Sentences with phrase «in a presidential year when»

Democrats are pleased Nelson's finally getting in the House race, especially in a presidential year when the party is hoping to expand its down - ballot battlefield.

But Democrats start the open seat race with a narrow advantage in a presidential year when former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is likely to top the ballot.

Opposition research from Republican operatives had been hanging over her candidacy in the county, where Democrats see a rare opening to gain seats in a presidential year when Donald Trump's candidacy may keep some centrist Republicans away from the polls.

Not exact matches

A key theme in this year's presidential race is competitiveness of American industry, though candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders tend to use more colorful language when describing their belief that the United States has lost its economic edge.

The move means no Latino will serve in a presidential cabinet for the first time in nearly 30 years and comes at a time when Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the country.

But despite Trump's penchant for comparing himself favorably to past presidents — he claimed he accomplished more in his first year than any president except Franklin D. Roosevelt and told supporters he could be «more presidential than any president» except Abraham Lincoln — Trump isn't at the top of the pile when it comes to the biggest first - year market gains.

In an interview with TechCrunch late last year, Nix said that his company had detailed hundreds of thousands of profiles of Americans throughout 2014 and 2015 (the time when the company was working with Sen. Ted Cruz on his presidential campaign).

He's said in the past that the company is in better shape this year than it was in the 2016 U.S. presidential election when Facebook said to be used by Moscow to sow discord among Americans.

Rosenstein was asked about investigations that go on for months or even years; if there is a precedent on how long an investigation should last and when would the American people get to know the results of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election that has been underway since May of 2017.

Washington (CNN)-- Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate promises to cast a spotlight on American Catholicism in an election year when the tradition has already been a major focus.

His string of offenses against Latinos began with his presidential announcement over a year ago, when he mentioned Mexicans in the same phrase as rapists and drug dealers.

Strider, who helped spearhead Democratic faith outreach in 2006 and 2008 - when he directed that work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign - said the party put substantially fewer resources and effort into faith - based strategy work this year than in any election since 2004.

Himself a candidate for governor of California in 1962 (he lost in a primary to Richard Nixon), Shell worked this year as the state's finance chairman for the Goldwater presidential campaign and ran interference for the GOP just as resolutely as he did when he was captain and a valuable blocking back for the undefeated USC team that shut out Tennessee 14 - 0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl game.

Gun owners» fear of a Clinton presidency may have helped spur a spike in pistol permits issued in the Empire State in 2016, increasing 34 percent from the 2012 presidential election year and rivaling numbers last seen when the SAFE Act passed four years ago.

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«We've got a presidential election coming up, and it just seemed a better time than in late September (when his current two - year term officially ends)... You always discuss these things when you're state chair, but listen, my political obituary has been written a lot of times already.

My own panel, «How to Act Like Obama Online When You DO N'T Have a Billion in the Bank» (which will talk about applying Obama 2012 lessons to this year's advocacy and electoral campaigns), is coming together nicely — we just signed up Ethan Roeder, Obama's chief data manager for the presidential race and who's now gone back over to the New Organizing Institute, as a speaker.

He will likely struggle in a presidential year, when more minority and younger voters are likely to turn out to vote for Democratic candidates.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

He won by over 11,000 two years later, but Democrats are optimistic his seat will be winnable in a presidential year, when their voters usually turn out at higher numbers.

Attention around this latest instance in same ways beat the notoriety Paladino gained when he ran for New York State governor in 2010, when social media websites like Facebook and Twitter were still in their infancy and Trump was years away from becoming a presidential candidate.

Cabrera's run is not insignificant in a year when Senate Democrats are banking on the presidential election to help them seize the majority from Senate Republicans.

Heading into the 2016 presidential year when Democratic turnout is traditionally high, Gianaris is optimistic the Dems can pick up enough seats on Long Island to put them in a position to grab at least partial control of the chamber.

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The NCCE in this year had a backlash by the public when it announced its decision to embark on Presidential and Parliamentary debate citing that it was a duplication of what the IEA does.

Cronin is facing Republican incumbent Kemp Hannon, whose seat Democrats have targeted in recent years, especially during presidential election cycles when his margins of victory have generally been lower than in gubernatorial years.

But under this deal being floated, in exchange for allowing Klein to retain most or all of the power he currently enjoys, the Senate Republicans would gain the insurance of having the five - member IDC to fall back on two years from now, when a presidential election is expected to cause an uptick in Democratic turnout and potentially put the GOP back into a numerical minority.

Remember, when I told you (years ago) after a presidential press conference, that a directive had been issued that no appointee should grant a press interview in order to avoid any contradictory statements on air... and you screeched... «who are you... small girl like you... where were you when I was Attorney General» etc etc?

At the same time, there would be a handshake agreement that the coalition continue through 2016, a presidential election year, and when Democrats are expected to make gains in New York.

As Squadron mentioned, Democrats are looking to 2016, when a presidential election year with the potential of Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket will deliver them large gains in the Senate.

«Roger Stone, the political provocateur, visited the bar at the Four Seasons Hotel on primary day last week to reminisce about his long friendship with Donald Trump,» which dates back to 1979, when Stone was a 26 - year - old aide in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign.

Nevertheless, it's fresh fodder for Democrats, who continue to hold out hope that they'll be able unseat Hannon in the upcoming presidential election year, when the party typically does better in down - ballot races.

His administration will also work to ameliorate the BOE's cybersecurity and invest $ 500,000 a year to ensure that when New Yorkers vote, they can «trust their vote will be counted» — a measure he says is necessary in light of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

«I think there is a lot of room for a Democrat to speak to these issues,» Mr. de Blasio said last year at a Politico breakfast when asked if there was room to the left of Ms. Clinton's policies in the presidential race.

Dadey has said he also prefers a candidate who would have strong appeal in a presidential election year, when Democrats have turned out in larger numbers in Central New York.

Since 1975, that total has only been exceeded four times — in 2006, when an outgoing Gov. George Pataki vetoed hundreds of bills in an apparent attempt to bolster his conservative credentials in advance of a potential 2008 presidential campaign, and three of the four years when the state was governed by Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, and tensions between the Legislature and executive were especially high.

But a typical minor party has a very tough time polling 5 % in a presidential election year, when nothing statewide is up in Nebraska except President and, sometimes, U.S. Senate.

The last Senate race in a presidential year was in 2012 when appointed - Sen.

Eight years ago, in his last address to parliament after 8 years in power, President Kufuor opened a debate over presidential tenure when he suggested that at least a five - year tenure should be suitable for the African situation.

He also defeated her in a close race two years ago when she was the incumbent and her was the upstart challenger, bouyed by a boost in turnout in a presidential election year.

Unions backing out of the party over the last several years, a development that was seen when the party backed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

Hannon is running for re-election in a Nassau County Senate district Democrats have long coveted, especially in presidential election years when his margins of victory are often smaller than in non-presidential cycles.

In a year when the party's resources are focused on keeping control of the New York State Senate, and its energy on the existential questions raised by the presidential primary, finding a candidate to challenge U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer was mostly an afterthought.

Hanna, who was elected in 2010, drew national attention this year — along with ire from Republicans — when he said during a radio interview that a House committee's investigation into the 2012 attacks on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, might have been more about targeting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton rather than genuine interest in the attacks.

Some have argued that the best way for socialists to relate to Sanders supporters is to work inside his campaign for the presidential nomination — in order to be well - positioned to lead people to an alternative when Sanders abandons them for Hillary Clinton next year.

He's won every Senate race he's been in since he was first elected in 1998 by a comfortable margin, though he's never had a major party challenger in a presidential election year, when Democrats typically perform better.

Several Republicans who won their seats in the 2010 GOP wave now have to defend them in a presidential year, when Democrats tend to have higher turnout.

IF the Republicans couldn't win a single statewide race in a banner Republican year like 2010, what makes them think they can win during a Presidential race when turnout will be much higher?

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McDonnell raked in $ 1.6 million during the most recent six - month reporting period, which lasted from June to December, and most of his money came in after election day, when Barack Obama turned Virginia blue on the presidential level for the first time in 44 years.