Sentences with phrase «nomination contest before»

In 2008, Ms. Cavaliere challenged Raj Sherman in the Meadowlark PC nomination contest before withdrawing, switching parties and unsuccessfully running against him in that year's election as the Liberal candidate.

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The Calgary - Montrose Tories had been involved a prolonged legal dispute with the provincial PC Party, in which the local Tories were suing the PC Party for more that $ 180,000 in legal fees amassed during a botched nomination contest held before to the 2004 election.

The new selection rules opened the door to this left - wing revolt — though not before moderate Labour MPs, seeking to «widen the debate» in the leadership contest, helped Corbyn pass the nomination threshold of 15 % of Labour MPs.

This is supposed to happen before a change in rules could see the number of nominations needed for any would - be candidate to enter a leadership contest reduced.

But before that Nov. 6 contest takes place, Scott will have to get by businessman Rocky De La Fuente... a Republican who also has filed in the California Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ran two years ago in Florida for the Democratic Senate nomination.

Dr Hassan Ayariga said the ground that he did not properly fill his nomination form as cited by the EC is baseless considering he went through the same process before contesting the 2012 presidential election on the ticket of the People's National Convention (PNC).

The event on April 14 is just five days before New York's presidential primary, a contest that could prove influential in this year's chase for the nomination.

Before Bawumia there was the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who served as VP under Kufuor but failed to secure the party's presidential nomination in the internal contest to succeed Kufuor.

Washington (CNN)- No clear winner emerged Tuesday from the hard - fought runoff for the Georgia Republican gubernatorial nomination, setting up a possible recount to settle this GOP contest less than three months before the November election.