Sentences with phrase «primary against a conservative»

Former CIA officer Gary Berntsen, who was a late add to the race against US Sen. Chuck Schumer, just forced a GOP primary against the Conservative nominee, consultant Jay Townsend, setting up the first intra-party — and inter-party — battle of the GOP convention.

It came after he and his political advisers concluded over the weekend that he could not win a Republican primary against a conservative challenger, particularly in light of his vote for the president's economic stimulus package.

[226] She barely survived a primary against a conservative opponent, then lost badly in the general election to incumbent Democrat Philip A. Hart.

In California, former Hewlett - Packard CEO Carly Fiorina — like Crist, another National Republican Senatorial Committee - favored Senate contender — is the target of tea party animus in her primary against conservative state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.

Not exact matches

Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»

Perhaps coincidentally, Flake is doing badly against his Republican primary opponent, even though her behavior is a reminder that the best argument against conservative populism is the people who run as conservative populists.

Ramesh Ponnuru wrote about how Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill influenced the Republican primaries by attacking the candidate she wanted to run against in the general election as a «true conservative» with a «pro-family agenda.»

He must face off in a GOP primary challenge against the Conservative designee, Jay Townsend.

Unlike McDonald, Grisanti easily won his primary against a more socially conservative challenger.

They expressed sympathy for the WFP and Conservative Party's argument against doing away with Wilson - Pakula, but also said they would support rescinding it for major party primaries, reasoning:

During a live interview with NY1's Erin Billups during our live statewide election coverage, Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long re-asserted that Rick Lazio will be the Conservative Party's nominee even if Lazio loses the GOP primary to Carl Paladino, although he says he's confident Lazio will be victorious against the Buffalo businessman.

Stachowski also had the added benefit in 2008 of the Conservative Party line, but this year that went to Kennedy (which is sort of amusing, when you consider that the Erie County Conservative chairman, Ralph Lorigo, has launched a primary against GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio for Row D, complaining that he's too liberal).

Suffolk County Conservative Chairman Ed Walsh is calling on Chris Cox to drop his bid for Congress in Long Island's 1st CD and back one of his two primary opponents, Randy Altschuler, reasoning it has become clear Cox «does not have a viable path to victory» against the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Tim Bishop.

Sources said Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello likes the idea of an independent line because he thinks it might help his hometown US Senate candidate, Bruce Blakeman, in the general election against the Conservatives» nominee, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi (assuming DioGuardi doesn't succeeed in his petitioning effort to get onto the primary ballot and defeat both Blakeman and David Malpass in September).

While the Berks County legislator, a longtime advocate of limited government who billed himself as the true conservative in the primary, has neither encouraged or discouraged the nascent write - in movement, which began to take shape only a few days after the state's bruising primary election — a lopsided contest in which the heavily - favored attorney general and the GOP establishment unleashed a last - minute barrage of negative ads against Rohrer's insurgent candidacy.

A flurry of phone calls was placed over the weekend in hopes of pushing former Rep. Joe DioGuardi off the Conservative line to make way for the winner of the primary between the two Republicans placed on the ballot at the convention last week in the race against Democratic US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Sen. Stephen Saland, the other pro-gay marriage Republican to back the measure in 2011, was confirmed the winner of the Republican line in an even closer primary against Neil Di Carlo, who retained the Conservative Party line.

Clarey is referring to Paladino's effort to remake the Senate GOP by supporting conservative primary candidates against more moderate incumbents.

The Democrats must be concerned about Rep. Tim Bishop, who is facing off against GOP / Conservative businessman Randy Altschuler, the winner of a three - way Republican primary on Sept. 14 against George Demos and Chris Cox.

Bush had alienated many of the conservatives in his party by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes, but he fended off a primary challenge from conservative commentator Pat Buchanan.

Tenney, who challenged Hanna in the 2014 primary, framed the race as one against a «Washington incumbent who betrays Republican and conservative values.»

The Queens Republican told me he thinks that's a moot point because he believes Rick Lazio will lose the GOP primary and get off the Conservative line (assuming he wins the primary for Row D against Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo).

Here's a surprise: Heading into a tough primary against right - of - center Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, GOP / Conservative gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio is saying nice things about Democratic President Barack Obama.

Jay Townsend, who has the Conservative Party's nod, also received sufficient support to get on the ballot, so the two are facing off against each other in the Sept. 14 primary.

GOP US Senate hopeful Bruce Blakeman was in Western NY yesterday, and spent some time during an editorial board meeting at The Buffalo News to attack his primary opponents, casting them as too liberal to run on the Republican and Conservative lines against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

The major race in Rensselaer County is that for county executive, pitting deputy County Executive Chris Meyer against Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin in both the GOP and Conservative primaries.

Matheson's plight is similar to other moderate - to - conservative Democrats who voted against the party's health care bill in March and, as a result, have drawn primary challengers.

The state PAC, created so the national PAC can comply with California's campaign finance regulations, is being advised by Chuck DeVore, the conservative state Assemblyman who came up short in his GOP Senate primary bid earlier this year against Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell.

A new Quinnipiac poll in the Florida Senate race shows former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) narrowing the gap against Gov. Charlie Crist (R), numbers sure to embolden national conservatives who are already casting the primary as a fight for the heart and soul of the Republican party.

Catsimatidis, who describes himself as a «liberal conservative,» has also spent close to $ 4 million in the primary against Lhota and Doe Fund founder George McDonald, according to the latest campaign finance filings.

According to mayoral candidate Joe Sullivan — 5th ward Common Councilman Mark Robinson, who will face - off in September's Democratic primary against Sheehan - backed Corey Ellis and County Legislator Chris Higgins, has already accepted the conservative line.

There's no Republican on the November ballot against Ryan, only Conservative Joseph Mascia who pulled a small percentage of the vote in the Democratic primary.

She ran against Hanna in the 2014 primary as a conservative alternative and lost 53.5 - 46.5 percent.

They were eager to see the leadership post in the Senate go to a conservative upstater, and are now vowing to get their revenge by backing primary challengers against some of the more pragmatic GOP members in 2016.

Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris was clearly pleased to see Sen. Mark Grisanti lose his Tuesday primary against the more conservative, less - well - known Kevin Stocker.

(Remember that former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, he has the Conservative Party line and failed to get onto the ballot at the convention, has launched a petition drive to get into the GOP primary against Malpass and Blakeman).

In the 60th Senatorial District, where GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti is fighting for his political life, CSEA went with Hamburg Democrat Michael Amodeo, who is facing off against former Erie County Legislator Chuck Swanick (who has the Conservative Party's nod) in the September primary.

County executive candidate Simon Leschinsky of the Conservative Party won his battle to stay in the primary against party - endorsed candidate Tom Sullivan.

A Republican source said Conservative leaders threatened to withhold support for town candidates if the GOP executive committee allowed DeMarco to run a Republican primary against Boyle.

If you can believe what Will Bredderman wrote in recent «Will's Watch» column in the Courier Life — and I usually do — there is a scheme afoot that would have an Evangelical minister (who is also a former mayoral candidate) run in a Democratic primary against former Councilman Domenic Recchia, who is the leading Democrat in the race to unseat Republican - Conservative U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm in November.

As it happens, I'm against a system of open primaries for Conservative Parliamentary candidates (as opposed to individual Associations having the discretion to use them).

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin wouldn't rule out a primary against Sen. Roy McDonald this afternoon at the Conservative Party Political Action Conference, criticizing Republican politicians who do not stick to signed pledges.

The Conservative party should be more like Spotify but the Conservative party can't change and won't change because there are too many vested interests that are against recall of MPs, open primaries, direct democracy and change.

(CNN)- A Republican state senator in Mississippi, who has mounted a primary challenge against U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, touts his conservative credentials in first campaign television commercial.

Facing a Democratic primary against actress Cynthia Nixon, Cuomo railed against President Donald Trump and a Republican Party that he said had been taken over by «extreme conservatives» on immigration, the environment and anti-union rules.

Like previous special election in New York's 20th and 23rd districts, the nominees would be chosen by the county chairmen rather than a primary — a process that might well have cost Republicans the 23rd as the conservative base revolted against the choice of moderate state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as the party's standard - bearer.

Suffolk County's Conservative Society for Action (CSA) wants Altschuler off the Conservative ticket — it is petitioning for Republican candidate, Christopher Cox, to primary against Altschuler for the Conservative nomination in September.

The Club for Growth coined the RINO Watch, to guard the party against «Republicans In Name Only,» and has pushed conservative primary challengers on Republicans it believes to be too moderate in their economic policies.

Republicans are increasingly nervous that self - funding Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, whom recent polls have shown on the move against Lazio, will be able to defeat their designee in the Sept. 14 primary, leaving the party deeply fractured with Lazio on the Conservative line and Paladino (maybe) on a third party Taxpayers line.

Gillibrand endorsed an insurgent woman candidate, Marie Newman, in her Illinois primary Tuesday night against 12 - year incumbent conservative Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski.