Sentences with phrase «first black candidate»

A gang of gun - toting goons have staged a daring, big - money rip - off at a high - society fund - raiser for the state's first black candidate for governor!

While speaking on the floor, Barron said «it's time for a black speaker» and referred to the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm — the first African - American woman elected to Congress, the first black candidate for a major party nomination and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Jackson will run along side Ken Cuccinelli and is the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988 according to the Associated Press.

Not exact matches

Goldman started its MBA Fellowship program in 1997 for «Black, Hispanic / Latino, Native American or women» for first - year MBA candidates.

This so called Christian is the first to openly accept gay marriage as a political stance, which if you want to not believe what the bible says about it then fine, but this wasn't his stance when running in Chicago against a conservative black candidate.

He is the first black statewide candidate in New York GOP history.

And as of Friday, he's the first candidate to have profiles on BlackPlanet.com and MiGente.com, popular soc - nets in the black and Latino communities, and also on newer soc - nets such as AsianAve.com (for Asian Americans) and GLEE.com («GLEE» stands for «Gay, Lesbian and Everyone Else»).

Secretary Daniels is considered by many to be the most conservative candidate in the 2006 gubernatorial campaign, and if successful would have been the first black governor in the history of the state of New York.

But that doesn't mean McCall has forgotten 2002, when Cuomo drew the wrath of the Democratic establishment to mount a long - shot primary challenge to the then - comptroller — the party favorite and the state's first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

Former NYC Councilman and longshot mayoral candidate Sal Albanese just broke the sad news that legendary Democratic political consultant Bill Lynch, best known as the architect of the campaign that elected the Big Apple's first black mayor, David Dinkins, has died.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

NEW YORK CITY — Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton said Eric Garner was «choked to death» by police during her first major policy speech at Columbia University where she called for a dramatic shift in the way the nation's criminal justice system treats black men.

This new development could present a problem for Cuomo, who has had an up and down relationship with the black and Latino communities for years, dating back to his short - lived primary challenge to then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the state's first black major party candidate for governor, in 2002.

Cuomo was in the Democratic doghouse after his failed long - shot 2002 primary challenge to then - state Controller Carl McCall - at the time New York's highest - ranking black elected official and first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

Ms. James, the first black woman elected to citywide office, is a natural candidate for City Hall someday — though her historically close relationship with de Blasio makes her less likely to challenge him directly in a primary than some of the other candidates bandied about, like Comptroller Scott Stringer or Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

He was the first black Republican candidate to run for lieutenant governor in New York.

Cuomo has been extra sensitive to the diversity question since his disastrous 2002 primary challenge to then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the state's first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

In one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unrest.

The pool of eligible teaching candidates plunged by 20 percent in the exam's first year, and many blamed the test for inordinately disqualifying black and Latino applicants.

It's as if state party leaders think they're honorary blacks just like our first black president (Bill Clinton) as a consequence of Democrat party affiliation, so it shouldn't matter that the candidates supported for statewide office are all lily - white (would» t want to drive suburbanites into the arms of the Repubs, now would we).

The fourth round, released last month, included the first two black candidates.

And I would say my father's attempt to become the first black lieutenant governor, and winning the primary with 71 percent of the vote, won every county except his opponent's county of Huntington, and they wouldn't put my father's picture in the commercials because they didn't really want it known that it was a black candidate running.

What many predicted would become a harsh referendum on the audacity of Sean Eldridge — a first - time Democratic candidate with a thin résumé and a thick wallet — has instead revealed the depth of bipartisan affection for Mr. Gibson, a decorated veteran of two wars who returns his $ 4,300 - a-month military pension to taxpayers, has capped his service in Congress at eight years, and travels the district in a black ragtop Mustang (a gift from his wife when he returned home from duty in Kosovo).

The importance of V404 Cygni can best be understood by looking back some 20 years to the effort that went into finding the first convincing candidate for a black hole which, by coincidence, lies in the same part of the sky and is known as Cygnus X-1.

Our first bet was about Cygnus X-1, the first strong candidate for a black hole that anyone had found.

«This is the first detection of an intermediate - mass black hole candidate in the Milky Way galaxy,» he said.

His latest plot involves a Colin Powell - like general (Billy Dee Williams) who may be the first black presidential candidate with a chance of winning.

Marvel Studios is said to be eyeing a female director for Black Widow's first solo film, and has reportedly met with a handful of candidates.

An analysis done in 2014, the year the test was first administered, found that 64 percent of white candidates passed the test on the first try, while only 46 percent of Hispanic candidates and 41 percent of black candidates did.

AACTE has selected 10 institutions to participate in the Association's first Networked Improvement Community (NIC), aimed at increasing the diversity of our nation's teacher candidate pool by focusing on recruitment of more Black and Hispanic men into teacher preparation programs.

The Black Alliance for Educational Options Action Fund showed its strength on the state level this weekend, with endorsed candidates winning in the group's first foray into electoral politics.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Lynette Yiadom - Boakye, a London - based Ghanaian artist, is among the group and the first black woman to be a final candidate for the modern art prize.

She performs regularly as a vocalist in the soul, folk and jazz idioms, and, as a doctoral candidate in African Studies and Art History at Harvard, continues to chip away at her dissertation on the first generation of black South African photojournalists under Apartheid.

I had a cousin who ran for city controller of Philadelphia with the first Black Mayoral candidate.

«As an employer, one of the first things I do is compare a candidate's LinkedIn profile to their resume,» says Alexa D'Agostino, vice president of digital for Black Rhino Solutions, Inc. «You would be shocked at how often they do not match!»

Whether you are an experienced candidate with a successful track record or someone trying to find that first medical sales job, you are most likely feeling that your resume is being submitted into a giant black hole.