Sentences with phrase «only woman candidate»

Leading city officials» support builds momentum for only woman candidate in crowded Bronx race, contrasts with anti-choice voting record and ethics issues for opponent Mark Gjonaj

As WCBS 880's Monica Miller reported, stars like Lorraine Bracco joined a rally on the Upper West Side to support of the only woman candidate in the mayoral race.

(CNN)- In a new ad, New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino accused Democratic candidate and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of excluding «the only African - American candidate, the only woman candidate and the Green Party candidate,» from the gubernatorial race and challenged Cuomo to «come out and debate like a man.»

If her lead holds up, Ms. Ayala appears to be the only woman candidate to break through in a race against an incumbent male state legislator.

Not exact matches

A lifelong Republican, Whitman switched her support to Hillary Clinton three months before last year's election — she was the only Fortune Most Powerful Woman to publicly campaign for a nominee — stoking speculation that the former gubernatorial candidate would reenter the political arena.

The 2016 presidential candidate addressed a group of a few hundred well - coiffed young women, many costumed in bright pantsuits, who waited for hours in the rain in New York City for a chance to gain entry into the coveted powder - pink female - only clubhouse known as The Wing, pay $ 12 for a glass of champagne, and see Clinton speak.

In short, the «war on women» rhetoric and the inopportune statements by U.S. Senate candidates Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock only resulted in a three - percentage - point gain in «pro-choice» sentiment» a difference that falls within the poll's margin of error.

- Carly Fiorina (R): The former CEO of Hewlett - Packard is an interesting candidate for one big reason: she is the only woman in the Republican field.

While only half of all women carrying a breech presenting baby at term prove to be an appropriate candidate for vaginal breech birth, our staff is well - prepared to support your informed choice.

What makes me sick are the people who encouraged this woman to try something for which she was not a good candidate, and who lied to her about the safety of same, and who pushed her into feeling that how she gave birth was so important, and who are now neglecting her when she needs them and trying to sweep her and her baby under the rug and pretend her loss didn't occur because it doesn't fit in with their «natural birth is the only way» mindset.

We have a current field of 9 candidates, and I am the only woman.

NYC Councilwoman Tish James has thrown her support behind Sen. Eric Schneiderman's AG bid, saying he's the only candidate in the field with a «real record of standing up for working women.»

Rice now has the support of two erstwhile AG candidates who were poised to challenge her status as the only woman in the five - person field of Democrats vying to replace Andrew Cuomo as the state's top attorney.

Brette McSweeney is the president of Eleanor's Legacy, the only statewide organization in New York focused on recruiting, training, and funding pro-choice Democratic women candidates at the state and local level.

As for the Westminster election, despite marginality, the winner of this seat remains predictable as a man, it being the only Lothian seat without a woman candidate.

That has been widely speculated, since Cuomo is believed to be very interested in ticket balancing and Rice not only is the only woman in the field (unless Liz Holtzman formally enters the race), but also hails from the suburbs, which is going to be a battleground this fall — particularly if Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy ends up as the GOP candidate in the general election.

Only two new Labour women were elected (and over 30 new men), and by - election candidates replacing women were all men.

Now, though, only around a third of Conservative candidates are women.

LeFevre won her Plattsburgh town council seat last year against Republican candidate Tom Metz, joining the council not just as the only woman, but the youngest member in her early 30s.

After Friday's release of 2005 video showing Trump making lewd comments about groping women, Democrats from every corner of the state have been decrying not only the Republican presidential candidate but any member of his party who continues to supports him.

Despite her sterling liberal credentials, Quinn — the only female candidate in the entire race — has struggled to move large numbers of women voters into her camp in recent polls.

Carrie Litherland is the only woman vying for the office, and at 25 is also the youngest candidate.

If a candidate can show early fundraising ability, he or Sue Sullivan, the only woman declared so far, can count on financial support in next year's general election.

With only one week until two Rensselaer County Legislators face off in a special election for the 107th Assembly District seat, Democratic candidate Cindy Doran received support from numerous Democratic women leaders from across the state on yesterday afternoon.

The irony here is though she's the only woman in the race, no candidate has done less to advance women's issues.

Dave Denenberg is the only candidate in this race who will fight for lower taxes, women's equality and a real minimum wage increase, and nobody will fight harder than Dave Denenberg.»

The facts are that I am the only candidate in this race who supports full equality for women, and that Jack Martins and his Republican colleagues killed Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Act not once but twomen, and that Jack Martins and his Republican colleagues killed Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Act not once but tWomen's Equality Act not once but twice.

The bottom line is that only one candidate in this race will fight to protect women's rights and healthcare, and that's Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk.»

Gillibrand calls Schneiderman a «lifelong pro-choice advocate» and «the ONLY (her emphasis) candidate for Attorney General who represents the values of New York women, especially when it comes to reproductive rights.»

«We need an attorney general who unequivocally supports a woman's right to choose, and Eric is the only candidate in this race who meets that basic standard.»

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem says young women are supporting Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders for only one reason: To meet boys.

In response to the GOP frontrunner's comment this week that Clinton is the leading Democratic candidate due only to her so - called «woman card,» many took to social media with mock - ups of what those woman cards might look like.

Malliotakis, 35, has referred to herself as the «millennial» candidate and is the youngest candidate, and the only woman, in the mayoral race.

Barkan, who so far is the only declared Democratic candidate preparing to challenge Golden, also wants to ban revenge porn, provide free prenatal and postnatal care for all women in the state and create a state - funded baby - box program similar to those in some other states that provide new mothers with essentials like diapers.

«If the only candidate you can vote for is someone who resigned or made clear their opposition to Iraq in 2003, then Diane [Abbott] is your woman.»

If Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams is elected, she will be only the second woman elected as mayor of Syracuse and the first Latina mayor in the state.

She had experienced many rebuffs along the way, often on the short list for candidates only to be disqualified by prejudice against a woman — and, worse, a woman with children.

City Councilwoman Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) may be the only woman in the race for city Comptroller this year, but a quickly growing women's group said that does not mean she's the best candidate for the job.

Women make up 51.5 percent of the state population, yet only two of the 18 candidates for statewide office are female.

After Hillary Clinton agreed to partake in a election audits with Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Trump ripped the two women and claimed that his popular vote loss was due only to «millions of people» casting ballots illegally.

Williams joins a crowded field that already includes Assemblyman Keith Wright, a longtime friend and ally of Rangel; State Senator Bill Perkins, whose district covers a significant portion of the congressional district; and likely candidates like State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who narrowly lost to Rangel in two close elections; Rev. Michael Walrond, a popular pastor with ties to Rev. Al Sharpton and Mayor Bill de Blasio; SuZan «Sujay» Johnson, the only woman in the race; and Adam Clayton Powell, IV, the former Council and Assembly member who is also the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel deposed in 1970.

Long is one of only ten candidates that the group has endorsed so far in the 2012 cycle; the others include eight women and a couple of notable conservative men, like Iowa Republican Steve King.

Mayoral candidate Carrie Litherland is the only woman vying for the office, and at 25 is also the youngest candidate.

In fact, Quinn's status as the only woman and the only LGBT candidate in the mayoral race arguably provided two of her biggest assets.

As a transgendered Asian - American woman, did I have an obligation to vote for Chris Quinn as the only female candidate in the race?

Is what happened — putting herself forward as a female candidate, only to be asked to step aside for Owen Smith — an example of Labour slipping behind the Tories on the representation of women at the highest ranks?

Of New York's 28 congressional seats up for grabs this fall, there are only 15 races featuring female candidates from both parties despite the fact that women make up more than half of the state's population.

ALBANY — Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan of Queens, the only female candidate to succeed Sheldon Silver as speaker, says the election of a woman to the post would depart from Albany's political culture in more ways than one.

To get their candidates on the WEP line, it needed only three of its members to change their voter registration from Republican to Women's Equality and to petition for an opportunity - to - ballot in the September primary.

Call comes after figures show only 23 % of candidates running for election for powerful roles this week are women