Sentences with phrase «mayoral contests»

@sisterman they probably have a decent shot at Harrow considering the result there at the mayoral / London mayoral contests.

Galloway is the latest of a line that includes Alex Salmond of the SNP in last year's Scottish elections and independents (including a self - styled monkey) in mayoral contests, as well as the Greens, BNP and UKIP in proportional - voting elections to the European Parliament and Greater London Assembly.

Mayoral contests were also held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham.

Mayoral contests were held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham.

In May 2016, the devolved and local elections will provide the first major test of his leadership and it is crucial for Project Corbyn that the party performs well in the big mayoral contests in London, Bristol and Liverpool.

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.

Senior sources point out that the party has a poor record of winning London mayoral contests.

Primary day hosted a series of elections, including the Democratic and Republican mayoral contests, Democratic races for city comptroller and public advocate, and various council races.

There are 3 Elected Mayoral contests outside London in 2016, this is the second time these positions will have been elected, after the first elections in 2012.

Most closely watched will be a handful of mayoral contests in New York City, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo.

Although given Boris has a very similar background and won two mayoral contests in a row, while a similarly posh David Cameron has just won a majority, this hope seems rather misplaced.

In 2016 the Labour party won all three mayoral contests in Liverpool, Bristol and Salford, gaining Bristol.

The London mayoral contest has been a bitterly fought two - horse race between Goldsmith and Khan.

Republican activist E. O'Brien Murray filed an ethics complaint against US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, claiming Gaspard broke the federal law barring political involvement by government employees by assisting de Blasio in last year's mayoral contest.

There's not the same requirement for the Mayoral contest (and even if there was, Oona King would easily reach it).

The WFP sent out a press release yesterday touting its successes in the NYC races other than the mayoral contest, which included 12 NYC Council candidates, including Carlos Menchaca, who defeated incumbent Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and is poised to become the Council's first Mexican - American member, and Antonio Reynoso, who defeated former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the remnants of his Brooklyn political machine.

Real estate developer and Republican Paul Massey bowed out of the NYC mayoral contest just hours after a bruising round of questions at a Crain's Breakfast Forum in Midtown.

And Downing Street strategists believe that he is the only figure with a high enough profile to beat Labour in the 2016 mayoral contest.

O'Connor received 10,695 first preference votes (representing 0.44 % of the votes cast) in the mayoral contest, ranking ninth out of ten candidates, he received 73,538 second preference votes 3.67 %, ranking eighth.

As today's Tory mayoral contest turnout figures suggest, Goldsmith does not have anything quite like the personal vote or name recognition of his predecessor in London.

Unlike Labour's recent mayoral contest which contained four big names, Zac always looked like a shoo - in against his relatively unknown rivals.

Unless there's a high - profile independent (as there was in Copeland's own mayoral contest), the votes cast will be a direct reflection of the public's opinion on the various parties and their leaders.

Following Ken Livingstone's defeat in the mayoral contest in London there have been a range of attacks on him from the usual quarters claiming that he underperformed the Labour Party and that on this basis that with «any other candidate» Labour might have won.

With the mayoral contest leaning in favor of de Blasio, political eyes have swung to the biggest contested race in town: the NYC Council speaker.

Phillips confirmed that he would like to stand in the next London mayoral contest in 2012.

Democratic incumbent Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan faced a challenge from Council President Carolyn McLaughlin and Councilman Frank Commisso Jr. for the four - year seat — a rare competitive mayoral contest that's had only a handful of mayors in the last several decades.

A full list of candidates standing in the Mayoral contest, London - wide contest and each of the 14 constituency contests can be found on the London Elects website.

«I want the Mayoral contest to focus on the issues affecting Londoners: the price of housing, congestion, air pollution and inequality.

In the article below we said that Trevor Phillips had confirmed that he would like to stand against Boris Johnson in the next London mayoral contest.

Calls from editorial boards and opponents for Anthony Weiner to withdraw from the New York City mayoral contest have been pouring in after his admission that he sent the lusty messages more than a year after resigning from Congress.

San Diego's mayoral contest includes three Republicans, two of whom are gay: «Another reason it isn't an issue is that each of the four major candidates, which also includes Democratic Rep. Bob Filner and Republican state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, are considered gay - friendly.

Anthony Weiner, a one - time frontrunner in the mayoral contest whose bid was kneecapped after a lewd - messaging scandal, was given less time to speak than the candidates currently leading the field, though he did manage to insert jabs at both Quinn and de Blasio, as well as current New York City Mayor Bloomberg.

Smith was trying to edge his way into an unusually crowded Republican field in the mayoral contest including former MTA boss and party frontrunner Joe Lhota.

(CNN)- It didn't take long for the calls to come in for Anthony Weiner to withdraw from the New York City mayoral contest following his shocking admission Tuesday that he sent lusty messages more than a year after resigning from Congress for the same dubious habits.

Whether or not to shun Corbyn is the question that has been causing a headache for the Khan campaign from the outset of the mayoral contest.

On the London mayoral race, he had this to say: «The Mayoral contest was frankly; a big dispiriting all round.

What's still to come (all timings are estimates) Friday 6 May First preference vote share information for elections to Northern Ireland Assembly London Mayoral result due to be announced Results of Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Salford mayoral contest are also expected on Friday Saturday 7 May 14:00 Results from five remaining councils in England 16:00 Result of Bristol Mayoral contest Result of elections to Northern Ireland Assembly expected Sunday 8 May 16:00 Result of elections to Bristol Council (final council in England to declare) Results of Police and Crime Commissioner elections in Wales

This seems very much in line with the polling we got last year, when pollsters were doing regular London polls because of the Mayoral contest.

With several outlets, including NY1, calling the New York City Mayoral contest for Bill de Blasio, Governor Cuomo released a statement moments ago congratulating the mayor - elect.

«I would be very surprised if he would have any serious aspirations for this next New York City mayoral contest; I don't think that's going to happen,» Stephen Baldwin told reporters during an appearance earlier today in Syracuse.

The intra-party showdown in a year with no presidential, statewide or even mayoral contest at the top of the ballot is likely to be decided by a relatively small slice of city Democrats.

And this year, the first incumbent - free mayoral contest in more than a decade, will also mark a coming - out party of sorts for a new class of influencers looking to make their marks.

Kingston Republican Committee Chairman Tony Sinagra said that he had hoped that Polacco would abandon the mayoral contest after he received scant support at the party's June convention.

• During an early preview of Buffalo's mayoral contest of 2017, The Buffalo News mentioned the potential candidacy of the Rev. Michael Chapman.

5.12 pm: Boris Johnson is nine points ahead of Ken Livingstone — 44 to 35 — in a poll of voting intentions ahead of the 2012 mayoral contest.

In the mayoral contest, de Blasio was at 32 % among likely Democratic primary voters.

Looking ahead to the 2013 mayoral contest, the poll found that Congressman Anthony Weiner is in the lead, with the support of 21 percent of registered Democrats polled.

For a city known for its progressive voter base, where the mayoralty is almost always decided during the Democratic primary, this year's mayoral contest has taken on a decidedly conservative bent.

As 1010 WINS» Gene Michaels reported, Weiner said the future, and not the past, are what is relevant in the mayoral contest.

Now call me a conspiracy theorist but I suspect Dolan was a driving force behind the movement to keep me off the ballot for the 2013 Suffern Mayoral contest.