Sentences with phrase «of a major political party»

Generally speaking, you have to have the political machinery to go out and get yourself elected, usually with the backing of a major political party.
The ease of altering a constitution differs from country to country but almost always fails without the support of at least half of the major political parties; preferably all.
It is stating the obvious to note that these minor party successes are the result of swings in voting behaviour at the expense of the major political parties.
A former senator and US scretary of state, Clinton would be the first woman to ever be the presidential candidate of a major political party in the country's 239 - year history.
He would become the longest - serving leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's historic nomination as the first woman presidential candidate of a major political party in the U.S., women continue to face obstacles in politics and the workplace, according to a national poll conducted by The Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Mitt Romney, who addresses the National Republican Convention this evening, will be the first Mormon to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party.
«I'm humbled,» said Molinaro, who said he's gone from receiving food stamps as a boy to being the likely nominee of a major political party for governor of New York.
While the details of how that pressure should be applied are sure to be the subject of debate in the coming months, Mr. Bush's plan has struck a chord among members of both major political parties who believe that federal funding should be tied to student performance.
When public sector unionists succeed in getting the support of a major political party even to the point where that party will violate the law, it is a sign their power has exceeded all reasonable bounds.
The transhumanism of Humanity 4.5 is thus an extreme expression of the libertarianism that is spreading through American society, increasingly bankrolling and driving the agenda of both major political parties.
She claimed «broken promises» left the consultation invalid as a 500,000 - name petition was «relegated to an appendix» while support from abroad for gay marriage was being counted on the plans which were not in the manifesto of any major political party.
Senate redistricting commission: The state committee of each major political party nominates 10 members to the commission, for a total of 20 nominees.
House redistricting commission: The congressional district committee of each major political party nominates two members per congressional district, for a total of 32 nominees.
With at least one of the major political parties likely to include an intention to leave the Convention in its 2015 General Election manifesto, this argument will potentially be undermined.
[4] He thus achieved the feat of having stood for election to Parliament on behalf of a major political party on three occasions before his 28th birthday, at a time when the minimum age for candidates was 21.
Any good watcher of Nigerian politics would understand that in recent times there is no huge difference in both ideologies and conduct of the major political parties.
Unfortunately, the management of a major political party in the UK does not suit factionalism.
Confirming the incident, Onogun said it must have been masterminded by thugs of a major political party which felt intimidated by the large turnout of supporters.
The Council of African Political Parties (CAPP) was formed in 2013, as an umbrella organisation of the major political parties in democratic African countries for promoting rule of law, democratic participation, transparency and accountable governance.
There's no escaping the fact that New York is too liberal and that this liberalism has corrupted the political compass of both major political parties.
Bill Clyde has never held political office, has not raised much campaign cash and does not have the backing and organizational help of a major political party — yet he's one of two third - party candidates running in the 2nd Congressional District.
The Conservatives, Labour, the Green Party and the SNP have all suspended national campaigning with the rest of the major political parties expected to follow suit.
«We know that the keys of the secretariat are still with the BoT but Sheriff entered by breaking the doors in an action totally unbecoming of a person who had been governor of a state, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and also claiming to be a national chairman of a major political party.
The pair were the first brothers to serve together in cabinet since Austen and Neville Chamberlain in 1929, and are now the first brothers in history to run against each other for the leadership of a major political party.
One Starr associate is «a former national official of a major political party» whose connection to the firm Marose LLC suggests that he is Marvin Rosen, a telecom executive who was finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997.
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Electoral reform is another of those democratic issues where the interests of the major political parties (or more correctly, their perception of those interests) and the personal interests of MPs block any realistic chance of delivering a properly representative and modern democracy in Britain.
But 50 of those district races are rated as «uncontested» because one or the other of the major political parties decided not to run a candidate.
The forum will see representatives of major political parties make presentations before a five member panel stating their support or otherwise for the decision to obtain a new voters» register prior...
Walsh ran without the affiliation of any major political party and will replace term - limited Miner.
And that special election must be nonpartisan, ie, candidates may not run under the banner of a major political party such as the Democratic or Republican parties.
Apparently, with «the cooperation of most of the major political parties,» SCL implemented a six - month intervention.
Now, Cambridge Analytica's dirty - tricks chaos threatens to undermine the credibility of major political parties in the country.
He's raised far more money than all of his opponents and has attracted support from leaders of both major political parties in the city as well as a pair of upstart independent parties.
This article provides a summary of the 2004 Alberta General Election, including information on pre-election standing and polls, key issues in the election, leaders and platforms of the major political parties, and the election's final results.
Clinton's resume was sent to us before she clinched the nomination, so it doens» t mention her history - making achievement of being the first woman to land the presidential nomination of a major political party.
The experience of his two consecutive failed bids, should have taught him that it was the measure by which the electorate judged the cosmopolitan outlook of the presidential nominee of a major political party.
Ben Walsh, an independent who ran without the backing of any major political party, clinched the election after garnering about 54 percent of the vote.
Under the 2011 legislation that created JCOPE, the governor appoints six of its 14 commissioners, «at least three of whom shall be enrolled members of the major political party that is not that of the Governor.»
Ben Walsh, an independent who ran without the support of any major political party, defeated Democrat Juanita Perez Williams late Tuesday night, garnering about 54 percent of the electorate.
Access to Justice — affordable resolution processes, defence of core rights, legal protection of the vulnerable, and access to effective representation — is nowhere to be seen on the agendas of the major political parties.
«In fairness, I'm not what you'd might consider the most likely of candidates, to have gone from food stamps to the gubernatorial candidate of a major political party in one of the greatest places on earth,» he said.
London About Blog This blog is now acknowledged as a hub for thought - leading debate, and a number of ideas originating here have found their way onto the statute books as well as the Manifestos of both major political parties.
Sanders, who turns 75 this month, said nothing about Teachout in an AP interview, but called Donald Trump «the worst candidate of a major political party in my lifetime.»
And one of the major political parties is about to nominate a gentleman who believes that the angel Moroni handed Joe Smith some plates with a supplement to the Bible recorded on them.
Whether or not the amendments are made official, its a significant move for the LGBT community, which has never had its cause officially supported by either of the major political parties...
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