Sentences with phrase «mayoral election»

This week Labour's candidates for the metropolitan mayoral elections in 2017 were announced.

The costs were a key issue candidates pledged to fix during the city's recent mayoral election.

In previous mayoral elections, the paper has been highly partisan.

Though this year's mayoral election seemed a done deal from the get - go, the last six months have brought a few surprises.

A challenge to him might arise in nine months» time after the Scottish, Welsh and London mayoral elections in May 2016, depending on how Labour does in them.

Diane Russell, a Portland state representative who had promoted ranked choice across the country for Fair Vote, the national election reform advocacy group, helped convince officials in her home city to embrace it for mayoral elections in 2010, and began pushing for it at the State House.

The New York City mayoral election of 2001 was held on November 6, 2001.

In addition to the council polls, there have been a series of mayoral elections in London boroughs.

His London mayoral election campaign, where he was widely accused of running a racist «dog - whistle» campaign against Sadiq Khan, appeared to have hurt his support among left and liberal - leaning voters.

Thirteen months after its devolution deal was first announced, not a single candidate from a major party has come forward to stand in the city region's mayoral election next year, while local leaders have continued to question whether they should even have to introduce a metro mayor full - stop — despite the Communities secretary Sajid Javid stating explicitly that this would continue to be a «real red line» for progressing with devolution deals.

Quinn spearheaded the vote to extend term limits before the last mayoral election for city elected officials, including clearing the way for Bloomberg to run for a controversial third term.

On 5 May 2016, a spokesperson for Burnham confirmed that he had been approached by party officials in Greater Manchester, asking him to consider resigning from the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn in order to run in the upcoming mayoral election in 2017.

«The inconvenient truth for Owen Smith is that Labour polled ahead of the Tories in May's local elections; and we have won all parliamentary by - elections under Jeremy's leadership, as well as having won mayoral elections in Bristol, London, Liverpool and Salford.

Perez Williams lost the Syracuse mayoral election last November in a largely Democratic city.

Last week Centre for Cities and local Chambers of Commerce held the first hustings for the Sheffield City Region mayoral election with all the leading candidates, focusing in particular on their plans for the local economy (Dave Allen of the English Democrats could not attend).

Boris Johnson first promised to introduce a new Routemaster - style bus in his first Mayoral election campaign in 2008.

Labour's ruling national executive committee has bowed to pressure to allow Dan Jarvis to stand in the Sheffield city region mayoral election while remaining Barnsley Central MP.

This report looks at mayoral elections in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota and Virginia.

He also has an eye on the main prize, which is the London mayoral elections which will become a crucial mid term popularity test of this Government's policies.

In 2010, there was much speculation that Johnson was going to stand as a candidate for the London Mayoral election after announcing that he was not going to contest the leadership.

Tabone — who was tried with Smith for plotting to rig the 2013 mayoral election by getting Smith on the ticket — claims he didn't have a «fiduciary duty» to his party that would've barred him from accepting bribes from Smith.

Also, both candidates in Glen Ellyn's first contested mayoral election since 1988 refer to many of the same issues.

Find out more about the Manchester mayoral election with this guide from our sister paper the Manchester Evening News.

In fairness to the game things do become a tad more challenging when mayoral elections get introduced because in the run - up to voting time you may be unwilling to spend goodwill to pass an edict that a party has proposed, even when it's something like removing punishments for homosexuality or providing free running water to homes.

Ahead of the 2016 London mayoral election taking place on May 5th, Mr Khan and members of the Creative Industries Federation presented their plans to support the arts sector, if elected.

BBC refuses to report biggest story in South Yorkshire Mayoral Election — to protect Labour candidate!

The catch - phrase harkens back to a campaign slogan used by some supporters of Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo's father, in the 1977 New York mayoral election against Ed Koch: «Vote for Cuomo, not the homo.»

At 7 p.m., CBS 2 News, WCBS Radio 880, 1010 WINS, the Daily News, New York Immigration Coalition and Common Cause New York host one in a series of town halls ahead of the NYC mayoral election debates, College of Staten Island, Recital Hall, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island.

He did so over the heated objections of Dinkins, who had just won the November mayoral election over Giuliani and was preparing to take office.

In this electoral cycle, the London Mayoral election stands out as the best measure of whether the polls had improved on their diminished reputation, due to the similar party competition.

A third of seats in many other places were decided, and a number of mayoral elections also took place, most notably in the Sheffield City Region.

Crosby, dubbed the «Wizard of Oz», was the mastermind of Boris Johnson's London mayoral election victories.

The next NYC mayoral election isn't until 2017, but one of de Blasio's supposed allies — former state Senator - turned - Brooklyn BP Eric Adams is already quietly making moves for a possible challenge.

As part of their 1998 elections reforms, state lawmakers told the Department of State to remove felons and other ineligible voters from the rolls after thousands of corrupt votes, including 100 votes by felons, were cast in a Miami mayoral election.

Ken Livingstone has raised a storm by seemingly endorsing the independent candidate in East London's Tower Hamlets Mayoral elections.

Some of Corbyn's opponents in the party are now looking at the London mayoral election as their first best chance of ousting him.

Labour leader Ed Miliband and Ken Livingstone launch Labour's mayoral election battle bus in Croydon today.

«I think that the revelations from yesterday were stunning as well as disturbing and the one thing about mayoral elections, they are discussions about the future of the city of New York,» Thompson told WCBS 880's Steve Scott.

So I propose for the next London Mayoral election Labour will have a primary for our candidate selection.

The Times and Telegraph newspapers claim Conservative strategists are considering a quick exit for Mr Johnson, who beat incumbent Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral election earlier this month.

The latest tally of votes in the London mayoral election still shows Boris Johnson ahead of his Labour candidate - but the gap has narrowed.

Though a jury convicted five Klan members, including its Exalted Cyclops Roy Miner, the Klan's openly endorsed candidate in that summer's mayoral election nearly succeeded in defeating the incumbent.

I can confirm that South Yorkshire Police is investigation an allegation of electoral fraud in relation to the forthcoming Sheffield City Regional Mayoral elections.

Livingstone used the first day of the official mayoral election campaign to claim he would «sort out the mess» if elected on May 3rd.

The only primary will be in London, not much consolation for Londoners, but reassuring for those who might otherwise have faced a primary for other mayoral elections or for parliamentary candidates.

[184] With the first mayoral election scheduled for May 2000, in March 1998 Livingstone stated his intention to stand as a potential Labour candidate for the position.

Those changes might apply to this year's mayoral election if the bill is passed, Czarny said, adding that that might create challenges for Onondaga County's elections office.

Angering fans, the Nashville Predators have leaped into politics for a second time this year with an endorsement of left - wing Democrat David Briley in Nashville's upcoming special mayoral election.