Sentences with phrase «party hold the state»

«All Republicans want to see our party hold the State Senate majority in Albany and elect a Republican congressman in the First District of Long Island,» Pataki said in a statement this morning.

Instead, each fall the parties hold state - mandated nominating conventions at which delegates elected during the September primary pledge their support to a candidate.

He said he will not run in a primary, and believes the GOP needs to unite behind one candidate long before the party holds state committee meetings in May or June.

Not exact matches

The bloc is holding key elections in several member states at a time when rising support for anti-euro and anti-European parties threatens the current political system.

By holding our primary earlier, we will ensure that issues important to Californians are prioritized by presidential candidates from all political parties,» California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a Tuesday release.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currParty; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currparty elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

Meanwhile, the Republican party also gained more governorships this week, flipping three states previously held by Democrats.

Germany held regional elections in three states this week and for political analysts the major talking point was the success of the far - right, anti-immigration party the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD.

Merkel's Christian Democrat party lost in two of the three states where the elections were held.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United Stparty — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty in the United States.

Its pathetic how a «state» in the Middle East has to hold an American political party in check.

Romney was way out of touch with his own state, should held his party in right wing back water Texas, a state moving backwards not forwards.

For example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests win.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Other than a very clear violation of the policy your own party holds near and dear to their hearts of separation of church and state.

In state politics, Shepparton is located in the Legislative Assembly district of Shepparton which had been safely held by the National / Country Party since the seat was created in 1945.

November 22 — Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has avoided a possible jail sentence in the United States by agreeing to compensate police in Los Angeles for their repeated callouts over loud parties he held at a house he was renting in the summer.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, a Democrat - turned - Republican, will not run for the congressional seat once held by late Rep. Louise Slaughter, saying he believes he can have the «greatest impact» if he stays put in the Senate, where his party holds a tenuous one - vote majority.

Long is holding fast as the state Conservative Party favorite.

The Minority has stated that these comments confirm their long - held belief that the president was simply doing politics after he led his party to scream corruption when scandals like GYEEDA, SUBAH and SADA broke between 2013 and 2015.

For instance, if all political parties, including the APC which was then in opposition, could hold their primaries in the state, why would the PDP that was in control of the State Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constitustate, why would the PDP that was in control of the State Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constituState Government come down to Abuja for its primaries against the provisions of the Electoral Act and the PDP constitution?

Are we talking about the state requiring parties to hold primaries, or parties volunteering to do so?

Long said his party will hold another state convention on Wednesday — this was an already - scheduled post-primary reorganization meeting at which an entire new state committee (and I believe the chairman) will be reconstituted.

The Working Families Party, along with a host of sympathetic labor groups and officials, will hold a rally in New York City at noon tomorrow on the steps of City Hall to push for a Democratic majority in the state Senate.

In January 2017, Cuomo told Republican lawmakers in the Senate in a closed - door meeting about the state budget that he could have helped his party gain control, but held back.

The New York State Republican Convention, at which a Party nominee will be chosen, is being held today in Rochester, NY.

Dinowitz said that if he does opt to heed the state party's call and hold a hearing in an attempt to dis - enroll Espada, it's unclear whether there is any way to compel the senator to participate.

Speculation continues to mount as to how long state GOP Chairman Ed Cox will manage to hold on to his leadership post now that the rank - and - file has officially rejected his party - switching preferred gubernatorial candidate, Levy.

The controversial conventions of the Peoples Democratic Party holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Abuja have produced a new caretaker committee headed by former Kaduna Governor Senator Ahmed Makarfi with Senator Ben Obi as his Interim Secretary.

The convention which held at Port Harcourt, Rivers State saw Ali Modu Sheriff being replaced by an interim party executive led by a former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi.

Unlike in 2010, when the state Conservative Party held its convention prior to the GOP's gathering and endorsed former Rep. Rick Lazio in an effort to box the Republicans into doing the same, the Conservative confab will follow the GOP's Rochester event on March 16 this year.

The party doesn't hold much sway in Democrat - dominated NYC, and hasn't managed to elect anyone to a city or state post for decades, but it is nevertheless prominent in Republican circles, since the city is a must - stop for candidates from all over the nation who are trying to raise campaign cash.

The party, which endorsed Nixon and Williams for governor and lieutenant governor last month, held 112 organizing house parties across the state last week.

The labor - backed party has Facebook ads posting today, part of a broader effort aimed at pressuring the eight - member bloc as Democrats hold a numeric majority in the state Senate, but do not have the votes to form a governing coalition.

Dinowitz, who chairs the Bronx Democratic County Committee (not to be confused with the county leader title, which is held by Assemblyman Carl Heastie), said he had «heard a rumor several weeks ago» that someone at state party HQ might try something along these lines, but he wasn't kept in the loop.

For example, civilian one - party states such as Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia held one - party elections for Members of Parliament throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

The state GOP convention is being held in May, when a preferred party candidate is expected to be selected by delegates.

Party leaders even debated holding the vote to decide on their standard bearer on the very first day they gather at the Sheraton in Manhattan — June 1 — with down - ballot races like AG and state comptroller bumped to the second or even third day.

Langworthy himself held several meetings with the real estate mogul encouraging him to see the process through all the way to the State Republican Party Convention in May.

Earlier, the Minister had addressed a mammoth crowd of party leaders from all the 177 wards of the state at the APC leaders meeting held in Ishan Ekiti, where he urged them to be united in the battle to unseat the incumbent PDP - led government.

(He's backed by Kings County Conservative Chairman Jerry Kassar, who is close to the state Party Chairman Mike Long — we'll find out whether that helps him when the Conservatives hold their convention later today).

President John Dramani Mahama has said that he is surprised that Nana Akufo - Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not show up at the presidential debate organized by the GBC / NCCE and held at the State House in Accra on Wednesday.

The impasse remains, resulting in the New York's unusual and costly arrangement of holding two party primaries, one mandated by a federal court for U.S. Senate and House party contests in June; state and local primaries still held in September.

The bill backed by Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, would also apply to party committee leaders from receiving consulting fees from state and local authorities either directly or through companies in which they hold a 10 percent ownership stake.

So far this week, endorsements and fundraising appeals have been sent out on behalf of GOP US Senate candidate Wendy Long from surrogates who hold sway with certain elements of the primary electorate — Grover Norquist, Steve Forbes, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, and the latest: Former Assembly Minority Leader / 2006 GOP gubernatorial candidate John Faso.

The state Democratic Party will hold its annual fall meeting in Albany next week (Nov. 16 - 17) at which at least two resolutions will be debated and voted on that could prove rather troublesome to its de facto leader, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The state party traditionally holds a fall fundraising gala, too.

The state Independence Party has endorsed Republican Matt Doheny's challenge to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens in NY - 23 — a move that could prove significant in the GOP's effort to win back the North Country seat it had held for over a century until last year's special election loss.

If the WP vote is held first, it will be what one strategist decribed as a «test vote» for Levy — and his biggest champion, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — both of whom have confidently predicted the party - switching county executive will receive sufficient support at the convention to get onto the ballot.

The Nassau County Democratic Party are using Trump to raise campaign cash for teacher Christine Pellegrino, who is running for a vacant state Assembly seat that Republicans have held for more than 20 years.