Sentences with phrase «primary election like»

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No, although I've voted Democratic in every election since 1976 — except for primaries in Texas where there's no point in voting Democratic — I can say that every candidate I've ever seen has made some effort to look like a man of faith.

Intense emotion — more like a general election than a primary?

Ah, sweet spin... you got ta love phrases like «controlled excitement,» particularly the day BEFORE the primary election, when there's still time for a campaign to hope to get late - deciding voters to jump on the bandwagon.

Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority voters.

That Paladino defeated Lazio in the primary was something of a surprise, but like the general election against Cuomo he managed to get high turnout in western New York.

Both Wendy Long and her primary opponent, Rep. Bob Turner, found something to like in this morning's Q poll, despite the fact that it found both of them trailing their general election target — Democratic US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — by a very wide margin.

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).

Socially conservative groups like Slattery's could be the deciding factor in the Democratic primary, much in the same way the socially conservative religious voting bloc came out in force for the election of Congressman Bob Turner in Queens and Brooklyn.

In Tea Party activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfaction?

But voter turnout in primaries, like the New York governor's race, is abysmally low, so the ideologues on the far left and far right — and the special interests who throw money at the elections — control the process.

I guess you could trigger an open primary and re-run the election, like you would in a student election.

This year's primary is sort of like a special election, though, since it has been moved up to the court - ordered date of June 26).

The Reform Party would like to encourage those that voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary to vote for Roque De La Fuente in the general election.

People can give to as many congressional candidates as they like as long as they don't exceed the $ 2,700 limit per each election, usually a primary and then a general election.

I would like to reassure WFP progressives that, whatever happens in the Democratic primary, the Green Party gubernatorial ticket will offer a progressive alternative in the November 6 general election.

I am sure Donald «EGO MANIC» Trump voting record is like many others who skip primaries and miss a General election or two.

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

Special elections, like the one scheduled to replace the convicted lawmaker on April 19, do not have open primaries: instead, the county committee, consisting of operatives elected within the party, chooses who gets the ballot line.

Individual campaign contributors like Smith are allowed to give $ 2,700 to a candidate's primary campaign and an additional $ 2,700 to their general election campaign, per election laws.

And with primaries on the horizon, it's an open question as to how much help Klein will be willing to provide in elections like Mayer's.

Special elections for state office, like the one scheduled to fill the Silver seat next month, do not have open primaries.

The sophomore lawmaker admitted she voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich during the 2016 New York primary contest, but supported Trump during the general election because she cares about issues like economic growth, revitalizing the manufacturing sector and military investment.

The DA hasn't endorsed Lazio's primary opponent, Carl Paladino, either, but, like many Republicans, he appears to be hedging his bets until after the Sept. 14 election... just in case.

Unlike other candidates who did not have a rigorous primary (election), mine was like a full - blown election.

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.

I have been on a ballot, or have campaigned for measures on the ballot, like the Open Primary and No Budget No Pay, for virtually every election cycle we have had over the last 20 years.

Traditionally in a city like Mt. Vernon, where there is a Democratic majority, the winner of the primary usually just has an easy walk to the mayoral seat in the General Election.

Meng had a large Asian donor base, and several employees of businesses in Flushing like Western Beef and Great Wall Supermarkets gave $ 5,000, the limit for the campaign, since an individual can give $ 2,500 for both the primary and general elections.

He's had to reinvent himself before... like after the Carl McCall primary election debacle.

There may not be a primary battle for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but the mayoral runoff election in Chicago - triggered Tuesday by incumbent Rahm Emanuel's failure to get 50 percent of the vote - looks like it is going to serve as a proxy, with netroots progressives and unions on one side backing Emanuel's challenger Chuy Garcia, and high finance and the Democratic establishment backing Emanuel.

Quinn, like Thompson, ran a general election campaign in the primary, attempting to appeal to moderates and independents whom they believed they would need to attract once they won the nomination.

The special election will be held on April 19, like the presidential primary, and Mr. Giuliani argued the competitive national race would bring out GOP voters (Democrats believe it will bring out many, many more votes for their party).

My understanding now is that CCHQ expects Bromsgrove Conservatives to hold an all - postal Open Primary to select their candidate for the general election and that Ms Kirkbride told her Executive that «if cleared by the Legg Inquiry» (whatever that means precisely), she would like to be considered as a candidate in such a process.

Teachout decided to run in a Democratic primary, and her better - than - expected showing has prompted something of a quandary for the 181,000 people who voted for her: Do they sit home on Election Day, swallow hard and vote for Cuomo (perhaps on the W.F.P. line), or cross over for someone like Hawkins, who has been actively pitching them?

We need more states to adopt open primaries and non-partisan redistricting, we need to reduce the role of the Senate filibuster, reduce the role of money in elections... a variety of things like that, which my colleagues and I discuss at www.CivilPolitics.org.

Other states, like Massachusetts, use proportionality and candidates get the number of convention delegate votes in proportion to the support they receive in the primary election.

Some states, like New York, have a «winner take all» primary election, and the candidate with the largest percentage of voter support gets all the convention delegate votes.

In history, a secondary source like a newspaper account of an election result can become a primary source, if the question is «what sort of coverage was given to elections back in...» The differences between legal and historical criteria for evidence and related issues is treated in excellent detail in a work I'm constantly recommending to Slawyers: Duranti's Diplomatics: New Uses for an Old Science, and in addition Heather MacNeil's Trusting Records: Legal Historical and Diplomatic Perspectives is fundamental.

The May 1 primary elections that were held in 57 Tennessee counties mainly involved selecting general election candidates for county positions like mayor and county commissioner.

They have given to libertarian organizations, such as the Cato Institute, and political organizations like the Club for Growth, which spends millions of dollars each election cycle in Republican primaries, hoping to promote orthodox conservative policies on taxes and spending.

The official Twitter account has tweeted out a tease of the event, where it looks like the primary focus will be talking about social media's role in spreading fake news, and Russia's influence on the 2016 election.