Sentences with phrase «facing major party»

There are 29 incumbents facing major party primary challenges, 14 campaigns for candidates in open legislative seats, and six races to be the nominee against an incumbent who might be vulnerable in November.

«Look, I understand the biggest concern that's facing the major parties is the issue of costings,» he said.

A state where there are many legislative candidates running without major party competition in a general election is therefore one with a much less competitive electoral environment than states where most or all legislative candidates face major party competition.

The cumulative figure for how many state legislative candidates faced no major party opposition in November in these states was 41.8 percent.

He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2014, and faced no major party opposition in the November general election.

Not exact matches

With NDP support concentrated in urban areas of the province, the PCs also face a major challenge from Brian Jean «s Wildrose Party in rural Alberta.

The Lodi Winegrape Commission created Lodi Rules ™, California's first third - party - certified sustainable winegrowing program, which recently won Gov. Brown's annual Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA)-- the highest environmental award in the state of California — for its mission to address major environmental, economic and social challenges facing California's agricultural industry.

Both the main political parties have promised «change» in 2008, although there is little chance of voters being given a say on the major issues facing the country.

A lot of Democrats are up in arms about ABC's upcoming miniseries, «The Path to 9/11» — an email I got from the Democratic Party described it as «a bald - faced attempt to slander Democrats and revise history right before Americans vote in a major election.»

The new government's majority is also smaller than the outgoing coalition's and the party's leaders will face a growing challenge from rebellious backbenchers, just as John Major, elected in similar circumstances, did after 1992.

Facing real competition, major parties look to nominate candidates that broaden their appeal, including a lot more women.

Arthur J. Kremer, a lawyer and consultant who served for 23 years in the state Assembly, sees Cuomo «facing the new year with a very strained relationship with both [major] parties.»

The comment was significant because analysts from both major parties believe that Lieberman's campaign could help the three Republicans keep their jobs in the face of tough challenges.

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)- Sarah Palin's maiden voyage to Iowa as a potential presidential candidate was, on its face, a fundraiser for the state Republican Party - and an early chance for the former Alaska governor to get some face time with the caucus - goers who will play a major role in determining the party's nominee in Party - and an early chance for the former Alaska governor to get some face time with the caucus - goers who will play a major role in determining the party's nominee in party's nominee in 2012.

But senior party sources said she is facing a major challenge from rival trade unions - and many of the party's left - wing - who say she is divisive and deeply unpopular with colleagues.

Hatch, who is running next year for a seventh term in the Senate, is facing opposition from some in the tea party movement, including FreedomWorks, a major DC - based conservative grassroots organization that is actively working to find a candidate to take on Hatch in next year's primary.

Two major party candidates faced off in the general election in 14 (70.0 %) of the 20 districts up for election.

And that's why the major - party candidates for New York governor should put aside their posturing and schedule a series of debates on the serious issues facing the state, including but not limited to dysfunction and corruption in Albany, high property taxes and looming budget deficits.

All three major parties have taken money from wealthy individuals, companies and trusts, and all three have faced questions over the influence and propriety of those donations.

If you didn't catch last night's TWC News / NY1 debate in Hamburg between the two major party candidates for state attorney general — the only time they'll face off before next Tuesday's election — you missed quite the show.

The passage of the measure ended an ugly, if short - lived, impasse that threatened to give a black eye to both major political parties, and enables hundreds of thousands of federal employees who had been facing furloughs to go back to work.

If he does win tomorrow, Mr Cameron has less than 24 hours before his first major test as party leader - prime minister's questions in the Commons, where he will face Tony Blair over the dispatch box.

Lazio, who spent the final eight weeks of the GOP primary talking almost exclusively about the Ground Zero - area mosque, again chastised both major party candidates for not talking about «the major issue facing this state,» meaning the economy and the lack of jobs.

A senior Conservative strategist said that the party leadership had been slow to react as they faced a major «intellectual dilemma».

She also spoke on Iraq as the major issue facing the 110th Congress, while incorporating some Democratic Party beliefs:

A lot of the usual power brokers from either major party were absent, replaced by many new faces.

The Police in the Eastern Region have cautioned the two major political parties in the country to act in accordance with the public order act or face a possible curfew in areas the two parties clashed.

He added that Clinton will also face pushback to win the presidency because other major powers in the Democratic Party are not committed to her.

According to him, the ruling political party, All Progressives Congress, had identified three major challenges facing the nation as insecurity, poor economy, and corruption, noting that corruption was the most debilitating of all the ills.

I am facing two conservatives in the major parties who are out of touch with the needs and concerns of most voters.

Candidates from both major parties faced off in the general election in 27 of the 40 districts up for election.

Hawkins says he will be facing two corporate - sponsored major party candidates in Democrat Cuomo and Republican Rob Astorino.

Two major party candidates faced off in the general election in four (25.0 %) of the 16 districts up for election.

The CPF is a national Party Group that gives members the opportunity to discuss the major policy challenges facing Britain.

Ed Miliband has been put on notice that Labour faces a major battle if it is to secure an overall parliamentary majority next year after the local elections showed that the party is struggling to achieve the sort of breakthrough that would signal a Westminster victory.

Back to the bigger picture now though, and the Guardian's political team reports that Ed Miliband has been put on notice that Labour faces a major battle if it is to secure an overall parliamentary majority next year after the local election showed that the party is struggling to achieve the sort of breakthrough that would signal a Westminster victory.

Two major party candidates faced off in the general election in 312 (78.0 percent) of the 400 seats up for election.

The following table details New Hampshire's rates for open seats, incumbents that faced primary challenges, and major party competition in the 2014 general election.

The following table details Wyoming's rates for open seats, incumbents that faced primary challenges and major party competition in the 2014 general election.

In the wake of Hillary Clinton's historic nomination as the first woman presidential candidate of a major political party in the U.S., women continue to face obstacles in politics and the workplace, according to a national poll conducted by The Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

In an age when science influences every aspect of life — from the most private intimacies of sex and reproduction to the most public collective challenges of climate change and the economy — and in a time when democracy has become the dominant form of government on the planet, it is important that the voters push elected officials and candidates of all parties to explicitly state their views on the major science questions facing the nation.

In a joint letter to the Observer, local councillors from the three major political parties argued that the proposals would be expensive and fail to address the real problems facing schools.

Some of the major expenses couples face leading up to their wedding include rings, an engagement party, and the bride's gown and the groom's tux.

I didn't mean that all scientific issues have been settled — far from it — but rather that we face a situation of seeking a negotiated climate policy in a situation in which one of the major parties, to quote National Journal, appears to be «coalescing around a uniquely dismissive position on climate change.»

Simply because Labour is the only major political party to take seriously one of the gravest problems facing the UK over the next -LSB-...]

If Ministers now move to defeat amendments made with near - consensus across the major parties» back benches, in the face of coalition tensions, this could be seen as a move designed to occupy the likely limited time for debate with issues already well - dissected.

The question facing officials now is if they wish to focus on minor reforms to arbitral appointment procedures (perhaps limiting the number of times a law firm can appoint the same arbitrator), on major reforms to arbitral appointment procedures (perhaps getting rid of party appointment), or on designing a procedure for fixed - term appointments.

While on the face of it there are no major Android TV announcements coming through from Google during CES, the posting notes how Android TV is «taking center stage» and largely thanks to a number of new third - party devices being announced that are powered by the platform.

Activists also faced the prospect of a victory by Hillary Clinton, who embraced abortion rights like no previous major - party nominee for president.