considering
running Sessions as a write - in
candidate, it would've been pretty hard to avoid the elephant in the room: the accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around the race to fill Sessions's old seat.
If he
runs as an Independent or an Alberta Party
candidate,
even if he doesn't win, he could just split the vote enough in the riding to let a Progressive Conservative squeak in.
If you really looked at some of the Republican
candidates economic plans they will probably
run up the deficit
even more.
In fact, the only people who have displayed any ability to
run the country better are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich — neither of whom have a snowball's chance of
even being the
candidate, much less winning a rigged election.
On that, not a single
candidate in the GOP is deserving to
even run for President, let alone serve as Commander in Chief, regardless of whatever fairy tale, I mean religion, they wear more often than not as a guise.
You also have people who can register as a specfic party and
run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party
candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (
even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?
I don't think they had a good response, though, to the pathology of the present presidential race for the Republican nomination: The party has
run out of plausible
candidates before anyone has
even voted.
In 2006, they downplayed social issues and
even ran some socially conservative
candidates.
This latest foray into the magical world of Sol Campbell's Cosvervative adventures follows the news that the ex-Arsenal man was seen as a prospective Tory
candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2016 and there were
even suggestions he was being vetted to
run for a set in Parliament in the upcoming General Election.
Germany manager Low is regarded as a potential
candidate even though his contract with the national team
runs past this summer's World Cup.
On Tuesday
evening, parks Commissioner Jim Oerkfitz, who is
running for re-election, said during a public forum session of the Lakewood Village Board that he and park board
candidate Leona Nelson object to the lawsuit.
When Boris Johnson's name was first mentioned as a possible
candidate in July 2007, the prospect of him
running, let alone winning, was considered so bizarre that the BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, who had received the tip - off, didn't press to get it on the main
evening news.
Going back to local politics after
running for LG last year —
even as Carl Paladino's VP
candidate — must have been tough for Edwards, but he has never publicly expressed a desire to be state chairman.
Is there
even more than 1 green party
candidate running for any office?
As Lib Dem
candidates hit the doorsteps in the
run - up to the election,
even their most accomplished pavement politician is prepared for something of a bumpy ride.
From the thirteen
candidates in the
running,
even the five most popular
candidates only receive between 5 % and 18 % of votes; thus, falling far behind the 40 % required for a win in the first round.
A source with direct knowledge involved in the effort said Monday
evening that state Democrats are trying to find and identify the «best possible
candidate» to
run in the Senate district.
Koch told me he has had second thoughts about letting Espada be a «hero»,
even though he met the criteria by signing the ethics, budget and redistricting reform pledges sent to all
candidates — both insurgents and incumbents —
running this fall.
As Maggie Haberman reports, de Blasio has had discussions in recent weeks with Google on the heels of his successful effort to get Goldman Sachs to agree not to spend on political ads in this election cycle —
even though a recent US Supreme Court decision allows corporations to drop unlimited amounts of cash to try to elect of defeat
candidates running for federal office.
Even prior to the elections it was widely reported that the Saudi's preferred an Egypt
run by the remnants of Mubarak's regime, such as Ahmed Shafik, than an Islamist
candidate.
People on the left didn't
even set up an Independent Expenditure group to
run issue ads against Republican Senate
candidates.
And the ties go
even deeper here... Howard then
ran for Governor with Mario Cuomo as his Lieutenant Governor
Candidate in 1974.
There are also
candidates who it seems unlikely would have won if they had
run: George W. Bush; Richard Nixon (elected twice
even if he didn't complete his second term); Lyndon B. Johnson (served in two terms although less than half the first);
even Truman, as he barely won his second term.
The Daily News reported presumptive Republican gubernatorial
candidate Marc Molinaro has
even reached out to former U.S. Attorney Preet Bahara about
running on a fusion ticket.
During an interview that will air on «Capital Tonight» this
evening, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy acknowledged its possible the Lorigo and his
running mate, John Andrew Kay, (both of whom are lawyers), might be placeholder
candidates who would bow out to make room for someone — maybe Paladino — after the dust settles from the GOP convention.
Spitzer didn't go public about his
run until the
evening of July 7; the next morning, the Board of Elections opened the window for accepting completed petitions from
candidates.
As with many of the other
candidates running, Mark Otto took shots at Mark Levine, whose campaign he claims has «zero momentum,» and who is «personally disliked,»
even by his endorsers.
«I have been preparing to support Governor Walker for months and months before I
even knew other
candidates were
running,» he said.
Vanderhoef, who was 2006 gubernatorial
candidate John Faso's LG
running mate, told me earlier today that he hopes to go it alone in terms of fundraising,
even though he is the SRCC's preferred
candidate.
The Democratic Senate
candidates who are challenging incumbent Republicans are in an
even worse fix, especially if they happen to be unfortunate enough as to be
running against one of the three GOP members who crossed party lines at Cuomo's request last summer to vote «yes» on same - sex marriage.
Once, I saw a slate of school board
candidates that included prominent political party officials, but
even then there wasn't institutional support from the political party whose name they did not
run under.
That's no small thing for a
candidate,
even if it seems basic: the last two Democrats to
run in the 19th district, Sean Eldridge and Zephyr Teachout, were dogged by carpetbagging criticism in the battleground races.
[As an aside, back in 2000 I briefly flirted with a national campaign for a certain third - party
candidate, but the dalliance ended for good when they lost a hefty chunk of their activist list to a server crash — I was already a little turned off by what seemed to be a dangerous level of disorganization, and I
ran away in disgust when they didn't
even have a backup copy of the one database they desperately needed to hold on to.
By winter, they were setting up field offices across the country and
running digital ads to build their email list,
even as the Republican presidential
candidates beat each other into the dirt.
Even in the United States, where presidential candidates must raise a war chest amounting to many millions of dollars before they can even consider running for the presidency, campaigns are still dependent on an army of activi
Even in the United States, where presidential
candidates must raise a war chest amounting to many millions of dollars before they can
even consider running for the presidency, campaigns are still dependent on an army of activi
even consider
running for the presidency, campaigns are still dependent on an army of activists.
He would like you to think he's some sort of activist, but in reality if you strike that from his resume, you have another unqualified
candidate running in a district where he doesn't
even live and has never been seen.
(Under New York election law,
candidates for governor and lieutenant governor,
even if they're informally allied as Cuomo and Hochul are,
run in separate primaries.)
Given that major party
candidates win nearly 100 % of the time, a
candidate running without any major party opposition is essentially assured election —
even if there are third party
candidates.
Is it possible a
candidate Paladino would match
even his poor first showing
running for Governor?
Three other female
candidates have an
even chance of coming to Congress: McSally and Stefanik are
running in Tossup races this November, and Douglas faces similar odds in her runoff.
During the 2010 campaign, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards often stepped up to defend the controversial statements of his unintended
running mate, guberantorial
candidate Carl Paladino, and somehow always managed to deliver
even the harshest criticism of the other side in the nicest possible way.
As Americans head to the polls later today, it'll be interesting to see if a genuine dark - horse
candidate — somebody
running outside the duopoly, someone nobody expected nor
even heard of, for that matter — could startle the pundits with an unexpectedly strong showing.
Some political observers have
even named Harry Wilson, the party's 2010
candidate for comptroller and an independently wealthy businessman, as potentially interested in
running.
Hundreds of those who did vote in Malliotakis» race, but not for her, cast write - ins, including several for local Democrat Justin Brannan, who is now
running for City Council, certain write - ins for presidential
candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and
even gag votes for deceased individuals, such as Elvis Presley, or fictional characters from popular culture, such as Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones.
Democratic state Senate
candidate Jermaine Bagnall - Graham, who is
running against Sen. Jim Seward, framed his statement as questioning whether Seward supports Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who continues to back Trump
even after calling his 2005 comments «deplorable and inexcusable.»
With seven
candidates vying for the two seats left open by Thomas and Reynolds opted to not re-
run for their seats, deciding to
run for Mayor instead, some Mt. Vernon residents don't
even now the names of the all the city council
candidates, which included Lisa A. Copeland and John Boykin who were
running on the ticket with incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primary.