Sentences with phrase «only runs candidates»

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But not only is he the leading candidate for the Republican nomination, and therefore someone the media has to cover, he is such a ratings win that most news outlets can't help but run as many stories about him as possible.

Gary Johnson won only 1 % of the vote when he ran as the Libertarian candidate for president in 2012.

The only countervailing power is that within the Republican Party a fringe of tea partiers threatens to run against more established candidates safely sold to special interests.

He was widely expected to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada and only just recently began positioning himself as candidate to unite Alberta's conservative partisans under one banner.

Conservative Glen Motz and Libertarian Sheldon Johnston appear to be the only two candidates to so far step up to run in the upcoming federal by - election in Medicine Hat - Cardston - Warner.

Perry isn't the only candidate who believes the road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue runs down the church aisle.

In fact, the only people who have displayed any ability to run the country better are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich — neither of whom have a snowball's chance of even being the candidate, much less winning a rigged election.

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

The only Protestant Christian candidate in the national election is running for the «wrong» party in their eyes, so his faith must be discredited by the Christian right.

The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.

If Huckabee does run as a candidate of conservative evangelical identity politics, he and the Republican establishment would be enemies only on the surface.

The inquiry will begin on May 29 just days before the committee will meet to vote for the next president of the World's governing body of which Bin Hammam is the only candidate running against Sepp Blatter.

Italian international Giovanni Galli, who played for a string of Serie A clubs including Fiorentina, Milan and Napoli during his career, ran for Mayor in Florence as the centre - right candidate under the patronage of Silvio Berlusconi in March 2009 but was defeated by his centre - left opponent after taking only 40 % of the local vote.

Charlton still has Red Devils blood running through his veins and we think that he would love to see a fellow United legend take charge, with the only player to have made more appearances for the club than himself a prime candidate to succeed Van Gaal.

(As you'll recall, there are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: A candidate must either run for a judgeship, move out of state or die).

The real reason is that Queens County Democratic Leader Joe Crowley has settled on Francisco Moya as his candidate, and Moya can't run in a special election because he only moved into the district last September.

It's unclear if any of the other candidates who expressed interest in this district — Assemblyman Rory Lancman, who bowed to county's wishes not once, but twice, only to be passed over yet again; Sen. Tony Avella, and NYC Councilman Mark Weprin — will decide to run without the party's support.

A Labour councillor for New Cross ward since 2014, she came third in the race to be Labour's candidate for Lewisham mayor after running as the only BME and only female candidate.

Soon, the only candidates who'll be able to run for office are our friends and future masters: the robots, who'll have no skeletons in their metallic closets.

From the thirteen candidates in the running, even the five most popular candidates only receive between 5 % and 18 % of votes; thus, falling far behind the 40 % required for a win in the first round.

Ms. Clark is the only «opposition» candidate running for Senate in NY State.

(They can arrange a «third party» that's obviously affiliated, if you say that a party can only run one candidate.

Members of the church are not only forbidden to run for office, but are also prohibited to publicly support or oppose any candidate.

(Also in the running were former NYC Councilman / current Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky, who was the only white candidate in the race and drew fire by moving into the district to take advantage of the split black vote; former Sen. Carl Andrews, and Owens» son, Chris).

While Obama was attracting media attention typically only accorded to the top tier of candidates as a result of his 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention, he was running against two better known opponents.

He's the only candidate in the race running on populist issues.

«Most of the candidates for Senator Gillibrand's seat were approached at various points by certain Republican State Committeemen, other than Chairman Cox, to gauge the candidates» interest in running against Senator Schumer, only because there was no candidate for that vacancy for some time.»

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

«With Donald Trump as president, it's no surprise Nicole Malliotakis has emerged as the Republican candidate to take on Mayor de Blasio — after all, it was only four years ago she talked to Trump about running for Governor of New York,» the email states.

Paladino said he'd only run if another strong candidate from Buffalo's south sub-district doesn't step forward.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFranciso, so far the only formally announced candidate seeking the GOP nod against Cuomo, deemed Nixon's run «great,» adding:

«Carl Paladino is the only candidate running for Governor who is truly pro-gun and pro-second amendment,» King said in a statement released by the Paladino campaign.

While he says he'll still run, he's going to be only a minor, third - party candidate.

According to the school district's attorney, six candidates were running in the election, but due to legal issues, only four were initially placed on the original ballots.

Her campaign initially told The Politicker that the filed the necessary item — called a Wilson Pakula — to run on the ballot under a party line that a candidate is not registered under, but a very confident source familiar with the matter said that a Wilson Pakula was only filed under the Conservative line.

Hawkins said that candidates for public office in New York should run on only one line, rather than cluttering up the ballot with fake third parties and independent lines whose main function is patronage and vote - buying.

Between 2001 and 2009, only 51 percent of candidates running in New York City elections received the maximum amount of public matching funds.

You'll see in some cases last year we had more than 50 squares on the ballot but really only nine candidates and they're all running on the same lines,» Zellner said.

Cox has not only yet to embrace a US Senate contender, but as recently as several weeks ago was putting out feelers to potential candidates other than the three who have already decided to run — Malpass, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi and Bruce Blakeman — none of whom are performing particularly strongly against Gillibrand in the polls.

Michael Barone is one of seven candidates running to fill three Albany City Court vacancies in a Democratic primary — but the only one to possess a police lieutenant's badge along with a law degree.

The 5th Ward councilman, who is running for council president in the upcoming Democratic Primary in September, is the only candidate running for elected office who is behind on taxes, according to a Times Union analysis of property tax records for all 45 candidates — from Democrats to Conservatives — seeking various city offices this year.

The debate provided the most contentious moments of a 2017 race for City Hall that, with few established political figures running and only one Republican candidate, has at times struggled to find a pulse.

Under current law, independent candidates can only receive 70 % as much public funding as candidates running in a party primary, during Read more»

«While the Independence Party supports a bipartisan slate of candidates, it's disingenuous for divisive Democrats to rant about the IDC's relationship to the Independence Party when Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins not only runs on the line, but donates hundreds of dollars to the Independence Party.

Friedrich, who has run previously in the district, is the only candidate currently running for whom voters in the 23rd District have pulled the lever, and in fairly large numbers at that.

Outsiders can run in a party primary, but only if party leaders approve letting any particular non-member candidate run in that party's primary.

Walsh is the only candidate running solely as an independent.

Clyde is the only candidate ready to hit the ground running in Washington, D.C. on day one, and he is ready to share his vision for the future with voters over the next 8 months.»

Although Dietl remains in the race as an independent candidate on a self - created line his effort at getting a Wilson - Pakula and running in the Republican primary failed, with Queens the only county to support his effort.

Yacob, 63, was the only candidate deemed eligible to run in the country's Elections Department after the other two contenders, Salleh Marican and Farid Khan, were both denied eligibility, having fallen short of a constitutional rule that required any candidate from the private sector to have led a company with shareholder equity of at least 500 million Singapore dollars (372 million dollars).