Sentences with phrase «for presidential runs»

In recent months, three Republican governors positioning themselves for presidential runs, Texas's Rick Perry, Wisconsin's Scott Walker and New Jersey's Chris Christie, have faced high - profile investigations into allegations that they abused their power.

The «Late Night» host, who has been a very vocal critic of Trump, said his and President Barack Obama's mocking comments at the 2011 White House Correspondents» Association Dinner regarding Trump's potential for a presidential run stoked the businessman's decision to throw his hat in the ring.

For him to say the Lord was calling him for a presidential run tells me that he not only relies upon faith for inner strength but he will also rely upon it to run this country.

Rod Watson: «How do I know that Cuomo is preparing for a presidential run?

Leaving aside the «natural born citizen» aspect of running for US president, Senator Ted Cruz acted to renounce his Canadian citizenship as part of his preparation for a presidential run.

Cuomo's continued criticism of President Trump and Congress has fueled further speculation that New York's governor is setting up for a presidential run.

In recent months, New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand seems to have begun positioning herself for a presidential run in 2020.

Cuomo is carefully calculating what he needs to do to attract support for a Presidential run.

The DN's Ken Lovett says Cuomo's speech «seemed designed to boost his liberal cred for his re-election campaign while also possibly paving the way for a presidential run in 2020.»

In addition to complicating Cuomo's campaign efforts — and the potential for a presidential run in 2020 that some political watchers see in his future — the trials could provide plenty of distractions as he and the state Legislature tackle a multi-billion budget deficit by the April 1 start of the new fiscal year.

This is about how we help Gov. Cuomo reinforce his progressive credentials for a presidential run.

In 1875, Blaine was an influential Republican congressman gearing up for a presidential run.

Will «Bridgegate» spell the end of Christie's hopes for a presidential run in 2016?

Not exact matches

The trial made embarrassing national headlines for the once - rising Democratic star, who was accused of seeking more than $ 900,000 from two wealthy supporters to conceal his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, from voters during his unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

Edwards» affair with the then - pregnant Hunter exploded in 2008, when Edwards was running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Whitman is well - known in state and national politics as well, having worked on presidential campaigns for Mitt Romney and John McCain, and having run against Jerry Brown in 2010 for the governor of California, a race she ended up losing.

The news should quash suggestions of a 2020 presidential run for the CEO of the largest U.S. bank, analysts say.

And she saw another son run and lose: Jeb Bush, who was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, lost his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination ultimately won by Donald Trump.

As a vice presidential nominee during Senator Bob Dole's unsuccessful run for president in 1996, Kemp had served in a sub-cabinet position under George H.W. Bush as chairman of the Economic Empowerment Task Force.

As with Warren and the Armed Services panel, his decision was interpreted as an effort to burnish his resume for a potential presidential run.

In 2012, Trump tweeted his endorsement of Romney's presidential run against Obama, telling his followers to «go out and vote» for the Republican, whom he called «fantastic.»

With a presidential contest pitting two of the oldest people to ever run for the office, the candidates» medical fitness — both physical and mental — has become an unusually relevant issue.

The Berkshire Hathaway CEO donated $ 25,000 in the third quarter to Ready for Hillary, a political organization that says it is laying the groundwork for a Clinton presidential run in 2016.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

She also supported Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential election, and ran for governor of California in 2010.

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The potential for a rebound has increased in the run - up to the presidential inauguration day and the immediate policy announcements which will follow.

On August 23, 2008, then Sen. Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. as his running mate for the 2008 presidential election.

And his (relatively) new secretary of state is John Kerry, who was one of Obama's most prominent endorsers in January 2008, when Obama was running for the Democratic party presidential nomination.

Conservative pundits steeped in what George H. W. Bush, running against Reagan for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, famously called «voodoo economics,» have retorted that Buffett and his limousine - liberal ilk should instead voluntarily pay more to the federal treasury, pointing out the existence of such a provision in the tax code.

Donald Trump, who hosted the business competition reality show for seven seasons since it debuted in 2004, threw a wrench in the works when he announced his presidential run in June 2015.

The group Tax March put on the rally that featured top Democrats like Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala has been tapped to run the Clinton Foundation as Hillary Clinton prepares for her 2016 presidential bid.

But if you're looking for more hints that The Rock is beginning to seriously consider a presidential run, his comments to Fallon about why people were looking to him as a possible candidate certainly sound like those of a politician.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala has been tapped to run the Clinton Foundation as Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares for her expected 2016 presidential campaign and the philanthropy faces scrutiny of its fundraising practices.

Michael Bloomberg's decision to endorse Hillary Clinton for the presidency very much reflects his belief — first articulated in a Bloomberg View column earlier this year — that Donald Trump «has run the most divisive and demagogic presidential campaign» the former New York mayor can remember, «preying on people's prejudices and fears.»

The son and brother of two previous U.S. presidents announced his run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Monday.

In 2008, as director of analytics for Obama's first presidential run, the former Google Chrome and Google AdWords product manager was tasked with figuring out which data and calls to action on the campaign's website would drive people to contribute.

The former mayor, who spent $ 261 million on his campaigns for New York City office, says he'd spend as much as $ 1 billion of his own money on a presidential run.

Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, said the bill aimed to hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the epidemic and force them to help pay for the crisis, which the White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated cost more than $ 500 billion in 2015..

Though widely considered a contender for the 2016 presidential election, Christie said he's currently focused on governing New Jersey and «not running for anything at the moment.»

In the U.S., women are already responding to the 2016 presidential election by pursuing their own runs for office: since November, more than 4,500 of them have signed up for She Should Run, a new organization that trains women for public life.

The 2012 G.O.P. presidential nominee, running for an open Senate seat, faced conservatives who disliked his ideological swerving, and a fear among hard - right activists that they were losing power.

At the time that Democrats began paying for the research, Mr. Trump was in the process of clinching the Republican presidential nomination, and Ms. Clinton's allies were scrambling to figure out how to run against a candidate who had already weathered attacks from Republican rivals about his shifting policy positions, his character and his business record.

Fiorina, now a Republican presidential contender running on her record as a corporate executive, declined multiple requests for comment.

Mr. Kasich, who ran unsuccessfully for the 2016 GOP presidential...

Sen. Kamala Harris is hard at work fundraising for fellow Democrats this election, which could help her in a presidential run

There was a brief lull in Europe's crowded election calendar, but polls in the run - up to the first round of voting in France's presidential contest in late April suggested the centrist - candidate Emmanuel Macron was gaining support, which continued to soothe market concerns about a possible victory for the populist Marine Le Pen.

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat.

It is certainly true that the Senate probably is a better launching pad for a presidential campaign whenever Cotton decides to run — George H.W. Bush is the only CIA director to reach the White House.