Sentences with phrase «running against an incumbent president»
We were running against an incumbent president who very openly and aggressively supported legal abortion.
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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.
Not exact matches
In 2000, President Obama ran for Congress against incumbent Democrat Bobby Rush.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's foremost Democratic critics, told the Observer today that he was not willing to foreclose on the possibility of running against the liberal incumbent in this September's primary — saying that he doesn't know «right now what may or may not happen.»
Grimm is currently weighing a decision to run in the GOP primary against incumbent Borough President James Oddo, according to insiders who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin has announced she'll run against the incumbent and believes she has answers to some of the problems the city is facing.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., one of de Blasio's foremost Democratic critics, is not willing to foreclose on the possibility of running against the liberal incumbent in this September's primary — saying that he doesn't know «right now what may or may not happen.»
However, he is also running in the Democratic primaries against incumbent President Barack Obama.
Incumbent board president Steve Zimmer, backed by labor, is running against the education reformer Nicholas Melvoin; in another district, labor - backed Imelda Padilla is facing off against the charter - backed Kelly Fitzpatrick - Gonez in an open race.