Sentences with phrase «other than the incumbent»

The 2011 Parliament Act instituting fixed - term parliaments was intended to prevent precisely what May is doing - capitalising on circumstances favourable to nothing other than an incumbent government's party - political chances.

Deadline for partisan and nonpartisan candidates (other than incumbent judges) to file for the state primary

Not exact matches

Over the years, Virgin has competed well in markets where incumbents do business in a particular way for no other reason than «that's the way we've always done it.»

The note then runs through a bunch of things ranging from pricing power (the incumbents could, and in some cases already do, provide tiered access at different price points), size (they could buy up disruptive rivals) and access to data (some markets are easier to break in to than others).

This trend is largely due to the fact that Hong Kong has been dominated to a greater extent than other financial centers by a small number of very large incumbents.

Consequently, I hold that if one is to continue to affirm with the Christian tradition that faith in God is both indispensable and reasonable, it is incumbent on him to show that such faith may be explicated in other terms than those of classical Christian theism.

The WFP sent out a press release yesterday touting its successes in the NYC races other than the mayoral contest, which included 12 NYC Council candidates, including Carlos Menchaca, who defeated incumbent Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and is poised to become the Council's first Mexican - American member, and Antonio Reynoso, who defeated former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the remnants of his Brooklyn political machine.

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel, a Long Islander, not only condoned the decisions of Hochul and Owens to stay home rather than fete Obama, but also urged any other incumbents with tough races — not to mention challengers trying to help the party meet its goal of reclaiming the majority — to follow suit.

Forty - three percent said they would support someone other than their current representative, while 42 perecent think they would cast their ballot for the incumbent; 15 percent are unsure.

Incumbent Nan Hayworth raised more money in the NY House election than her opponent, a trend shared by 13 other Republicans in contested House races in 2012.

It makes incumbents defend their records and challengers explain what they'd do differently than others in their party.

Democrats beware of Trojan Rinos The Italian Prince of Darkness will keep his former enemies closer than his friends and not only take their contribution but will errantly take their Finklestinian failed advice — Andrew the Mechanic's quest for Gov is doomed not only by his arrogant incumbent taint that he so shamelessly tries to deny but more so by the trail of totally inept Clinton borne Freddy Mac & Fannie Mae 0 % down loan policies he embraced and promoted as HUD Secretary that propelled the country into the Great Recession we now endure as described by the Village Voice and other publications.

Other than Sen. Mark S. Kirk in neighboring Illinois who lost his re-election bid, the Wisconsin Republican was the incumbent most of the GOP establishment had written off as a lost cause.

Johnson noted that other than the unresolved Venditto race, Republican incumbents won everywhere else.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Democratic incumbent, leads the pack with more than $ 2.5 million in his campaign account, while those seeking to unseat him — Democrats, Republicans, and others alike — lag behind in terms of cash - on - hand.

Tempting though it always is to attack opponents, their candidate, leader and policies, if the rationale for not standing aside is that the electorate deserves a proper choice then it becomes incumbent on the candidates to promote themselves rather than simply becoming the default option of «not the other».

Addressing members of the Tertiary Education Institution Network, TEIN, at the Tamale Technical University, Vice President Amissah - Arthur said it is a known fact that some regions are well resourced than others and it is incumbent on government to bridge that gap as part of nation building.

A Republican should have an opportunity to lose to someone other than the advantaged incumbent, at the very least.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> A Greene County resident who is among eight Democrats seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Faso in the 2018 election has raised more for his campaign this year than the incumbent or any of the other Democrats, thanks in large part to a $ 500,000 loan from himself.

Incumbents see what they call their free rides as testimony to their excellent work rather than the weakness, apathy, disorganization or backroom horse - trading of the other side.

In a lopsided victory, the incumbent Sampson — who is accused of with stealing more than $ 400,000 in home foreclosure sales and tampering with an FBI investigation, among other charges — garnered 3,000 votes more than his closest challenger to take 54.2 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary for the 19th Senate district.

Incumbent Democrat Joseph Crowley has received more donations from real estate professionals than any other U.S. House Representative in the country, securing about $ 145,000 of the $ 2.1 million raised by his campaign from the sector.

In some previous elections the swing in close marginals (particularly marginals gained at the previous election and where the new incumbent is standing again) has been a lot less than in most other types of seats.

The Democratic incumbent, Andrew Cuomo, has done nothing to desegregate our schools and housing other than to point fingers at Astorino.

Though Fischer has not yet been endorsed by the other Republican Committees in the 20th District, he said his status as political outsider gives him a different perspective than the incumbent Congressman.

North Syracuse, NY — The Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee has given more money to Assemblyman Al Stirpe than any other incumbent in the state for the 2010 election.

Because if we can't find an economic force in normal times that drives our system to get larger, and it actually would have to outgrow, it has to grow, you know, faster, faster than the Internet, it has to have some other reason for being or else we'll continue to shrink relative to the incumbent, and so how will we ever have enough scale?

• Because incumbents have their own bases of power, they can be more difficult for the unions to defeat than other candidates.

We look separately at the effects on the outcomes of Haitian - born incumbent students, other immigrant students, U.S. - born Haitian Creole speakers, other U.S. - born black students, other U.S. - born non-black students, limited English proficient students, those who are not English language learners, children with mothers who have less than a high school diploma, children with mothers who have a high school diploma but no other education, and children whose mothers attended college.

Winning 48 % of the vote, he came closer to defeating the incumbent than any other statewide challenger.

The IPCC support the alternative view that it does, hence it is incumbent upon them to support their alternative position to a certain level that we have no other course than to reject the null (off the top of ones head 90 % sure is not good enough for me).

It's very interesting to consider the current state of the legal industry with this lens as the threat of new entrants, substitutes, competing peers and other pressures are more prevalent among the incumbents than any other time in history.

It is incumbent upon the employer to prove to the Commission or the arbitrator that the performance of the work requires knowledge or a specific level of knowledge of a language other than French.

Established players are experimenting with new services to maintain their relevance, upstart messaging companies are doing their damnedest to knock incumbents off their thrones, and people have more options than ever before when it comes to connecting with other humans.

Graham: «The party fractures, most incumbents in 2018 will get a severe primary challenge, a lot of them will probably lose, the base will fracture, the financial contributions will stop, other than that it'll be fine!»

Regarding those 2002 and 2004 contract tender processes, court documents indicate that the numbers in the tender documents — which were prepared by the government — had led to dramatic overbidding by relocation firms other than Royal LePage, which being the incumbent, knew the actual numbers.