Sentences with phrase «middle of the road republican»

And the more you keep opening your mouth for the far left, the better the middle of the road republicans look.

The incumbent is businessman Richard Hanna from Barneveld, who has positioned himself as a middle of the road Republican, who's bullish on legislation that helps businesses, but won't hesitate to cross the aisle and vote with Democrats.

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North Country Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik cast herself as a middle - of - the - road Republican and independent voice last week as she fielded questions from a boisterous crowd of 200 constituents.

«We had Republican issues at times and we had Democratic issues, but she played it down the middle of the road all the way,» he said.

Gibson, a highly decorated retired U.S. Army officer from Kinderhook, is reaching out to voters as a pragmatic, middle - of - the - road Republican more interested in results than ideology.

Cuomo has repeatedly angered the left wing of his Democratic Party by supporting Republican candidates, backing charter schools, and routinely making middle - of - the - road compromises on various issues.

Burnishing his middle of the road credentials, Gibson touts his vote earlier this year for a bipartisan budget plan in line with the recommendations of the Simpson - Bowles Commission and his rating by The Washington Post as the «third most independent» member of congress (Gibson voted with the Republican Majority in congress 74 percent of the time during the 2011 term).