Sentences with phrase «primary election in the country»

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Plus, the primary elections are all - important across much of the country, again in part because of gerrymandering, and they'll start up next Spring.

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

But the most important lesson for those of us on the trailis that the primaries process itself has been hugely energising for Americans, a country with even worse turnout than Britain in recent elections.

«If Mourdock wins this primary and then wins in the fall, I think you're going to see this kind of sequence repeated in future election cycles all over the country,» he says.

In the recently published book «An Encounter with the Spymaster,» this writer disclosed categorically that «the movement of large cash in local and foreign currencies by the two major political parties, APC and PDP, to win primaries and general elections in 2015 were discovered by security and anti-corruption agencies but tactically suppressed to avoid embarrassing outcries that could tarnish the electoral processes and rubbish the image of the countrIn the recently published book «An Encounter with the Spymaster,» this writer disclosed categorically that «the movement of large cash in local and foreign currencies by the two major political parties, APC and PDP, to win primaries and general elections in 2015 were discovered by security and anti-corruption agencies but tactically suppressed to avoid embarrassing outcries that could tarnish the electoral processes and rubbish the image of the countrin local and foreign currencies by the two major political parties, APC and PDP, to win primaries and general elections in 2015 were discovered by security and anti-corruption agencies but tactically suppressed to avoid embarrassing outcries that could tarnish the electoral processes and rubbish the image of the countrin 2015 were discovered by security and anti-corruption agencies but tactically suppressed to avoid embarrassing outcries that could tarnish the electoral processes and rubbish the image of the country.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

The text of the press conference jointly signed by Sheikh Usman Abubakar Babantine and Imam Musa Tanimu, Chairman and Assistant Secretary respectively said, «The discernible sense of disillusionment of the masses was clearly seen during the just concluded intra party local government primary elections in many states in the country which resulted into rioting, use of weapons, massive killings and vandalism, «This shows that we are still lacking qualitative and responsible political leadership.

National Republicans immediately targeted the seat at the start of this election cycle and played host to a very competitive three - way primary won by attorney Tom Rooney a.k.a. the luckiest congressional candidate in the country (as of today).

As you may know, CODEO's primary and broad objective is to complement the efforts of Ghana's Electoral Commission and indeed all stakeholders in ensuring transparent, free, fair and peaceful elections in the country.

In a string of Democratic primary elections around the country, two of the long - memoried protagonists of the Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton nomination fight keep finding themselves at odds as they rally to support down - ballot candidates who picked the «right» side in 200In a string of Democratic primary elections around the country, two of the long - memoried protagonists of the Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton nomination fight keep finding themselves at odds as they rally to support down - ballot candidates who picked the «right» side in 200in 2008.

NEW YORK CITY — Tuesday's mostly low - key state primary races will pale in comparison to the bright lights of this November's presidential election where two New Yorkers, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, will lead the tickets of the country's major political parties.

«You overlay that with the lousy system of running elections in general — which is, voter registration laws are cumbersome, we have a closed primary system, getting on the ballot is difficult — and as a result New York has anemic voter turnout, one of the worst in the country.»

New York has the worst elections laws in the country, and as a result, had the second lowest turnout in the presidential primary last year.

And in his mind, launching a book is not flying around the country for a national election, «it's the New Hampshire primary and you've got to go there and talk to the flapjack breakfast for the Manchester County firehouse... It is extremely time - consuming and it can be difficult.

Ohio is the only state in the country that elects its judicial candidates via partisan ballots during the primary election, but in the fall, the primary - election winners run as non-partisan candidates during the general election.

Significantly, there have also been allegations that Cambridge Analytica has been employing similar marketing tactics in Kenya for the purposes of manipulating the country's 2013 presidential elections, and the primary elections that took place earlier this year, in favour of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (see here, here and here).