Sentences with phrase «favor local candidates»

Employers tend to favor local candidates over out - of - towners because they're less expensive to hire (think relocations costs, travel expenses during the interview process, etc.) and less likely to get flakey and jump ship.

Not exact matches

Citizens Party candidates and office holders are forbidden to accept any and all gifts, payments or favors from lobbyists or from any other private interests seeking special favors for favorable legislation from the government at the local, state or national level.

«The performance of the towns in state and local elections tends to favor conservative candidates,» Langworthy said.

Without good candidates to rally around, parties find it tough to win favor with the local communities.

District leaders John Ruiz and Rev. Al Taylor and activist Joyce Johnson signed the missive, which accused Wright of using his position to attempt to deliver the seat that formerly belonged to now - Councilman Bill Perkins to his favored candidate, local community board chairman Brian Benjamin.

Candidates who would have been stymied because they are out of favor with the local political establishment now find themselves free to run in open primaries, which typically determine city elections.

Both candidates support an adjustment in federal reimbursement rates to local hospitals, which currently favor Dutchess County at the expense of Ulster.

Both candidates refuse to cede significant control of local issues to local leaders in the outer boroughs, but de Blasio appears to favor a much more «rule from the top down» city government than Malliotakis.

Those of us following the race here in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains are not terribly surprised as some might be to see the local teachers union office bestow nearly $ 90,000 in contributions to its two favored candidates.

Groups such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and HSUS (Humane Society of the United States, no direct affiliation with local humane societies) conduct major political lobbying at the state and federal levels and spend millions of dollars annually to promote their agenda and to elect candidates that favor their agenda.