Sentences with phrase «over local candidate»

Also, uncertainty over local candidate order dampens the overall level of tactical voting.

Not exact matches

Over the weekend, in a debate on local television, Ms. Lesko called for an investigation into the claims of sexual misconduct by Mr. Trump, a striking statement from a candidate who had otherwise praised the president.

I was elected as a director on the local constituency association board and over the next year I campaigned alongside the candidate in communities across the sprawling rural Redwater constituency.

But your leaders over the past 30 years has focused on stacking local, state and federal elections with candidates sporting that Fresh Bible Smell.

Over the 11 years between 1999 and 2009, Paladino and his businesses donated $ 463,123.26 to state and local candidates and party committees.

If campaign HQ's a-rockin»... Often, in election campaigns, the candidate or local party will hire out a house to put up some of the volunteers and the staff who've come up from London to pitch in over the campaigns.

The Working Families Party voted to endorse a slew of City Council candidates, with a few candidates getting the nod over the objections of one of the party's local chapters.

On my desk, I have five pieces of election literature which have been delivered by the local Labour campaign over the last week or so, six Lib Dem leaflets, one leaflet from an independent candidate... and nothing whatsoever from the local Conservatives.

The emphasis throughout discussion over the new constitution has been on devolution and this has whetted the appetite of smaller ethnic groups who may look to Odinga as a candidate of choice for supporting local government, especially across Kenya's eastern coast.

Self - serve platforms change this dynamic, giving small and / or local campaigns essentially the same online voter - targeting options that statewide or federal candidates have come to rely on over the past couple of election cycles.

Local communities secretary Hazel Blears sounded a contrite note earlier in the evening over the controversial leaflet distributed by Labour activists in Crewe which portrayed the Conservative candidate as an upper class toff.

As with our statement over the weekend, which garnered the support of more than 30 parliamentary candidates, local party chairs and party members, please email us on [email protected] to let us know if you agree with the sentiment of this statement, including what position, if any, you hold within the party.

They then had to add up the tallies for each candidate, manually transcribe them onto various input sheets, and then hand over the sheets to NYPD officers, who transported them to local precincts, where the information was entered manually into precinct computers, and then finally transmitted to the Board of Elections and the press.

Over one in ten votes on Thursday were cast for independent candidates - in the Highlands and the Islands in particular, council elections are often still genuinely local rather than partisan battles.

The Liberal Democrats announced Mike Thornton, a local councillor, as their candidate over the weekend.

Tedisco thought it only appropriate that a champion candidate like Astorino should receive mementos commemorating local champions because, despite the so - called odds, he'll win by 10 lengths when the November race for Governor is over.»

The result is not unsurprising given the extent of the media coverage the party has enjoyed over the last week, as it stands an unprecedented number of candidates in the local elections.

A local source contacted The Bronx Chronicle said that one document turned over to federal authorities shows that some candidates in unnamed Bronx districts got more votes than the number of voters who went into the booths.

The group said that this explained the rumblings at state level in the APC over alleged imposition of candidates in the coming local government elections.

In 2011, some Epsom voters voting for the left - wing Labour and Green parties tried to block the tactic by giving their local vote to the National candidate; while it was unsuccessful, it did reduce ACT's majority over National from 12,900 to 2,300.

In the city of Syracuse, where Hawkins has made numerous bids for local office over the years, the Green candidate collects an impressive 24 % of the vote.

Bysiewicz regularly attends local Democratic events and worked for candidates elsewhere in the state over the last five years.

Local officials and candidates call for investigation of Silver's actions in Vito Lopez sexual harassment case; many call for his resignation The fallout over revelations that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver directed over $ 100,000 of taxpayer money to two Assembly staffers who accused Assemblyman Vito Lopez of sexually harassing them, continues.

«The Welsh Liberal Democrat petition, led by local campaigner and Parliamentary candidate Paul Halliday, has well over a thousand signatures.

A rift has widened within the Labour party over the selection of its local councillors, after the Momentum chief Jon Lansman called for a rerun of every candidate selection in London, claiming that sitting Jeremy Corbyn supporters were excluded from shortlists «for no good reason».

Instead, Hoffman has triumphed over Scozzafava in public opinion polls, despite, not the local Republican Party, but local Republican Party leaders (a very different kettle of fish), who clearly misread the mind and mood of the electorate when they imperiously chose a candidate who is evidently closer to Nancy Pelosi in her ideology than to Joe Lieberman, let alone George Pataki.

Bysiewicz is a fixture at local party events and she has worked for Democratic candidates across the state over the last five years.

Faulconer, the front - runner in a field of 11 candidates who ran in November, holds a scant 1 percentage point lead over Alvarez, according to a Survey USA poll commissioned by local news outlets UTSanDiego.com and 10News.com.»

Local Republicans and Democrats over the past week and a half nominated candidates for the four General Assembly districts that represent Bristol, and also backed both incumbent registrars» bids for re-election.

However, Labour's national executive committee (NEC) will draw up the shortlist for the first byelection since Jennie Formby took over as general secretary, and local members sympathetic to Alexander and her allies fear it will be dominated by leftist candidates.

In the most recent election, the Reform Party of New York, through electoral fusion, fielded over 2,000 candidates for local offices, and supplied the margin of victory for over 300 candidates.

Almost 200 candidates were kept off Democratic and Republican primary ballots (for state legislature and local partisan office) because of confusion over the deadline for filing a Statement of Economic Read more»

The governor, who was speaking at the official handing over of party flags to the candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ahead of the local government elections into the 23 local government area at the Kaduna township stadium, described the senators as enemies of the state's progress.

It's shaping up to be another contested election season in the Village of Homer where the debate over separate town and village offices continues to prompt candidates to seek elective office and dominates local politics.

Marjorie Velázquez Launches Community Petition over 2800 Bruckner Blvd Social Service Clearinghouse Concerns Bronx Community Board 10 Treasurer and City Council candidate collects nearly 200 signatures from local residents amid recently - announced tenant eviction, concern over rumored plans to convert office -LSB-...]

James Lane gets Brooklyn Democratic club endorsement over Vincent Gentile editor's note: this past fall 3 local NYC Democratic Party Clubs endorsed Howie Hawkins, the Green candidate for NY Governor Staten Island Live by Rachel Shapiro April 28, 2015 James LaneThe Southern Brooklyn Democrats have endorsed Green Party candidate James Lane over Brooklyn Democratic Councilman Vincent Gentile in the race for Congress, citing Gentile's unwillingness to meet with them and Lane being a political outsider.

Over 100 candidates for state and local office in South Carolina made the same legal error.

Almost 200 candidates were kept off Democratic and Republican primary ballots (for state legislature and local partisan office) because of confusion over the deadline for filing a Statement of Economic Interests.

The county democratic party hardly focuses on judicial races and judicial candidates seldom reach out to local clubs for endorsements; however, I have elected to include their ratio in this piece because courts have the ability to deeply impact anyone who is involved in the justice system, and people in a lower socio - economic class are likely to have less control over and support with their legal matters.

Prior to the election there had been some local controversy over her selection, as the first prospective candidate in the country to be chosen from an all - female shortlist under a Labour party policy that was later declared illegal.

Aiello and COR executives have donated more than $ 500,000 to Republican and Democratic candidates for federal, state and local office over the years.

Kendall, a former Labour leadership candidate who is well regarded by the party's right wing, has a majority of just over 7,000 in her Leicester West constituency, but local Tories say they are hopeful of taking the seat.

I am the local UKIP candidate having lived and worked in the constituency for over 35 years, unlike the other major party candidates who live up to 300 miles away.

The Woodstock Republican Committee at its September 15 caucus injected new life into the local electoral season by choosing independent candidate Lorin Rose for town supervisor over Jeremy Wilber, the freshly minted Democratic nominee, and endorsing the Town Board candidacies of Peter Cross and Ken Panza, who will face incumbent councilman Jay Wenk in a three - way race for two seats in the fall election.

Ms. SM Kuan, a human resource executive with 10 years of experience, commented, «if two job - seeking candidates come across as equally outstanding in terms of employability, the local university graduate would be preferred over the polytechnic - foreign university graduate.

And with «tea party» sentiments riding high (and some candidates again calling to abolish the Department of Education while purging thoughtful folks like Mike Castle), it looks like «local control» and «states» rights» arguments may rule the day should the GOP take over one or both houses of Congress.

Both NEA and AFT insert themselves into state and local politics all over the country by throwing millions of dollars at candidates, initiatives and lobbying efforts that support their self - serving agenda whenever and wherever they can.

Tomorrow, I will post the candidates» answers to my last question: What have been your accomplishments over the past three years in your role as either CEA vice-president or president of a local chapter of CEA of which you are most proud?

The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.