Sentences with phrase «party lines for»

Democrats were were more likely to highlight green and alternative energy sources, and Republicans were more inclined towards smart traffic lights, but there was significant support across party lines for these kinds of improvements.

The vote went along party lines for the most part with notable exceptions of Republicans voting for cloture: Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Orrin Hatch (Utah), John Thune (S.D.), Norm Coleman (Minn.), Susan Collins (Maine) and Richard Lugar (Ind.).

He ran as a Democrat and continues to align with Democratic party lines for the state of Montana.

He voted along Republican party lines for the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 and against the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Republican Jeb Hensarling voted along party lines for several important policies.

This incendiary offering is apt to be appreciated or reviled along party lines for it paints a most unflattering picture of George W. Bush as a spoiled - rotten nincompoop who has been a miserable failure at his every endeavor.

By running for a judgeship, Meyer was able to leave the race and free up the party lines for another candidate, McLaughlin.

Winners of the Democratic primary for city chief auditor and Common Council president also will face challengers who snagged minor party lines for the general election.

THE most prominent Democrat to cross party lines for Mayor Bloomberg in 2005 won't make the same commitment for the 2009 mayoral race.

The Senate selection marks the first Republican primary from a convention that could yield more: the party lines for governor, the Senate seat held by Kirsten Gillibrand and attorney general.

I will stand for the values and ideology of the Republican and Conservative parties, not just use certain party lines for quick political advancement.

Doheny and Hoffman are seeking the Republican, Conservative and Independence Party lines for the November election against U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh.

Doheny will seek the Republican, Independence and Conservative party lines for the Nov. 4 election.

With less than a year until the 2016 presidential election, more donations will start showing up that illustrate party lines for the principals of these companies.

While I would've considered crossing the party line for a statesman like Richard Lugar, you do not have his thoughtfulness, his honesty, or his dedication to serving his constituency instead of just your personal agenda.

This could provide a crucial third party line for the Republican come November.

That didn't sit well with progressives, who question Cuomo's motives — particularly after he made a promise in 2014 to help bring the Democrats together in order to land the Working Families Party line for his bid for a second, four - year term, and then never delivered.

A top Long Island Democratic leader, Nassau party chair Jay Jacobs, fears Nixon could hurt the party's chances of capturing the state Senate if she gets the progressive Working Families Party line for governor.

Syracuse's Howie Hawkins announced Thursday that he is running for governor on the Green Party line for the third time.

If he can be guaranteed that no other candidate will receive enough backing at this month's Republican state convention to qualify for a primary, he said he will abandon his hopes of running on the Reform minor party line for governor.

The press release says the ad, which will air statewide, is intended to remind voters that it «means more when you vote on the Conservative Party line for Carl Paladino.»

Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, meanwhile, is in danger of losing the Conservative Party line for his vote in favor of same - sex marriage.

The Labour leader has made a virtue of voting against his party line for many years.

Conservatives also backed 70 Republicans on their minor party line for various town and county positions.

Another example would be when elected officials vote against the party line for the sake of publicly standing when a bill is unpopular (conversely, popular) in their constituency, all while knowing that the majority is comfortable enough that a few dissenting voices (or a few more votes) won't matter.

During last summer's effort to secure the Independence Party line for Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy — whose district in the Hudson Valley and Westchester is about a two - hour drive from the Capitol — 40 state Senate GOP staffers gathered signatures, his petitions show.

Quickly,» and not run on the Working Families Party line for City Council.

The other petition to be invalidated was for David Murcray Jr., running under the Democratic Party line for Essex town highway superintendent.

Common Councilman Judd Krasher, who is running on the Working Families Party line for his 11th Ward seat in the general election against Democratic primary winner Alfredo Balarin, said including raises for mid - and high - level management is «absurd,» given the continuation of the city's trash fee and a tax increase.

ALBANY — The uncertainty of who will be on the Working Families Party line for governor this fall is causing «real tension» between the party and the unions affiliated with...

Gordon Wheelock remains on the Have A Voice party line for November in District 10.

In the three Democratic primaries for county legislator, two incumbents were denied the party line for November and one of two Republican legislators failed to secure that ballot line:

Terrence Robinson announced Saturday his intention to run on the Green Party line for Buffalo mayor.

Democrat Rafael Salamanca is running on the Community First party line for the seat vacated by Council Member Maria Del Carmen Arroyo.

Smith, if you'll recall, was caught trying to bribe anyone he could get a meeting with in hopes of securing the Republican Party line for last year's NYC mayor's race.

For instance, Republican Rick Lazio was nominated for a judgeship in 2010 after he lost the GOP primary to Carl Paladino in order to free up the Conservative Party line for the Buffalo businessman.

The Lib Dems alone took a party line for openness.

Valesky said he has decided not to seek their party line for the first time this year.

Democratic State Sen. Cecila Tkaczyk has been booted from the independent Women's Equality Party line for failing to get sufficient valid signatures on her nominating petitions.

When Cuomo was contemplating running on the Working Families Party line for governor the second time around, de Blasio acted as his liaison.

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Senator McDonald, in a statement, says he's decided not to continue campaigning on the Independence Party line for the November vote.

In 2012, he appeared on the Conservative Party line for his seat.

«If the Moreland Commission should look at anything, it should be Ed Cox sitting at the table with Malcolm Smith and presiding over a party that tried to sell its mayoral party line for the largest bribe,» Capel said.

Two years ago, Thompson sought the party line for the 2nd District seat.

Cuomo offered to endorse GOP Senator McDonald, if McDonald were to continue on after the primary on the Independence Party line for the November election, but McDonald decided to drop out instead.

For example, Republican Ballard was given the Independence Party line in November 2013 in the race for Superintendent of Highways in Clarkstown and Sparaco claimed the ultra-left Democratic Working Families Party line for Ballard in the same election by a write - in absentee ballot campaign which reversed the vote recorded at the polling booths that had gone to Ballard's Democratic opponent.

In 2001, Graziano ran on the Green Party line for the 20th Council District, a seat that eventually went to now - city Comptroller John Liu.

Toby Shelley collects signatures to run on the Democratic Party line for Onondaga County executive.

Nov. 12, 2013: Paladino threatens to run on the Conservative Party line for governor in 2014 if the GOP doesn't nominate a candidate with conservative - enough credentials.