Sentences with phrase «major party presidential»

It's been an odd year for powerful women in the US - with the very first female major party Presidential nominee in Hillary Clinton, 2016 feels like it could be a watershed moment.

And lastly, it looks like Trump and Clinton will be our two major party Presidential candidates come November.

Gary Johnson in 2012 was the first presidential candidate in U.S. history to be kept off the November ballot as a minor party nominee, on the grounds that his name had appeared on a major party presidential primary ballot.

It was part of a debate between surrogates of the two major party presidential candidates that was...

ALBANY — In the state both major party presidential candidates call home, Democrat Hillary Clinton continues to have a commanding lead over Republican Donald Trump, topping him 54 - 30 in a Siena College Research Institute poll of New York's likely voters released Wednesday.

(Chisholm was also the first woman and African - American to seek a major party presidential nomination.)

The late Shirley Chisholm of New York — the first - ever black congresswoman and first woman and African - American to seek a major party presidential nomination — could become the second black woman to receive a full statue in the U.S. Capitol.

«If Hillary Clinton, the woman who came closest to becoming a major party presidential nominee, is a feminist icon, could something similar be said of Michele Bachmann, who officially launched her presidential campaign on Monday?»

(CNN)- If Hillary Clinton, the woman who came closest to becoming a major party presidential nominee, is a feminist icon, could something similar be said of Michele Bachmann, who officially launched her presidential campaign on Monday?

The one thing that gives them pause is that neither profile is anywhere near as professionally done as you might expect a major party presidential candidate's to be in 2012.

Not exact matches

Joking with reporters, Bush described Ferraro — the first woman on a major - party presidential ticket — with these words: «I can't say it, but it rhymes with rich.»

She spoke for the first time since clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, acknowledging the milestone of becoming the first woman to earn the nomination of one of the nation's major political parties.

With presidential candidates from both major political parties proposing a federal mandate on paid parental leave, some companies have chosen to get ahead of any potential new regulations.

Carrie Pugh, left, Katrina Mendiola and Mayors Wegmann cry as Hillary Clinton officially becomes the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party during the second day session.

That conversation included a discussion of, «why mommy, who's a woman, did not support the first female presidential candidate of a major party,» she said.

President of French far - right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen acknowledges the public at the end of a major rally to launch her presidential programme on February 5, 2017 in Lyon, France.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has steadfastly refused to release his tax returns, breaking an over 40 - year tradition followed by major party candidates.

Considering that the fervor around the primaries followed the two remaining major - party presidential candidates through the summer, it's no surprise ratings expectations are high for the first of three scheduled, 90 - minute debates.

Donald John Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination here Thursday, completing a stunning rise from billionaire sideshow to standard bearer of a major American party.

The complaint describes the «conspiracy» as «an act of previously unimaginable treachery: the campaign of the presidential nominee of a major party in league with a hostile foreign power to bolster its own chance to win the presidency,» adding that WikiLeaks «disseminated the information at times when it would best suit the Trump campaign.»

With his path now clear to the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney is on the verge of becoming the first Mormon to head a major party's presidential ticket, a new milestone in America's embrace of religious groups that were once shunned by society.

CNN: Romney - Ryan ticket makes U.S. religious history In selecting Paul Ryan for his running mate, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has made modern political history: a major party ticket with no Protestant Christian.

Since Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy spoke at the event in 1960, it has been a regular stop for presidents and presidential candidates of both major parties.

Alliances between the minority political parties, and the two leading ones; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have always played a major role in deciding, which of them wins the Presidential Election.

Both NAFTA and the TPP have been major talking points this presidential cycle, with both major party candidates agreeing changes need to be made while arguing over who is responsible for the current situation.

Mitt Romney, who addresses the National Republican Convention this evening, will be the first Mormon to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party.

At least some of the group of Democratic, Republican and Independent - leaning voters felt the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party was too ambitious.

When Hillary Clinton won the nomination as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in July 2016, she celebrated her victory speech with words that foreshadowed her campaign message: Tonight, we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president... When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everParty's presidential candidate in July 2016, she celebrated her victory speech with words that foreshadowed her campaign message: Tonight, we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president... When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everparty has nominated a woman for president... When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone.

A major or minor political party must file the name of its presidential candidate with the secretary of state if the party meets the requirements for ballot access.

In Nebraska, the major parties conduct presidential preference primaries.

Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for political ads and in which both major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.

In New Hampshire, a presidential candidate seeking the nomination of a major party must file a declaration of candidacy and pay a $ 1,000 filing fee in order to have his or her name printed on the primary ballot.

The presidential candidates of the two major political parties in Ghana, John Dramani Mahama and Nana Akufo Addo have been visiting various communities as part of their campaign ahead of the December polls.

Clinton, the first female presidential nominee for a major American party, has now officially become Republican Donald Trump's Democratic rival for the presidency of the United States.

He also took a swipe at the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) over this year's presidential debates, which will have an exclusive one between leaders of the country's two major parties, as proposed.

Using a corpus of sports metaphors drawn from secondary literature, this article zooms in on the use of such metaphors in the presidential primary debates of both major parties from 2000 to 2016 (through February).

Geraldine Ferraro gathers with her family at a hotel in New York as they await returns of the presidential election in 1984, when she became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.

With the PAC supporting Faso having been funded by Mercer and Singer, two major donors who have been outspoken in supporting GOP presidential candidates other than Trump, Heaney's full embrace of the brash developer might make this primary a referendum on whether the party's grassroots have fully coalesced around The Donald.

A former senator and US scretary of state, Clinton would be the first woman to ever be the presidential candidate of a major political party in the country's 239 - year history.

President Obama's recent signing of the FAA Reauthorization Bill — over the protests of at least 19 major trade unions including the UAW, Steelworkers, Transportation Communications Union (IAM) and Teamsters — shows once again the current administration's true nature, say supporters of Jill Stein's Green Party presidential campaign.

While Hillary Clinton has made history by becoming the first woman chosen as a major party's presidential nominee, the number of women in elected office in the United States has plateaued.

In Wyoming, state - recognized major and minor parties nominate presidential candidates via the caucus and convention process; consequently, there are no legal filing requirements for candidates seeking a party's nomination.

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)- Sarah Palin's maiden voyage to Iowa as a potential presidential candidate was, on its face, a fundraiser for the state Republican Party - and an early chance for the former Alaska governor to get some face time with the caucus - goers who will play a major role in determining the party's nominee in Party - and an early chance for the former Alaska governor to get some face time with the caucus - goers who will play a major role in determining the party's nominee in party's nominee in 2012.

Hillary Clinton made history Thursday night, becoming the first woman to accept a major political party's nomination for the presidential election.

The two major political parties in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have intensified their political campaigns with just about 60 days to this year's presidential and parliamentary elections.

One shift from 2008, said multiple digital experts, was how voters viewed major events on the political calendar, including the two party conventions and the three presidential debates.

The presidential primary calendar (if no party is noted, both major party votes will occur the same day):

Analysts close to the APC say there are two major cabals and possibly three operating within the party, with Tinubu on one side, President Muhammadu Buhari on another and former Vice President and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar on the third.

There were 29 seats that featured two major party candidates in both 2012, a presidential year, and 2014, a gubernatorial year.

The convention marked a historic moment, as Clinton became the first woman to accept a presidential nomination from a major political party.