Here's a summary of the 2010
general election race from Labour's perspective.
Not exact matches
As Britons headed to the polls on Thursday, it's worth highlighting how the
general election could influence the course of that country's exit, or «Brexit,»
from the European Union — particularly as the
race appears to have tightened in recent weeks.
Ms. Clinton's message of unity works for the current primary
race as well as a
general election concept that can counteract the divisive messaging
from Donald Trump's campaign, said Mr. Delany.
Apart
from 2017
elections in two states, the November 2018
general elections will be the first significant test of the impact Donald Trump's presidency will have on down - ballot
races.
It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money
from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the
general election race).
She noted there has been bipartisan opposition
from New York City and Nassau
elections officials to moving the
general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the
race than if it was on the November ballot.
Apart
from individual special
elections held throughout 2017, the November
general elections were the first test of the impact a Donald Trump presidency would have on down ballot
races.
That has been widely speculated, since Cuomo is believed to be very interested in ticket balancing and Rice not only is the only woman in the field (unless Liz Holtzman formally enters the
race), but also hails
from the suburbs, which is going to be a battleground this fall — particularly if Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy ends up as the GOP candidate in the
general election.
In the run up to the 2015 Presidential
elections, the campaign team of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan asked for the disqualification of
General Buhari
from the
race, claiming that he is in breach of the Constitution.
But in both of these
races, a candidate who lost the Democratic primary to Warren appeared on the
general election ballot on the Working Families and Independence lines, and the share for that second Democrat decreased
from 39 percent to 14 percent.
NY1 hosts the first
general election debate in the
race for city comptroller, as Republican challenger and pastor Michel Faulkner faced incumbent and Democrat Scott Stringer
from the CUNY Graduate Center.
It is also sitting out the 60th SD
race, where GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti faces a primary challenge
from attorney Kevin Stocker and a
general election challenge
from Democratic attorney Marc Panepinto.
Voting intentions there with changes
from the
general election are CON 18 % -LRB--6), LAB 33 % (+4), LDEM 5 % -LRB--9), GREEN 32 % (+1), suggesting an extremely tight
race between Labour and the Green party.
The Flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has discounted any possibility of his party joining forces with another party to contest in the upcoming
general elections following his disqualification
from the
race.
General election races may attract the most interest
from the casual political observers but for true political junkies there is nothing that matches the intensity (read: nastiness) that defines primary fights.
Martins, a former state senator
from Old Westbury, spent just over $ 2 million during the
general election campaign, including nearly $ 1 million in the final days of the
race.
QUEENS — Democratic voters in Jamaica will decide Tuesday who should advance to the November
general election in the
race to succeed former City Councilman Ruben Wills, who was expelled
from office after a jury found him guilty in his corruption trial in July.
With the
General Election now just a year away and the parties» hype machines humming, the Independent on Sunday's chief political commentator John Rentoul predicts what we can expect
from the next 12 months in the
race for Number 10
The last time there was an exception in a gubernatorial
race was in 2002, when Cuomo, who had ended his campaign before the primary
election but remained on the ballot, raised less of his funds
from small donors than either primary victory Carl McCall or
general election winner George Pataki.
Unlike the often straightforward results of a
General Election, the party political outcome
from Thursday has been very much a mixed one, with Labour suffering severe losses in Scotland, and being pushed into third position by the Conservatives, but largely holding on to their councils in England, and also securing a morale boosting win in the London Mayoral
race.
NY1 hosts the first
general election debate in the
race for mayor as Mayor Bill de Blasio faces his challengers, Republican Nicole Malliotakis and Independent Bo Dietl,
from Symphony Space on the Upper West Side.
There are another slate of uncontested
races: in total, 32 candidates
from across the city — or 35 % of city representation in the Legislature — will run uncontested in the
general election.