Sentences with phrase «run for election against»

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At the time, Donald Trump was the Republican nominee for president in the 2016 election and was running against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Campaigning for the French presidency last year, Nicolas Sarkozy ran hard against what Europeans still refer to as 1968, describing the post-1968 New Left as «immoral» and «cynical» and defining the choice before the French electorate in stark terms: «In this election, the question is whether the heritage of May «68 should be perpetuated, or if it should be liquidated.»

So with Occupy Wall Street, and Penn State football child molestation allegations, and the dearth of credible Republican candidates to run against a President who seems to have no care other than winning the next election, and Kim Kardashian apparently marrying whomever for millions of....

O'Donnell also talked about some of the challenges her campaign faced in the 2008 election, when she ran against Joe Biden for his U.S. Senate seat.

I saw the same poll numbers (except against Catholics) in the»60s when John Kennedy ran for president and the again (except for Muslims) in the»08 election when Keith Ellison ran for US Representative from Minnesota.

After fleeing to the United States for several years, she returned to Liberia to run for the office of president against Charles Taylor, a man who has since been convicted of war crimes.She lost that election, but through the campaigning process became known as Liberia's Iron Lady.

Although strong tonic for the local fans, the flurries of touchdowns, the long runs and the passing averages that read like election returns are usually made against opposition as fierce as paper tigers.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Between 50 % and 90 % of LGB people anticipate being discriminated against if they were to run for election as a member of a mainstream political party.

Dana Balter, an organizer with a central New York group that formed after the 2016 election, is exploring a run for Congress against GOP Rep. John Katko.

After the almost 20 presidential aspirants run against him — as a sitting Vice President — in the NPP primaries for the 2008 Elections, Alhaji Aliu Mahama with much humility, conceded to Nana Akufo - Addo who emerged winner, sort of...

The winner of the Nov. 3 general election will replace Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), who was first elected in 2001 and opted to run in the Democratic primary for mayor against city Comptroller William Thompson, who defeated him.

Former NYC Councilman Anthony Como won't run against Sen. Joe Addabbo, but is renewing his push for the city Board of Elections executive director job.

Brown ran for Congress in 1988 against Democratic incumbent Glenn English, who had not been challenged in the previous election.

The civil lawsuit, filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 2, pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

«You promised the Chinese that if they sponsor your campaign to win the election, you will pave the way for them to engage in galamsey only for Ghanaians to kick against the decision then you run back to beg them claiming you went there for a deal so we should praise you.

The first, under the Jubilee Alliance, is an alliance between presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and his running - mate William Ruto, two experienced political leaders who are also suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity conducted in Kenya's previous election period.

No Democrats have indicated any plans to run this year against DeFrancisco, a Republican who has not had a close election for Senate since he was first elected in 1992.

The original plan was for her to run against Andrea Leadsom in an election, but the latter pulled out before a vote could take place.

He became the CPC Presidential candidate for the 16 April 2011 general election, running against incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP among others.

The Green party is holding leadership elections for the first time in its history, with Euro MEP Caroline Lucas running against former star of The Bill, Ashley Gunstock.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: As we continue our election coverage, we're joined by another Green Party candidate, Howie Hawkins, who is running for New York governor against Democrat Andrew Cuomo, Republican Rob Astorino and the Libertarian candidate, Michael McDermott.

Lawyer Richard Luthmann, who once unsuccessfully ran for Staten Island Borough President and claimed in court that the head of the borough's Democratic Party had sicced the mob on him, said he's considering a run against Republican Malliotakis in November's election.

Cuomo also, for the first time in the 2016 election cycle, actively backed Democratic candidates to, in some cases, run against sitting incumbent Republicans for the Senate.

Speaking in Harlow, where Labour took control of the council in last week's local election, Miliband said: «The reality now for people aspiring to get on is that they feel they are running up against a brick wall in terms of unemployment and getting on the housing ladder.»

And while the borough has had several uncontested elections in past years, the Democratic party nominated medical marijuana advocate Dylan Schwartz to run against Joe Borelli for the South Shore City Council seat and retired engineer Rich Florentino to run against Steven Matteo in the Mid-Island Council district.

A longtime Democratic office - holder and former candidate for governor and attorney general in Wisconsin announced Wednesday that she would run against Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election.

Historically, it has been hard to convince people to run in other elections against Republican incumbents, but anger over Trump ignited a spark in some to seek local office for the first time.

In the end, Meng won an absolute majority of the vote against Lancman and Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, and a week after the November election the outgoing Assemblyman announced his intention to run for the 24th Council District, held for three terms by the term limited James Gennaro.

The civil suit pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

Board of Elections records show the group spent $ 188,385 on radio and television against Sen. Ted O'Brien, a freshman Democrat running for a second term against Republican Rich Funke.

Jobs for New York spent $ 8 million on New York City's 2013 elections, and recently registered a new state - level campaign committee to benefit three GOP Senate candidates: Amedore; Yorktown Councilman Terrence Murphy, who is running against Democrat Justin Wagner for the seat vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Greg Ball; and Dutchess County Legislator Susan Serino, who is trying to unseat freshman Democratic Sen. Terry Gipson.

Gillibrand and Schumer offered late - in - the game endorsements for Warren after she defeated incumbent Mayor Tom Richards in the September Democratic primary, but then found herself running against him again in the general election, thanks to a grassroots campaign mounted on his behalf by Independence Party members and others.

Vote counting was under way in Liberia on Wednesday following a peaceful run - off election for a new president, pitting Weah against Vice-President Joseph Boakai.

As a further disincentive against proposing large rises, councils themselves will have to foot the bill for running a referendum, though the vote could be held in tandem with other local elections.

Wednesday night, it will be just de Blasio and Albanese — a moment the latter has surely been pining for since the former ran away with 40 percent of the primary vote, followed by 73 percent in the 2013 general election against Republican Joe Lhota.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Four - term city Councilor Pat Hogan said today he is thinking about running for election next November against Mayor Stephanie Miner and will make his decision after the first of the year.

Mr. Hawkins also said he hoped Ms. Teachout still ran against Mr. Cuomo in a Democratic primary so she could «soften Mr. Cuomo» for the general election.

Clarke, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2010 election against Labour's Sadiq Khan in Tooting, south London, was later accused of seeking to blackmail the cabinet minister Robert Halfon by threatening to expose his affair with a Tory activist — an affair which Halfon later admitted to and apologised for.

Common Councilman Judd Krasher, who is running on the Working Families Party line for his 11th Ward seat in the general election against Democratic primary winner Alfredo Balarin, said including raises for mid - and high - level management is «absurd,» given the continuation of the city's trash fee and a tax increase.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island Democrats still do not have a candidate to run in the special election for Congress against Republican District Attorney Daniel Donovan, even after the Democratic executive committee interviewed three prospective candidates Wednesday night.

-- Not helping Joe Brennan properly file petitions when he tried to challenge Chris St. Lawrence for Ramapo Town Supervisor in 2005, leading to his failure to get on the ballot — Not actively supporting Anthony Mele when he ran against St. Lawrence in 2007, and instead horse - trading for «bloc vote» support in another election — Chairman Dolan supporting Democrat Carl Wright instead of Republican Marino Fontana in 2008 Sloatsburg mayoral election — Dolan and Reda not supporting Republican Bob Romanowski in his 2009 campaign against St. Lawrence — Reda appearing to support Alex Gromack instead of GOP candidate Ralph Sabatini in 2011 Clarkstown Supervisor race — Helping Bronx County Republican Chairman Jay Savino get a «patronage job» in the Town of Clarsktown

Angelo Morinello is running for State Assembly against Assemblyman John Ceretto in the Nov. 8, 2016 election.

Even incumbent Assemblyman Herman «Denny» Farrell, who ran for reelection in the Assembly's 71st District against underfunded Democrat Ariel Ferreira, said he had campaigned hard this election season.

As of press time, Westchester County Republicans have not announced who it will select to run against Mayer, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has not yet called for a special election.

The candidate he worked for was Doug Hoffman, who ran on the Conservative Party line and a protest vehicle against the local Republican Party, which had selected a moderate, Dede Scozzafava, to run in a special election for an open seat.

Paterson that election season was deployed as a foil for the Democratic governor, who at the time was running against Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

He then went on to run for, and win, the House seat vacated by his former boss, Chuck Schumer, when he won a squeaker election against then - GOP Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.

«If he decides not to run for elections, I will be disappointed... I will mobilize people against that,» he recently stated on Asempa FM.

«I now intend to run a vigorous general election campaign for Comptroller against Scott Stringer.»