Sentences with phrase «midterm campaign»

The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has thrust gun rights into the midterm campaign, scrambling traditions in both parties as the debate shifts toward firearms restrictions.

There is no better illustration of Mr. Trump's impact on the midterm campaign than in the soaring number of Democratic House candidates in the primaries.

Texas Democrats surged to the polls yesterday in the first primary of 2018, demonstrating a wave of Trump - inspired energy, but also showcasing party divisions that have emerged at the outset of an otherwise promising midterm campaign.

While Republicans have been bracing for months for a punishing election in November, they are increasingly alarmed that their losses may be even worse than feared because the midterm campaign appears destined to turn more on the behavior of the man in the White House than any other in decades.

Even before the final weekend push, for instance, Democrats had used the Voter Activation Network to target over 50 % more voter outreach than at the same point in the previous midterm campaign (though I was surprised it wasn't higher).

The 2010 election was one of the most nationalized, some will say the most nationalized, midterm campaign in American history.

GOP leaders are making the tax cuts the centerpiece of the fall midterm campaign and credit the tax cuts for boosting the economy.

For instance, when looking at the internet as a persuasive tool, they say that «e-mail is not close to challenging direct mail and phone calls as ways to reach voters: A Pew Research Center survey last month found that 38 percent of registered voters had received phone calls about the midterm campaigns, while only 15 percent had received e-mail.»

Between stops on former VP Joe Biden's book tour and in the ramp - up for what will be a heavy midterms campaign schedule, a tight circle of his aides has been brainstorming a range of tear - up - the - playbook ideas for a White House run in 2020.

In order to take part in the 2014 congressional midterm campaigns, SCL, a British firm, needed an American front company.

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Attracting small donors through digital channels resembles the presidential campaign fundraising strategy of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (D), but Harris insists she's just focusing on this year's midterm elections.

A central force behind this year's midterm election campaign is neither a political party nor a candidate.

Pence will use the money the PAC collects to cover travel and campaign costs, and he can also channel money to Republican candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.

With the 2018 midterms around the corner, and prospective Democratic candidates already eyeing the 2020 presidential race, the answer is important because it will influence how Democrats campaign.

The group is using that sophisticated technology in a door - to - door campaign to turn out Republican voters in the midterms.

It Could Happen Again: Congressional Republicans won't pledge not to use stolen or hacked materials in their 2018 campaigns, which means the midterm elections could again be vulnerable to malicious interference.

Trump's once - fired 2016 campaign manager is working to repair relationships and is expected to be by the president's side ahead of the midterms.

Also, with the upcoming midterm election, I hope to use my experience as a former Congressional Staffer in Washington DC to bring bitcoin, and BitPay, into as many political campaigns as possible.

Mr. Scott can afford to break with the gun lobby now because he is unlikely to face a Republican primary in his expected Senate campaign against Bill Nelson, the Democratic incumbent, in the midterms in November.

The upturn follows an aggressive advertising campaign by the party and coincides with an eroding Democratic lead in polls gauging midterm election prospects.

The campaign to take on Cuomo this year is considered in uphill one, given Democratic advantages at the polls in a midterm election and the governor's $ 30 million campaign war chest.

Hillary Clinton is supporting a Democratic congressional candidate's use of campaign funds on child care, writing a letter in support to the Federal Elections Commission that also highlights the number of women who are running for office in the 2018 midterm elections.

... an unprecedented effort in a midterm election year, called the Bannock Street Project after the location of Bennet's 2010 campaign office.

Since taking over the committee from Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen after the Democrats lost the majority in the 2010 midterms, Israel, who hails from Long Island, has instituted an aggressive campaign to take back the House.

Despite having an even lower favorability rating from the American people than Trump, Clinton will selectively campaign for Democratic congressional hopefuls for the decisive 2018 midterm elections.

Lamb's slim margin of apparent victory upended the political landscape ahead of November's midterm elections, and emboldened Democrats to run maverick campaigns even in deep - red areas where Republicans remain bedeviled by Trump's unpopularity.

Trump today pledged to campaign heavily for Republican House and Senate candidates during the 2018 midterms.

The number of women donating to political campaigns is climbing to new heights ahead of this year's midterm elections as women swarm to politics and run in record numbers for Congress and other elected posts around the country.

Ryan's retirement announcement blindsided many House Republican candidates and their campaign leaders who were counting on him to lead them to victory in the November midterm elections, and could make it easier for Democrats to retake control.

Through his campaign account and his political action committee, the Kerry campaign operation generated more than $ 10 million for various party committees and 179 candidates for the U.S. House, Senate, state and local offices in 42 states focusing on the midterm elections during the 2006 election cycle.

She also oversaw campaigns for the state House of Delegates, where victories (the party won 15 seats) signaled Democratic energy heading into the 2018 midterms.

As part of our survey to determine our final campaign stops of the midterms, Roll Call asked top communications aides at each of the four congressional campaign committees for their picks for our next road trip.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee now has more than 100 targets in this year's midterms, the committee announced Thursday.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has reserved $ 43.5 million in television airtime in dozens of targeted House districts this fall — a signal the party is attempting to play defense and offense in a challenging midterm cycle.

In our unprecedented effort to cover the midterm elections, Roll Call has hit the campaign trail in 14 states so far this year, covering 24 congressional races and writing 36 datelined stories from Adel, Iowa, to Tallulah, Louisiana.

The House Democrats» campaign arm is now going after 79 Republican - held seats in the midterms.

I think we ought to move on,» said Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Not only do we need to support veterans, but their caregivers, too Trump Jr. prepares to hit the campaign trail ahead of midterms MORE (D - Mont.).

The House Democratic campaign arm outpaced its GOP counterpart for much of the year, even though its members have been in the minority since a midterm wave in which Republicans captured 63 seats.

Donald Trump's former campaign manager said the president will have a «real problem» — including facing an impeachment effort — if Democrats take control of Congress during the 2018 midterm...

After getting squeezed last year by an array of campaign committees, party committees and disparate super PACs, many of them are still sitting on their checkbooks — a worrisome sign for the party with the 2014 midterm elections fast approaching.

In the lead up to the 2018 midterm elections, many Democrats are focused on embracing the #MeToo movement and therefore see former President Bill Clinton as «too toxic» to campaign for Democratic candidates.

(CNN)- A conservative group is kicking off the midterm election year with a multimillion - dollar ad campaign that targets three Democratic Senators facing tough re-election battles in November.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reserved a third wave of television time, one week after announcing the selection of the first two waves that identified 40 of the most vulnerable seats in the midterm elections.

(CNN)- With a little over three weeks before the midterm elections, House Minority Leader John Boehner will deliver a major campaign speech from his hometown in Ohio on Friday.

As part of his push to keep money flowing into Democratic campaign accounts before the midterms, President Obama has appeared at 49 fundraisers so far this year — 46 of which were for party committees or PACs that will spend the money on political campaigns this fall.

Coordinated Campaign director for the Minnesota DFL during the 2006 midterm elections.

As we enter the run - up to the 2018 midterm elections, Trumpism is weakening under its own self - inflicted wounds, the ambivalent legitimacy of Trump's election by a popular minority due to the eccentricities of the Electoral College, and a spreading realization that behind the economic populism of his campaign rhetoric is the most reactionary Republican economic and social policy agenda since the late nineteenth - century era of Social Darwinism and Jim Crow.

The generational approach falls flat — young people don't vote much in low - turnout midterm primaries, lol, and anyway aren't necessarily clamoring for one of their own, and Maloney is not the right target for a «change» campaign.

Priorities USA, the main political action committee behind Clinton's 2016 campaign, is rolling out a series of digital ads in an early attempt to target potentially vulnerable members of the GOP ahead of the 2018 midterms elections.

During the 2010 midterms, Grijalva faced his toughest re-election campaign yet, against Republican Ruth McClung.