Sentences with phrase «proven election winners»
But whilst both are charismatic personalities and both are proven election winners the comparison flatters the New Labour man.
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/ Not exact matches
Nutjobs do not win elections, Rick Santorum is a proven winner and has the very real potential to go all the way.
For instance, in their statement two days after the election and before a winner was pronounced, the Carter Centre acknowledged that the electronic transmission of results from the polling stations to the 290 constituency centres «proved unreliable.»
Mayoral elections have proved genuinely competitive, with the winners being an independent candidate (Ken Livingstone in 2000), Labour candidates (Livingstone in 2004 and Sadiq Khan in 2016) and a Conservative candidate (Boris Johnson in 2008 and 2012).
With no party likely to win a majority of over 40 in next May's general election, the issue could prove decisive in determining its winner.
Had we pressed ahead with our plans for a mostly or wholly elected Lords there would have been a second chamber election mid-way though this parliamentary term, giving us a chance to put a new Labour agenda to the public and — in the event of a win — prove to ourselves and to the country that we can be election winners again.
All in all, Boris has protean strengths, some weaknesses and a proven track record as a Conservative election winner in what is essentially a Labour city - as well as a marvellous sense of the challenges facing ever - pullulating London.
In the race to predict the winners in last week's national elections, a group of 10th graders from Silver Spring, Md., proved to be the dark horse by beating a bunch of political pundits at their own game.