Sentences with phrase «local candidates get»

Presidential campaigns help achieve ballot status necessary for state Green Parties, which helps local candidates get on the ballot.

Not exact matches

Meeting with LCs, women's groups, other NGOs, religious and local leaders to get referrals for CHP candidates.

In addition to calling your representatives, consider attending a town hall, writing letters the editor of your local paper, connecting with the local Democratic Party to help with voter registration efforts and to challenge voter suppression / gerrymandering, and (because it's becoming painfully obvious that progressives have ceded local politics to the extreme right for too long), running for office or helping a better candidate get the job.

«My question is to ask if the Governor is indirectly and perhaps surreptitiously involved in local politics by getting at least one of his Commissioners to actively support a candidate of his choice while the Governor remains silent,» Rivera Sr. continued.

While stumping on Carl Paladino's home turf of Buffalo Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo got grilled by a local reporter about his campaign advertising strategy for the Queen City, which sparked this slightly testy exchange:

The Working Families Party voted to endorse a slew of City Council candidates, with a few candidates getting the nod over the objections of one of the party's local chapters.

Why not say what is true - reforming local candidate selection is fine, but does nothing to address the question of how and whether voters influence who gets to govern the country in a General Election.

Think about it: when the presidential campaigns are joined by senatorial, congressional, gubernatorial, state legislative, mayoral, etc etc etc, campaigns, all down to the level of local school board candidates, everybody just step back — this thing's going to get huge.

April 16th at midnight is the filing deadline for congressional candidates to deliver their signatures to the local Board of Elections to get onto the June 26th primary ballot, but in an interesting wrinkle in election law, candidates can still substitute in someone else after this date.

In the past 48 hours, Eliot Spitzer has appeared on just about every local television and radio show to promote his eleventh - hour bid for New York City comptroller, but the comeback candidate may have a problem that publicity alone can't fix: getting on the ballot.

Local boards, especially ones that are elected are where the grass roots candidate can get their start.

With so many races going on, the biggest problem facing candidates for the state house generally is getting noticed at all — national media certainly aren't covering them, and the slow decline of local news outlets doesn't leave much room in traditional public spaces.

Local campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on anLocal campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on anlocal government, and the list goes on and on.

«We've just got to continue to raise money... we're working real hard on that,» Messenger said on Saturday, standing in the Teamsters Local 317 hall on Spencer Street following a congressional candidate forum hosted by the Onondaga County Democratic Committee.

«When a local candidate emails me, or asks me a question about what they should do with technology, I'm like get a Facebook page and some emails,» he said.

Corbyn's allies have so far struggled to get his supporters accepted by constituency parties, with local or union - backed candidates preferred.

To get on the ballot, a candidate must have the endorsement of 200 members from 20 local party organisations as well as 10 % of the parliamentary party, which amounts to needing the support of less than one of the eight remaining Lib Dem MPs.

Blacklisted Tory candidate fails to get on South Staffordshire shortlist despite local members» support

Labour has picked a new candidate to replace the defeated Dunwoody, in his first press release to get any coverage he attacks the Conservative MP and local hero Edward Timpson, for being lazy and continuing to work as a barrister — not true of course — but when did the actuality ever get in the way of a Labour smear campaign.

Party chairman Eric Pickles describes the campaign in the region as «very targeted» and points out that the party has «gone out of our way to get very local candidates» and goes on to articulate the strategy, which we have learnt to know as «love - bombing»:

CORONA — The crowded race for Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland's seat has seen candidate donations from local unions and elected officials — while grass - roots candidates say they're limited in how much money they can raise while they struggle to get on the ballot.

Democrats swept to victories Tuesday in Waterbury, New Britain, Middletown and Milford as well - organized candidates pounded away on local issues and got their voters to the polls in the state's big cities.

Washington (CNN)- As two of the three candidates in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in upstate New York get ready to debate, another major national political organization has jumped into the ad wars, another sign that a once semi-obscure local election is now firmly in the national spotlight.

Moving forward, one of the most important things we can do is to get our candidates elected in local and state elections.

«The local Momentum heavily backs Sakina and it feels like she will get the national backing, as they are keen to make sure it's a local candidate with the endorsement of local members,» the source said.

While the Irish Speakers also give up their party membership and are elected automatically at general elections, much like Westminster, their local electors still get the chance to vote for party candidates to fill the constituency's remaining seats.

Say, party Y won 20 % of the party votes (meaning they have a right to about 120 seats), but their local candidates won in 130 districts; now, even though party Y won't get any additional members from their list, they have 10 seats too many, which can't be taken away from them.

Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone got late infusions totaling $ 65,000 from two well - known donors to Republicans — former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, who usually funds conservative candidates and causes.

A local source contacted The Bronx Chronicle said that one document turned over to federal authorities shows that some candidates in unnamed Bronx districts got more votes than the number of voters who went into the booths.

To get on the ballot, a candidate must have the endorsement of 200 members from 20 local party organisations as well as 10 % of the parliamentary party, though the latter requirement equates to less than one of the eight remaining Lib Dem MPs.

But I am still planning on working for a local candidate, manning phone banks, getting out the vote any way I can, and of course, voting, which I never miss.

Whoever wins the primary likely goes to Congress, because local democrats haven't been able to get a candidate on the ballot for the fall election.

She said she believes she got a huge wave of financial support because local attorneys and others believe she is the most qualified candidates for surrogate judge in Erie County.

This week I was with Labour's brilliant local candidate Matt Turmaine at Watford Junction railway station where commuters are having to dip even deeper into their pockets just to get to work on increasingly overcrowded trains.

To get on the ballot, a candidate must have the endorsement of 200 members from 20 local Lib Dem parties as well as 10 % of the parliamentary party.

One source told me that the party was delighted to have got ahead of the Liberal Democrats who only selected their candidate - a local councillor - yesterday evening.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, who faces Republican challenger James O'Connor at the polls tomorrow, got late infusions totaling $ 65,000 from two well - known donors to Republicans — former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, who usually funds conservative candidates and causes.

Branches get to choose the local council candidates to represent your area.

In that way, we were able to use Teachout's momentum to make modest but important gains for independent politics, winning 5 percent of the vote and getting a number of teachers» union locals to endorse a Green Party candidate for the first time.

«From a retired Navy commander to a local businesswoman to a sheriff and general, these Jumpstart candidates are getting a jump - start on their path to victory and a head start on making Congress work for America's middle class again,» Israel said.

NEW BRITAIN — Local voters on Oct. 7 get what may be their best chance of the campaign to learn what their state legislative candidates want to do about education, jobs, the environment, taxes and more.

Each candidate got up after the non-contested nominations and thanked the local Democrats for their support and promised to hit the pavement, knock on doors and «bring balance» to the elected town positions.

I voted labour even though I thought there was no chance, but it seemed like it was my patriotic duty to help get rid of such a......... (I don't want to get moderated) I was shocked when the local labour candidate romped home.

The Preserve Ramapo candidates were joined by about 40 local residents at their rally, and also got support from the Republican candidate for Rockland County Clerk, Donna Held, who is running against incumbent Paul Piperator, D - Haverstraw.

The New York Times of January 31 has this story about the requirement that presidential candidates in France need 500 signatures of mayors or other local officials in order to get on the ballot.

The candidates that do the groundwork before the nominating convention - attending all the corn feeds and fundraisers for local candidates throughout the state - tend to get rewarded at nomination time.

For the first time, the local AFL - CIO affiliate is getting involved, offering support such as coaching candidates and operating phone banks.

NEW BRITAIN — Local voters on Oct. 7 get what may be their best chance of the campaign to learn what their state legislative candidates want to do about education, jobs, the environment, taxes and more.The New Britain Area League of Women Voters will...

James Lane gets Brooklyn Democratic club endorsement over Vincent Gentile editor's note: this past fall 3 local NYC Democratic Party Clubs endorsed Howie Hawkins, the Green candidate for NY Governor Staten Island Live by Rachel Shapiro April 28, 2015 James LaneThe Southern Brooklyn Democrats have endorsed Green Party candidate James Lane over Brooklyn Democratic Councilman Vincent Gentile in the race for Congress, citing Gentile's unwillingness to meet with them and Lane being a political outsider.

I don't know exactly when the local Republicans got lost in the 1990s, but two weeks ago Assembly candidate Kevin Roberts was comparing his long - shot quest against nine - term incumbent Kevin Cahill to when Cahill lost to the unknown John Guerin in 1994.