Sentences with phrase «fielded general election candidates»

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In spite of having been formed just over the past year and a half, they will all fight the May 2015 general election, fielding candidates across the North of England.

How Eric Schneiderman will be replaced in the attorney general's office is still not clear as a large field of candidates has signaled they want to fill the job, either through a legislative appointment or on Election Day.

A political party is granted automatic ballot status — the right to field a candidate in any race in the state without circulating petitions — if its gubernatorial candidate wins more than 50,000 votes in a general election.

The English Democrats fielded 107 Candidates in the 2010 General Election.

In total, the English Democrats fielded 25 candidates for the May 2005 general election, [27] including Staffordshire South where the election was delayed until June due to the death of a candidate.

«The Legislature should appoint a placeholder to serve as the acting Attorney General — someone who will not stand for election — allowing the voters to select from a competitive field of candidates as part of the normal electoral process in the Fall.

Field nominated Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015, [23] stating that while he did not think Corbyn could win a general election, he hoped his candidacy would force the party to confront its «deficit denial».

Moreover, just as is being reported for the general election, UKIP failed to field candidates in places of previous strength as well as weakness.

That has been widely speculated, since Cuomo is believed to be very interested in ticket balancing and Rice not only is the only woman in the field (unless Liz Holtzman formally enters the race), but also hails from the suburbs, which is going to be a battleground this fall — particularly if Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy ends up as the GOP candidate in the general election.

Also, local elections have features absent from general elections - people aren't voting for a popular local MP or a «strong and stable» national government, there are credible independent candidates floating about in certain areas, and major parties may not field candidates in certain wards.

In theory, by helping winnow the field a party endorsement could help prevent what Politico called the «nightmare scenario» of so many Democratic candidates splitting up the vote that two Republicans finish first and second, shutting Democrats out of the general election.

[9] The Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party did not field a candidate against Hollobone in the 2010 general election and subsequently campaigned for his re-election as a result of his Eurosceptic views.

The self - described reincarnation of King Arthur sets up his own political party, with an aim of fielding dozens of political candidates in the 2015 general election

Along the way, they have discovered something astonishing: Parties that conduct primaries have a much better chance of fielding candidates who go on to win general elections than parties whose leaders are selected or nominated by party bigwigs.

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Ifeatu Obi - Okoye, on Tuesday said the party must field a presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections.

Catsimatidis» abstention leaves real estate executive Paul Massey the best - funded candidate in both the GOP and general election fields.

Attorney General George Jepsen won't be joining the crowded field of candidates for the 2018 gubernatorial election, he said on WPLR Thursday morning.

Karen Buckley was selected on the first ballot this afternoon from a field of six to stand as Conservative candidate for Hyndburn in Lancashire at the general election.

At an open primary meeting today, Nick Hillman was selected from a field of six to stand as Conservative candidate for Cambridge at the general election.

A Buffalo field office for the general election campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton opens today in Larkinville, officials said.

Other candidates are Lorna Johnson, the honorary consul for Jamaica in Los Angeles; Latoia Jones, assistant director of human rights for the American Federation of Teachers and co-founder of Black & Engaged; Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party; and Adam Parkhomenko, co-founder of Ready for Hillary and was appointed by DNC Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile to serve as the DNC's national field director for the general election.

In the 2005 general election the LCA stood in seven Welsh constituencies, [8] fielding enough candidates to qualify for a party political broadcast which aired on Welsh television and was also viewable in other areas of the country due to cable television and Freeview.

With 557 candidates, UKIP is fielding ten more candidates than the Referendum Party did in 1997, a new record for a minority party at a general election.

Common Cause / NY Executive Director Susan Lerner says the Legislature should appoint a placeholder to serve as the acting attorney general — someone who will not stand for election — allowing the voters to select from a competitive field of candidates in the fall.

Instead, the Democratic primary will narrow the field Thursday, with four advancing to the general election to compete against two Green party candidates, Raymond Blackwell and Caleb Duncan, as well as Working Families candidate Latoya Allen.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will field 40 candidates in the snap General Election, offering voters in every community in Wales an opportunity to stand up for an open, tolerant and united Britain.

«We are confident that we will field a strong candidate for the general election and that the New York governorship will remain safely Democratic,» says Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association.

An electoral alliance survives to this day between the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, which fields Labour Co-operative candidates in general elections in several constituencies, and in some local council elections.

This afternoon, at a special general meeting of Suffolk Coastal Conservative Association, Therese Coffey was selected on the first ballot from a field of six to replace John Gummer as Conservative candidate at the general election.