Sentences with phrase «party up to the election»

And I want to pay special tribute to the energy, determination and passion with which Tavish led the Scottish party up to the election.

Not exact matches

Says Michigan party leader Mr. Dillon: «Everyone needs to take a deep breath, especially after presidential elections when we always end up writing one party's obituary and then the next election we write the other party's obituary.»

The run - up to the upcoming German election has begun with the second - biggest party announcing who will fight against Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The decision may be a blow to the Republican Party's fundraising as it gears up for midterm elections in November with an unpopular president as its standard - bearer.

Some Democrats also demanded the removal of a provision that allows a massive increase in individual contributions to national political parties for federal elections, potentially up to $ 777,600 a year.

This year's F8 comes amid backlash against Facebook over user privacy and election meddling, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from up to 87 million users was inappropriately obtained by a third party.

I think the really interesting thing that could happen leading up to the presidential election is that there will be rumblings of third parties.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

Ireland was on the verge of a snap election on Monday after the opposition party propping up the minority government said the deputy prime minister's refusal to quit would force the country to the polls next month.

Lopez Obrador's party, Morena, has dismissed the suggestion it has ideological or political sympathies for Venezuela's socialist government, but this year, opponents in Mexico have played up purported links between the two, as they did to him before the 2006 election.

The billionaire investor attended Trump's Tuesday night victory party as the election results rolled in, but left early to load up on more stock as Dow and S&P futures plunged in the middle of the night, according to CNBC.

The diplomatic row comes in the run - up to next week's Dutch election in which the mainstream parties are under strong pressure from Wilders» Party for Freedom (PVV).

Yet in the weeks leading up to the election, the opposing Labour party has managed to gain an advantage.

The opposition parties have panned the move as a reckless and desperate attempt to shore up votes ahead of the spring election.

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Like Doug Jones's win in the special election in Alabama, a win for Democrats in Pennsylvania's 18th District would further add to the party's momentum in the run - up to November's midterm elections and hint at dwindling support for Trump.

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

As reported in the Globe and Mail on October 31, federal Finance Minister Flaherty is reviving and polishing - up the Conservative Party's ill - conceived election proposal to end taxation of individual capital gains if the proceeds are re-invested.

He would become the longest - serving leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

While the 2012 election gave the Liberal Party its worst electoral showing in decades, including the loss of Official Opposition status to the Wildrose Party, many Liberal partisans are lining up to reaffirm Dr. Sherman's leadership.

If these opposition parties do not step up to the plate, Albertans can once again expect a Senator - in - Waiting election dominated by conservative politicians.

The prospect of a shake - up in the Japanese political landscape increased when the center - left Democratic party — previously the main opposition to the LDP — announced it would not field any candidates in the election, freeing its representatives in the Japanese parliament to seek nominations from Ms. Koike's party.

And the province can do much more to clean up provincial election laws, something that a new all - party committee will be tasked to do soon (and they should consider adopting some of the amendments made by Wildrose MLAs during recent debates in the Legislature).

Sunday's outcome completes a generational change in major party leadership and sets up a new dynamic for the upcoming 43rd Canadian federal election set to take place in October of 2019.

As the parties roll out their own platforms in the weeks leading up to Election Day, we will be using this dashboard to assess their policies, provide our Members with key insights, and determine whether the priorities of our region's business community are adequately reflected in each party's vision for the province.

In the run up to the general election, Nick Spencer explains why faith still matters to the party leaders More

Reuters: Israel considers ban for far - right candidate over gaffe on blowing up shrine An Israeli panel weighed a request on Sunday to disqualify a candidate of a powerful far - right party from running in a January 22 election for alluding in a speech to the possibility of seeing one of Islam's holiest shrines in Jerusalem «blown up.»

But its story from then until now has been one of a steady, stealthy comeback, culminating in the landslide election of May 2014, which brought Narendra Modi (a former RSS higher - up) and the BJP party to power with a large majority in India's powerful Lok Sabha (lower parliament) and in many state assemblies.

In the run up to the general election, Nick Spencer explains why faith still matters to the party leaders

Since 1806 Mexico has suffered military intervention at least ten times by U.S. troops, and if there are no interventions in the offing now, perhaps it is largely because the U.S. has been shoring up the rule of one party, which wins rigged elections and then fails to challenge U.S. investment and business practices that increase human suffering for campesinos and urban poor there.

In the run up to the general election, Nick Spencer explains why faith still matters to the party le... More

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.

The Democrats began stepping up faith outreach after the 2004 election, when the party suffered major losses and exit polls showed that many voters believed the Democrats were secular or hostile to religion.

Among the many reasons Democrats are giving for why so many lost faith in them at the polls on Tuesday, some are blaming the party for losing faith itself - for neglecting religious outreach and messaging in the run up to Election Day.

I knew it would not be long before the republiCON party, and the sloth karl rove, would be up to NO GOOD during this 2012 election season.

So I'm going to whip up one of these for the election party tonight.

The two main political parties — the ruling Labour government and the challenging Conservative Party — are using the Mumsnet.com website as a battleground in the lead - up to the election this spring.

Baby Milk Action sent the following letter to all political parties represented in the parliaments of the UK to ask about their infant and young child feeding policies in the run up to the General Election in 2015.

I've spent a long long time in the Labour party, Kinnock was my MP, I had to put up with his idea for a long time, then bang he was new labour mind you never before an election he would then drivel about the left socialism and winning the war what ever that was.

In the time leading up to the election, party members voted for who would represent their party in their constituency.

However, the then opposition New Patriotic Party in the run - up to the 2016 elections took a different stance by promising to restore the allowance if voted into office.

According to President Akufo - Addo, the propaganda that made the rounds in the Zongos», in the run - up to the 2016 elections, to the effect that both the New Patriotic Party and he were «anti-Zongos»», has proven to be untrue, as the actions and policies undertaken by his government have been to the contrary.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told his MPs to keep campaigning and carry on the momentum the party built up in the general election campaign.

If you imagine the American presidential election as a single constituency (for the sake of ease), both parties put up a wide range of candidates who, through the primary process, voters finely tune to the two best options.

President Akufo Addo in his address yesterday, continued the propagandist path beaten by his Vice President in the run up to the 2016 elections on matters relating to the economy.As if schooled on the subject by his Vice, the President showed that he was yet to come to terms with his new designation as President and came across more as a politician addressing charged party supporters on the campaign platform.

There appears to be no election campaign whatsoever in Greater London and as a result the Tories could lose up to six seats to the Labour Party in our capital city.

Obviously, the opportunities where all the factors line up aren't common (opposing party affiliation for the governor who appoints replacement or electoral outlook for a special election, someone willing to throw the party under the bus, etc).

If campaign HQ's a-rockin»... Often, in election campaigns, the candidate or local party will hire out a house to put up some of the volunteers and the staff who've come up from London to pitch in over the campaigns.