Sentences with phrase «nomination battle»

Typically, leaders of county - wide Democratic organizations try to exert influence over nomination battles within their turf and special elections are settled with little drama.

the mostly young Ellison supporters — including many who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont during last year's Democratic presidential nomination battle — chanted.

There was also a controversy over the clout of superdelegates in the Democratic nomination battle between Obama and Clinton.

Since he was first elected in 1997, Mr. Anders has been challenged by many high profile conservatives and easily defeated all of them in nomination battles.

Here's a part of the political calendar that nobody in the Republican Party seems to have noticed: This spring, just as the GOP nomination battle enters its final phase, frontrunner Donald Trump could be forced to take time out for some unwanted personal business: He's due to take the witness stand in a federal courtroom in San Diego, where he is being accused of running a financial fraud.

This spring, just as the GOP nomination battle enters its final phase, Trump could be forced to take time out for some unwanted personal business: He's due to take the witness stand in a federal courtroom in San Diego, where he is being accused of running a financial fraud.

New Hampshire is the second state to choose delegates in the long nomination battle following last week's Iowa caucuses, which were won by Mr Cruz for the Republicans and Mrs Clinton for the Democrats.

The level of comfort with a Mormon president has risen to importance in the 2012 nomination battle because there are two Mormon candidates in the race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- President Barack Obama has started arming for the possibility of a major Supreme Court nomination battle, pulling a longtime Democratic power player into the White House to help run the confirmation process, senior administration officials told CNN.

Thanks to this year's unexpectedly long presidential nomination battles, New York's opinion about who should occupy the White House matters.

The 1972 Democratic Nomination Senator Henry Bonwiller, the presidential candidate to whom Liam Metarey acts as closest advisor, is fictional, but the rest of the details of the 1972 Democratic nomination battle are true.

Clinton's campaign has received commitments from four Democratic state parties — including in the crucial proving ground of New Hampshire — to enter joint fund - raising agreements with the campaign just as the nomination battle is beginning.

Also, voters go to the polls in Indiana to cast ballots in primaries that could prove definitive in both the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination battles.

Sanders was trying to effectively end his nomination battle with Clinton on a high note by winning the California primary.

John F. Kerry and Howard Dean followed suit four years later in their nomination battle.

CNN Radio Political Notebook: CNN's Lisa Desjardins and CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser look at how both parties are trying to avoid a repeat of the weary 2012 nomination battles.