Sentences with phrase «important issues in this campaign»

«I am waiting to finish making contact with important inner city neighborhood and church leaders to build on my historical understanding of worsening urban problems that will be important issues in this campaign,» Guy said today.

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When Fortune wrote about infrastructure stocks in March, we had only an inkling of how important the issue would become during the U.S. presidential campaign.

According to a poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly a third of GOP voters, 31 %, listed the situation with North Korea as the most important issue for congressional candidates to discuss in their upcoming campaigns.

Unfortunately, perhaps the most important issue for interest rates and the dollar is likely to remain untouched regardless of who wins: Thus far in the current campaign, neither party is demonstrating much appetite for long - term entitlement reform and related deficit reduction.

But because I believe that the entire Church, including the hierarchy, benefits from honest challenge and critique, I have not avoided what might be deemed «controversial» when I thought it important: during political campaigns, when grave moral issues were at stake; during the Long Lent of 2002; in the aftermath of 9/11 and the run - up to the Iraq War; in response to challenges to religious freedom in America that couldn't have been imagined in 1978, when «work for religious freedom» meant «work for prisoners of conscience behind the iron curtain.»

Liverpool's ownership continues to tiptoe around the biggest issue at Anfield in what could be the most important league campaign in a long, long time.

To prove that it hasn't lost the ability to make a difference, a flurry of campaigns in the last couple of years have started to promote issues important to the Legion's members.

Looking at the list, the reporter questions often focused on the horserace rather than the issues: «Is the drop in violence in Iraq making it a less important campaign issue?»

Policy agendas for important issues like the 421a tax abatement and New York City rent laws are being set by publicly elected leaders who have become dependent on the real estate industry's onslaught of millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

And virtually no one in the poll ranked campaign financing as the most important issue facing the country.

Twitter as Campaign Tool The increased use of Twitter by political office holders, candidates, and issue advocacy organizations and campaigns was arguably the most important — if not hyped — advancement in digital politics in 2009.

We will coordinate grassroots campaigns and get out the vote efforts throughout the state to ensure that our members understand the critical issues in these elections and just how important it is that they get to the polls and support our endorsed candidates.»

«Moving forward, it is my hope that the campaign will focus on the quality of life issues that are important to the people who live in the 10th Congressional district.»

In the important battleground state of Ohio, for example, the campaign posted videos of Obama canvassing door - to - door near Toledo, talking to folks about the issues facing their state.

I appreciate it is an important issue for some, but more needs to be done If one contrasts the amount of civic campaigning activity and public support behind the Scottish Constitutional Convention in the early 1990s (building on a range of efforts over a longer period), then it is clear that there has been no campaign in England of similar.

Climate change - the issue David Cameron described a year ago as «one of the most serious threats that this country and this world faces» and on which all three leaders signed an important pledge as recently as February — has been studiously avoided in this campaign.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

But although she sees both equal pay and abortion access as important issues — «Choice is really important to me; I'm at a loss for words at how strongly I feel about it,» she tells me at one point — they're not the key issues in her campaign.

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.

Despite the SNP appearing to be on track for a comfortable victory in the polls, Miliband described the Labour effort as a «good campaign'that had focused on the important issues.

A recent poll showed the most important issue in the district this campaign cycle is jobs, since the area's economy continues to lag behind much of Upstate.

social issues are just as important as financial and infrastructure woes, he seems to have shied away from addressing much of it in his campaign and in talking with a few of his followers, it doesn't seem to be a priority to them either

Matt Sollars, the press secretary for the Campaign Finance Board, said in a statement Wednesday that «The Board is reviewing the important issues raised by today's letter, as well as a previous letter from Common Cause.»

I would welcome the appointment of Eric Pickles as chairman of the party, as I think he is an excellent campaign strategist - but more importantly because it would get him away from areas of policy formation in the field of local government where I believe that, despite his apparent experience, he has been too focussed on areas which appeal to the tabloid newspapers and has not fought hard enough over important issues such as local government powers and planning.

«Political campaigns should be about the important issues facing New York State, not about childish antics that belong in Animal House,» continued Reyes, who is running in the Republican Primary in the new 15th Senate District.

Brisport, like both Democratic candidates, is running a housing - centric campaign, stressing that affordable housing is the most important issue in the district.

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.

«Mark Grisanti is focused on the issue most important to voters in the 60th Senate District — creating jobs and getting our economy back on track,» said Grisanti campaign spokesman Doug Curella.

As we embark on our campaign, we will continue to discuss these important issues and we will do so until we are heard and until we make a positive change in Rockland County's public safety.

She strives to promote a gentle and informed birth culture through her free educational blog and by participating in local campaigns to raise awareness about important issues in maternal health care.

In his conclusion, for instance, referring to the just - concluded presidential campaign, he says: «Important issues of Softness and Hardness are at stake [and] two key issues are whether to retain the Bush tax cuts and whether to add individual investment accounts to Social Security.»

Whilst the 2017 campaign will culminate in a special week of events and increased activity in October also, we are now running «Gate Safety Week» as an all year long campaign to emphasise how important an issue this is.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education launches its campaign with a day focusing on the most important issues in education.

Voter turnout, ballot position and hurried, low - visibility campaigns likely were more important than education issues in Val Flores» victory over Taggart Hansen in the Democratic primary for the 1st District seat on the State Board of Education.

National PTA's Every Child in Focus is a campaign centered on strengthening family engagement in schools by celebrating important cultural distinctions and achievements, while highlighting solutions to potential educational issues.

Coal became an important issue in the presidential campaign, with the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, accusing President Barack Obama of being anti-coal.

DiCaprio said in a statement about his latest campaign, «Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.»

Clinton would welcome working with Congress to address this issue but she also believes it is too important to wait for climate deniers to listen to science,» Trevor Houser, a Clinton campaign energy policy adviser said in a statement.

But individual citizens putting politicians - Republicans and Democrats - on - the - spot in diners or pizza parlors or wherever they can catch them on the campaign trail and making them explain their views on these important issues is a brilliant way to get those views back into the minds of the public and even help determine the future of this country.

Informed by consultations with experts in political science and constitutional law, the report expands on the important issues raised by the Charter First campaign and presents detailed policy recommendations that we believe would increase transparency and accountability surrounding Charter issues, and raise the standard of Charter compliance of laws passed by Parliament.

His latest project has landed him squarely in the middle of an important issue in the Quebec election campaign.

After the Daily Beast report published, the Trump campaign issued a statement by campaign executive director Michael S. Glassner: «Once President Trump secured the nomination in 2016, one of the most important decisions we made was to partner with the Republican National Committee on data analytics.

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Aside from addressing obvious and vitally important issues of equality and fairness, a campaign to overcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality will also result in significant future health savings.