Sentences with phrase «leading opponent»

«No tax should increase automatically,» say leading opponents on their website.

But then again, most leading opponents offer little in the way of reasoning besides the fact that, hey, it's politics.

Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889 - 1977)-- whom Pius XII called a «twentieth - century Doctor of the Church,» and who both John Paul II and Benedict have expressed great admiration for — was a premier Catholic traditionalist, and leading opponent of anti-Semitism.

A TWC News - Siena College poll last week found Tenney in a tight race, but leading both opponents with 35 percent of the vote.

The survey of likely voters also finds that while Clinton lost points, incumbent Senator Chuck Schumer has actually picked up support, and now leads his opponent Wendy Long by 42 points, 67 % to 25 %.

Schumer now leads his opponent Republican Wendy Long by 42 points, 67 percent to 25 percent.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, leads his opponent Republican John Cahill by double digits in the polls.

Obama leads opponent Mitt Romney among Catholic voters by 54 % to 39 %, according to the survey, conducted from September 12 to 16 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

When you factor the heavy, heavy rushes Goff faced in his Pac 12 and other leading opponents and see this ASU game, you come across amazed how Goff is so productive and ACCURATE in the face of such massive, speedy opponents.

De Blasio holds a commanding lead against his primary challengers — he has raised about $ 4.8 million in campaign contributions compared to leading opponent Albanese, who has raised about $ 175,000.

Kevin Kim (r.) is currently leading his opponent, Dan Halloran (l.), in raising funds in the race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, one of the state's leading opponents of labor unions, has crossed party lines to endorse Ashley Swearengin for state controller.

But while the three are leading their opponents in recent polls, each faces a determined challenge from a seasoned Republican U.S. representative.

City Councilman John Liu (D - Flushing) led his opponents with 19 percent backing him, followed by Councilwoman Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) with 13 percent, Councilman David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) with 10 percent and Councilman David Weprin (D - Hollis) with 5 percent, according to the survey.

In the case of Trump, you can lead your opponents and the media around by their noses while winning over the masses.

AT&T, a leading opponent of the federal government's 2015 net neutrality rules, said it would join an online protest this week in favor of keeping the rules.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

As criticism mounted, he blamed «Jewish and Communist propaganda,» but the leading opponent of the Berlin games was Judge Jeremiah Mahoney, an Irish Catholic, who stood in solidarity with his Jewish brethren, and was anything but a Communist.

He was a leading opponent of gay rights and advocate of reparative therapy for several decades.

He throws a fastball that can sink or sail, a crackling curve, a forkball, a devastating change and a no - seam fastball, held between the H on the horsehide, whose behavior has led some opponents to accuse Smith of scuffing the ball.

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In a three - way race, it may mean that your other opponent picks up votes from both your leading opponent and you.

Scotland's first minister and the Scottish National party's leader is also MSP for the constituency of Gordon, leading his opponents to question how he could carry out three jobs at once.

Campaign finance records show that in 2009, the leading opponents of the Paterson proposal, liquor stores and their trade interest groups, donated almost $ 415,000 to state politicians, political action committees (PACs) and party committees.

The most recent polling for Gillibrand's own race has her leading opponent Wendy Long by wide margins — 64 to 27 percent, says a September Quinnipiac poll — and so the New York senator has sufficient leeway to throw her time and resources behind other campaigns, an unusual luxury for a politician and a traditional path for New York figures to a measure of national power.

He left the government after John Major became prime minister, and became a leading opponent of the Maastricht Treaty.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has quickly become one of President Donald Trump's leading opponents, using the levers of his office to litigate against Trump's policies, and has put New York at the forefront of efforts to resist the new Republican administration's agenda.

Just days after disgraced former New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer announced he would return to politics to run for New York City comptroller, he leads his opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, by nine percentage points.

Rubio's leading his opponent, Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy, by more than 5 percentage points, 7 points better than Trump's average deficit of 2 percentage points.

De Blasio called for an end to member items during last year's mayoral campaign, as a way to discredit Quinn, one of his leading opponents.

DeLauro, D - 3rd District, has become a leading opponent of the president's plans for the Trans - Pacific Partnership, or TPP, objecting to plans to «ram the trade agreement through Congress with little debate or transparency,» and saying it would destroy American jobs and threaten food safety and environmental regulations.

The cabinet minister is said to be keen to position himself as a leading opponent of Britain's EU membership and nervous that he could be overshadowed by Iain Duncan Smith.

Washington - Democrat Maria Cantwell: Cantwell had a strong December, emerging as the leading opponent of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and winning a face - off on the issue with Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) leads her opponents in the money race.

The surveys indicate Mr. Schneiderman suffers from a lack of name recognition, though he leads his opponent by 71 points among black voters and 42 points among Latinos.

Grayling is said to be keen to position himself as a leading opponent of Britain's EU membership.

Before becoming speaker, Quinn was a leading opponent of Bloomberg's West Side stadium proposal, but in recent years she's frequently taken industry - friendly positions, like opposing a property tax hike and supporting Vornado's proposed 15 Penn Plaza over the objections of the local community board.

Spitzer, the former New York attorney general and governor, leads his opponent, Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, by a commanding 19 points — 56 to 37 — among Democratic primary voters.

She picked up New York's Independence Party nomination this week, and a recent poll showed her leading her opponent by 13 points.

Neither of the two leading opponents, Sal Albanese and Bob Gangi, have gotten much press and even outside groups aren't doing much this year.

Long - simmering racial tensions exploded into the foreground Saturday morning, when Assemblyman Keith Wright accused supporters of State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Wright's leading opponent in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, of plotting to «suppress» and block African - Americans from voting in Tuesday's Democratic congressional primary.

What's more, one of Diaz's leading opponents in the Council primary is the out gay Elvin Garcia, who previously served as Mayor Bill de Blasio's Bronx borough director with responsibilities with the LGBTQ community as well.

He is the leading opponent of Campaign Finance reform and the leading protector of special interest influence.

On display afterward were two strikingly different anti-Rangel strategies from his leading opponents.

The prosecutor then asked if Mr. Avella, a leading opponent of fracking, had known that Senator Skelos had asked his staff to set up a meeting on the subject between AbTech and state officials.

Teachout, a Clinton resident, author and law professor who unsuccessfully primaried Andrew Cuomo for governor in 2014, leads her opponent, Town of Livingston deputy supervisor, farmer and journalist Will Yandik by an even - larger 53 percent to 23 percent margin.

Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who was a leading opponent of the effort to legalize MMA, said she was never swayed by the economic argument, saying she views the sport as «brutal, demeaning, and dangerous to participants.»

He was largely considered a leading opponent against Public Advocate Letitia James, who announced her candidacy earlier this week.