Sentences with phrase «first won office»

She first won office in the Senate in 1992 and started serving in 1993.

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It will be a long week in Washington with a lot of moving parts that could overshadow the tax reform effort, which Republicans hope will be the first major legislative win since Trump took office.

Hendon first emerged on the scene last week when she argued before the US Southern District Court of New York on behalf of the president, seeking to have her client win the ability to review the documents seized in the FBI raid on Cohen's home, office, and hotel room and determine what fell under attorney - client privilege.

But despite the anticipation for Spider - Man's first solo entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Spider - Man: Homecoming» didn't win the title of best opening weekend for a Spider - Man movie, according to Box Office Mojo.

In 2014, the Mayor launched the first - ever Chicago College Start Up competition, which gives 10 winning businesses free access to office space and mentorship.

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill early Saturday in a massive win for the party and President Donald Trump, who has seen many of his agenda items stall in the legislature during his first year in office.

MaryAnne oversaw the development of The New York Times Building, designed by world - renowned architect Renzo Piano; New York by Gehry, designed by award winning architect Frank Gehry; and the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech, a brand new office building that is a first - of - its - kind space for tech innovation, designed by Weiss / Manfredi on Roosevelt Island.

A Broward sheriff's commander — in the spotlight for her role in the Parkland school shooting — applied for employment at the Sheriff's Office just weeks after Sheriff Scott Israel won his first term in oOffice just weeks after Sheriff Scott Israel won his first term in officeoffice.

Jesper Parnevik's win in Phoenix and Helen Alfredsson's victory in the Office Depot tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla., marked the first time Swedes have won Tour and LPGA events in the same week...

There are several teams falling well below expectations already — the Buccaneers and Giants, most notably, and the Browns are still searching for their first win after earning one victory a year ago under Hue Jackson — and with a limited pool of coordinators and potential first - time head coaches emerging, Harbaugh will be in demand, according to sources with some front offices where a coaching change is expected.

first point is bit hit an miss cos yes everyone has bad day at the office but until le coq went off we were looking good for the win, replacing one player should not equal bad day at the office.

There first goal was good enough to win any game so bad day at the office AGAIN.

Lewandowski burried Real Madrid in the semifinals first leg match of the Champions league in Dortmund with four goals, while a few minutes after the second match which Real Madrid won 2 - 0, President of «Royal Club» Florentino Perez approached Lewandowski and took him to one of the offices at the Santiago Bernabeu, relatively close to the locker room.

He attempts to get a US congressman to table a «favourable» motion (about independence) to «snooker» the Foreign Office, tries but fails to persuade the former (Labour) first minister Henry McLeish to back independence (he «is clearly torn between loyalty to party and country»), and tries but fails to win the Scottish Sun's backing (on September 7th Murdoch is still prevaricating; by September 16th he has opted for «benign neutrality»).

For this reason, he would establish an Office of Special Prosecutor to deal with «the toxic issue of corruption» within the first six months of his administration if he wins this year's election, adding a successful Ghana, can only be built on the basis of good governance, underpinned by efficient and honest public services.

If DiNapoli wins, this will be his first full term in statewide office.

Richardson will become the first Republican to win an Oregon statewide office in 14 years, and the first Republican secretary of state since 1985.

The move is a signal that the party is hoping James, who was first elected to public office with the WFP's backing, would eventually take its ballot line in the fall should she win the primary contest.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

She said Republicans can not afford to back another wealthy Gold Coast self - funder if they are to reclaim the governor's office and win their first statewide election since 2006.

If she wins the race for AG — a contest expected to be one of the most competitive in the state — she could become New York's first black woman to hold the office....

David began working for Cuomo in the attorney general's office and would be the first black and openly gay AG if he ever won.

First, the background: the party of the president in office essentially always loses seats in the mid-term elections (2002 was a post-9 / 11 one - off), a tendency likely to be reinforced in 2010 by the fact that so many Democrats rode the Obama wave to win marginal districts in» 08.

Mark - Viverito won that battle, becoming the first Latina ever to hold the speaker's office.

The 2013 public advocate runoff — which James won over then - State Senator Daniel Squadron — cost an estimated $ 13 million to taxpayers, surpassing the office's combined budget for James» entire first four - year term.

A quick recap of Trump's first year in office: an airstrike on a Syrian airbase, FBI Director James Comey's firing, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the GOP healthcare fiasco, U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, North Korea's ongoing threats of nuclear annihilation, «Crazy Mika «tweets, the Mooch, Charlottesville, #MeToo, Democratic gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey, Roy Moore's Alabama Senate run, Paul Manafort's indictment, Mike Flynn's plea deal, an ongoing battle over the Consumer Financial Bureau, the annihilation of ISIS, a resurgence of al - Qaeda terrorist networks, the repeal of net neutrality, the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Republican tax reform, Steve Bannon's fall from grace, «shithole» countries and continuing Fire and Fury fallout.

Ivey was first elected to statewide office in 2002, defeating Democratic opponent Stephen Foster Black in the general election to win election as state treasurer of Alabama.

Ivey was first elected to statewide office in 2002, defeating Democratic opponent Stephen Foster Black in the general election to win the office of treasurer.

Utah 4: Romney won this district, 67 - 30 percent, in 2012, but Republican Mia Love won her initial election in 2014 by just 5 points and faced some negative headlines during her first term in office.

Murray, who worked as a lawyer in the state attorney general's office before winning her first elected office, had said her leadership of a 759,000 - resident town — where she has been supervisor since 2003 — trumped a lack of criminal law experience.

Jacobs said, «It's astounding that someone who won his first election... and has been only five months on the job, feels he has earned the right to abandon his current position to seek a higher office.

He was involved in Andrew Cuomo's first, failed run for governor in 2002, joined his staff when he was elected Attorney General in 2006 and then helped him win the governor's office in 2010.

Democrat Ben Blake won in Milford in a three - way race as the party captured the mayor's office for the first time in two decades after the Republican incumbent declined to seek re-election.

After all, Linares became the first Dominican - born individual to hold elected office in the United States when he won a City Council seat in 1991 with the help of the Harlem machine.

Mr. Linares became the first Dominican - American elected to public office in New York City when he won a seat in the Council in 1991.

Greenfield opened the account in 2013 when he was considering running for a state seat, his office said — one year before getting named chairman of the Land Use Committee, and the same year he was re-elected to his first full term after winning a special election in 2010.

The governor's office said in a statement that the deal helps «ensure» I'll Have Another's odds of winning the first Triple Crown in 34 years won't be scratched.

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill Barack Obama's empty U.S. Senate seat was the first African - American to be elected to statewide office in Illinois, winning the first of three terms as comptroller in 1978.

In 2013, Kerin won a seat on the DeWitt Town Board in her first election for public office.

Mr. Linares was the first Dominican to be elected to public office in New York City, winning a City Council race in 1991; Mr. Espaillat was the first elected to a state office.

Grimm and Allegretti have impressed national Republicans with their fundraising abilities and overall campaigns, but Lanza, who first won elective office in 2001 and served with McMahon in the City Council, is better - known and a proven vote - getter.

For officials already in office like Mahoney, for example, that means if she runs and wins a fourth term in 2019, her salary would go back to what it was in 2008, when she was first sworn into office.

Those on the receiving end of Carrión's pitch say it includes the fact that he'd help with ticket - balancing by being the lone Latino on the ballot and perhaps the first Latino to win statewide office.

Jacobs, who is also Nassau County Democratic chairman, was widely expected to be replaced next month by Charlie King, the party's executive director who was the governor's running mate for lieutenant governor in Cuomo's first attempt to win the state's highest office in 2002.

Candidates who come into office via a recent special election are far more vulnerable than their peers who are well tenured or first won via a standard election.

The party usually cross-endorses Democrats; Ms. Richardson is the first candidate to win an office solely on their party line since now - Public Advocate Letitia James won the a special election for City Council in 2003.

The issue of ethnicity was always going to come up ahead of London's mayoral elections: if Labour candidate Sadiq Khan wins, he will become London's first Muslim mayor, and the first minority ethnic person to hold the office.

In his victory statement last night, Andrew Cuomo congratulated his running mate, former Rep. Kathy Hochul, on her win over Wu, saying it put her one step closer to becoming the first woman in the LG's office for 35 years).

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a fourth term in office after a general election that has surged an overtly nationalist party to enter parliament for the first time in decades.

His son's record of using three months to campaign and win a major election in Ghana will forever remain a tough record, first Gonjaman to have risen to the highest office of the land is another enviable record.Taking over the Presidency after the unfortunate death of Mills, another record.The first head of state to have been born after Ghana's independence on 6th March 1957 is another record noteworthy.The first President in the fourth republic to have come from the legislature is another record worth celebrating.If you read books on philosophy one would understand some these things though we take them as normal life situations.