Sentences with phrase «ran as an independent for»

In the 1970s, Mr. Sanders was a perennial fringe candidate on the Liberty Union Party line, though his political career was going nowhere until he ditched the minor party and ran as an independent for mayor of Burlington in 1981.

Independence Party candidate Adoflo Carrión Jr., the former two - term Bronx borough president, left the Democratic Party last year to run as an independent for mayor.

After listening to the Democratic candidates debate in Woodstock, Neal said she's pleased with her decision to run as an independent for the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook.

Galbraith also ran as an independent for Governor of Kentucky in November 2011.

Not exact matches

Hal Lawton, 43, is leaving his role as eBay's senior vice president for North America to take on what is essentially the No. 2 job at Macy's (Bloomingdale's, part of parent Macy's Inc, is largely run as an independent retailer with its own CEO, who reports to Macy's Inc CEO Jeff Gennette).

McAvoy also noted that as an independent media company, The Onion has been «forced to run a tight financial ship,» which has made it difficult for the company to experiment with or invest in new things.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

By WindowsITPro Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy Yahoo! Inc.'s web assets for $ 4.83 billion, ending the company's two - decade run as an independent business that took it from Stanford University startup at the dawn of the internet...

He could quietly complete his term as a Wildrose MLA and retire at the next election, or he could run for another party or as an Independent candidate (given his style, this may be the likely option).

Mr. Abbott retired rather than run for another party or as an Independent.

«For the most part they ran as independent properties,» Jones says.

As for Chelsea — I've seen that they run more or less independent, that they now generate their own money to finance salaries and such — meaning they're only in a stupid amount of debt — which i imagine they could be able to repay in ~ 20 years.

8 month old boy (who's in transition from nursing to formula & solids) 8 am - wake, diaper, nurse for 5 - ish minutes 8:30 am - breakfast in high chair (4 oz bottle + solids) 9:00 - 9:45 ish - play time (independent play then reading books & getting ready for nap) 10am - 11:30 am - morning nap 11:30 - 12 pm - wake up from nap, diaper, get dressed for day, etc ** if we go out to run errands this is the time we leave, and and we will stop to eat lunch while out 12 pm - lunch (8oz bottle + solids) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - play time 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - afternoon nap 3:30 - 4 pm - play time 4 pm - eat (8oz bottle + snack such as cheerios) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - play time (if he woke up early from afternoon nap, then sometimes he still takes a short cat nap during this timeframe 6:30 pm - dinner with family (solids in high chair) 7:00 pm - outdoor play time (baby swing, take a walk, etc) 8:00 pm - start of an 8oz bottle 8:30 pm - bath time, read books, finish rest of bottle 9:00 pm - bedtime.

If a government - run health service decides to seriously restrict the practice of midwives, then a woman's right to choose a home birth becomes a moot point because even if she can secure the services of an Independent Midwife, or if she qualifies for one of the handful of hospital - led home birth schemes (known as DOMINO)-- she will not genuinely be «allowed» to make this choice because midwives are not covered by insurance to attend these births.

But in the long run, when you stop doing these things for your kids, they will be more responsible, more independent, and more proactive, and your job as a parent will be a little bit (or maybe even a lot) easier.

Three weeks ago I announced my intention to run as an independent candidate for mayor of Tower Hamlets.

«The loss of significant offshore oil and gas tax revenues as the North Sea runs down will have a big impact on our economy, jobs and balance of payments, with significant increases in household energy bills — and a very adverse impact on the legacy for future generations in an independent Scotland,» he told EnergyVoice.com.

Former Independence Party member and Staten Island gadfly Frank Morano claims he has made some headway in his long - shot campaign to draft retired Paychex CEO and ex-New York resident Tom Golisano to run for president as a (small i) independent.

He also alluded to running as an independent in a tweet linking to a USA Today poll which found 68 % of his supporters would vote for him if he left the Republican party.

What remains to be seen is if Democrats run primaries against members of the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, something Governor Cuomo does not want to see as he publicly calls for the two warring Democratic factions to come together in a show of party unity.

Ben Smith sees Bloomberg's latest hire as an attempt to revive «an almost lost strand of urban Republicanism» — an interesting move for a guy who may or may not be eyeing an independent run for the White House in 2012.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, who is seeking to run for governor as an independent, is calling on his fellow Republicans in the state Senate to pass the Child Victims Act this year.

Loyal conservative Sen. Robert Bennett's off the ballot in Utah, former Republican Charlie Crist is running for Senate as an independent in Florida, and the state Republican platform in Maine now features a plateful of conspiracy theory and crazy talk (Austrian economics, anyone?).

«When the time comes for electoral politics in 2018, Elise will run as the candidate she promised to be: an independent voice for the 21st District,» Mr. Alcivar said.

Bloomberg, before becoming an Independent in 2007, ran as a Republican for New York City mayor.

Nowadays, a billionaire Independent can buy the election and wouldn't even need a powerful Democratic house to bolster their ranks as the Republican party is so weak former police commissioner Ray Kelly, Marty Gold, and even Dan Halloran have been rumored to run for mayor.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he's dropping out of the Republican race for New York state governor and will run as an independent instead.

Nader ran for president on the Green Party line in the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections and as an Independent in the 2004 and 2008 elections.

The 2014 European elections are also the first such occasion when Turkish Cypriots are running for office either as independents or as part of a (bi-communal or Turkish / Cypriot) platform.

When it's happened in the past, even when the Democrats have held a big registration advantage, it happened at the end of Cuomo, for instance, the last Cuomo when he was running for a fourth term, and George Pataki ran as kind of an outsider and an independent.

Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.

He had bolted the state GOP to run for governor as an independent, and it was unclear which state politician...

When Mayor Mike Bloomberg ran for re-election as an independent, Republicans not only gave him their ballot line but also endorsed him (though he did not have any Republican opponents).

He is seen as increasingly vulnerable in this campaign due to the growing Latino majority in his district and his 2010 censure by the House for multiple ethics violations and has attracted four challengers in this race; Mr. Espaillat, former Democratic National, onetime Democratic District Leader Joyce Johnson and Craig Schley, a local activist and former model who previously ran for the seat as an independent.

«Kirsten looks forward to running a strong campaign based on her record of fighting hard and delivering as a strong independent voice for New York families.»

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he's dropping out of the Republican race for governor and will run as an independent instead, because the two major parties are too interested in preserving the status quo.

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR)-- Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling announced via email and web post on Tuesday morning that he did not plan to run for governor as an Independent candidate.

As an independent, he then won the special election to succeed himself, but resigned again to run for the Senate seat due to Republicans» strong control of the state House.

Former «Law and Order: SVU» actress Diane Neal is running for Congress as an independent in a Hudson Valley district.

The Chamber reported it paid $ 1,100,000 to Something Else Strategies as independent expenditures for TV and digital ads to run from May 7 - 31, supporting Senate candidate Rep. Cory Gardner, R - Colo.

Former state Rep. Joseph Morrissey ran as an independent against incumbent Rosalyn Dance (D) in Senate District 16, meaning he himself could have become a deciding vote, something an unnamed Democratic senator told The Washington Post «would put us in a horrible position and make it very hard for us to maintain our integrity and have him be part of our caucus.»

He was elected as a Republican in 2009 and, as the article describes, he is thinking seriously about running for Governor this year as an independent.

Randall Terry, well - known activist against legal abortion, ran for president this year as an independent candidate, and he also ran as an independent candidate for U.S. House in Florida's 20th district.

Hansen ran as an independent in 2012 for the Vermont State Senate.

Canavan ran for the Scottish Parliament in 1999 as an independent, ultimately being expelled from the Labour Party, after he had been told by a Labour selection panel that he did not suit the party's platform.

As Democratic insiders speculate on who AG Andrew Cuomo will pick as his running mate, Bill Samuels is forging ahead with his LG run and keeping the heat on the Senate by calling for «immediate passage» of a bill to create an independent districting commissioAs Democratic insiders speculate on who AG Andrew Cuomo will pick as his running mate, Bill Samuels is forging ahead with his LG run and keeping the heat on the Senate by calling for «immediate passage» of a bill to create an independent districting commissioas his running mate, Bill Samuels is forging ahead with his LG run and keeping the heat on the Senate by calling for «immediate passage» of a bill to create an independent districting commission.

Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, who was elected as a Republican in 2009, and who seriously considered running for Governor as an independent this year, now has some feelings of regret that he didn't run as an independent this year.

I read this as yet another sign that the DCCC isn't terribly interested in this race, despite the fact that there will be at least one well - funded independent candidate in the running, (Jack Davis) and possibly a conservative independent in the mix, too (David Bellavia), which would theoretically open a window of opportunity for a Democratic candidate in the GOP - controlled district.

By running as an independent, he has already opened the door for the possibility of walking away from the Democrats (he'll just say that the Dems didn't want him (which is ture), so why would he caucus with them).

«Independent» Sen. Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat who sits with Democratic caucus, said Tuesday that he would not rule out running for re-election in 2012 as a Republican.