Sentences with phrase «from running in elections»

He singles out the 2010 «clean slate law,» which prevents convicted politicians from running in elections, as an example.

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Comparing the results from lab tests she ran during early and late October with tests she ran the week after the election, she noticed a change she called «extremely stark:» On the whole, negotiating partners were more adversarial in their chat - based communication threads.

«I always said from the election of Barack Obama in his initial election of 2008 and his reelection in 2012 that no other Democrat, unless they were African - American, would ever run up the numbers Barack Obama had.»

Flaherty, 64, served as Harper's only finance minister from the time the Conservatives won office in January 2006 until last month, when he stepped down, saying he would not run in the 2015 election and wanted more time with his family.

The diplomatic row comes in the run - up to next week's Dutch election in which the mainstream parties are under strong pressure from Wilders» Party for Freedom (PVV).

Fears of seeming «political» during a presidential election year, sluggish growth in the Eurozone and a slowdown of the Chinese economic juggernaut will also keep Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Open Markets Committee from pulling the trigger more often; their vacillation will be one of the year's longest - running (and least loved) dramas.

Stronger manufacturing activity data from the U.S. Thursday, in the form of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional business survey, allowed investors to add long positions in the greenback, which has fallen more than 1.4 % this week in the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to fire his FBI Director, James Comey, and revelations that his campaign team may have had extensive contacts with Russian officials - despite his repeated denials - in the run up to last year's elections.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Back in Fall 2016, during the run up to the American election, Ms. Clark spent a lot of time talking down Trump's misogyny — all the while taking money from the developers of Trump Tower in Vancouver.

Whoever they choose will be the first candidate, from any party, to be nominated to run in Alberta's next provincial general election.

It is expected that any cabinet ministers appointed from outside the Assembly would be required to run in by - elections alongside Mr. Prentice, who currently does not hold a seat in the Alberta Legislature.

Voter turnout ranged from a low of 20.4 % in the 2000 Red Deer - North by - election, held to replace PC MLA Stockwell Day who resigned to run for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, to 45.5 % in the 1996 Redwater by - election, held to replace Liberal MLA Nick Taylor who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate.

In the 2008 election, however, the Party had lost its only seat, and saw its share of the popular vote fall from 9 percent in 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance PartyIn the 2008 election, however, the Party had lost its only seat, and saw its share of the popular vote fall from 9 percent in 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Partyin 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Partyin the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Party).

There has been plenty of activity this week as candidates from all political parties put forward their names to run in Canada's next federal election, scheduled to be held in October 2015.

A press release from Cambridge celebrating its Ogilvy Award win featured a statement from then - senior vice president Emily Cornell: «Our team was able to identify a key group of undecided women voters in the final months leading up to the Election Day,» she said, «which ultimately led to «Can't Run Her House» — one of the most successful ads of the cycle.»

How European markets might react to the possibility of «Brexit,» which is shorthand for «British exit from the European Union,» both in the run - up to the UK election and its aftermath, remains unclear, although given that UK assets suffered as the result of the referendum on Scottish independence became less predictable such volatility could conceivably reoccur.

Reuters: Israel considers ban for far - right candidate over gaffe on blowing up shrine An Israeli panel weighed a request on Sunday to disqualify a candidate of a powerful far - right party from running in a January 22 election for alluding in a speech to the possibility of seeing one of Islam's holiest shrines in Jerusalem «blown up.»

A Democratic congressman from Ohio got a boost from his state's elections commission on Thursday in his campaign to prevent an anti-abortion group from running billboards attacking him for supporting the healthcare bill.

I saw the same poll numbers (except against Catholics) in the»60s when John Kennedy ran for president and the again (except for Muslims) in the»08 election when Keith Ellison ran for US Representative from Minnesota.

ANYONE that runs for president that bases his / her basic beliefs in God and Jesus Christ or someone from upper - state NY, AND WINS the election is a terribly scary proposition.

Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, a fiscally conservative, socially liberal lawmaker from Queens, is taking the first step toward running against de Blasio in 2017, filing paperwork with the Board of Elections to form an exploratory committee.

«It will be particularly helpful for me to hear from you in the run - up to the general election about the activities taking place in the area.»

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

The results form The Election Project, an exhibition in Portcullis House, Westminster which runs from 17 September until December.

Mr. S.D Dombo was a Northerner, LISTEN TO NANA AKUFFO ADDO «Akans must eschew the perception among other groups in the country that they are cowards and would ran away from any little threats «Our predecessors who started the Party that has made us the largest party in the country (i.e Mate — Meho people who used to CUT OPEN THE STOMACHS OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THROW BOMBS) were not people who were hiding under beds «AT The Atiwa Bye - Elections, we showed a little bit of what we are made of.

Edwards, like much of the rest of the state, is now awaiting word from his original running mate, Rick Lazio, as to whether he'll stay in the general election on the Conservative Party line.

Trump calls Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders «crazy Bernie,» but that has not stopped the Republican candidate from borrowing from Clinton's Democratic primary rival, whom he also frequently praises from the stump, on how to run against Clinton — his likely opponent in the general election.

From the University of Cambridge comes ELECTION, an insightful politics podcast; asking the questions that no one else is in the run - up to the British General Election with the most interesting people inside and outside the politicaELECTION, an insightful politics podcast; asking the questions that no one else is in the run - up to the British General Election with the most interesting people inside and outside the politicaElection with the most interesting people inside and outside the political arena.

Navalny has been barred from standing in the election due to a conviction on corruption charges, and because of his outstanding criminal record by Russian law this means he can not run for president.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long just told me that he has received an assurance from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general election.

In the run up to the 1997 general election, Labour made courting the City and garnering public support from it an absolute priority.

In the U.S., our radios and televisions run back - to - back ads from candidates and special interests in the months leading up to Election DaIn the U.S., our radios and televisions run back - to - back ads from candidates and special interests in the months leading up to Election Dain the months leading up to Election Day.

According to Moroney, Maragos is trying to figure out whether he might have any «viability» in a general election against Schumer (amazing that in such a short time the senior senator has gone from having zero potential GOP challengers to two; all efforts by state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox to entice someone to run have so far gone nowhere).

Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump was seen as a galvanizing event for many women to run for office in down - ballot races — from local elections, state legislation races and congressional campaigns — this year.

But voters in New York, more than four years away from the next presidential election, prefer former Sen. and soon - to - be-former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton make another run in 2016 over Cuomo.

Many Republican members of Congress are dismissing Democrat Conor Lamb's apparent special election victory in a GOP - dominated Pennsylvania district as a one - off, giving a number of reasons for his strong performance — from a poor campaign run by his opponent to the Democrat's notably conservative views.

President Kufuor, before he won the 2000 election, and during the entire tenure of office chose a running mate from North, in the person of the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who hailed from Yendi.

Incorporating important lessons from the 2012 and 2014 U.S. elections, this book is essential for anyone running for office or trying to influence public opinion and public policy in 2016.

«Not only did the election bring an African - American to the presidency, but the Democrat's success on the slogan of «change we can believe in» seemingly brought to a close a long period, running from the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, in which the Republican Party and conservative values had dominated the country's political discourse.»

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the man best known for running (through an odd twist of fate / NYS Election Law) as Carl Paladino's No. 2 in 2010, is now trying to change Albany from the outside, urging his local Legislature to reject the «sham» 2 percent property tax cap champhioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

In a landmark ruling, the Federal Election Commission approved a request from Liuba Grechen Shirley, a Long Island Democrat running for Congress, to use money collected from campaign donors to pay for child care services while she is campaigning.

Actor Jim Carrey took to Twitter to announce he plans to delete his Facebook page over concerns the company profited from Russian interference in the 2016 elections — and still isn't doing enough to stop it in the run - up to the midterm elections.

A bill that has begun to move through the state Legislature would extend the period between primary and run - off elections in New York City from two to three weeks.

In order to run in a New York election, candidates need to collect signatures from people who can vote in that electioIn order to run in a New York election, candidates need to collect signatures from people who can vote in that electioin a New York election, candidates need to collect signatures from people who can vote in that electioin that election.

After being expelled from the state Senate, Monserrate ran in a special election to fill his seat in 2010.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

But on November 28, 2016, it hammered out a new agreement to use the massive amounts of data that the firm had collected on Trump supporters in the run - up to the election, with an explicit eye towards raising money from the president's base.

Like all Liberal Democrats, the Social Liberal Forum is very proud of our party's uniquely democratic approach to policy making and as we enter the run up to the 2014 and 2015 elections, we look forward to further statements from our ministers in government that set out clear ideological differences between us and the Tory Party.

Muscarella also stated in the affidavit that McDonald told him he understood Jacob's goal was to generate negative publicity from an indictment shortly before the 2016 election that would help defeat John Venditto's son, Michael, who was running for the state Senate on the Republican line, and help the Democrats gain Senate control in Albany.