Sentences with phrase «progressive challenger»
A progressive challenger refers to someone who holds modern and innovative ideas, and is competing against existing political or social systems with the aim of bringing about positive change and reform. Full definition
Because of the Democratic primary, the media has largely ignored Howie while covering Teachout and ignoring Credico, the more progressive challenger in the primary.
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The NRDC is not as concerned, believing the benefits clean energy industries have wrought will win over less progressive challengers.
But after an anemic win over longshot progressive challenger Zephyr Teachout in 2014, Cuomo has banked to the left.
It should be no surprise, then, that the list of potential progressive challengers to Cuomo in 2018 is thin.
Political operatives say the standard progressive challenger vote is 20 percent plus or minus 5.
Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski managed to beat back his progressive challenger in Illinois» 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday with 50.9 % of the vote, virtually guaranteeing the conservative Lipinski an eighth term in Congress.
There will be progressive challengers to the IDC senators in every district.
De Blasio also played down the feud in a pre-election interview, but did not rule out backing a progressive challenger to Cuomo.
73 % of MoveOn's New York State members say they want a progressive challenger to run against incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo's supporters point to the absence of a progressive challenger as proof that the governor is more progressive than his critics would like to admit.
Monday, in a Facebook Q&A, Clinton seized the opportunity to come off as more progressive than her would - be progressive challengers:
The conditions for a progressive challenger have only improved since then, following Bernie Sanders's strong grassroots challenge to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential primary.
«I'm talking about this year,» de Blasio told New York magazine when asked if he was willing to support a progressive challenger to Cuomo next year.
Miner, whose term expires at the end of the year, has acknowledged that she's considering making a Democratic primary bid for governor as a progressive challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Secondly, we are working with other local Democratic clubs to sponsor a No - IDC forum where you can meet these progressive challengers all at once.
Marie Newman, the progressive challenger to pro-life Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski (Ill.), did not initially concede Tuesday night after a narrow loss, saying she would not do so at the time because she wanted her opponent to «have a very painful evening.»
Earlier this year, MoveOn members across the Empire State weighed in, and 73 % of respondents said they wanted to see a progressive challenger run against incumbent Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — citing concerns like his close ties to Wall Street.
Progressive challengers are trying to take down Democratic senators who have broken away in recent years and helped keep Republicans in control of the chamber.
Though some pundits see him as vulnerable in a Democratic primary, that's a significant climb for a progressive challenger.