Sentences with phrase «opponents for»

Voters of the Third Ward should be aware that one of my two opponents for the Democratic nomination will be running in the general election as the Republican nominee.

[amNY] • Mathieu Eugene, who beat nine opponents for a City Council seat, is demanding a revote.

On the Republican side, former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota has the advantage over opponents for his party's nomination but by no means a lock.

She's criticized her opponents for not supporting her call for mayoral control.

Leading up to election day on Nov. 7, City Council member Margaret Chin is taking a more assertive approach in fending off opponents for her District 1 seat.

The divide among the three GOP primary opponents for the 22nd Congressional District was the first in a one - hour debate Tuesday at Time Warner Cable News in Syracuse.

Earlier this week, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky slammed his AG opponents for filing their financial disclosures late with the Commission on Public Integrity.

Former councilman Sal Albanese, who has taken a more conservative approach to the issue than his Democratic opponents, accepted the court's decision, but castigated his opponents for being «unwilling to express even a modicum of support for our officers.»

One of Quinn's opponents for mayor, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio quickly followed suit, saying that he was «proud to stand with him in his campaign for NYC Comptroller.»

Ivey, who became governor on April 10, 2017, after Robert Bentley resigned, is seeking a full term in office and she has three opponents for the GOP nomination.

REGO PARK — With only two weeks remaining until primary election day, assemblyman and congressional candidate Rory Lancman took to the streets of Rego Park Tuesday to attack his opponents for failing to push for Social Security reform.

Though Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Stringer are most often discussed as potential opponents for the mayor in a Democratic primary, there is a longer list of possible challengers, including Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president; Eric L. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president; Letitia James, the public advocate; and Melissa Mark - Viverito, the City Council speaker.

The Brooklyn Democratic Party must lead the fight to support primary opponents for each of them and use the full force of its power to deny these fake Democrats the Democratic Party line.

Just as it looked as if state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach) would be free of opponents for re-election in a contentious western Queens district, former City Councilman Anthony Como, a Republican, said he would challenge the one - term senator.

The GOP has failed to recruit strong candidates against a slate of potential opponents for president who are up for re-election this year — not just Cuomo.

BM says that he commends his opponents for running.

Here's Sen. Eric Schneiderman in the spin room (actually, it was more of a spin zone) after last night's AG debate in NYC, continuing to swipe — albeit in a nice way — at some of his primary opponents for being latecomers to the reform - Albany dance.

Flanagan came up with an unrealistic solution that included a one year extension of Mayoral control along with a monitor from the Governor's office... giving him the opportunity to blame his two political opponents for anything that goes wrong in NYC in the future.

Paladino rarely donates to black political candidates and was a major financial backer of Brown's opponents for mayor in 2005 and 2009.

Donovan is up against state Sen. Eric Schneiderman, of Manhattan, who edged out Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and three other opponents for the Democratic nomination.

Calls from editorial boards and opponents for Anthony Weiner to withdraw from the New York City mayoral contest have been pouring in after his admission that he sent the lusty messages more than a year after resigning from Congress.

She hammered both her opponents for spending years in city government without taking action on poverty.

But de Blasio and the unions have worked to line up potential primary opponents for the IDC members.

Charles Lavine and Republican candidate Robert Germino, both of Glen Cove - were even opponents for the same office.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has a massive lead in the polls and will avoid engaging his opponents for as long as he can, has said any debates should include all candidates who appear on the ballot.

«The fact that all three of my opponents for the Democratic nod have been in power during this time should be something every voter in the city of Albany considers as they plan to place their support in this election cycle,» he said.

Flanked by prominent Hoosier Democrats — former governor and Sen. Evan Bayh, Senate hopeful Joe Donnelly and gubernatorial candidate John Gregg — at a high school in Marion County, Clinton pulled no punches and hit the respective candidates» GOP opponents for a partisan agenda.

Erdogan has been purging the army, police and judicial system of opponents for years, replacing them with loyal people, so this fits the pattern perfectly.

So far, de Blasio's only opponents for September's Democratic primary are Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese, both extreme longshots who have failed to gain traction in past mayoral campaigns.

Republicans in local races are making an issue out of the Lopez scandal, either calling on Silver to resign as speaker for concealing more than $ 100,000 in settlement money paid to two of Lopez's victims, or challenging their Democratic opponents for not calling on him to step down.

Wilson and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan have refused to endorse Paladino and have taken heat from their Democratic opponents for failing to strongly denounce him for his controversial statements and positions.

A reader forwarded this letter sent to fellow chairs yesterday by Franklin County GOP Chairman Jim Ellis, who calls Carvin's opponents for the GOP line, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, «real choices» to run against Gillibrand, but rejects the «hedge fund trader» supervisor as too liberal for Republican tastes.

Here are the opponents for French sides Lyon, Nice and Marseille from today's Europa League Round of 32 draw.

It's the first time you'll get to see your Golden Eagles in the Al McGuire Center this season, as they host three opponents for a tournament.

Their toughest opponents for this pre-season adventure will come in the shape of Barcelona and Paris Saint - Germain.

A struggling Blackburn side appeared the perfect opponents for a Gunners» side who were struggling for form themselves, and it was to be hoped that the international break, and the realisation that the Premier League was the team's last opportunity of collecting any silverware this season, would help to refocus minds.

It was Liverpool's first Champions League game since 2014, and defensive frailties again came to haunt the Reds as Spanish side Sevilla, on paper their only real opponents for top spot in what otherwise seems to be an easy group, came away with a draw from Anfield.

Lallana was replaced by Daniel Sturridge but he found it tough going as well and was booked for diving in the Swansea penalty area by referee Michael Oliver as Liverpool resorted to desperate measures against measured opponents for whom Sigurdsson shone.

However, there's an obvious trend when it comes to Liverpool's opponents for these warm up games, and some noticeable tactical systems at play even at this early stage.

Swansea have proved to be tough opponents for Arsenal in recent times, and the newly crowned League Cup winners were the next opponents in the league.

Instead, their likely list of opponents for 2014/15 is rather less glamorous, with Bolton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Reading, Stoke City, Middlesbrough, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers all, as it stands, poised to join the young Gunners in the second division.

One Ronaldo terrorised defences during the 90's and 00's, while the other Ronaldo has been bamboozling opponents for more than a decade.

Albion frustrated their opponents for the majority of the opening half, but Aurier's fortuitous cross-shot looped over Mathew Ryan from the right wing to give Pochettino's men the lead.

Manchester United are our opponents for the FA Cup semi-final at the national stadium, our second successive appearance in the last four and the 21st in our history.

They next play on Sunday against Armenia, who were the friendly opponents for Tomas Kalas and Czech Republic in their warm - up match.

If Palermo manage to restrict Empoli, Crotone will manage to secure a spot in the top flight, while Empoli will have to join their opponents for tomorrow in the Serie - B.

«It was very difficult to beat Krasnodar who are traditionally hard opponents for us.

Lukaku hadn't netted in any of his six previous matches against top - six Premier League opponents for United leading to suggestions the Belgian was a flat track bully.

It read: «We'll be opponents for 180 minutes, but whatever happens we'll remain friends for life.

As it happened, Chelsea's rival for the last spot just so happened to be their opponents for the day, Liverpool.