Sentences with phrase «governor is a member of the party»

«The governor is a member of the party and was at the convention where these decisions were taken.

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In the 100 days after Héctor Astudillo, Guerrero's current governor and a member of President Enrique Peña Nieto's governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, took office in late October 2015, there were reportedly 734 homicides.

A popular former governor of South Carolina, Haley adds mainstream, establishment credibility to the Trump administration and is often described as one of the most effective members of the Cabinet and a rising star in the party.

What remains to be seen is if Democrats run primaries against members of the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, something Governor Cuomo does not want to see as he publicly calls for the two warring Democratic factions to come together in a show of party unity.

The Working Families Party is backing Biaggi and other Democrats who are challenging IDC members, and has not dropped that support in the wake of the peace deal brokered by the governor.

And while it was unusual for the mayor to be so candid in his complaints about the governor, a member of his own party, he did not do so unprovoked.

A member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly representing Lere / Bula constituency, Hon. Aminu Tukur says the All Progressives Congress, APC, under Governor Mohammed Abudullahi Abubakar is forcing the House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara to dump the party for another ahead of the 2019 elections.

Sarah Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the current Governor of Alaska, and a member of the Republican Party.

Responding, Governor Ugwuanyi who said he was excited by the endorsement, thanked them «for their message of hope», and expressed his loyalty to the PDP, a party he said made him a member of the House of Reps and now a Governor.

The governor said those routing for a parallel convention were still members of the party, adding that their action was merely politics.

The report criticized the lack of oversight by the seven - member district board, which is appointed by the governor, to keep track of hours actually worked by LaFave, his annual vacation time buyouts, which stopped only in 2010, and his spending on meals, flowers, hotels and parties.

Governor Aregbesola who is a member of the Committee said the party made the concerted effort of robust discussion in moving the country forward rather than imposing on Nigerians.

A letter calling on Rep. Rick Nolan, D - Minn., to run for governor next year is being circulated to more than 1,000 members of Minnesota's Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party.

But otherwise, Cuomo — a governor who enabled Republicans to remain in power and openly tangled with his own party's brightest lights — is clearly trying on the garb of a full - fledged member of #TheResistance.

While most delegates are awarded by popular votes in state - by - state elections, superdelegates largely consist of party leaders and elected senators, members of Congress and governors, and can change their mind at any time.

The Governor General asks the Members of Parliament to form a government, which is normally the party whose candidates have won the most seats; that party's leader generally becomes Prime Minister.

Paterson also spoke of the need to unify the Democratic Party, and he praised the IDC, saying that its members «understood the budget crisis better» than their fellow conference members back when he was in the governor's office.

Mr. Akpabio, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party is a Senator representing Akwa Ibom State, and is the former two term governor of that State.

Some of the more conspiracy theory - minded members of New York's political class wondered what the governor was up to, and if he was hoping to confuse voters and dilute the WFP vote — potentially bumping the labor - backed party from its hard - fought position on Row D, or even perhaps robbing it of ballot status altogether.

Under the 2011 legislation that created JCOPE, the governor appoints six of its 14 commissioners, «at least three of whom shall be enrolled members of the major political party that is not that of the Governorgovernor appoints six of its 14 commissioners, «at least three of whom shall be enrolled members of the major political party that is not that of the GovernorGovernor.»

A former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, on Monday said the resignation of Atiku from the APC and his expected defection to the Peoples Democratic Party was the beginning of the defection of a large number of APC members to the PDP.

Much to the audible chagrin of the more than 200 state committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hands.

Some members of the party have been upset because they believe the governor has not been progressive enough and they're unhappy with Cuomo's support for business - friendly tax cuts and charter schools.

The County Committee shall be constituted by the election biennially in each Election District in the County of New York, at the Primary Election held in each odd - numbered year, of two members of the County Committee plus an additional member if 300 or more votes and less than 451 votes were cast in such Election District for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and an additional member if 451 or more votes were cast in such Election District at said time.

Worse still you are fully aware of the fact that over sixty percent of your party elders and APC governors, ministers, legislators and public office holders were, up until three or four years ago, all elders, leaders and members of the PDP, including President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

James further raised concerns about the party's requirement that campaigns pay for the email addresses for the 1,927 convention delegates who will vote on the endorsement for governor, as well as what she said was the lack of diversity among the rules committee members in attendance at Saturday's meeting.

Now, with the endorsement of the Working Families Party, people are saying that now the Governor will put pressure on Senator Jeff Klein and the other four run away Democratic members of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) to break their alliance with the Republicans and to come back to join the Democratic Conference and in order to be able to take control of the Senate.

Monday's meeting is expected to be attended by former Presidents and Vice-Presidents, PDP Governors, National Executive Committee members, Board of Trustees members, National Assembly members, former PDP governors, former PDP ministers and all former national officers of tGovernors, National Executive Committee members, Board of Trustees members, National Assembly members, former PDP governors, former PDP ministers and all former national officers of tgovernors, former PDP ministers and all former national officers of the party.

The governor also expressed readiness to bring back members who crave progress of the party and, as such, made promised to be fair by ensuring a level playing ground for all members to participate.

If the boundaries of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage of the number of persons enrolled in the Party in such Election District on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total Party enrollment in the County on the list of enrolled voters last published by the Board of Elections.

Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that the members and leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo were not aware that Senator Hope Uzodinma had joined the party.

We wonder how the Governors who are not members of our Party would support the decision to approve funds that was ostensibly meant to fund another Party.

Fayose's position further strenghtens insinuations that the Ekiti Governor, who is a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party may be inching his way into the All Progressives Congress.

He became a member of the ruling party a day after Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, told south - east politicians that there is «no future outside the APC».

Addressing major stakeholders in the state, including the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; members of the National and State Assemblies; Council Chairmen and members of the State Executive Council; as well as Peoples Democratic Party chieftains at the Government House, the governor explained: «On Sunday, April 24, 2016, by 7 pm, the night before this carnage took place, I got security information from Uzo - Uwani Local Government Transition Chairman, Hon. Cornell Onwubuya that such an incident was likely to take place in the state.

Samspon accused Skelos of seeking this change «just because (Duffy) is a Democrat,» deeming that «political pandering at its worst, and something Republicans never would have attempted were the Lt. Governor a member of their party.»

Buhari, according to a statement by his spokesman Mr Femi Adesina on Sunday joined members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jonathan's professional colleagues, associates andfamily in celebrating «the unique history of the Nigerian leader, who within a short period rose from being a Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President to becoming Nigeria's President for six years.»

He said the chairman and secretary had requested to take one bag of rice each, but he insisted that according to the directive of the governor, the bags of rice should be shared to every member of the party in the ward.

Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been included as a member of the national convention planning committee for Saturday's special convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The meeting held today was attended by 177 councillors, 177 ward chairmen, 16 Local Government party chairmen, 16 Local Council Chairmen, Chairmen and members of Boards and Parastatals, State Executive Council, Ekiti State House of Assembly members, serving and former members of the PDP State Working Committee, former Deputy Governor, among others.

Liberals have nudged Cuomo to push for a Democratic - controlled Senate and mainline conference members have pointed to a host of issues that would be easier for the governor if his own party controlled the upper house of the Legislature.

At this session, the lieutenant governor was a member of the minority party, and the Democratic majority voted to appoint the committees by ballot.

It was learnt that the letter written by the former Lagos State governor had started creating division among members of the party's leadership especially members of the National Working Committee.

It is also expected that party leaders who have had the privilege of visiting President Muhammadu Buhari will brief the governors and the NWC members on their visits.

In an effort to convince members of the Republican State Central Committee to pick him as their party's nominee to replace Mike Pence on the ballot for Governor, Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita is releasing a poll showing him beating Democrat John Gregg by double digits.

Some highly - placed members of the party are concerned that some of the governors working in tandem with some party leaders may want to use the convention to carry out a cleansing of the party leadership.

In separate media interviews in Abuja, on Thursday, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors» Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, said neither the President nor any member of the party would be given an automatic ticket.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who grudgingly earned the party's endorsement last year, has threatened to seek changes in the state's election law that could eliminate the Wilson - Pakula, the ability of a party to grant space on its ballot to candidates who aren't members of the party.

The governor said it was sad that while people were still facing the heat of the economic recession with foodstuffs and drugs out of the reach of ordinary Nigerians, the President was only concerned with settling his party members.