Sentences with phrase «push by some party leaders»

Still, there was a push by some party leaders to vote for him anyway.

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A Republican lawmaker who defied state party leaders by pushing for prevailing - wage repeal faces a cash disadvantage in a race to best a GOP challenger in Tuesday's primary election for a state Senate seat.

That friction has mostly been exhibited by Faulkner, chafing as Massey and party leaders have worked to push him out of the race in favor of the dramatically better funded Massey.

But Democrats — led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel — orchestrated an intensified fundraising push designed to boost the party's coffers ahead of the 2012 election.

The upstate county chairman, meanwhile, said he believed the possibility of an independent slate was being pushed by some local party leaders close to former Gov. George Pataki, who has repeatedly promoted himself as a potential candidate for president.

The former Tory defence secretary Liam Fox also risked stoking bad feeling by stating that the Lib Dems were only «a sixth» of the coalition and urging Cameron to be more «driven» in pushing Conservative policies, even when they are opposed by the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and his party.

Governments have suffered dearly from these reckless appointments usually pushed on their leaders by powerful hands in our parties.

Scozzafava, who is not seeking re-election this fall, endorsed Democrat Bill Owens after she was pushed out of the NY - 23 race by Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who drew support of Tea Partiers trying to push the national GOP to the right and punish party leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice modeParty candidate who drew support of Tea Partiers trying to push the national GOP to the right and punish party leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice modeparty leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice moderate.

The 29 to 21 voted proceeded mostly on party lines, as leaders of the Senate Democratic conference pushed approval the bill, which was drafted by Gov. David Paterson and passed the Assembly late last month.

But at the moment, it looks like former Assemblyman Frank Seddio has amassed sufficient support to take control of the party organization, even as a number of minority members are pushing for Assemblyman Karim Camara, whose candidacy is complicated by the fact that he's neither a district leader nor an executive committee member.

He said sticking points relate to labor and environmental issues, and to a campaign finance provision pushed by his Republican counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, to lift certain spending limits by party committees.

Bloomberg, who has worked with the Independence Party in an unsuccessful push for nonpartisan elections in New York, did not attend, but made a brief cameo by video to congratulate the group and one of their leaders, Jackie Salit, for her years of work.

The Republican Party's House campaign arm announced its 10 highest - priority incumbents Wednesday, naming the members who will get special attention from party leaders as the GOP tries to fend off a fierce push by Democrats to retake the House in Party's House campaign arm announced its 10 highest - priority incumbents Wednesday, naming the members who will get special attention from party leaders as the GOP tries to fend off a fierce push by Democrats to retake the House in party leaders as the GOP tries to fend off a fierce push by Democrats to retake the House in 2018.

Island Republican Party leaders, headed up by committee Chairman John Antoniello, are pushing the district attorney to run.