Sentences with phrase «general election candidates»

Meanwhile, Republicans lost arguably their strongest general election candidate in former senator Jim Talent and seem headed toward a contentious primary fight between Rep. Roy Blunt and state Treasurer Sarah Steelman.

Several years ago, I had the immense privilege of being selected as the Conservative general election candidate for Rotherham.

Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson — advisers to home secretary Theresa May — were struck off the Conservative party's list of general election candidates last year because they refused to take part in telephone canvassing on behalf of the party during a by - election campaign.

King, who has not yet endorsed a candidate, said in the interview that he believes John Kasich would be the strongest general election candidate in November, but that the Ohio governor doesn't have «that big a chance» to capture the nomination.

Note: Stansberry was not in the Democratic primary, but appeared on the West Virginia Secretary of State general election candidate list.

A City business run by a former Conservative party treasurer has agreed to pay back donations made to five of the party's general election candidates running against Liberal Democrats following a shareholder revolt.

> Yesterday's Seats and candidates: Another Labour minister in a key marginal seat opts to quit at the general election

Note: Shepherd was not a Democratic primary candidate, but appears on the West Virginia Secretary of State general election candidate list.

The DSCC's unusually heavy spending against Sestak can be attributed in part to the belief among some party leaders that he would make a weak general election candidate against Republican incumbent Sen. Patrick J. Toomey.

A game show format might lead to the strongest general election candidate Republicans have had in years, too.

Clinton is also seen by large majorities of Democratic primary voters as the stronger candidate against Donald Trump in November and even a quarter to a third of Sanders» voters think she will make the better general election candidate.

Note: The remaining general election candidates were nominated in party conventions or petitioned to join the gubernatorial race without a primary.

Akron, Ohio (CNN)- David Plouffe, one of President Obama's top political advisers, said Tuesday that the Republican Party has been overwhelmed by a «Beck - Palin - Limbaugh wing» that will make it impossible for the GOP to nominate a viable general election candidate in 2012.

«A former Conservative general election candidate has pleaded guilty to a campaign of harassment against his Liberal Democrat rivals.

David Cameron tells defeated general election candidates why he believes the Conservatives failed to win an overall majority

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Cook was twice a Tory general election candidate in East Renfrewshire to the south of Glasgow, once a Tory bulwark, where he stood against Labour's Jim Murphy and lost on both occasions.

Minor parties nominate general election candidates in the same way that major parties do.

In Michigan, Democrats nominated their strongest possible general election candidate, a self - funding former state lawmaker, to challenge freshman Rep. Justin Amash (R) in the 3rd district.

Turning to her primary battle against Sanders, Clinton said that she did not «buy» polls that show the Vermont senator is a stronger Democratic general election candidate.

Gillian Troughton, the Labour by - election and general election candidate here, lost her council seat last week as the Tories hoovered up Labour wards.

That race won't end Tuesday as Democrats and the Green Party have fielded general election candidates, Andrea Smyth and Wayne Foy, respectively.

Deputy Jonathan O'Brien was selected as the Sinn Féin general election candidate for this constituency at a selection convention on 20th January 2018.

But he did raise less over the past six months than Republican general election candidate Paul Massey, Jr., a real estate executive who reported raising $ 1.63 million over the past six months, in addition to his own money he lent the campaign.

Caabu welcomes the finding of a new poll of British parliamentary candidates showing that 89 per cent of General Election candidates polled believe Britain should recognise Palestine on the 1967 lines.

My enquiry was prompted by the discovery that on the English Democrats» list of general election candidates on its website, the party's candidate for Shipley is named as one Philip Davies, as per the screengrab below:

Schools, parents, suppliers and general election candidates alike are encouraged to sign up to the Resource Our Schools statement in the run up to the election, with the signatures presented to the next Secretary of State for Education when the new government is in place.

The May 1 primary elections that were held in 57 Tennessee counties mainly involved selecting general election candidates for county positions like mayor and county commissioner.

Ukip leader up against three others but is expected to be chosen as his party's candidate for Kent seat at the general election

He'll be hard to stop on the Republican side and that's also the big concern with the Republicans because they know he'll be such a weak general election candidate.»

UKIP's general election candidate for Basildon in Essex has resigned, after he was recorded using racist and homophobic language.

«I think for superdelegates, the quality of where the win comes from should matter in terms of making a judgment about who might be the best general election candidate,» said Mark Penn, Mrs. Clinton's senior campaign adviser.

Note: The remaining general election candidates were nominated in party conventions or petitioned to join the gubernatorial race.

Brittain, who has establishment support and is seen as the only viable general election candidate, would appear to be the underdog.

Farage has already said he would consider allowing Tory general election candidates to run on a joint Ukip ticket in certain local areas if they were of a similar anti-EU mindset.

Note: Bailey was not a Democratic primary candidate, but appears on the West Virginia Secretary of State general election candidate list.

Cadan ap Tomos is the Welsh Liberal Democrats» youngest ever candidate for Cardiff West, and was the youngest 2015 General Election candidate in Wales of any party.

They will also be inundated with polls showing Sanders as the stronger general election candidate (nearly every national poll shows Sanders beating Trump by much larger margins than Clinton).

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron sacked former MP David Ward as a general election candidate after a storm over his past comments about Israel and Jews.

The Liberal Democrats have sacked former MP David Ward as their general election candidate for Bradford East over accusations of anti-Semitism, after leader Tim Farron had earlier decided not to drop him.

Republicans want a strong general election candidate to take on Sen. Joe Manchin in November, and trying to block a jailbird from the GOP nomination seems like a no - brainer.

The filing deadline for write - in general election candidates is September 27, 2018.

In 2017, another $ 5.8 million was spent in independent expenditures between the two general election candidates.

But it's presumably an outcome Cuomo wants by the spring, as he runs for a third term and is seeking to shore up support liberals amid the rumblings of primaries or the threat of a general election candidate running to his left.

Miner also has ties to another general election candidate.

If he posthumously wins the 133rd Assembly district seat, local GOP party leaders would choose a replacement to run as the general election candidate.

We are pleased to announce that Labour has chosen James Frith to be our general election candidate in Bury North.

But the singer was backed by one general election candidate.

(Please recall that 2012 election took something on the order of $ 1 Billion raised by both general election candidates).