Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan primaries»

While Bloomberg's efforts failed in 2003, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, recently supported the implementation of nonpartisan primaries in a 2014 New York Times op - ed.

Incumbent Mike Groene ran unopposed in the Nebraska State Senate District 42 nonpartisan primary election.

We also have seen more people of color elected to office - including a Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, in Los Angeles, who was opposed by the Democratic Party establishment but elected in a nonpartisan primary election system.

The matchup was ordained by a nonpartisan primary election in which Ms. Eastin captured 2 million votes, or 43 percent of the total, well short of the majority she needed to avoid a runoff.

Not exact matches

Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority voters.

See nonpartisan blanket primary for more info.

In Nebraska's nonpartisan state legislature employs a top - two primary system in which the top two vote - getters in the primary face off in the general election.

Another factor in this race: The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a nonpartisan super PAC that targets incumbents, is devoting some of its significant resources to supporting Espaillat.

Deadline for county clerk to receive in - person applications for absentee ballots for the Preferential Primary Election and Nonpartisan Election from the voter, designated bearer, or administrator is no later than the close of regular business hours on the day before the election.

On a state primary day, and during a hotly contested presidential campaign, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday issued a somewhat nonpartisan message to New Yorkers: Vote — or don't complain about the results.

An establishment of nonpartisan elections (open primaries) would be better for all of New York.

Nonpartisan elections, also known as «top - two» elections, would let all candidates run in a September primary open to all voters.

Fulani also took the opportunity to make the case for one of her long - sought policy proposals: Making New York primaries nonpartisan.

Deadline for partisan and nonpartisan candidates (other than incumbent judges) to file for the state primary

Because of California's new nonpartisan blanket primary, which allows the general election to be contested by the two highest vote - getters in the primary, regardless of party affiliation, [9] his opponent in the general election was Dublin city councilman Eric Swalwell, a fellow Democrat almost 50 years his junior.

In the 2013 Democratic public advocate runoff election, turnout was seven percent, compared to 18 percent in the primary, according to data provided by FairVote, a nonpartisan group that pushes for electoral reforms.

Last day to qualify for Primary / Nonpartisan and Independent / Political Body Candidates for November General Election

All candidates, regardless of party affiliation, run in a nonpartisan blanket primary (or «jungle primary») on Election Day.

However, upon the passage of House Bill 292, Louisiana again adopted a nonpartisan blanket primary for its federal congressional elections.

City Council special elections are nonpartisan and there are no run - offs, meaning or no party primaries.

In the state's nonpartisan Oct. 21 primary, Mr. Foster led the 16 - candidate field, garnering 26 percent of the 1.4 million votes cast.

As they prepare to compete along with a Republican candidate in the June primary, however, Tuck and Torlakson's backgrounds and perspectives on a handful of hot - button issues are making the nonpartisan race a referendum on whether change is coming quickly enough in a state where the traditional might of labor unions is being challenged by increasingly restive education reformers.

Lowell Holtz was a candidate in the spring 2017 primary for the nonpartisan position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction.