Sentences with phrase «national battleground state»

Take Virginia, for example, a national battleground state where Democrats control all 5 statewide offices, yet Republicans hold a super-majority in the state House, a majority in the state Senate, and 8 of the 11 Congressional seats.

Not exact matches

National Republicans have begun to intervene in a handful of key Senate and House battlegrounds where state parties are in disarray, seeking to head off the possibility that local mismanagement could cost the party control of Congress.

As it stands, none of the Republican challengers is likely to get much help from the the national Republican Party, which is prioritizing the more traditional battleground states in its effort to regain control of the Senate.

After Mr. Turner's victory, Mr. Koch threatened to continue raising his concerns on a national stage, suggesting that he would consider campaigning against Mr. Obama in battleground states like Florida.

The National Rifle Association began running a new $ 3 million ad campaign against Clinton in battleground states, targeting the Democratic nominee's trustworthiness and her views on the Second Amendment and gun control.

This backs up the position stated in recent days by The Guardian's Tom Clark, Daniel Finkelstein of The Times and blogged elsewhere today by YouGov's Peter Kellner that the Conservatives will indeed do better than the uniform national swing would suggest - because there is indeed a bigger swing to the Tories in the battleground seats.

(CNN)- American Crossroads, which has previously advertised in battleground states and Senate races, on Friday announced a week - long national cable buy focused on the Supreme Court's ruling that President Barack Obama's health reform law includes a new tax.

Steve Greenberg, Siena College Research Institute Pollster, will join us to discuss what happened with the national polling which showed Hillary Clinton winning the national vote and many key battleground states she ultimately lost.

Local school board elections increasingly are becoming a national political battleground, as millions of dollars in campaign cash pours in from out - of - state donors in the name of education reform, indicates new research led by a Michigan State University schstate donors in the name of education reform, indicates new research led by a Michigan State University schState University scholar.

It also becomes clear here that science is often hijacked as a vehicle for national / imperial pride, and becomes a battleground for competing states.

September 28, 2012 • A consulting firm hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters in five battleground states has been let go after one of its workers apparently submitted over 100 questionable registration forms in Florida's Palm Beach County.

Given the influence of state legislation on local reforms and on national efforts, these battlegrounds will loom larger in school reform discussions.

The interpretation of the State resources criterion is a classic battleground between the effectiveness of EU rules and the protection of national regulatory autonomy.

... Smart growth will be a major governmental and legislative battleground on the local, regional, state, and national levels as planners, environmentalists, and other governmental groups find themselves at odds with developers and builders over the extent to which smart growth can be accomplished in free enterprise system.