Sentences with phrase «of running for political office»

Fact: Vince Tabone has made a career out of running for political office, losing 3 times in and even running on the Right to Life Party line like the whack - job radical that we all know he is.

Kudlow has played with the idea of running for political office for years.

«The issue of me running for political office frequently comes up because I am constantly touring around, giving speeches and raising money for the party,» he said in a statement.

Not exact matches

Accepting at face value the assertion that Rick Perry has a Divine calling to run for the Republican nomination, we are lead to the question of whether it was a call to Mr. Perry to become the nominee or whether it was, instead, a call to Mr. Perry to teach a lesson about how people should not take the Name in vain in order to obtain political office.

If it held true to the Bible (which they don't), they would excommunicate any of their members who ran for political office.

Just ask any Republican candidate about the separation of church and state... or try to run for a political office as an atheist.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

While none of Jesus Christ's 1st century Christian leaders ever involved themselves in politics to the point that they ran for public office, after they all died out those men Jesus said would sneak into the church did sneak in and did get involved with political leaders and in just a couple of centuries the Holy Roman Empire was the old Roman Empire whitewashed to appear to be something of God's and both the church and the State being led by the very same man, Pontifex Maximus who had his own wife killed for proving that his trinity doctrine was horsepucky.

«If Rudy (the younger) decides to do this — and it's a question not if he runs for political office, but when — a lot of Rudy (the elder) supporters will come out.

For aficionados of political theatre, Theo Barclay's run - through of great resignations is a surefire box office smash.

As Maggie Haberman reports, de Blasio has had discussions in recent weeks with Google on the heels of his successful effort to get Goldman Sachs to agree not to spend on political ads in this election cycle — even though a recent US Supreme Court decision allows corporations to drop unlimited amounts of cash to try to elect of defeat candidates running for federal office.

Trump, who made a fortune in real estate before running for political office, has decided to donate his first - quarter salary of $ 78,333 to the National Park Service, the White House announced.

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

«If Todd Kaminsky can't run for political office without neglecting his official legislative duties, how can we expect him to handle the myriad of issues facing Long Island as a State Senator?»

Donald Trump Jr. reportedly wants to run for political office, telling members of an elite gun club that he could set his sights on becoming governor of New York.

As the dust settles on the party's choice, the question remains of how, in practical terms — and how much, in political terms — the WFP endorsement will help Nixon, an actress and educational activist making her first run for political office.

Indeed, the ability of a small clique in political party apparatuses to determine who runs for office, coupled with proportional representation systems that allow for the concentration of power in the hands of a few, has led to tight control of who gets elected.

Since the start of de Blasio's second term in January, his wife, Chirlane McCray, who once shied from the spotlight, has undertaken a political transformation, raising her visibility and profile — so much so that she is now contemplating running for office.

A recent poll of New York voters showed 45 percent thought he should run for office some day, but 48 percent said his political career was over.

«You will need political leadership today because governments come to office, and you will need that chief executive of the country to say that I am interested in making sure that that part of my country, which I preside over has a lasting peace and I will allow for independent and proper adjudication of justice by the application of the traditional or customary wheels of justice and current or legal means of justice to run in tandem, to bring whatever impasse that has existed over the period to a halt,» he told host Ekow Mensah - Shalders.

Even if the Ohio Republican was a bit unaware of the New York political scene at least when it comes to the Senate, he sounded quite aware of who was running for office in his own chamber.

So you can bounce between parties as much as you want in the United States until you decide to run for office... than you better be prepared to part with the party only on pain of death or (worse of an elected official) future political career.

The fraud convictions of two former campaign aides to city Comptroller John Liu has not helped his run for higher office, but the jury's decision may influence whether the Queens Democratic Party will endorse the lawmaker's mayoral bid, borough political observers said.

«Those who amass a lot of debt in their run for office are unlikely to be able to raise the funds to pay it back — unless they win,» said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that tracks political money.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu has dismissed claims that he has indicated interest in running for an elective political office in Delta state.

The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources has not indicated any interest in running for any elective political office in Delta State.

Although a majority of voters do not want the former governor to run for office this year, the electorate isn't ruling out a political return for Spitzer in the future.

It was Gustavo Rivera, a 34 - year - old part - time college professor and former political staffer who has never held elected office, and who is now running for the State Senate against a well - financed incumbent senator of his own party.

If you think it should be easier for outsiders to run for office, and if you'd like to see cross-endorsements by political parties banned because they rob you of choices in elections, vote yes.

The Board of Elections requires all candidates to petition for a political party's support when running for elected office.

He is the textbook definition of a carpet - bagger, having picked this area to live SPECIFICALLY so he could run for office in a district he thinks is weakly - held, and will come in and spend his husband's riches to buy himself a political office.

With a base of financial and political support in the city and in Albany, Miner has several options if (or when) she chooses to run for higher office next year.

Lavine has never run for political office, and most recently served superintendent of the LaFayette School District.

The rise of female political donors parallels a similar surge in the number of women running for elective office and has prompted a change in campaign finance rules allowing candidates to use their political money for child care in some cases.

Cuomo hasn't really done much with the party since he took office, although he used it to run the coordinated campaign during the 2010 race, installing HTC political director Neal Kwatra (now working for AG Eric Schneiderman as his chief of staff) to oversee that effort.

He touted his club's efforts two years ago to run 70 people for an even more obscure political office called county committee, and promises to bring the vitality of his organization to local elected office.

The fact that he changed his name 25 years after he first read «The Autobiography of Malcolm X,» while in the middle of his first run for elected office, shouldn't make you think that there were any political implications to his choice.

The neophyte candidate has never before run for any political office, although she has a lot of connections to well - heeled donors, which explains why her fundraising performance far surpassed her petition - gathering efforts.

His ambition, if pushed further, will make him join the list of artistes who have run for political offices at one time or the other.

Donald Trump is currently running for president, and while he's given political commentary and funded candidates before, I'm not aware of him holding political office.

Think about it — wealthy NYC real estate owners / developers have found that if they give huge amounts of money to upstate Senate campaigns they can assure those Senators will look after their interests (i.e. - screw renters) while these Senators regularly run for office telling the upstate rubes to be afraid of NYC political domination.

«Young people of color, African - Americans and Latinos definitely showed more interest in running for office than whites,» said Richard Fox, a Loyola University political science professor and former Union College professor who along with Jennifer Lawless (a Union grad) co-authored «Running From Office,» a book looking at political apathy among young running for office than whites,» said Richard Fox, a Loyola University political science professor and former Union College professor who along with Jennifer Lawless (a Union grad) co-authored «Running From Office,» a book looking at political apathy among young poffice than whites,» said Richard Fox, a Loyola University political science professor and former Union College professor who along with Jennifer Lawless (a Union grad) co-authored «Running From Office,» a book looking at political apathy among young Running From Office,» a book looking at political apathy among young pOffice,» a book looking at political apathy among young people.

Instead, Liu — who political pundits believe wants to run for elected office again — claims the litigation is all about «reforming a system» at the Board that «has been broken» by «out - of - control bureaucrats and unaccountable Board members.»

In 1987, he helped form a political action committee to pay for then - governor Mario Cuomo's exploration of a run for national office.

The «30 Rock» star, who has long talked about running for political office, believes Weinergate has shaken up the field of candidates enough that he might have a chance to win, a friend of the actor told The Daily.

Hawkins» unsuccessful political past hasn't bogged him down — he ran for mayor of Syracuse in 2005 and has run for office in local, city and state government more than 20 times without winning a single election.

Some might believe that Nigel Loncke is too young for a run for state political office at 33 years of age, but he believes that he is a seasoned political operative, having worked in the background both for Gregory Meeks and Barack Obama's campaign and also in the recent mid-term election in Colorado.

«It's comical that Mark Poloncarz — who doesn't actually have the courage of his convictions to run for federal office — now wants to be a surrogate attack dog and exploit the Parkland tragedy for his own political gain.

Today, Mayor Tom Richards announced he is going to step down on Thursday, after a complaint was filed accusing Richards of violating the Hatch Act, which prevents certain employees of a municipality from running for office, or engaging in other political activities.

Ken Lovett: «With time possibly running out on crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's term, many in New York's political and legal circles are bracing for a frenzy of activity as his office works to finish up ongoing cases into the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations before the next President takes office.»