Sentences with phrase «for mayoral elections»

The City of Toronto is gearing up for its mayoral elections over the next few months, and public transit tops the list for issues of public interest.

Diane Russell, a Portland state representative who had promoted ranked choice across the country for Fair Vote, the national election reform advocacy group, helped convince officials in her home city to embrace it for mayoral elections in 2010, and began pushing for it at the State House.

As it stands, turnout for mayoral elections in England has not been over 50 % of the electorate — which does not bode well for the forthcoming Greater Manchester mayoral elections to be held in May 2017.

For the mayoral elections in Portland and San Francisco, Fairvote has graphs that show the breakdown of votes round by round until someone takes a majority (in Portland, Greens David Marshall and John Eder finished 4th and 12th of 15; in SF, Green Terry Baum finished 11th of 16).

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in limbo amid a fund - raising scandal surrounding his 2013 mayoral campaign, Bill Thompson met with the Northeast Queens Multicultural Democratic Club in Flushing Sunday to discuss his campaign for the mayoral election.

As New York City gears up for the mayoral election, three democratic candidates have spoken out in favor of a rent freeze at the...

12:54 - The first round of voting in Bristol for the mayoral election is over and George Ferguson, the independent candidate, is in first place, with 35.13 % of the votes, beating Labour's Marvin Rees who has 29.05 % of the vote.

New York is currently preparing for a mayoral election in November, but Dromm said he doesn't «anticipate it being in effect» by then.

Voting intentions for the Mayoral election currently stand at Johnson 43 %, Livingstone 45 %, Lib Dem 6 % and other candidates 7 %.

On these figures, you might expect Ken Livingstone to have a solid lead in voting intentions for the Mayoral election in 2012, but in fact he is running significantly behind his party.

At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the Brooklyn GOP will host two declared Republican candidates for mayor, Paul Massey and Michel Faulkner, for the mayoral election's first mayoral candidate forum.

Despite the sparse population of silver - haired citizens wistful for the brighter days of communism, democracy is in full force as the village prepares in earnest for its mayoral election.

Not exact matches

These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.

The qualifying period begins Tuesday for Boca Raton's March 14 elections for two seats and a mayoral position on the City Council.

This latest foray into the magical world of Sol Campbell's Cosvervative adventures follows the news that the ex-Arsenal man was seen as a prospective Tory candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2016 and there were even suggestions he was being vetted to run for a set in Parliament in the upcoming General Election.

The next NYC mayoral election isn't until 2017, but one of de Blasio's supposed allies — former state Senator - turned - Brooklyn BP Eric Adams is already quietly making moves for a possible challenge.

Andy Burnham has been announced as the Labour candidate for Greater Manchester's first mayoral election.

There are also elections for the London Assembly and three Mayoral elections, most prominently the election for the Mayor of London.

McDonald argued that the city's cap on individual contributions at $ 4950 was in contrast to the state law which allows $ 19,700 for mayoral primaries and up to $ 41,000 for general elections.

The violence started Monday after the selection of the ruling party's mayoral candidate for Pretoria ahead of local elections on August 3.

Labour insiders believe the «influential and dynamic» baroness has a very broad appeal and would be the perfect candidate for the capital's 2016 mayoral election

In July 2007, Garry Bushell was nominated as the English Democrats» Mayoral candidate for the 2008 London mayoral and Assembly elections with the campaign slogan «Serious About London&Mayoral candidate for the 2008 London mayoral and Assembly elections with the campaign slogan «Serious About London&mayoral and Assembly elections with the campaign slogan «Serious About London».

Thirteen months after its devolution deal was first announced, not a single candidate from a major party has come forward to stand in the city region's mayoral election next year, while local leaders have continued to question whether they should even have to introduce a metro mayor full - stop — despite the Communities secretary Sajid Javid stating explicitly that this would continue to be a «real red line» for progressing with devolution deals.

With campaigning kicking off for the London Mayoral Election it would be easy to forget that Labour's manifesto is yet to be written.

The catch - phrase harkens back to a campaign slogan used by some supporters of Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo's father, in the 1977 New York mayoral election against Ed Koch: «Vote for Cuomo, not the homo.»

Our PRESS RELEASE on the results in South Yorkshire: - David Allen, the English Democrats» Candidate for the South Yorkshire Mayoral Election David Allen says: - «I was delighted to represent the rising force of English nationalism in the South Yorkshire Mayoral election under the slogan of «English Democrats: - A Parliament for EnglandElection David Allen says: - «I was delighted to represent the rising force of English nationalism in the South Yorkshire Mayoral election under the slogan of «English Democrats: - A Parliament for Englandelection under the slogan of «English Democrats: - A Parliament for England!»

In these mayoral elections at least, then, there was something for almost everyone: Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem, and Independent.

Even with a victory in the London mayoral election for Sadiq Kahn, this is hardly a party which looks like it is heading for government.

If the general election on June 8 can be considered British politics» «main event» for 2017, then the recent local council and mayoral elections on May 4 can be seen of something of a dress rehearsal.

It's an off year for state wide races, and most local municipal elections do not generate high turn outs, although there are mayoral races in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and Syracuse this year.

Cuomo said he will push for a November ballot referendum, even after expressing concern that the lack of a statewide election could skew the turnout, with scores of city voters casting mayoral ballots.

Yesterday, we wrote about Shafran's role in excuse - making for the corrupt and dysfunctional legislature up in Albany, but what wasn't discussed is that Shafran also worked as the goto political spinmaster for Senator Malcolm Smith — the same Senator that was arrested in a statewide FBI corruption probe that alleges he attempted to rig the Mayoral election through fraud and bribes early this morning.

On 5 May 2016, a spokesperson for Burnham confirmed that he had been approached by party officials in Greater Manchester, asking him to consider resigning from the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn in order to run in the upcoming mayoral election in 2017.

[11] At the English local elections in June 2009, the party's candidate Peter Davies won the mayoral election for the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.

According to the published reports, Heastie would support James, who would then back Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., a Heastie ally, as her replacement as public advocate, which would be a springboard for Diaz in the 2021 New York City mayoral election.

Labour insiders believe the «influential and dynamic» baroness has broad appeal and would be an ideal candidate for the 2016 mayoral election.

In December 2015, Winston McKenzie announced that he had joined the English Democrats, along with confirmation that he had been selected as a London Mayoral Candidate for the 2016 London Elections.

Below, you'll find all of the 2017 election coverage from Gotham Gazette, along with key additions from coverage by City Limits and WNYC radio, including some crossoever and collaboration among the three outlets, and also videos of debates for Manhattan City Council districts and the Democratic mayoral primary aired by Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Earlier in the 2013 election season, Hocking had raised $ 20,700 in donations for mayoral contender Bill Thompson.

In July 2007 Garry Bushell was nominated as Mayoral candidate for the English Democrats for the 2008 London mayoral and Assembly elections with the campaign slogan «Serious About London&Mayoral candidate for the English Democrats for the 2008 London mayoral and Assembly elections with the campaign slogan «Serious About London&mayoral and Assembly elections with the campaign slogan «Serious About London».

The field of Democratic Syracuse mayoral candidates has once again grown smaller, as the Onondaga County Board of Elections ruled candidate Alfonso Davis ineligible for the primary.

Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., once rumored as a potential mayoral primary challenger, endorsed NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in the upcoming primary election, citing the need for a «strong fighterr in the Trump age.

Labour's failure to nominate any female candidates for the upcoming mayoral elections has been mocked by one its most prominent female backbenchers.

The Onondaga County Board of Elections ruled Raymond Blackwell ineligible for a Democratic primary in September, narrowing the field of Syracuse mayoral candidates to eight.

A simultaneous Democratic primary for county clerk between Assemblyman Michael Kearns and Janique Curry may serve as a «proxy election» that could increase turnout and aid each mayoral candidate in his home turf.

Ben Walsh, an independent candidate, clinched Syracuse's mayoral election after trailing Democrat Juanita Perez Williams in polls for most of October.

Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in the UK use a system called the Supplementary Vote, where you get two votes to use as you wish for the candidates you support.

The intention is that the # 40m (which would be in addition to the # 8m already provided to political parties) would be financed by ending the free election post for general and european elections, and instead circulating a booklet including statements from each candidate (as happened in the last London Mayoral election).

2) If you are interested in a particular election, for example the London Mayoral election, clink on the election link on the right hand side of the homepage, which will then take you to an overview of these elections, with an interactive map, summary results, and, importantly a section on how the voting system in your area works.