Sentences with phrase «key party leaders»

Several individuals and key party leaders have also spoken to me about offering myself for a national position.

DeFrancisco's path to the GOP designation seemed to clear when his chief rival, state Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, abruptly dropped out of the race on Feb. 9 and key party leaders quickly endorsed the senator.

Long said he set up a post-primary conference call Wednesday in which all but one key party leader (Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who challenged Lazio for the party's nod and lost) were invited to participate.

Not exact matches

«I see Macron as the enemy,» said Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) who was a key player in the Brexit vote, and now backs Le Pen.

The euro hit a two - month low against the yen soon after FDP leader Christian Lindner said on Sunday that his party was withdrawing from the talks as the three would - be partners could not find common ground on key issues.

This article provides a summary of the 2004 Alberta General Election, including information on pre-election standing and polls, key issues in the election, leaders and platforms of the major political parties, and the election's final results.

Elections, and the political parties that contest them, represent key links between Canadians and their political representatives and leaders.

Liberal leader Raj Sherman is expected to release key parts of his party's election platform in Calgary and Edmonton today.

One of the reasons he was once considered the presumptive next leader of the federal party was due to his perceived head - and - shoulders lead over other potential candidates among this key voting block.

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has made balanced budgets a key plank in the campaign debate and his government's April budget left little fiscal room for other parties to promise significant new spending.

Political party leaders were busy trying to push home their key election messages before the UK goes to the polls on Thursday.

The «social market» program put forward by Konrad Adenauer, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party in the Federal Republic's first parliamentary elections in 1949, was a key element in this social and political transformation.

Political party leaders were busy trying to push home their key election messages before the UK goes... More

As a key Blairite and former union leader, his contribution to the row will be interpreted as a sign that centrist elements in the party feel Mr Miliband's leadership is moving in their preferred direction.

The borough's Democratic Party endorsed Rice prior to the convention in Rye, but Schneiderman has made in - roads there and has a number of key Brooklyn backers, the most notable of which is Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.

«It's very difficult to see how the current leadership could possibly unite the elements of the party, the Parliamentary Labour Party being a key part of the that,» he argues, before singling out the role of Momentum, the grass roots movement whose aim is «to build on the energy and enthusiasm from the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaign», for its part in creating the current civil stparty, the Parliamentary Labour Party being a key part of the that,» he argues, before singling out the role of Momentum, the grass roots movement whose aim is «to build on the energy and enthusiasm from the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaign», for its part in creating the current civil stParty being a key part of the that,» he argues, before singling out the role of Momentum, the grass roots movement whose aim is «to build on the energy and enthusiasm from the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaign», for its part in creating the current civil strife.

After emerging from his Rose Garden following Carl Paladino's landslide win in the Sept. 14 GOP primary and increasing concerns among some members of his party that his above - it - all strategy wasn't resonating with key segments of the electorate, Cuomo met in Harlem with black leaders.

The bipartisan budget deal that dodged a key immigration issue revealed a rift that could haunt Democrats for years: one between moderates such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential presidential candidates — including Schumer's New York colleague, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — who may want to appeal to the party's increasingly liberal base.

The party split following the arrest and imprisonment of party leader, Hassan Radjabu — a key strategist in the civil war — divided members, leading to key figures, such as Alice Nzomukunda and Pascaline Kampayano deserting the party and forming new offshoot parties.

In a stinging slap at a key state legislator, the state Democratic Party called for an independent investigation of a sexual misconduct claim leveled against IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

As the night grew louder and more heated, Cuomo and de Blasio managed to convince the key union leaders who backed the party financially to grant Cuomo the WFP endorsement.

The Labour party leader needs to have a respectful discussion with Trade union leaders, a key Labour MP said today.

The key decisions are made behind closed doors at private meetings between Governor Cuomo and majority party legislative leaders.

Key endorsements: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer; Rep. John Lewis; New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley, who dropped out of the DNC race over the weekend

Power - sharing leaders also host house parties, but will have delegated the key decisions to a trusted volunteer.

Recently even key Corbyn supporters like Diane Abbott, Ken Livingstone and Unite union boss Len McCluskey seem to have suggested that the Labour leader has to improve the party's poll ratings in 2017.

Klein, who was accused on Wednesday of forcibly kissing a former staffer in 2015, is the leader of a key bloc of votes in the Senate and agreed to a unity deal that would unite the factions of Democrats in the chamber by the spring, potentially handing control of the Senate to the party.

The graphic above shows the popularity of party leaders in terms of prime ministerial potential in the month prior to two key general elections, in 1979 and 1997.

The key questions here are these: could a left - wing leader of the Labour Party ever receive more even - handed coverage from broadcasters or less vitriolic treatment from the press?

But never one to pass up an opportunity to network with political leaders in a key presidential primary state, the vice president also reached out to the state Democratic Party ahead of his visit to help them raise money.

Hence, main party lists are dominated by political dinosaurs: Savisaar, Lauristin and Kelam were all key leaders of independence movements in the 1980s.

But Cuomo has been making (another) leftward lean of late, championing key WFP issues like a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and Paid Family Leave, leading party leaders to take some credit for their role in pushing the Democrats — not just in New York, but across the nation — to the left.

The Lib Dem leader has a huge stake in the outcome of the referendum, as it was a key demand for his party during the coalition negotiations.

Hilary Benn remains a key party figure, but how long can he continue when his views on foreign policy are so at odds with those of his leader?

Her decision to join the party leader saw the bill win key votes in the Lords and unleashed another wave of anger against the Liberal Democrats from NHS campaigners.

As Capital NY reported this morning, Cuomo has made progress re-establishing his ties with the leaders of several of the unions that are key members of the Working Families Party, but it looks like many of the rank - and - file, with whom the endorsement decision ultimately rests, are less pragmatic and harder to convince.

Watson will be key figure in effort to build bridges between the new leader Jeremy Corbyn and the parliamentary party

Watson, who was the frontrunner throughout, will now be a key figure in efforts to build bridges between the new leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and the parliamentary party, which overwhelmingly did not want the Islington North MP to win.

Here is your guide to the election battlegrounds, the key contests and what the results will mean for the party leaders.

Key figures who have previously been seen as potential obstacles to reform by the leadership, such as the party's deputy leader, Tom Watson, and Corbyn - sceptic unions, did not block the changes.

Again, as the Populus poll for Lord Ashcroft found, in two key determinants of long - term voting behaviour - party leader standing and economic trustworthiness - they were still losing in this constituency.

Key allies of party leaders Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have met to discuss what the two parties have in common, BBC Newsnight has learned.

This ensures that whenever a premiership becomes vacant (or is about to become vacant), legislators from the premier's party will always play a key role in determining the leader's permanent successor.

The Liberal Democrat deputy leader, Alan Beith, said Mr Ashdown was leaving a party which «has a key position in changing the nature of Britain».

The Ukip leader said his party would continue promoting immigration as a key issue ahead of the European Parliament elections on May 22, insisting the main parties had failed Britain.

Congressional Democrats, disappointed in President Barack Obama's strategy to pursue legislation and not to use his executive power to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians, say the party's leader is ignoring a key problem: Republicans control the House.

David Cameron has met up with New Zealand National Party leader John Key.

The Unite boss - a key ally of the Labour leader and head of the biggest single donor to the party - suggested local Labour members should oust critical MPs through trigger ballots.

Ed Miliband last week won the key support of ex-leader Lord Kinnock as well as the backing of Baroness (Elizabeth) Smith, widow of John Smith, Lord Kinnock's successor as party leader.

In this piece, one key Corbyn ally argues that the Labour leader's critics within the parliamentary party need to get back behind him or consider moving on altogether.