Sentences with phrase «important issue in the race»

Smyth identified infrastructure improvements, particularly to water systems and quality, providing shovel ready sites for economic development and expanding economic opportunities as important issues in the race to become the county government chief executive.

They would have seen the single most important issue in the race between Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota.

Not exact matches

Lots of feminist websites have good lists of recommended writers — for example, this is an important list of Feminist Writers of Color, who discuss the intersecting issues of race, class, and womanhood in their feminist work.

On the other hand whites often perceive these incidents as relatively less important, as isolated events that aren't necessarily related to larger societal issues, and / or the result of blacks engaging in «race - baiting» or «playing the race card.»

A clear understanding of the genetic history of mankind is important in coming to terms with the ultimate issue in race relations — namely, miscegenation.

In our contemporary situation, there may be no more important issue to preach on than race and racial diversity.

Appointed in 1986, Scalia has been on the Court long enough to have tackled virtually every important legal issue of our day: abortion, religious liberty, race and gender equality, gay rights, and separation of powers, among others.

I am grateful for all of the support I am receiving in this race, and if elected, those important issues will be my priorities.»

The 2012 results are a reminder that voter enrollment is just one factor in forecasting elections, with fundraising, incumbency, top ballot races and issues also playing an important role [ii].

This is an important lesson to draw, but reports often avoided the issue of race and ethnicity in all of these abuse cases.

He actually makes some good points in the video, sure he's trying to be funny too but the issues he's addressing are important and I don't hear the other candidates in the race talking about them.

«This is an important election year and the more we can come together and rally around the issues that unite us, the better chance we have to gain seats in the U.S. Congress, N.Y. State Senate, and in races up and down the ticket,» Berman said.

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In this year's race for the White House, candidates have addressed college affordability and student debt — two issues that are vitally important to New York families.

I believe his entry in the race would be a terrible distraction from the important issues that should be discussed in this campaign and from candidates who actually are qualified to be mayor.

Long Islanders said the most important single issue in making their decision in the presidential race is jobs and the economy, chosen by 37 percent of respondents.

Mr. Hawkins answered a wide variety of questions on several issues important in the Governor's race to a crowd of about 100 people.

Candidates in the 19th Congressional District race will be part of a forum Tuesday afternoon in Dutchess County focusing on issues important to older voters.

Mr. Pataki's campaign manager, Timothy S. Carey, a local politician and a political intimate of Jack F. Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, says what is important in the election is not the abortion issue but the fact that the race provides a pure test of two different political philosophies with implications across the state.

Common Core Might Be the Most Important Issue in the 2016 Republican Presidential Race.

That the final Race to the Top rules hardly touch teacher quality reform — among the most - important issues in achieving true education reform — also makes the opposition among traditional education supporters at the state level seem rather, well, ridiculous.

«No other legislator had flip - flopped as dramatically as Rep. Muxlow on this very important issue, and we supported another candidate in this race during the 2012 election.»

Not going to comment too much on this one, except to say that it touches on some very important issues, including race, «whitewashing,» and diversity (or the absence thereof) in publishing.

I am in this race to change the direction that Arizona has been moving on the issues important to Planned Parenthood.