Sentences with phrase «run for election as»

[7] In 2016, Hamilton announced that he would join the Independent Democratic Conference, [9] a group of eight senators who run for election as Democrats, but support the Republican party once elected.

As the Obama presidency has unfolded, it seems it has been a mixture of both; nevertheless, the fact that Obama did not run for election as a Black candidate (despite winning over 90 % of the votes of the African American community) but rather ran a strategically race - neutral campaign is a testament to the complicated relationship the United States has with race.

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.

If you're running for election as a Republican, it may have encouraged you to change your strategy.

Heathrow expansion is supported by George Osborne but opposed by senior Tories including Theresa May, Boris Johnson — who has vowed to «lie down in front of the bulldozers» to stop it» - and Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, who is running for election as London Mayor in May.

Not exact matches

According to Fox News, the «Shark Tank» star on Sunday said that while he would not be interested in running for president himself in the 2016 election, he'd be interested in serving as running mate for either Clinton or Trump.

The community's political leanings left no viable option for Clarke but to run as a Democrat and make it through a contested primary, as he has managed to in every election since.

The company treated this election's party conventions as practice for the NFL games, running live streams of each as a way to experiment with the format.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

On August 23, 2008, then Sen. Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. as his running mate for the 2008 presidential election.

After two unsuccessful runs as a Liberal Party candidate in the 1986 and 1989 provincial elections, Leibovici was first elected as the MLA for Edmonton - Meadowlark in the 1993 provincial election.

He first ran for the PC Party in 1993, first in an unsuccessfully bid for the party nomination in Edmonton - Glenora and then as the PC candidate in Edmonton - Highlands - Beverly (in the election he was defeated by his Liberal opponent, Alice Hanson).

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).

How European markets might react to the possibility of «Brexit,» which is shorthand for «British exit from the European Union,» both in the run - up to the UK election and its aftermath, remains unclear, although given that UK assets suffered as the result of the referendum on Scottish independence became less predictable such volatility could conceivably reoccur.

Harper has yet to set a date for the byelection but it is already being seen as a trial run for the 2015 election, with the NDP and Liberals each trying to prove they are the only real alternative to the governing Conservatives.

Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer for George W. Bush's White House, intends to run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota this year as a Democrat, according to a filing he made recently with federal elections officials.

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.»

It feels as if Ayn Rand has been brought into this election campaign like Reagan was in the previous Republican run for President.

The last time a guy from Texas said that God told him to run for President, we had kind of a bumpy ride as a country when he won the election with support from Christians...

My first introduction to this world on a personal level was at Virginia's Boys State program, when one of my closest friends ran for governor and was stabbed in the back by a last - minute, back - hallway deal that shifted support to another candidate in exchange for supporting someone else's election as Lieutenant Governor.

He is also thought to be looking ahead to a possible run in the 2019 presidential election since Jokowi was rumored to be considering Ahok as his running mate for vice president.

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.

This latest foray into the magical world of Sol Campbell's Cosvervative adventures follows the news that the ex-Arsenal man was seen as a prospective Tory candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2016 and there were even suggestions he was being vetted to run for a set in Parliament in the upcoming General Election.

The 56 - year - old Geneva resident filed to run for three different boards in the April 9 municipal election — for the Geneva school and Park District boards, as well as the library board.

The three newcomers and one incumbent running for the two open seats on the Palatine Park District board talk about issues including a district - owned stable and the future of a municipal golf course as being key in the April 9 election.

Eva Lokko partnered Dr. Nduom as his running mate for the presidential elections in 2012.

``...» So, the class of 2010 is interesting across the board for this year's election, but 2010 may go down in political history as the year in which a guy like this isn't the perennial kook candidate who runs in at least one election every election cycle.

Since 1991, all candidates of parliamentary or presidential elections, as well as candidates for the Assembly of Experts, have to be qualified by the Guardian Council in order to run in the election.

This book is a particular favourite of mine because, as a teenager, I keenly followed Robert Kennedy's quixotic run for the presidency, and this account encapsulated the frenetic and sometimes chaotic campaign that ended in the traumatic murder of Kennedy, when he had just won the primary election in the largest state in the Union, California, and in one of the most rural, South Dakota.

Addressing the Muslim faithful, the Vice-President said he undertook a similar exercise with the Muslim faithful last year during his campaign tour as the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and asked for their prayers and support to win the elections.

As Lib Dem candidates hit the doorsteps in the run - up to the election, even their most accomplished pavement politician is prepared for something of a bumpy ride.

Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump was seen as a galvanizing event for many women to run for office in down - ballot races — from local elections, state legislation races and congressional campaigns — this year.

As Maggie Haberman reports, de Blasio has had discussions in recent weeks with Google on the heels of his successful effort to get Goldman Sachs to agree not to spend on political ads in this election cycle — even though a recent US Supreme Court decision allows corporations to drop unlimited amounts of cash to try to elect of defeat candidates running for federal office.

The legislative session runs for another three months, but it's up in the air as to whether the Legislature, in an election year, would want to strike compromises on complicated issues.

Many Republican members of Congress are dismissing Democrat Conor Lamb's apparent special election victory in a GOP - dominated Pennsylvania district as a one - off, giving a number of reasons for his strong performance — from a poor campaign run by his opponent to the Democrat's notably conservative views.

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...

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the man best known for running (through an odd twist of fate / NYS Election Law) as Carl Paladino's No. 2 in 2010, is now trying to change Albany from the outside, urging his local Legislature to reject the «sham» 2 percent property tax cap champhioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Unlike television commercials, online outreach and online mobilization can be targeted with great precision, making them (as I've argued before) a perfect match for a low - turnout election, particularly when run by the heirs of a team with a track record of knowing how to use them.

The state Democratic committee on Friday released an organizing email meant to boost candidates running down ballot this year, pegging the April 24 special election as a «D - Day» for action.

It is not a single line that brought her down, it is everything she does coming together, for example she doesn't stand for anything, while she was running to become the democratic candidate she run as a center democrat, with promoting things as healthcare, doing more for public education and regulation of markets (Wallstreet in public speaking), but in the election she run a «strong America» line, with heavy militarism and free marked rhetoric.

The number of women donating to political campaigns is climbing to new heights ahead of this year's midterm elections as women swarm to politics and run in record numbers for Congress and other elected posts around the country.

Ventura was the Reform Party candidate in the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998, running a low - budget campaign centered on grassroots events and unusual ads that urged citizens not to «vote for politics as usual».

Moss ran for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor of New York on the same ticket as gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino.

While operatives say there is still plenty of time for candidates to jump into the race, the next Federal Election Commission reporting period runs from July 1 through Sept. 30, and Democratic candidates may want to declare soon to raise as much money as possible before the quarter ends as a measure of their viability and popularity heading into the electiElection Commission reporting period runs from July 1 through Sept. 30, and Democratic candidates may want to declare soon to raise as much money as possible before the quarter ends as a measure of their viability and popularity heading into the electionelection year.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

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.

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.

While Boyle says he might still run for Sheriff as a Democrat (the Democratic County leadership would have to give him permission), State Republicans are breathing a momentary sigh of relief since they might not have to fight a special election for his swing Senate seat.