Sentences with phrase «party bosses»

But the approach, which critics contend is reminiscent of the heavy - handed tactics used by party bosses decades ago, can also elicit backlash.

He supports open primaries for all special elections, rather than relying on party bosses in «smoke - filled rooms» to pick candidates for statewide office.

«As you may assume, the political party bosses are not happy allowing the voters to exercise their constitutional rights in having a choice in who is representing them,» he said.

Advocates charge special elections allow party bosses to pick candidates and reduce ballot access to outsiders.

«The days when party bosses picked the candidates in their smoke filled rooms are over,» she said.

Be sure to have your party lists decided by the most committed activists, who show up to all the meetings, not corrupt party bosses.

No more smoke - filled rooms where party bosses would choose a presidential candidate.

The old school party bosses were state legislators and local district leaders, who usually lived within walking distance of most of their voters.

The board, by design, is ruled by party bosses, not professionals.

The suits accused the former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss of repeatedly groping and making unwanted come - ons to both woman and also claimed Silver — currently the subject of a federal corruption probe — was an «aider and abettor» of Lopez's alleged serial - perv behavior in Albany for many years.

But Kavanagh appears to have the upper hand because he has the support of party bosses in Brooklyn, and the backing of the statewide Democratic Party establishment.

Instead, off - year elections (state elections occur on even numbered years) were held for the seats that once belonged to Vito Lopez, a former Brooklyn party boss who resigned after being accused of sexually harassing his staffers, and Nelson Castro, a Bronx pol who resigned from his seat after serving as a cooperating witness for federal prosecutors.

For example, I am delighted that the Coalition has taken up the idea of open primaries - the single best way to make MPs independent, to strengthen the legislature against the executive, and to shift power from party bosses to voters.

«The Republican party bosses who hand - selected Chris Jacobs have championed Mr. Trump nationwide as he has made one offensive statement after the next,» he said.

The most significant factor in the race is support from Queens and Bronx Democratic party bosses who have yet to weigh in.

Though former Assemblyman and Judge Frank Seddio replaced Lopez as party boss late last month, at press time the party had not appointed a successor for the committee chairmanship.

Liff noted that the County's screening panel, which includes representatives from the borough's many smaller bar associations, has in the past rejected the prefered candidate of former party boss Vito Lopez and typically find the same judges to be qualified as the peer - review committees run by the bar associations.

Since the Senate district encoumpasses parts of lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn, Wright and Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Frank Seddio are charged with negotiating the Democratic nominee, which in the Democrat - heavy district is akin to choosing Squadron's successor.

Mark Elliott, a Manhattan litigator, is suing White Plains Democratic Party bosses for striking his name from a petition supporting a Democratic challenger for mayor — all because he put his address down as being in «WP» instead of spelling out White Plains.

The regional list method sees voters putting their crosses against a party, not an individual's name, with party bosses then choosing which of their list of approved candidates is given a seat.

Party bosses say leaving the European Union is covered by the commission on international affairs, involving Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer.

In a bizarre and wide - ranging interview, Trump took aim at party bosses within the GOP and his rival for the party's nomination, as he promised to tweet less to protect the country's national security.

Assemblyman José Rivera, who was ousted by Heastie as Bronx party boss in 2008, showed no sign of hard feelings.

Arron Banks has quit Ukip and vowed to build a rival movement after accusing party bosses of suspending his membership.

«It's now clear the Beltway Democrat Party bosses plan to throw the gauntlet at me, and launch another phony war on women and families campaign next fall,» Katko wrote.

More recently, Theresa May tried to keep it going by giving party bosses the green light to put four Number 10 aides on shortlists for seats with vast Tory majorities.

Moser appeared to take a shot at both the DCCC and the DNC on Friday in a new web video asking her supporters to reject «the system where Washington party bosses tell us who to choose.»

Nydia Velazquez is by no means a perfect pol from The Times standpoint — too slavishly devoted to organized labor and a little wobbly on Israel, but far far better than Erik Dilan, who is closely allied with Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez — a no - no from the paper's standpoint.

«Florida desperately needs an independent senator in Washington who will fight for good jobs and economic opportunity, a quality education for every child, and Social Security for all of our seniors regardless of what the political party bosses want,» Lawson said in a statement.

«Mark Grisanti is a strong and independent voice in the State Senate who has always acted in the best interests of his constituents, not party bosses or monied special interest groups.»

But AG Andrew Cuomo alleged in 2009 that former Liberal Party boss Ray Harding had a hand in creating a vacancy in the Assembly so the younger Hevesi could run.

As you'll recall, Andrew Hevesi's name surfaced last April in Cuomo's investigation in connection with former Liberal Party boss Ray Harding, whom the AG said had received payoffs from the pension fund in return for political favors granted to the Hevesi family.

The grassroots have delivered a message that we will not just settle for what party bosses dictate.

Yesterday, however, we began to hear rumblings that Manhattan Democratic Party boss Keith Wright intended to influence the selection of a nominee for the Nov. 7 general election, and that he had settled on Kavanagh.

Former Chongqing party boss Sun Zhengcai made no objections to the charges, saying his punishment is deserved and that he «had only himself to blame.»

But Theresa May risks charges of election cronyism after party bosses parachuted Burghart into the seat which has been held by Eric Pickles since 1992.

Central New York Rep. John Kato (R - Camillus) opposed Republican Party bosses last week by voting against the proposed budget in the House.

Despite his ambitions, Amin — who is married with two teenage children — has not been afraid to criticise Conservative Party bosses.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas has once again risked getting his knuckles rapped by Tory party bosses by calling for more money for the NHS.

Mr McMillan - Scott defied party bosses in July by standing against and beating Michal Kaminski, a Polish PiS MEP, for the post of European Parliament Vice-President because, he claimed, the Pole had an extremist past.

Rob Ryan, Hoffman's campaign adviser, suggests the trend is the result of GOP party bosses who want to even the score from November when Hoffman embarrassed Republicans who refused to endorse him.

The literature features a photo of Mazurek with Buffalo business owners J.P. and Ulla Bak, but Erie County Democratic party boss Jeremy Zellner said somebody recognized Pigeon was in the original photo.

Three of the other four Republican party bosses also said that Smith, who was mired in the Aqueduct Racino bidding scandal, also panned his bid, the paper said.

The Davis family is long known in African - American Brooklyn Democratic Party politics as being fiercely independent dating back to when James Davis successfully challenged former Kings County Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman for his district leadership position, and went on to upset the than machine's preferred candidate, Letitia James, for the city council seat.

In a statement issued by Warren she said that many political pundits believed «the deck was stacked against her,» and Warren, who is running for a second term, says that individual members of city committee «stood up for what was right and stood with me even when party bosses tried to push a different outcome.»

In a bizarre and wide - ranging interview Sunday, Republican front - runner Donald Trump took aim at party bosses within the GOP and his rival for the party's nomination, as he promised to tweet less to protect the country's national security.

«We have to fix our broken politics — and that starts by rejecting the system where Washington party bosses tell us who to choose,» Moser said.

In what has become an all to familiar story, the FBI made arrests early this morning of state officials, local politicians and local party bosses caught in a bribery scheme involving political favors