Sentences with phrase «political veteran»

But even for a seasoned political veteran, this has been a rather unusual week.

More than a half - dozen consultants and firms earned six - figure sums during his nine - month campaign, the eyebrows of political veterans.

In the crowd were his two rehires, Craig Schoenfeld and Katie Koberg, political veterans who had left his campaign back in the spring during a larger walkoff, but who he thanked for coming back.

I've been asked more than once by political veterans skeptical of the role of blogs and other forms of online citizen activism to point a specific instance in which the Internet made a real difference in a political issue.

Some NYS political veterans say if you close your eyes when Andrew Cuomo is speaking you can hear his father — particularly when it comes to cadence — but when it comes to tugging at the heartstrings, the elder Cuomo still has his son beat by a mile.

It won't be smooth sailing for the charismatic political veteran — Ontario's credit outlook was recently downgraded to «negative,» and it will be tough to meet her stated target of eliminating the province's $ 12.5 - billion deficit by 2018.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each have very different goals going into their first presidential debate tonight, two political veterans told CNBC.

The Post called DioGuardi, a former congressman from Westchester who petitioned his way onto the GOP ballot and defeated the party's nominee, former Nassau County Legislator Bruce Blakeman, and economist David Malpass, a «reliably conservative, common - sensical political veteran.»

Running as a Democrat in Esopus - Rosendale, former Republican county legislator Laura Petit comfortably defeated political veteran Ira Weiner by 1281 - 1119.

On Tuesday, political veteran Tommy Hazouri, currently a Jacksonville City Councilman, endorsed fellow Democrat Tracye Polson in her bid for state House.

Sheppard is a Commons newbie but a hardened political veteran.

The slightly smaller Foley team is heavy with Connecticut political veterans and former staffers of one or both of Linda McMahon's U.S. Senate runs.

In the view of many political veterans, Spitzer's attempted comeback from sexual scandal, like Anthony Weiner's attempted comeback, like Mark Sanford's successful comeback, is more than just an eccentric 2013 coincidence.

(CNN)- The two political veterans in Florida's closely - watched primaries have each regained the lead in their respective races, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

Woolf faces a Democratic primary challenge from St. Lawrence County political veteran Steve Burke for the North Country's 21st Congressional District.

Several political veterans described Mr. Farrell's most significant defeat as a sort of victory.

One reason that Trump makes political veteran observers so nervous is that he could very well be elected President of the United States, and yet no one has any idea of what he'd attempt to do in office.

While Marine Le Pen and the far - left candidate Jean - Luc Melenchon both presented themselves as outside the system during the first round of the campaign, both are seasoned political veterans.

One political veteran said he was surprised that de Blasio was so direct and didn't attempt to hedge.

No one can afford to take the presidential election for granted, political veterans and analysts told CNBC's «Power Lunch» on the eve of Election Day.

As the long - time MLA for Edmonton - Mill Creek (he sat as a Liberal from 1993 to 1998 and as a PC from 1998 to the present), these kind of town halls are old hat for the political veteran.

Not even their much - vaunted sophistication seems to see through the fierce irredentist campaigns, waged as «restructuring», by their political veterans, that lost face after sinking with Jonathan in 2015.

Former state Sen. Frank Padavan was his usual self at a Queens Village Republican Club dinner held in his honor Sunday after the political veteran suffered a minor stroke at his home late last month.

Two political veterans — Democrat Michael McMahon and Republican Robert Straniere — last night swept to victory in their respective primaries for Congress, setting up a battle royal in November for the most coveted seat on Staten Island, one that has been in the grip of the GOP for nearly three decades.

The political veteran started life as a much - loved idealist but withered away, neglected and outmoded

Walzak is a political veteran who has served as a senior aide on the 2012 Senate campaign of Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the first woman to represent the state in the Senate and as the first openly gay member.

That is the advice some political veterans are giving Republicans hoping to unseat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat up for re-election next year.

Benoit noted the race would be his first run for office, which he said he did not think would hurt him against a political veteran like Smith.