Sentences with phrase «many candidates for a state legislature»

Democrats for Education Reform — referred to as DFER (dee - fer)-- is active nationally, promoting the candidacy of pro-charter candidates for state legislatures and for national office.

The Kingston area chamber of commerce will sponsor what amounts to a legislative cattle call in hosting upwards of eight candidates for state legislature from Ulster's four Assembly districts next Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7:45 a.m. at the Garden Lounge off Washington Avenue.

That's the message that some progressives have for colleagues like Netroots Nation's Raven Brooks, who called for a boycott of the political software startup NationBuilder, and Matt Browner Hamlin, who says he'll stop recommending the software to clients, all because NationBuilder has struck a deal to provide software to Republican candidates for state legislatures.

This is a ballot access case, which challenged the North Dakota law on how a minor party candidate for the state legislature gets on the ballot.

Whenever a party, other than the two major parties, runs this many candidates for a state legislature, invariably that action pays off with unforeseen opportunity.

It will also field candidates for the state legislature.

Casey also lives in that district, but has been an unsuccessful candidate for state legislature on numerous occasions.

Mr. Williams cited the example of one Democratic candidate for state legislature who supported charter schools and other school improvement steps favored by DFER.

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Art. 3116, however, limits the sum that may be charged candidates for certain posts, such as the offices of district judge, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, and senator and representative in the state and federal legislatures, and for some counties fees are fixed by Arts. 3116a - 3116d, 1939 Supp., and 3116e, 3116f, 1942 Supp.

NationBuilder co-founder Joe Green says that the company is having productive conversations about those features with Democrats in other types of organizations, like the caucus committees that seek to achieve majorities in state legislatures by bringing in support for key candidates.

The 24 - year - old, Williamsville resident says, he's one of the youngest candidates in the nation for state legislature.

When an Espaillat supporter, after prefacing his question with a reference to «middle east... dictators... in power for such a long time, 30 years, 40 years» asked «when is too long», King first noted Espaillat's 18 years in the state legislature, but then veered off message saying that «if someone wants real change» they should consider the third candidate, Michael Walrond.

It appears that there are only fifteen minor party candidates running for U.S. House of Representatives and state legislature.

Two additional candidates announced on Saturday for seats in the state legislature: Steve Ruzbacki will challenge State Senator Betty Little, and Robin Barkenhagen will mount a challenge against Assemblyman Dan state legislature: Steve Ruzbacki will challenge State Senator Betty Little, and Robin Barkenhagen will mount a challenge against Assemblyman Dan State Senator Betty Little, and Robin Barkenhagen will mount a challenge against Assemblyman Dan Stec.

North Dakota is the only state in which there are no candidates on the November 2012 ballot for state legislature, other than the Democratic and Republican Party nominees.

A new party called Descendants of Americans Slaves has qualified two candidates for the Kentucky state legislature.

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), which has been around since 2002 to help aid GOP candidates running for state legislatures and other state offices, is getting something of a makeover — bringing on former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie as its chairman and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) as its vice chaiState Leadership Committee (RSLC), which has been around since 2002 to help aid GOP candidates running for state legislatures and other state offices, is getting something of a makeover — bringing on former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie as its chairman and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) as its vice chaistate legislatures and other state offices, is getting something of a makeover — bringing on former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie as its chairman and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) as its vice chaistate offices, is getting something of a makeover — bringing on former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie as its chairman and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) as its vice chairman.

We seek cooperation in backing unity candidates for United States Senate and House of Representatives, state legislatures and local offices.

But Assemblyman Nojay says for now, they aren't going to promote any specific candidates, though they hope primary challengers will emerge to run against incumbents in the state legislature all the way down to offices for local county sheriff and county clerk.

Schwarz and Benjamin also wrote a letter, which is joined by more than 20 other prominent New Yorkers, urging candidates for the New York State legislature to make public financing a top priority next year.

Much of this work is local: even a cursory glance at the organization's website shows that it endorses candidates for mayor, city council and state legislature.

That would lay the basis for future local races for municipal, county, state legislature and congressional races where the «political revolution» can continue, with independent progressive candidates using Green ballot lines.

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Despite a resurgent of Green Party activity in the past half - decade, Matt Funiciello garnered just 4.3 percent of the vote, and down - ticket candidates running for seats in the state legislature barely cracked the double digits.

That ban on contractors» money was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for grants to fund state candidates» campaigns.

On April 3, the Georgia legislature passed SB 92, which contains all the recommendations of the Georgia Secretary of State for election law improvement except for the suggested reduction in the number of signtures for independent and minor party candidates.

Candidates for the United States House of Representatives or the state legislature may be nominated by county caucuses, provided that the applicable electoral district lies entirely within the boundaries of a single county.

In Washington state this year, no minor party or independent candidates appeared on the November ballot for Congress, and only two minor party candidates appeared on the November ballot for state legislature.

In addition to the face - off between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, New Yorkers will have a chance to vote on about two dozen candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, one U.S. Senator (Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand) and 213 members of the New York State legislature.

You'd expect Democratic candidates running for the State legislature to use the popular Democratic governor's image to help their campaigns, but Amedore and Grisanti are Republicans.

Other potential candidates for state office indicated interest, and several state legislature candidates filed petitions under the «Taxpayers» banner to be on their ballot.

Almost 200 candidates were kept off Democratic and Republican primary ballots (for state legislature and local partisan office) because of confusion over the deadline for filing a Statement of Economic Read more»

For the Libertarians, electing even a single candidate (like Chad Monnin) to a state legislature would be an enormous win.

GOP candidate for governor and Deputy Senate Leader John DeFrancisco says he wants the legislature to hold hearings into the 514 tourism signs posted along numerous highways in the state.

That contractors» contribution ban was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for state candidates» campaigns.

The Senate GOP also complained about the process laid out in the state's constitution for choosing Regents members, which in recent years has meant that the legislature's largest faction, the Assembly Democrats, has had nearly sole control in choosing candidates.

Almost 200 candidates were kept off Democratic and Republican primary ballots (for state legislature and local partisan office) because of confusion over the deadline for filing a Statement of Economic Interests.

A candidate must also file a written statement of economic interests if running for the state legislature, statewide office, a school board in a town or city with a population in excess of 3,500, or for constitutional office.

Zellner says that each candidate is qualified, and he wouldn't mind seeing them run for the various state legislature positions up for election in November, and he made specific mention of Sean Bunny being in Republican Assemblyman David DiPietro's district.

The latter issue, dramatized by Ashford's vote for a 20 - week abortion ban in the state legislature, provided echoes to the 2017 controversy in Omaha when Bernie Sanders campaigned for a «populist» Democratic candidate for mayor (Heath Mello) who voted for the same 20 - week ban.

In April 2013, she announced that she would register hundreds of thousands of new voters and run candidates for city council and the state legislature who supported the schools against those who didn't.

Indeed, there are a few things we still don't know about the candidates» education positions, including where they stand on the controversial No Child Left Behind «waiver» that LAUSD is trying to get from Washington, whether they support SB 441, the teacher dismissal bill going through the state legislature, and — perhaps most important — which candidate they support for the District 6 School Board runoff.

In between, I've been certified and recertified by the Board, served as a candidate support provider, presented at NBPTS conferences and advocated for the Board and NBCTs in the halls of Congress and my state legislature.

Four state legislatures races out of Utah County are going uncontested for Republicans, but many districts in the valley have two or more candidates fighting for seats on Capitol Hill.

The package also contains a «Student Bill of Rights» that would hold districts accountable for providing every student with a qualified teacher on day one of each school year.The educator's proposal to the legislature comes at a time when anti-union groups are pushing and paying across the state for support of legislation to restrict collective bargaining for teachers, including the group Stand for Children, which made the largest - ever single contribution to a legislative candidate in Illinois history (he lost).

The NEA and the AFT also have extraordinary millions of dollars extracted from their members to lobby for policies they want to have enacted by Congress, state legislatures and school boards and also to elect their favored political candidates.

She is a member of NSBA's Federal Relations Network and has worked with the Georgia School Boards Association and the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education to train candidates for local school boards and the state legislature in education issues.

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During floor debate in the legislature, however, Republican State Sen. Beau McCoy, a candidate for governor, amended the bill to direct scientists to focus only on so - called «cyclical» climate change — a term that has no legitimate scientific meaning.