Sentences with phrase «last election cost»

A few months later, Carswell told The House magazine that Farage's campaign strategy at the last election cost Ukip support.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Najib Razak was the best thing going for the ruling coalition in Malaysia's last elections, but he's a hindrance this time because of financial scandals and government policies blamed for a rising cost of living.

He has been backed up by the Republican National Committee, which launched a website «Lyin» Comey» last week that makes the case that Democrats should hate the former FBI director because he cost Hillary Clinton the election by reopening an investigation into her emails days before voters went to the polls.

Before last year's election, the B.C. Liberal government pledged that the B.C. Place project would cost $ 365 million.

this will cost obama the election by catering to the gays he wil loosel a large portion of the black and latino vote who are very conservative on this issue.and this will only make mitt romney stronger, with a weak economy unemployment as high as 8 % and a republican house there seems the last thing obama needs is to loose more votes that he will gain from this.he will loose the entire south including florida and many swing states.although he will win san francisco for sure.way to go barry

It was their failure to win over these people that cost them an overall majority at the last election.

Phil Woolas showed us the way, producing election literature last May so below the belt his misrepresentations cost him his career.

Libous also declined to say that the decision by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to allow the same - sex marriage bill to come to the floor for a vote last year — where it passed, thanks to «yes» votes from Saland and McDonald, along with Sens. Mark Grisanti and Jim Alesi — was a bad idea, though he did allow the Republicans knew quite well that the vote would cost them with the conservative grassroots in this election.

A report from think tank British Future has suggested that the «ethnic minority vote» cost the Conservatives a parliamentary majority in the last general election.

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

Beekmantown Town Supervisor Samuel Dyer, a former legislator for Area 3, told county lawmakers last Wednesday that the town hadn't budgeted for the cost of holding a special election and asked that the county reimburse the town.

It was the Conservatives» failure to win these people over that cost them a majority at the last election.

Republican NY - 23 hopeful Doug Hoffman is seeking to energize his conservative base by invoking the name of the woman he believes cost him the special election last fall: Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava.

How's that possible when the last off - year election in NYC was estimated to cost a phenomenal $ 17 million for an ugly 150,000 voter turnout?

Last year, after Cuomo appointed several sitting state legislators to his cabinet, he scheduled special elections to coincide with scheduled primary elections, sparing counties the significant costs associated with holding special elections.

ConHome ran an unsuccessful campaign to encourage more help for low income candidates to become Tory MPs after we found that the cost of becoming a candidate (over # 40,000 at the last election) might discourage people with, for example, backgrounds in lower - paid work or who have been home - makers.

Doheny doesn't yet have competition for the GOP nod, since the man he defeated in the primary last year, Doug Hoffman, (the Tea Party darling of the 2009 special election, who forced former Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava out of the race and then split the vote with her, costing the Republicans a seat they'd held for more than a century), hasn't yet decided whether to run.

Bishops Park College in Clacton cost # 25 million to build and was visited by Tony Blair on the last election campaign.

The two peers (who didn't defect) were really cheered by their estimate that UKIP had cost the Tories 27 seats at the last election.

The chancellor has been under pressure to soften cuts pencilled in by Osborne after last year's general election, as he sought to meet the Conservatives» manifesto pledge to slice # 12bn from the cost of the welfare state.

The letter recalls that the city sent a $ 35 million bill to Washington last December for the costs of protecting the then - president - elect and his loved ones for the two months - plus between the election and the inauguration — but Congress approved only a $ 7 million reimbursement.

David Cameron's decision to back Gordon Brown's plan to make the well - off pay more income tax could cost the Tories many votes at the next Election, Norman Tebbit warned last night.

«Although there were concerns raised about last week's announcement, after a comprehensive review of the issues at stake, I have determined that a Special Election on Primary Day is the most cost - effective, expeditious way to ensure that the people of the 38th District are appropriately represented in the Assembly.

The disclosures came in a report into MPs» winding - up costs just before the last general election.

Canadian mortgage lenders raise the money they need on the bond markets and bond yields have risen since the U.S. election last year, pushing up the cost of fixed - rate mortgages.

Rather than complaining about the Conservative government, Davey should be reflecting on what cost him his seat and his party such a humiliating routing at the last election.

Track Record: In the last Manitoba provincial election, 900 mail - in votes were received (total cost: 488.821) and were mostly from urban voters.