Sentences with phrase «garner votes for»

By leveraging social media to garner votes for each of the nominees, we spread the message to help our educators get the recognition they deserve.

Various leaders, who took turns to address the gathering, charged the youth to be united with a common goal towards effective mobilization of youth within the Ablekuma South Constituency to garner votes for President John Mahama and the NDC in a bid to retain him in office.

We use Jesus to garner votes for unqualified leaders whose goals for their constituencies clash with his clear and simple teachings.

The musician has received a lot of backlash and criticisms from Ghanaians after she came out to endorse President John Mahama together with a group calling itself «Celebrities for Mahama» with the aim of garnering votes for the president in the 2016 election.

Not exact matches

Republicans pulled their health care bill Friday after failing to garner enough votes to pass Donald Trump's plan intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, leaving the law better known as Obamacare in place for now.

Yet they could attract enough voters to make things difficult for either Trump or Clinton, where according to at least one recent poll, the Democrat and Republican tie at 35 %, with Johnson garnering 13 % of the vote.

Research indicates, for instance, that companies with majority (rather than plurality) voting for directors are more apt to adopt shareholder proposals that garner majority support, and that many chief financial officers are willing to forgo investments in projects expected to be profitable in the longer term in order to meet analysts» quarterly earnings estimates.

It also plans to introduce a majority voting policy in 2012, which would require directors to offer their resignations to the board if they fail to garner a majority of «for» votes in annual shareholder elections.

The fact that every first world country has some form of social welfare implemented isn't stupid, it's brilliant; it's a sure fire way to garner votes from those that will always vote for whoever promises them more benefits.

Obama is hosting Seder night at the White House in a transparent move to garner Jewish votes for 2012.

Boehner, Catholic by faith and Republican by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many religious leaders.

One who will expeditiously migrate to whatever doctrine, policy and tactic is most likely to garner the favor of a vote for those who can offer one.

Someone should ask Mitt if he will be the benevolent mormon dictator that his people are waiting for, this is a well know fact within the mormon church, that should garner him lots of votes!

Politicians are notorious, particularly in the country, for giving people what they want in order to garner votes regardless of the long term effects (say it with me: 16 trillion dollars) The mere fact that a political decision is made may suffice for proponents but you and I both know that political victory doesn't equal moral certainty

Amazingly, the picture I shared on Instagram of these cupcakes to encourage my followers to vote for that contest garnered 735 + likes... Like, whoa.

We didn't consider any other position groups besides quarterback at pick 12 but Vander Esch was high on our list then, garnering 4 % of the fan vote for that pick.

DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — To garner support for a referendum issue that would juggle the Dundee Township Park District's tax funds, the district's Board of Commissioners on Wednesday night voted to send another informational mailing to residents.

On his part The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South Constituency has pledged to garner 70,000 votes to back the second term bid of President John Mahama.

Republican congressional candidate George Phillips, whose effort to oust veteran Democratic incumbent Rep. Maurice Hinchey has garnered national attention of late, told me without hesitation during a CapTon interview last night that he will definitely be voting for Carl Paladino on Nov. 2.

But such a stance probably wouldnt garner any hispanic votes for Mr. Coffey, so I guess it does nt matter!

This is because the Tories have been promoting primaries for a good while, and not as far as I can see on the basis of any other argument except that they think it would be good to engage more of the public in party political democracy and because it makes them look more welcoming as a party which might garner votes in the long run.

Among Israel - minded voters, Sanders would get the J Street vote, Bloomberg would garner AIPAC's and Trump would scrounge for leftovers.

A runoff election is still up in the air and is set for Oct. 1st after a recount where Bill will need to garner 40 % of the vote to avoid a runoff.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

Incidentally, Sam George and NPP candidate, Sylvester Tetteh, are both from Ningo, and there are indications that if the NPP candidate should amass the votes he garnered in the last election, and ET Mensah and his Prampram folks decide to carry through their threats, the NDC is most likely to lose the seat for the first time to the NPP.

Tabone garnered 41.5 percent of votes, according to NY1, in his failed bid to succeed Carrozza, who announced earlier this year that she would not run for re-election to the seat she has held since 1996.

In the Long Beach City Council race for three seats, the three Democrats were leading with all precincts counted: Incumbents Scott Mandel and Chumi Diamond and West End Neighbors Civic Association President John Bendo, who garnered the most votes.

Most recently he ran for Syracuse mayor in 2017, garnering only four percent of the vote.

It made a name for itself that year by garnering 50,000 gubernatorial votes on its ballot line for Democratic candidate Peter Vallone — enough to ensure the party a place on future ballots.

The Capital Region Assembly races garnered the attention of labor organizations, which threw their support behind Doran and O'Connor, and mobilized members to knock on doors, volunteer for phone banks and vote.

Hawkins garnered nearly 60,000 votes in a previous bid for governor in 2010 — a showing that restored the Green Party's automatic ballot access in the Empire State.

It was a rally that had been planned to garner support for the New York State Dream Act ahead of its critical State Senate vote.

For a challenger with little money and hardly known until the last weeks of the campaign, Ms. Teachout garnered 35 percent of the vote against a well - financed incumbent state official, something unprecedented in New York.

Even for bottom - feeders or late arrivals, garnering an estimated four or five thousand Democratic votes to win a primary is not impossible.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

The Conservative Party's candidate for the 23rd Congressional District, Doug Hoffman, running on our line alone, garnered 45.98 % of the vote, the highest for a minor party in a U.S. House race since 1949.

From a humble beginning garnering 141,000 votes on ballot Row F, our principles have attracted Empire State voters in sufficient numbers to raise the Party to Row C and twice received over a million votes for our candidate in a statewide election.

Gibson's campaign worked to counter suggestions he would vote to harm the health program while highlighting his work to protect funding for rural broadband, garner financial support for rebuilding after tropical storms Irene and Lee, and protect programs for the agriculture industry.

Incidentally, both Sam George and NPP candidate, Sylvester Tetteh, are from Ningo and there were indications that if the NPP candidate will amass the votes he garnered in the last election, and Prampram NDC members decide to carry through their threats of voting skirts and blouse, the NDC will to lose the seat for the first time but the NPP lost to Sam George.

Zac's pro-enterprise initiatives, such as creating London - wide hubs for entrepreneurs, successfully tapped into the zeitgeist of economic aspiration — and garnered the votes among younger and ethnically diverse communities.

In contrast, the majority party need only have 50 % of the vote, so there is little incentive for the majority to keep changing positions in order to garner «more than 50 %.»

Meanwhile a petition calling for the tycoon to be banned from Britain has garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures (see a breakdown of votes by parliamentary constituency here).

Former state Assemblyman Michael Cohen garnered 12.49 percent of the vote, or 885 votes, and Mel Gagarin, a former community representative for U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - Forest Hills) received 479 vote, or 6.76 percent.

He garnered over 52,000 votes, and because of this showing, the party received automatic ballot status for the next four years, and was included as a party option on all state voter registration forms.

Labor union leaders on Tuesday said they felt confident an appeal would garner the necessary votes, given that the Common Council voted to keep tax incremental financing for the project in the city's 2010 budget.

Funiciello garnered 11 percent of the vote in 2014, when Stefanik bested Democratic challenger Aaron Woolf for the open seat by 23 points.

In the Democratic primary for Westchester County Executive, Sen. George S. Latimer captured 63 percent of the vote while Ken Jenkins garnered 37 percent of the vote.

Hawkins has run for many seats in the past, including governor and U.S. Senator, and not come close to winning, but the last time he ran for city council he garnered about 40 percent of the vote.

In a lopsided victory, the incumbent Sampson — who is accused of with stealing more than $ 400,000 in home foreclosure sales and tampering with an FBI investigation, among other charges — garnered 3,000 votes more than his closest challenger to take 54.2 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary for the 19th Senate district.

The National Republican Congressional Committee listed McSally as part of its Patriot Program for members who could potentially be vulnerable in 2018 even though she garnered more than 57 percent of the vote in her 2016 faceoff with Democrat Matt Heinz.Hillary Clinton carried the district by nearly five points last November over President Donald Trump, according to calculations by Daily KOS Elections.