The Sheffield City region mayoral election is unique, having been delayed by 12 months because of disagreements over the geography of the city regions, while six
other mayoral elections took place.
The only primary will be in London, not much consolation for Londoners, but reassuring for those who might otherwise have faced a primary for
other mayoral elections or for parliamentary candidates.
Not exact matches
Anyway, it looks like both sides are calling in the big guns in advance of tonight's Wednesday's dueling chairmanship votes — one that will see Ragusa re-elected to another two - year term, the
other resulting in the
election of former NYC Council Minority Leader / 2005 NYC
mayoral contender and 2010 LG candidate Tom Ognibene.
Pretty much all the left press
other than Solidarity [Workers Liberty's paper] has denounced the
election court decision against Lutfur Rahman, mayor of Tower Hamlets in East London, and most of the left has backed Rabina Khan, Rahman's ally, for the new
mayoral election on 11 June.
Rather it seems to be the «
others» who are gaining support — though at around 8 % their total is still very low compared to the 18 % minor parties got at the last
mayoral election, albeit, that was probably partially to do with the
election falling on the same day as the European
elections and the consequential boost for UKIP.
Proposals to ban horse carriages and
other animal rights issues surfaced at a forum for Democratic candidates during the New York City
mayoral election campaign.
Despite the high level of public attention around
mayoral elections, turnout in
elections has fluctuated between the low 30s and mid 40s (see Chart 1 above)-- levels found in
other local
elections, and well below those in the devolved countries.
She also briefly discussed two areas emerging in the 2018
mayoral election as major concerns for the county, wage levels and affordable housing, but offered no specifics,
other than to say a housing plan would be rolled out later this year.
A third of seats in many
other places were decided, and a number of
mayoral elections also took place, most notably in the Sheffield City Region.
The race to be the city's chief fiscal officer has, like the public advocate contest, been a sleepy one, with the incumbent Democrat holding major financial and
other advantages, and heavily favored, as the higher profile
mayoral race has sucked up the attention of most of whatever small number of voters is paying attention to the municipal
elections.
Voting intentions for the
Mayoral election currently stand at Johnson 43 %, Livingstone 45 %, Lib Dem 6 % and
other candidates 7 %.
Voting intention in the
mayoral election stands at Boris 48 %, Ken 40 %, Brian Paddick 7 %,
Others on 4 %.
Aside from mid term polls like European and London
mayoral elections, where some pollsters have done far better than
others, this will be the first time the post-1992 polling methods are tested in an environment with the Conservatives ahead.
This may be aided by the fact that more women vote than men, and low voter turnout — just 14 percent of New York Democrats voted in the
mayoral primary happening the same day as the
other primary
elections.
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the New York FBI alleged that Smith attempted to secure a spot on the Republican ballot in the 2013 New York City
mayoral election through bribery of New York City Councilman Dan Halloran and two
other Republican officials who were also arrested.
Moskowitz answered about a dozen questions, with topics including whether there is any potential
mayoral candidate who embodies what she wants in a candidate, whether she plans on being involved in the 2017
election, why she is «such a lightning rod» for criticism, obstacles ahead, the City's pre-K program, whether she'll run for office at another time, whether she reflexively criticizes all education - related actions of Mayor de Blasio, whether she's concerned that her influence on state government will diminish because of her decision, discipline and suspension polices at Success Academy schools, her plans for
other projects and her view on potential
mayoral candidacies of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..
In 2015 the three Barnet seats had much more similar results to each
other than in the past, and even more so at the 2016
mayoral election.