Sentences with phrase «general election campaign because»

Labour lost countless seats during the 2010 general election campaign because voters on the doorstep felt the party had not done enough to stop the arrival of immigrants from the EU in the mid-2000s.

Liam Fox has urged the Conservative party not make David Cameron the focus of its general election campaign because «people come and people go».

«We are publishing our manifesto ahead of the General Election campaign because it sets out key recommendations that will enable candidates to achieve a better understanding of the countryside and enable those elected to effect real change.»

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.

This settlement should have been considered a campaign expense «because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosegeneral election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. RoseGeneral Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. RoseGeneral Rod J. Rosenstein.

Inside this January issue you will find regular columnist and ComRes chairman Andrew Hawkins discussing how Nick Clegg has lost his lustre - and it's all because of his success during the general election campaign.

There is a certain pointlessness to any assessment of party fortunes in the general election campaign, simply because what has happened since May 6th has changed the rules of the game so completely.

The appointment of a successor is also complicated because it's an election year, and any appointee may need to quickly form a campaign committee and defend the seat this fall in both a primary and general election, according to longtime Albany legislators.

But in 2008 public financing of the presidential campaign plummeted to $ 139 million, largely because candidate Obama, a prodigious fundraiser, opted out of public financing for the general election.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Caroline Kennedy's $ 2,300 donation to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was not returned because of her decision to endorse Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, a Clinton aide told CNN — it was sent back because the New York senator's loss meant she would not be able to keep funds that had been contributed for her general election campaign.

This is largely because the party is not committing to cut university tuition fees, which they controversially voted to treble as part of the coalition in 2010 months after campaigning to scrap them in the general election.

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

Take Cuomo's hand - picked running mate, Hochul, selected because of the regional boost she'd provide the ticket in a general election, with little expectation that she'd cause the campaign to go into crisis mode during the primary.

Daniel A. Petalas, former Federal Election Commission acting general counsel, said Wednesday that Nix would not have been allowed to provide substantial advice to Trump or his campaign because of his status as a foreigner.

The deficit in campaign mechanics Republicans have faced in the past two election cycles have largely come about because of a lack of time between winning the primary and the general election.

Whichever of the five Democratic AG contenders wins tonight better be ready to hit the ground running, because the lone GOP candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, isn't planning on giving that person a rest before swinging right into the general election campaign.