Sentences with phrase «liberal women candidates»
«Gillibrand's Off the Sidelines campaign and efforts to promote extreme liberal women candidates around the country are part of her broader agenda to create a national network of supporters to promote a 2016 bid.
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The Liberals saw a decrease of women candidates nominated in the 2012 election, down to 18 of 87 (20 %) from 22 of 83 in 2008 (26 %).
The Liberal Party, with 12 candidates currently nominated, has nominated 2 women (16 %).
She supports liberal candidates whether the be male or female, and opposes Republicans women as well as men.]
In Bromley and Enfield, Labour candidates fell short by a margin of less than the Women's Equality party votes, while in Richmond the Liberal Democrat / Green alliance saw off the Tory challenge for a second time.
Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to shoot at near full - automatic speed; a bill enshrining the women's health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law; and a measure that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.
We have the Liberal Democrats in government with us and they have fewer women ministers and MPs than we do, but I think 50 % would be difficult to get to by 2020 but if you look at the candidates we're selecting, including candidates in replacement seats, Conservative - held seats, I think over 33 % are women candidates.
Liberal Democrat candidate Susan Leslie said: «I think it has been a victory for women in politics in Scotland that four women stood in this by - election and fought positive campaigns on the issues for Dunfermline.»
Specified Associated Organisations (SAOs) review and input policies, representing groups including: ethnic minorities (EMLD), [169] women (WLD), [170] the LGBT community (LGBT + Liberal Democrats), [171] youth and students (Young Liberals), engineers and scientists (ALDES), [172] parliamentary candidates (PCA)[173] and local councillors (ALDC).
Despite her sterling liberal credentials, Quinn — the only female candidate in the entire race — has struggled to move large numbers of women voters into her camp in recent polls.
In addition to the likelihood of losing votes to the Women's Equality Party, the Working Families Party also faces the risk that some disenchanted liberals will protest Mr. Cuomo by voting for Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate.
Amid concerns that Labour and the Liberal Democrats are selecting more women for safe seats, Cameron has put the Conservatives» chairman, Grant Shapps, «on the case» to get more female candidates into winnable seats.