Sentences with phrase «party conventions»

Although it takes an active role in both major party conventions, the National Association of REALTORS ® doesn't endorse a presidential candidate.

The Senate was unable to act on the bill before adjourning for its August break and the party conventions.

«As someone who has attended three national party conventions (and countless statewide gatherings), I recognize that platform language rarely has a significant impact on policy,» he said.

New York's Democrats and Republicans will descend upon two downstate venues Wednesday and Thursday, and thanks to former state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's sudden departure from the scene, these party conventions will prove anything but staid.

The TSA has bought 22 SPO systems and used them to screen crowds arriving at airports for the Republican and Democratic party conventions in 2008.

The year's most prominent science issue, federal support of embryonic stem cell research, is so controversial that the sons of Ronald Reagan gave dueling speeches at the opposing party conventions; Michael Reagan backs President George W. Bush's policies, including the ban on funding for research on new stem cell lines, while Ron supports Senator John Kerry's promise to lift restrictions.

As the leader of the state's largest city, Ganim again becomes a key player in state Democratic politics because of the size of the city's delegation at party conventions.

As the leader of the state's largest city, Ganim has automatically become a key player in state Democratic politics because of the size of the city's delegation at party conventions.

State Rep. Douglas McCrory, D - Hartford, and former Windsor Republican Town Councilman Michael McDonald will face off in a special election to fill the 2nd Senate seat vacated by Eric Coleman earlier this month.At party conventions Thursday the two were...

Mr. Pataki's forces attempted, at the Conservative and Independence Party conventions, to keep Mr. Golisano from mounting primary challenges.

Heastie says the process could also help clarify viable candidates before the state party conventions happen on May 22.

Just two weeks before the party conventions, Democrats are airing negative attack ads targeting incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo's Republican opponent, Rob Astorino.

Those in the herd of candidates for governor will spend their days and nights trying to tug firm commitments out of the delegates who were chosen in the last few weeks to attend May's party conventions.

Party conventions are planned for March.

Astorino and Cuomo will be focused on the campaign in the coming weeks, as the Democrats and Republicans plan to hold their state party conventions in May.

The committees make critical decisions on delegates to party conventions.

Party conventions, while sometimes colorful, are unofficial.

Usually held a week or so after Labor Day, this year's party conventions have been delayed, in part due to Jewish holidays, until at least the 23rd of this month.

New York County is the largest in the state and, therefore, carries the largest weighted vote at New York State Democratic Party conventions.

Just two weeks before the party conventions, Democrats are airing negative attack ads targeting incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Republican opponent, Rob Astorino.

Republicans and Democrats will vote on their gubernatorial nominees at state party conventions in May with August primaries expected on both sides.

However, some lawmakers» attention probably will be focused on the major party conventions with the Democrats meeting in Rye on May 25 - 27 and the Republicans in Manhattan on June 1 - 3.

Now the two front runners in their parties are looking to secure the nominations at their party conventions this summer.

Connecticut's Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and his leading Republican challenger Tom Foley are taking shots at each other following their party conventions over the weekend.

Nitzky covered six national party conventions and three mayoral elections for NY1.

Heastie said the process could also help clarify viable candidates before the state party conventions happen on May 22.

The New York County Democratic Committee is the largest county party in the state and has the advantage of having the largest weighted vote at state Democratic Party conventions.

One shift from 2008, said multiple digital experts, was how voters viewed major events on the political calendar, including the two party conventions and the three presidential debates.

They discuss what came of the party conventions, whether Andrew Cuomo can ever corral the legislature, and how Governor Paterson is spending his remaining months in office.

The momentum of the Nader / LaDuke candidacy built on the protests in Seattle against the WTO in December 1999 — and from the streets of Philadelphia and Los Angeles during the R2K and D2K protests against Republican and Democratic Party conventions in the summer of 2000.

For the party now in government, conference has never been far off the sort of party conventions we see in the US — more of a rally.

I'll confess I was not glued to the tube for every minute of the party conventions last month.

He said the delay, contrary to speculations, had not in any way violated the constitutional provisions regarding party conventions.

Heastie says the process could also help clarify viable candidates before the state party conventions happen on May 22nd.

«The party conventions are like the political Olympics, and I'm excited to be headed to Cleveland to stand with...

At this convention, state delegatesAccording to the Council on Foreign Relations, delegates «are individuals chosen to represent their states at their party conventions prior to a presidential election.»

The vast majority of funds were raised in only 11 days following successful Republican and Conservative Party conventions.

So far, two of the gubernatorial candidates — the Democrat and one of the four Republicans — have announced their preferred running mates in advance of their respective nomination at major party conventions.

According to an NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday, the former secretary of state has almost doubled her lead over Trump since last month, a mere 5 points before both party conventions to a more substantial 9 this week

The same is apparently true for coveted digital spaces such as the big battleground - state newspaper sites and even Politico.com (I heard Politico's frontpage is already completely unavailable during at least one of the party conventions, and it didn't go cheap).

The Late Show is also in a prime position now, with two weeks of live shows for the party conventions, and bringing back Jon Stewart earlier this week.

The company treated this election's party conventions as practice for the NFL games, running live streams of each as a way to experiment with the format.

Critics point to her lack of a trip to Wisconsin following the party conventions as proof that she did not take the idea of potentially losing those crucial states seriously, but Clinton said that idea is without merit, saying «we didn't ignore those states.»

So when Trump delivers the keynote address at the California Republican Party Convention in San Francisco - area city Burlingame, expect protests.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark speaks at the B.C. Liberal Party Convention in Penticton, B.C. (Photo: Daniel Hayduk / CP)

He met his wife, Laureen, at a Reform party convention in 1991 and he is supposed to have told friends that he was attracted to her in part because she read The Economist.

Speaking last weekend to 3,000 - plus Liberals attending the federal party convention in Halifax, Justin Trudeau gave the kick - off speech to the 2019 election campaign.

As late as 2011, I could walk around on the floor of a Conservative party convention at leisure and unharassed.

After a tough election loss and a tougher party convention, Tom Mulcair got right back to work in the House of Commons

Their big mouths at a weekend party convention proved their faith in the Prime Minister is waning, and their faith in their own voices is emerging.