Sentences with phrase «last midterm»

Florida Power & Light (FPL) and Duke Energy are getting an early jump on 2018 political spending compared to the last midterm election, according to records from the Florida Department of Elections.

The proposals, dubbed «A Better Deal,» are in large part a response to Hillary Clinton's demoralizing loss to Donald Trump last year and the loss of the Democratic majority in the Senate in the last midterm election, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

But the Senate in 2012 had amended it to 5 % of the last midterm vote cast, exactly what the new 2013 bill does.

The union, which plans to use phone banks and direct mail supporting Mangan, claims 1,900 members registered as Democrats in the district, a substantial number in a district that saw 2,271 Democrats vote in the last midterm primary in 2006.

-- «Goodbye, neighborhood polling places — 5 counties switch to mega-vote centers,» by CALmatters» Rhonda Lyons: «This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer «one - stop vote centers» — an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last midterm elections.»

During the last midterm election in 2014, digital advertising accounted for less than 1 % of political spending in federal, state and local elections, according to advertising tracking firm Borrell Associates.

During the last midterm election in 2014, digital advertising accounted for less than 1 % of political spending in federal, states and local elections, according to advertising tracking firm Borrell Associates.

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The spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

(Please also see last week's Market Commentary report titled «Midterm Election Year: What is Normal?»

The Democrats will lose control of the Senate in January because of heavy losses in midterm elections last month and will go deeper into a House minority than at any time since 1928.

Facebook executives last week detailed new initiatives to tighten election security ahead of the midterm elections.

«We sent the largest number of freshmen Republicans — more than any other state — last time (in the 2010 midterms), and then we added the (Rep. Bob) Turner victory,» Casale said.

For instance, when looking at the internet as a persuasive tool, they say that «e-mail is not close to challenging direct mail and phone calls as ways to reach voters: A Pew Research Center survey last month found that 38 percent of registered voters had received phone calls about the midterm campaigns, while only 15 percent had received e-mail.»

Last fall, Democrats lost control of the Senate and fell further into the minority in the House, but pinned much of the blame on low turnout in the midterm elections.

Shout out to The New York Times's Nate Cohn, who wrote a great piece last year showing that turnout among Iowa Democrats was much higher in midterm years with a Republican president than in midterm years with a Democratic president.

A coalition of liberal groups is releasing new polling to show that health care could be a key issue in the midterms, and that a vote for the Republican health care plan last year could come back to hurt GOP incumbents.

This allows New York to redeem itself from the ignominious status of place dead last in turnout nationwide this year and in the nation with fewer voters going to the polls than in any midterm election for at least three decades.

We also examine if the very public response of Parkland students (and other American teens) will have a long - lasting impact and whether any of this will affect the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections.

And as the midterm elections unfolded, it started to feel like the last big game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos.

Twice, the Republican conference foiled her, the first time through its alliance with the Independent Democratic Conference, then through surprising strength at the midterm polls last year.

After getting squeezed last year by an array of campaign committees, party committees and disparate super PACs, many of them are still sitting on their checkbooks — a worrisome sign for the party with the 2014 midterm elections fast approaching.

(CNN)-- Sharron Angle, the Tea Party - backed underdog who in last year's midterm election came close to defeating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, may be setting her sights on another high profile political job.

(CNN)- Sharron Angle, the long - shot Tea Party - backed candidate who almost defeated Senate Majority Leady Harry Reid in last year's midterm elections, is hitting the road this week and it looks like another election may be on her mind.

Croci left in midterm to serve as a reservist in Afghanistan but came back in time to rescue the party by stepping into the 2014 Senate race at the last minute.

Those consultants recently circulated strategy memos explicitly warning that 2018 risks turning into an amplified version of 2006 — Democrats» last big midterm victory year — according to copies seen by POLITICO.

De Blasio's decision to host a fundraiser for Bryce, a candidate in a district far from New York, comes as de Blasio seeks to fulfill a pledge he made after Donald Trump was elected president last year to involve himself in this year's midterm elections.

After initial proposals were discussed in the last parliamentary session, the coalition's first midterm Queen's Speech earlier this month included the electoral registration and administration bill, which received its second reading yesterday.

Yes, we know it's way early to be talking about House races — heck the winners in last month's midterms haven't even been sworn into the 110th Congress yet.

Last summer, Teachout took over Larry Lessig's Mayday PAC, which had absolutely no effect on all the races it got involved in during the 2014 midterms.

One joke inside the White House is that Obama has always been at his worst when he's winning — from the midterm failures of 2010 following a productive legislative session to a dismal first debate performance against Republican challenger Mitt Romney last fall.

But the measure, widely expected to be one of the last big policy fights before this year's midterm elections, has Republicans and Democrats on track to clash.

The 2010 midterm elections drew residents from every corner of Queens to vote in races that ousted its last remaining Republican in Albany and changed the face of politics in a borough where Republicans and Tea Party members made little headway despite a national groundswell of support for more conservative politicians.

Miner, whose final term as mayor ends this week, told Syracuse.com last month that she was considering whether to run for Congress against Katko in the midterm election.

Republicans often seem comfortable shrugging off the climate issue, noting that GOP candidates cruised to victory in the midterm elections last year despite heavy spending by outside groups like Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate, which depicted some GOP candidates as «deniers.»

More broadly, the agreement follows a disastrous midterm election for Democrats last week, revealing divisions between the party's legislative branch and Obama.

Uranus will return to Aries one last time from November 6, 2018, until March 6, 2019 — the exact day that midterm elections begin in the United States.

First there was that whole hurricane thing, then a trip home to meet my new nephew Owen, then an a cappella concert, then a blizzard, then a midterm, and last but not least, a killer cold.

I spend a lot of time in Moffitt and VLSB (two of the main libraries at Berkeley) pulling all - nighters, hoping to squeeze every last ounce of information in before midterms...

I was so down because my midterm test was not as smooth as last semesters.

At SPN's annual conference in Cleveland last year, held two months before the midterm elections, the think tank network adopted a new push for education reform, specifically embracing online technology and expanding vouchers.

Before last year's midterms, an overwhelming majority of education experts polled by the consulting firm Whiteboard Advisors said replacing No Child Left Behind would have to wait until well after the 2016 elections — if it ever happened at all.

by Rep. Mark Pocan (CA - 41) January 12, 2015 With a new year upon us and the midterms now firmly in the rear - view mirror, Democrats are moving past all of the ink, tweets and hand - wringing that dominated the last few months.

Last Tuesday, we saw teachers unions flunk their midterms and voters... Continued

As a result of last week's midterm elections, the 114th Congress will usher in a slate of new members including 11 senators and 58 House members.

After last November's midterm elections, he coordinated a satellite - broadcast, planetary art show titled 350 EARTH.

One of the last lines of defense for Obama's six - year blockade of the Keystone XL pipeline will come and go with the midterm elections, as TransCanada explores other options for the transport of their vast surplus of oil.

The refrain became a stock response for politicians not wanting to alienate any part of their voter base in last year's midterm elections.

After the Republicans re-took the House in last month's midterm elections, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was elected speaker - designate.

The run - up to last week's midterm election saw some of the most negative campaigning in recent memory, generating countless defamation lawsuits against politicians for attack ads.

Last week, NAR President Steve Brown hosted the midterm election preview webcast, «Getting Out The REALTOR ® Vote.»