Sentences with phrase «in nonpartisan races»

Several committee members cited to trial judges, who are elected in the state in nonpartisan races, as «accountable» and specified that they did not want term limits applied to trial court judges.

After narrowly edging out current chief Terry Bergeson in a nonpartisan race that wasn't decided until two days after the Nov. 4 election, Mr. Dorn said one of his top priorities would be revamping the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, or WASL.

Not exact matches

Another factor in this race: The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a nonpartisan super PAC that targets incumbents, is devoting some of its significant resources to supporting Espaillat.

City Council special elections are nonpartisan, but the Queens Democratic Party is expected to play a significant role in the race.

But usually, when he's asked about the presidential race, Cuomo replies in general, almost nonpartisan terms.

Green Party candidates in the United States have primarily won elected offices at the local level; most Green officeholders have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (races in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party).

In the most Republican Congressional district in New York, vulnerable Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul was tied with Republican challenger Chris Collins in a horse - race matchup, according to a new nonpartisan polIn the most Republican Congressional district in New York, vulnerable Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul was tied with Republican challenger Chris Collins in a horse - race matchup, according to a new nonpartisan polin New York, vulnerable Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul was tied with Republican challenger Chris Collins in a horse - race matchup, according to a new nonpartisan polin a horse - race matchup, according to a new nonpartisan poll.

You should always be careful in extrapolating results from a state Senate special election or a nonpartisan race for the state Supreme Court.

In addition, Casey Copeland was re-elected to a second two - year term as Prairie Grove Alderman (nonpartisan race).

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report is calling three Congressional races in upstate «toss - ups.»

Copyright 1988 A spokesman for Washington's secretary of state said that all votes had not yet been counted in the race to succeed Frank Brouillet, who is retiring from the nonpartisan post.

As they prepare to compete along with a Republican candidate in the June primary, however, Tuck and Torlakson's backgrounds and perspectives on a handful of hot - button issues are making the nonpartisan race a referendum on whether change is coming quickly enough in a state where the traditional might of labor unions is being challenged by increasingly restive education reformers.

In this year's race for Senate, Fayard has earned the endorsement of the Independent Women's Organization of New Orleans, and the nonpartisan Alliance for Good Government.

The race is officially nonpartisan, but support in Evers» past two runs has largely broken down along party lines.

Benita Dodd, vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a nonpartisan research organization, told The Daily Signal in an email that the state's 6th District race was largely civil despite what many partisans saw as high stakes.

North Carolina recently became the first state in nearly a century to switch from nonpartisan to partisan judicial races.

Every effort West Virginia has taken in the last several years (enacting public financing of supreme court races and moving to nonpartisan judicial elections) North Carolina has done the opposite (repealing public financing of appellate races and efforts to move back to partisan judicial elections).