Sentences with phrase «running as an independent against»

OK, let them run as independents against an officially endorsed Labour candidate, and see how far they get.

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.»

This is a public appeal to actress Diane Neal who just announced that she will run as an Independent against Representative John Faso.

In a theoretical head - to - head match - up where Jeffries ran as an independent against de Blasio as a Democrat, Jeffries pulled support from 26 percent of city voters, to the mayor's 43 percent.

Lieberman is now running as an independent against Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger.

Shiva Ayyadurai, who was born in India, is running as an independent against Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Lieberman, however, held on to his seat by running as an independent against Lamont in the general election.

In 2010 when running for her first term in office, she ran as an independent against a strong, endorsed Republican candidate and prevailed in the general election.

Not exact matches

Dismissed nomination candidate Jamie Lall declared that he is running as an Independent candidate against PC MLA Bruce McAllister in Chestermere - Rockyview.

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.

Goldsmith is running as an independent, though the Conservative party has given him a free pass by declining to stand its own candidate against him.

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.

De Blasio was neck - and - neck in potential citywide match - ups with Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Bronx Borough president Ruben Diaz, Jr. if those Democrats ran against him as independents.

The congressman's exit leaves Thompson and City Councilman Tony Avella as the only Democratic candidates left in a race that will pit one of them against Bloomberg, an independent running on the GOP and Independence Party lines.

After Councilman David Greenfield announced his retirement, his anointed successor, Kalman Yeger, will be the Democratic nominee against the son of Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Yoni Hikind, who will be running as an independent.

Harrington didn't have competition from another Republican or a Democratic candidate, and it's not know yet if anyone will run against him as an independent.

He ran as an independent, yet the Tories didn't run a candidate against him and he refused to rule out joining them in future.

Bellavia, who was passed over for the GOP nod in favor of Assemblywoman Jane Corwin and appears to be fighting a losing battle against her for the Conservative line, has not said whether he'll run as an independent if he doesn't get a ballot line.

If Mr. Stringer ran as an independent, Mr. de Blasio would start out with 44 percent of the vote against 33 percent for Mr. Stringer.

The Democratic primary winner will face off in November against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican who is running as an independent, and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio, the presumptive GOP nominee.

Rosa Mastrogiacomo - Luongo will face off against Maria Mioli Pennella, a registered Republican, who is running on the Democratic line, and Helen Pesce, who has launched a run for the seat as an independent candidate.

Thomas Ravenel — a reality TV star and former Republican state treasurer who was forced to resign from office after being indicted on federal drug charges — announced Friday that he would run as an independent candidate against GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Banks was endorsed by Jeffries in his previous council run against Inez Barron, as well as Brooklyn Democratic chairman Frank Seddio, and Assemblyman Walter Mosley, as well as the LAMBDA Independent Democrats of Brooklyn, the borough's biggest LGBT political organization.

Some South Carolina Democrats have launched an effort to put a more polished candidate on the ballot as an independent to run against Democratic nominee Alvin Green.

Quinnipiac offered the 1,038 residents three hypothetical general election match - ups, with Mr. de Blasio running as a Democrat against either city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. or Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams running as an independent.

His op - ed describes the dirty tricks used against him when he tried to run as an independent.