Sentences with phrase «presidential election opponent»

Another example is Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, and his presidential election opponent, Democrat Stephen Douglas.

Trump previously told Reuters in an interview in April 2017 that the pact was «unacceptable,» calling it a «horrible deal» struck by his 2016 Democratic presidential election opponent, Hillary Clinton, who as secretary of state promoted the final version before it was approved by Congress in 2011.

Not exact matches

Republican opponents quickly shot back that Obama was effectively killing jobs and hiking energy prices, potent accusations heading into a presidential election focused on the economy.

Trump's election campaign had offered to pay to have an emoji, or small picture, that would show up on tweets during the second presidential debate anytime Twitter users tweeted the phrase «#Crooked Hillary,» Republican Trump's nickname for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

So too are Lennart Johannsson and Issa Hayatou, Blatter's clean - slate opponents in the 1998 and 2002 presidential elections.

During the last presidential election cycle, Reed won by only a few percentage points over then - opponent Nate Shinagawa, a former Tompkins County legislator.

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has tapped his erstwhile opponent - turned - supporter, NJ Gov. Chris Christie, to lead his transition team if he wins the presidential election.

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Pidot's primary opponent, Jack Martins, a state senator from Old Westbury, wants to move the general election from Nov. 8, the date of national presidential and congressional elections, because a court moved the district's Republican primary from June to Oct. 6.

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And both are engaged in rematches against opponents who performed well in the last presidential election year.

Speaking on Adom FM the former Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority said it would be absurd to have all contestants and opponents smiling and holding hands into executive party position elections and presidential primaries.

President John Mahama has rubbished claims by his political opponents that the Electoral Commission (EC) is scheming to rig the upcoming presidential elections for him.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton devoted another speech to portraying her likely GOP general election opponent, Donald Trump, as unfit for office, and Trump fired right back, even as he spent a good part of his day to trying to win over Christian conservatives.

Jammeh cited foreign interference in a presidential election he lost to opponent Adama Barrow last month as the reason behind his decision.

Yet his efforts, coming late in the presidential primary season, fall far short of those of his likely general - election opponent, Hillary Clinton, whose extensive operation whipped into action a full year ago.

Dressed in a cream - colored pantsuit at the State of the Union last night, First Lady Melania Trump seemed pointedly reminiscent of her husband's Democratic opponent from the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is breaking away from his opponent, Hillary Clinton, in New Hampshire and is edging ahead of her in Iowa, according to new polls that show him solidifying the support of Democrats ahead the first two 2016 presidential primary election contests.

With the nation on the verge of a presidential election between the first woman to lead a major party and an opponent accused of misogyny, Trump and Hillary Clinton are digging in for a fight in which he is likely to attack her precisely because she is a woman.

According to a Quinnipiac University survey of Ohio voters, Clinton remains in the lead over eight potential Republican opponents in hypothetical 2016 presidential election showdowns, but her margins have shrunk.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Tuesday, said recent distasteful events including unwarranted harassment of perceived opponents of the APC, supposed and actual presidential hopefuls as well as opposition members, show that the APC has now gone into jittery mode, having realized that its chances of winning the 2019 general election has already vanished.

The president also took a swipe at the military regime of his opponent in the 2015 presidential election, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari for the crating of Alhaji Umaru Dikko in 1984.

It was a contentious presidential election year between the incumbent George H.W. Bush and his opponent Bill Clinton.

Richard Nixon unsuccessfully tried to pass a version of Friedman's plan a few years later, and his Democratic opponent in the 1972 presidential election, George McGovern, also suggested a guaranteed annual income.

In this most recent presidential election, the Democratic nominee referred to her opponent's vision of the country as «Midnight in America».

Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States in January, after clinching an unlikely victory over his Democrat opponent Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential Election.