Sentences with phrase «of election cycles»

«But the base and the networks and the foundation for getting to this point [have] built over a couple of election cycles.»

Obviously, it's better politics to think about reforms in terms of election cycles rather than generations.

You have to remember though, that where we, as space advocates, view things from the scope of advancing humanity's reach into the Universe, most politicians mostly view things in different terms, centered around a more narrow timeframe — that of election cycles.

Self - serve platforms change this dynamic, giving small and / or local campaigns essentially the same online voter - targeting options that statewide or federal candidates have come to rely on over the past couple of election cycles.

Totals for Assembly races have not been compiled for the past couple of election cycles, but they had previously come out to be about $ 40 million every two years, meaning that somewhere around $ 200 million can be expected to be spent on legislative races every four years.

As we've talked about before, grassroots field organizing hasn't been in the Republican establishment's blood in the past couple of election cycles (the Tea Party folks have had a monopoly on that aspect of campaigning on the Right).

One of this election cycle's most notorious sexual harassers already worked for Trump before this latest footage broke.

Not too long after that, Cuban turned on the Republican candidate and spent the rest of the election cycle as one of his most outspoken critics.

Yet the most troubling part of this election cycle is not, in this onlooker's view, the onslaught of allegedly state - sponsored network intrusions and data theft.

Also the fall could be short - lived as some Fed action (or more likely another central bank) will occur in the summer ahead of the election cycle.

Partisan politics, too, have clearly led to an unprecedented focus on short - term wins that can be claimed within the span of an election cycle.

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

A look at some of the biggest donors of the election cycle: TOP DEMOCRATS — Tom Steyer, a retired San Francisco hedge fund billionaire who...

While ratings are down overall, other factors — news coverage of the election cycle last year and of hurricane devastation early this season, viewers cutting the cord, and excessive commercials and game delays — are also key reasons for the decline.

But the Stewart - Cousins statement is an escalation of the strategy that virtually routinely pops up at the conclusion of each election cycle since Cuomo has been in office.

Pollster Jef Pollock worked on her successful 2006 effort to oust then - GOP Rep. John Sweeney — campaign that drew national attention and was one of the dirtiest of that election cycle.

NARAL Pro-Choice NY's first TV ad of this election cycle targets GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino for his staunch opposition to abortion rights, even in the case of rape or incest — an unusually far - right position for even the most conservative candidates in this Democrat - dominated state.

Harry Wilson has released what I believe is his first official policy statement since his failed bid for state comptroller last fall, or, at the very least his first of this election cycle, in response to the supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit reduction deal.

DiNapoli, a public financing supporter who had initially recommended a pilot program for the comptroller's race, had blasted the system approved by Cuomo and the Legislature for being developed in the middle of the election cycle.

-- All of it at a level not matched yet by other state - wide contenders of this election cycle.

In case you needed any further proof of the unusual nature of this election cycle, consider this: For the first time since 1992, veteran Assemblyman Denny Farrell Jr. is facing a primary challenge for his Upper Manhattan seat in the 71st AD.

The ad, which is Zeldin's second of this election cycle, will be running in what his campaign called a «heavy cable television schedule.»

Israel took over as DCCC chairman at the start of this election cycle.

DiNapoli, as well as advocates for public financing, have criticized the agreement for not including all statewide candidates and coming in the middle of an election cycle.

But instead, he lost a state where was seen as the front - runner, right at the beginning of the election cycle.

He said county voters are «smart» and will not like the idea of an election cycle enveloped in bully tactics.

Politicians and voters also need to be educated at the beginning of each election cycle about such laws and about the negative impact of selling and buying votes on the processes of democratic renewal.

(His campaign ran what many consider the best TV ad of the election cycle that featured him assembling an AR - 15 blindfolded.)

Given the competiveness of the Senate races in each red state, it's fair to conclude that the GOP candidates (Sen. Roy Blunt in Missouri and Rep. Todd Young in Indiana) are badly underperforming Trump, though each faces an opponent Democrats consider among their strongest of the election cycle.

This was all accomplished in the last 6 months of the election cycle and they still lost.

May 14th, Poughkeepsie — After announcing his intention to seek another 4 year term last week, County Executive Marc Molinaro's re-election campaign picked up the first endorsements of the election cycle.

Levine, another Manhattan Democrat who also did not participate in the public funds program, raised $ 439,110 over the course of the election cycle.

It's their first joint appearance of this election cycle.

Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is not participating in the system, citing good - government group's complaints and its start in the middle of an election cycle.

The first debate of this election cycle is currently live, and the moderator is Lester Holt - a journalist for NBC.

Grisanti just released this ad — the second of this election cycle to date, with November still six months out — indicating just how worried the senator and his allies are about defending his seat this fall.

National Republicans immediately targeted the seat at the start of this election cycle and played host to a very competitive three - way primary won by attorney Tom Rooney a.k.a. the luckiest congressional candidate in the country (as of today).

As a result, several major updates were made to the battleground districts throughout the course of the election cycle.

That will be especially important if Sanders, as he's promised, refuses to accept that Clinton has mathematically clinched the nomination and continues to fight a «rigged» system after Tuesday's primaries, the final state primaries of the election cycle.

Sanders» victory was his 21st of the election cycle and his 11th in the past 17 contests.

You won't want to miss this jam - packed event, which includes the first Senate debate of this election cycle.

The big winner of this election cycle is David Cameron.

Incumbent Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is not participating in the public financing program, blasting the system approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers for coming in the middle of an election cycle.

After announcing his intention to seek another 4 year term last week, County Executive Marc Molinaro's re-election campaign picked up the first endorsements of the election cycle.

Republican leaders in the chamber said the move cements Felder's ties to their conference ahead of an election cycle where the balance of power in the chamber is in play.

It will be at least a week before we know the «new normal» of this election cycle for down - ballot races.

Several of James» staffers had also donated more than $ 175 to her during the course of the election cycle, and the dollars above that amount would not yield matching claims.

Polanco, a television personality who sparred with James in the most substantive and civil debate of the election cycle, argued his campaign «wasn't one that should have been taken lightly by anyone.»

There were no elections held in the Hednesford Green Heath or Rawnsley wards as those wards elect only two councillors in the other two years of the election cycle.

Democratic nominee Catherine Cortez Masto faces Republican Rep. Joe Heck there, in a race that has been one of the most competitive of the election cycle.