Sentences with phrase «running candidates instead»

Wasn't the Independence Party supposed to be running candidates instead of endorsing ones from other parties?

Not exact matches

Many of the campaigns were overwhelmingly negative against the opposition instead of positive in favor of the candidate running them.

Instead, she decided to run her dad's PAC, aimed at supporting candidates who aligned with his views.

Excepting being so out of touch with the average American which is terminal for a presidential candidate, Romney could have been a formidable candidate if the RNC had let him run on his record as a moderate Governor of Massachusetts instead of being pushed to the far right by the primary process.

The speculation was that the chairman was holding out in hopes that Rick Lazio would end his gubernatorial bid and run for AG instead, clearing the way for Cox's preferred candidate for governor, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

Instead, the new district contains a very heavy Orthodox Jewish population, which would open the opportunity for Democrats to run a conservative, Orthodox Jewish candidate against him.

He dismissed allegations that matching funds would allow corrupt incumbents to gain access to public money, arguing that it would instead expand the field of candidates running.

The author claimed that instead, Buhari, who was then the candidate of the APC had insisted that he could not make Tinubu his running mate given the mood of the country which would not favour a Muslim - Muslim ticket.

For the purposes of elections knowledge, a candidate receiving the most votes can be elected in some electorates, while in some countries this can instead require a majority, and there may be a form of run - off procedure.

Instead, Miner declined to run, and Dana Balter, a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University, is currently the leading Democratic candidate.

With seven candidates vying for the two seats left open by Thomas and Reynolds opted to not re-run for their seats, deciding to run for Mayor instead, some Mt. Vernon residents don't even now the names of the all the city council candidates, which included Lisa A. Copeland and John Boykin who were running on the ticket with incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primary.

Cuomo would instead open up primaries to allow candidates registered in one party to run in a different party's primary, if they wanted to.

Joe Roberti Jr. continues his reckless banter about abstract topics instead of presenting a credible platform that his candidates will run on.

Running instead as the candidate of the left - leaning Working Families Party, Ms. Niou positioned herself as a reformer who would break with Mr. Silver's brand of politics, earning the bulk of the endorsements and donations in the race.

Here's how this election reform plan would work: Instead of needing large corporate contributions or immense personal wealth to run for office, candidates who gather enough modest grassroots donations from real New Yorkers would get matching funds from the state so they can compete on Election Day.

Pataki took a pass on running statewide this year to instead focus on his Revere America committee, which dropped more than $ 2 million to opposes candidates who voted «yes» on, or simply spoke in support of, health care reform (or, as he puts it, «Obamacare»).

Of course it doesn't help that the media ignores the third parties like the Greens and the Libertarians that stick to their principles and runs their own candidates and instead covers only the third parties as it relates to the games they play with the major party candidates.

Instead, the Democratic county committee — consisting of political insiders — selects the candidate that will run on the party's line.

Following news that the Rockland County Conservative Party is running a candidate for county executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the position.

But they are not running any candidates for office this year, preferring instead to support the candidacy of Democrats and Republicans, who will have their names on the ballot twice.

Which only highlights the corruption of a system, unique to New York, that allows parties to cross-endorse candidates on other lines instead of running their own candidates.

Brown, who was bounced off the Republican line following a petition challenge, ran on the Conservative and New Beginnings party lines instead and managed to beat Democratic candidate John Simek 359 - 277.

The League of Women Voters is hosting a debate for the four candidates: Republican Lester Chang, Green Party candidate Dennis Levy, Democrat Alice Cancel and Working Family Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who withdrew from the Democratic party vote, calling the process «flawed» and instead chose to run as a Working Party Family candidate.

-- 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

But now that he's decided to run for comptroller against Councilman Dan Garodnick instead, he's suddenly a much more competitive candidate, with a host of high - profile endorsements (including Ed Koch, Gloria Steinem, and current Comptroller John Liu) and $ 4 million already raised, which is eligible for matching.

And GOP sources close to Donovan believe that Cox is ducking their man in hope that would - be gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio will agree to run for attorney general, instead.

Special elections for Council seats on nonpartisan elections — instead of running on a major party's ballot row, candidates must create and run on their own, unique lines.

Yuh - Line Niou, the chief of staff for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, withdrew from the Democratic Party candidate race after calling the process flawed, and instead ran in the special election as the Working Families Party candidate.

«We're the only candidate or ticket, besides the Democrats and Republicans, that got our own party by running our own candidates instead of riding in on the coattails of a major party,» Hawkins said.

Today's lead editorial in the Times Union lambasted Cuomo & Astorino for failing to run serious campaigns and praised Howie Hawkins, writing «The real voice of reason in this race comes instead from left field, from Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has waged a consistently serious race and who on Wednesday issued a call for his fellow candidates to stop arguing about sports teams and debate issues like jobs, health care and climate change.»

Candidates now need to run campaigns for 11 weeks instead of four and send out more mailshots than previously.»

Ms. Jones said that UpIsland party leadership chose not to endorse Mr. Wilkinson's Republican running mates, Steven Gaines and Richard Haeg, candidates for the town board and instead provided de facto support for the local designees, Bill Mott, an Independence Party member, and Marilyn Behan, a Democrat who received Wilson Pakula authorization from party leaders to run on the Independence Party line.

In the run up to the 2007 Scottish election, the Labour party had considered not fielding list candidates in the Glasgow, West of Scotland, and Central Scotland regions, [citation needed] as their constituency strength in the previous two elections had resulted in no list MSPs; instead they proposed to support a list composed of Co-operative Party candidates; [citation needed] before this the Co-operative party had chosen not to field candidates of its own but merely to endorse particular Labour candidates.

«There are Republican candidates running for other offices in that state who are not going to want to have to answer questions about Carl Paladino instead of going on the offense about jobs and the economy.»

Imposing limits on campaign spending for candidates who forego taxpayer dollars and instead run traditional campaigns would be unconstitutional.

Back when it was Dan Malloy, instead of Dannel, the candidate running for governor said that increasing parental involvement in schools, especially through the utilization of Connecticut's school governance councils was a high priority.

Some vehicles use self - resetting circuit breakers instead of fuses on critical circuits (the ones that I know of are on the headlights, but it seems like the running lights and signal lights would also be candidates for circuit breakers.

Should the bills pass, the governor would select judges from a recommended list of qualified candidates provided by a Judicial Nominating Commission instead of forcing judges to run for election.

Instead of merely charting out the candidate's knowledge and skills, they brand him or her as an individual without whom the company is running at a loss.