Sentences with phrase «parties pitted against each other»

Not exact matches

In addition to pitting the party heavyweights against each other, Peralta said his new district also loses about 20,000 Asian residents in exchange for 20,000 white residents.

The elections are Ghana's sixth since 1992 and pit the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) against its arch rivals, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and several other smaller parties.

But the budget package did pit Schumer against many of the other major figures in his party, including Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

A source knowledgeable about partisan politics said the Republicans might be trying to create as much infighting as possible in the Democratic Party ahead of the 2013 elections by pitting the likes of Avella and Stavisky in eastern Queens and Sens. Jose Peralta (D - East Elmhurst) and Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria) in the west against each other.

The election pits members of all political parties against each other on one ballot, a format that Democrats hope will help their candidate by splitting the Republican vote.

The race pitted two Democrats against each other because of Washington's Top Two primary system, where the top two vote - getters in the September primary advance to the general election, regardless of party.

The party was held because the Cuomo administration selected CNY as one of three winners in the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, a competition that pitted seven Upstate New York regions against each other for $ 1.5 billion in aid.

Rather, what often occurs is that experts from the two parties are pitted against one another, with lawyers on each side trying to destroy the credibility of the other party's witness.

Pitting potential party spokespersons against one another in public combat, these procedures undercut the credibility of the candidate's affiliation with anything other than him - or herself.

Sony announced early on that they wouldn't release any first party published retail releases for both PS3 and PS4 to avoid the kind of self - cannibalization that comes with pitting your own consoles against each other.

Pit your personalised Mii characters against each other in 13 different party game modes and more than 80 mini-games.

Let Us Cling Together also features a multiplayer mode that pits players» parties against each other.

Subsequent stages of the Challenge pit student groups against one another in a variety of assignments (complete with cheat sheets); prizes include Break the Addiction parties hosted at their colleges or universities, and a grand prize of a $ 10,000 eco-renovation of one school's student lounge or other «hang space.»

The likelihood is that in most cases where important questions are in issue, experts» views for each party will be pitted one against the other.

Often, these cases result in a scenario where the opinions of medical experts are pitted one against the other, resulting in uncertainty and risk for the parties.

But turning to the courts to resolve them isn't the most desirable approach because its adversarial nature pits the parties against each other, is emotionally draining and could end up being costly, Diamond says.

Kruk is extremely critical of Canada's current family law system and says it's highly adversarial, pitting one party against the other.