Labour has set its tone for May's
local election campaign with Ed Miliband calling for a return to a society which values «solidarity».
The Liberal Democrats have launched
their local election campaign with a promise to facilitate change and return power to local communities.
«Cameron enters
local election campaign with speech on immigration Main Vince Cable attacks Cameron's immigration speech as «very unwise»»
Ed Miliband has launched his party's
local elections campaign with a plea to voters that «Labour is changing».
Not exact matches
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Manafort's last consulting assignment in Ukraine ended less than six months before he started working for the Trump
campaign: He spent at least a month in Ukraine advising the Opposition Bloc ahead of
local elections in October 2015... In [July], Manafort made a previously reported effort to patch his soured relationship
with [Russian oligarch] Oleg Deripaska,... [and] offered to give private briefings about the
campaign to Deripaska.
Along
with Dennis Johnson, Karen Jagoda and Morra Aarons - Mele, I had the pleasure of giving a presentation this morning on congressional and
local online
campaigns for the assembled journalists at the Knight Digital Media Center's symposium,
Election» 08: Unleashing the Cyber-watchdogs (i.e., after a week of luxuriating in the California sun, it was time to sing for my supper and justify the trip).
Being face to face
with the Lib Dems»
campaigning and
local government record does not make for a friendly disposition to their party, and we all know that - as
with, say,
elections in London or Scotland - will force us to seek out Lib Dem support if we're to win
elections.
The [Federal
Election Campaign] Act does not prohibit individuals
with permanent resident status (commonly referred to as «green card holders») from making contributions or donations in connection
with federal, state or
local elections, as they are not considered foreign nationals.
With five chapters covering the essential online tools and tactics that state - and
local - level
campaigns can use to find supporters, raise money and turn out voters in next year's
elections, the PDF / e-book provides a straightforward guide to leveraging both new and old online tools to win in 2010.
Bedford attorney and political newcomer Samard Khojasteh is continuing to forge ahead
with his bid to represent the Republican Party in the yet - to - be-called 37th Senate District special
election, assembling a
campaign team and sending out a letter seeking the support of
local committee members.
Miliband launched Labour's
campaign for the 2012
local elections with a speech in Birmingham, accusing the coalition government of «betrayal», and claiming that it «lacked the values» that Britain needed.
Defunct
campaigns with cash on hand (e.g. if eliminated in a primary or after losing a general
election race) often give their remaining funds to the
local party organization.
With last week's dissolution of Parliament and
local elections now behind us, it seems an auspicious time to look at what the initial skirmishes of the general
election can tell us about the upcoming
campaign.
The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align
with positions he wants, comes into
Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue
campaigns for
local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.
With just over one week to go to until the ballots close for this year's
local elections, Momentum's
campaign to #Unseat the Tories in marginal councils is in full swing.
Democratic congressional candidate Mike Derrick has the second lowest fundraising results, at this point, of
local congressional challengers in six
local congressional races, according to
campaign finance reports filed
with the Federal
Election Commission.
But Mr Cameron's speech yesterday - timed to coincide
with the start of the
local election campaign - prompted Mr Clegg to distance himself from the prime minister and an extraordinary outburst from Mr Cable.
Mr Tilbrook said his party was the only one to
campaign to make St George's Day a bank holiday as he debated
with Conservative Faith and Communities Minister Baroness Warsi ahead of
local elections in many English counties and two mayoral contests on 2 May.
Lots of coverage from the
local election campaign launch yesterday
with David Cameron in Tynemouth.
Beyond the labor unions, which give lavishly to Democratic
campaigns in any
election, there are men
with little prior experience as major donors in New York politics on the rolls of
local and state
campaign committees.
Candy Piercy, a close friend and adviser who worked
with Kennedy on his final
election campaign, said the congregation was predominantly made up of
local people who cared for and respected the family: «That's the Highland way.»
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With the
election important to both parties, the Conservative party chairman and
local MP Theresa May and the Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy both
campaigned in the area.
As such, he has announced his intention to resign as an MP to concentrate on the mayoral
campaign and it is strongly expected that the by -
election will take place on May 5th, coinciding
with local elections and the AV referendum.
Although a third party
with its own ballot line in New York and a few other states, the WFP largely functions as an advocacy organization within Democratic Party politics, endorsing and
campaigning for left - leaning contenders in
local primary
elections.
It was a challenging week for the Liberal Democrats,
with their
local election campaigning overshadowed by a row
with the Conservatives about knife crime, and UKIP attracting the headlines.
Rice has closed out her attorney general accounts
with the state Board of
Elections, but kept her old district attorney
campaign committee open, drawing upon its $ 1.6 million - plus in funds to bankroll ads and to sponsor
local groups and candidates.
The
campaign said it'll kick off the opening
with a 3 pm event where Levine will speak to supporters, volunteers and
locals on «his bold, progressive vision to move Florida forward» as well as Broward's importance in the primary and general
elections.
The super PAC —
campaign committees that can received unlimited donations and spend unlimited amounts of money — has arrived on the
local elections level,
with one group spending heavily in a suburban county executive race.
«Angie pledged to fight for reform, advocated for the public funding of
elections, and ran a grassroots
campaign with the support of many progressive organizations and
local elected officials,» said End Citizens United's Communications Director Adam Bozzi.
Skoufis says the problem is that some of the issues that resonate
with young voters are not
campaign issues on the
local level, which makes increasing young voter turnout during off -
election years even more challenging.
With the
campaign season fast receding, Woodstock voters are preparing to cast their ballots next Tuesday, November 8 —
Election Day — in seven
local races, although incumbents are running unopposed in three of the contests and thus guaranteed reelection.
Theresa very kindly came to Birmingham during the
local election campaign and impressed
with her knowledge of the transport issues facing an area like the West Midlands.
The Baxter for Sheriff
campaign and the Monroe County Democratic Committee on Sunday filed a complaint
with the New York State Board of
Elections asking the board to investigate what they say is fraudulent mailing sent to
local Democrats over the weekend.
Mr. Pataki's
campaign manager, Timothy S. Carey, a
local politician and a political intimate of Jack F. Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, says what is important in the
election is not the abortion issue but the fact that the race provides a pure test of two different political philosophies
with implications across the state.
In addition to this issue
with the national
campaign, an analysis of the
local, constituency - based
campaigns at the 2010
election was carried out by the Electoral Reform Society in 2013, finding that the difference in expenditure was 22 times as high in the constituency
with the highest
campaign spend per vote as it was in the lowest.
They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman's «pink bus» but did not declare this in their
local returns,
with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an
election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates» returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, «used a helicopter to
campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies — at a cost of # 35,000».
Campaign finance reports are filed
with the
local election authority.
His
campaign cast Mr. Behan's endorsement as a
local issue, focusing on his involvement
with the town's Republican committee and his falling - out
with its leaders since last year's town
election when the town board candidates Mr. Behan proposed — his wife, Marilyn Behan, and Bill Mott — were rejected by them.
During the
campaign Lichfield was one of the councils visited by Conservative leader William Hague, on the 29 April,
with the overall
local elections seen by commentators as crucial to his leadership of the party.
June 2009 though has the advantages for Labour that they can save money by combining
Local, EU and General
Election campaigns and also maximise Labour turnout in the EU and
Local Elections, a much improved performance in the EU and 2009
Local Elections along
with a solid General
Election victory and Labour dissidents in parliament will largely fall quiet for some time and the next parliament will be off to a good start for the Prime Minister.
The directions refer to the presidential candidates, but this WebQuest can be adapted for use
with local election campaigns too.
Setting out the education priorities for Labour in the
election campaign, he called for all teachers to have qualified teacher status or to be moving towards it and to allow
local authorities to be able to open new schools «on an equal footing
with other providers».
The report reveals that AFC, a well - known national school choice advocacy organization, funneled more than $ 90,000 to the 2012
election campaigns of Republican and Democratic North Carolina lawmakers who support school choice,
with the help of two
local PACs in North Carolina.
The 2016
election cycle is in full swing,
with candidates from all political parties at the national, state and
local level
campaigning and debating a variety of issues, ranging from the economy and foreign policy to immigration and the environment, among others.
You can offer to distribute
campaign literature to friends, family and even customers (be sure to check applicable rules
with your
local board of
elections).
I hope that all of my readers will get involved
with local campaigns (try volunteering
with the NDP, Liberals, or Green Party) and vote come
election day (get registered here).
If that isn't staggering enough, says Williams, consider that the $ 2.7 million figure represents only 30 percent of the money raised by RPAC in this two - year
election cycle,
with the rest going to state and
local races and issue
campaigns.
c. Assist
local associations
with municipal
elections, including facilitation of coordinated or independent
campaigns.