Sentences with phrase «running for public office as»

Unfortunately Agnostics and Atheists are the most trusted less in this country than any other belief, lack of belief, group in the entire country, running for public office as a non believer is a sure way not to win, so I running as a christian is the only logical approach to public office if you want to actually win

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As for whether Mr. Schultz is laying the groundwork to run for president, he said, «I'm all in on all things Starbucks and have no plans to run for public office.»

Perhaps especially important for Zuckerberg if he's truly considering a run for public office sometime in the future, as some have reported.

HOWEVER, if this person was running for public office, instead of the «feel - good» story here, the media would vilianize this church for some inane belief that they would take wildly out of context and present it to the American public as the most fundamentalist extreme church ever to lay it's foundation on our shores.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

McCaskill was seen as perhaps the most endangered of the Senate Democrats running for re-election this year (Gillibrand has made a point of conducting her «Off the Sidelines» campaign to elect more women to public office, a narrative that her own GOP opponent, Wendy Long, has gleefully sought to turn on its ear).

«Spitzer is so clearly unfit for public office that I am offended, both as a woman and as an elected official that he would even deign to run.»

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

«I can't imagine that Eliot Spitzer wants to run for public office again after what he did while he was in the last two public offices as attorney general and as governor.»

However as Norden points out, those 18 lawmakers ran for state office under the state's campaign finance system, not for city office under the city's public financing system.

Randolph wrote that campaign finance is incredibly important, as the way elections are funded predetermines who can run for public office.

«As you know, under the public authorities law, I'm not allowed to even talk about running for office,» Lhota said.

Cuomo has held few public appearances since his office was served with a bombshell subpoena by Bharara on April 29 seeking information on whether Percoco used his official position and ties to Cuomo to gain favors for two companies that had paid him as a «consultant» in 2014 while he was also being paid to run the governor's re-election campaign.

But Rodriguez, who is currently running for his third and final term, as well as City Council speaker, defended his endorsement, writing that he is «currently and will continue to stand behind LGBTQ candidates for public office.»

Kingson, who has served as a professor of social work at SU for 17 years, is making his first run for public office.

But she recently shot down speculation, telling Variety that as of right now, she does not intend to run for public office.

Freeman has never held public office, but has worked as Westchester's prosecuting attorney between 1995 and 2000 and also ran for New Rochelle City Council last year.

As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.

He then, as a retired former chief of police, ran for and was elected to public office.

Materna ran as a Democrat against Ignizio for City Council in 2009, and Castorina has never run for public office.

Tabacco has never run for public office before and while he said he will back Castorina as the Republican candidate, he said he is considering third - party lines if those parties ask him or if South Shore residents express to him that they want to see a third - party candidate run.

There are only three citywide positions in New York and, as several white candidates are jockeying for the mayoralty and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer runs unopposed for comptroller, the public advocate's office is viewed by some Democrats as an opportunity to have demographic diversity on their ticket.

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

While he cast himself as a candidate with a long record of public service — he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served 30 years of active and reserve duty — it was his first run for office.

(CNN)-- As Chelsea Clinton continues to emerge as a public advocate for children and women, she's still not ruling out a future run for officAs Chelsea Clinton continues to emerge as a public advocate for children and women, she's still not ruling out a future run for officas a public advocate for children and women, she's still not ruling out a future run for office.

The probe by Bharara's office comes as first - term PEF President Susan Kent, who faced criticism for her handling of Lee's case, is running for re-election to the top post in the state's second - largest public labor union.

Mark Green, who served as public advocate in New York City and ran for any number of statewide offices, took on the city's dry cleaners for their pricing discrepancies.

As attorney general, when he was the one investigating crimes rather than running the executive branch, he sought increased powers for public corruption, pressing legislators to pass a bill granting his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers to pursue such cases.

As a felon who was convicted of crimes related to his public office, Ganim can not qualify for public financing under state law if he runs for governor in 2018.

Under state law, individuals convicted of a felony must get a waiver from the courts, known as a «certificate of good conduct,» to run for public office.

Florida law says: «No officer may qualify as a candidate for another state, district, county, or municipal public office if the terms or any part thereof run concurrently with each other without resigning from the office he or she presently holds.»

If Eliot Spitzer decides to run for public office in New York, do you think his previous sex scandals should be treated as:

Gilder works as a process server for a law firm and never ran for public office.

Hawkins is a Teamster who unloads trucks at night at UPS and has run many times for public office, most recently as the 2014 Green candidate for New York Governor.

«It's important for people to run for public office and hold public office without looking for a career as a lobbyist.»

«As a husband and father I was simply outraged and appalled,» Mr. Faso said about Mr. Trump's boasts of grabbing women's genitals; he called the remarks «wholly inappropriate for someone running for public office.»

Bharara, who has consistently denied he is eying a future run for public office, said he spoke out about the arrangement «a little bit out of frustration as a citizen.»

Juanita Perez Williams, who received nearly no committee consideration in May, has emerged as a threat to Nicoletti's candidacy in her first run for public office.

State and local Green Parties across the U.S. are preparing to run candidates in hundreds of races for public office in 2016, as well as choose a Green presidential nominee.

In December, in a written answer to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, the DfE's permanent secretary Chris Wormald gave the estimated running costs for the RSCs and their offices for the first year as # 4.5 million.

Prior to working in the Governor's Office of Public Safety, she was appointed as General Counsel at DCJS, the Division of Criminal Justice Services and for eight years she ran the Poughkeepsie Regional Office for the New York State Attorney General.

Administrative Technician III for Texas Department of Transportation: - Implement improved and time saving procedures; consistently reduce overhead costs, improve workflow and increase office efficiency - Create and maintain a database of public assistance complaints; assign an internal investigator to each case and follow - up once closed - Developed and monitor a calendar system using PowerPoint where accurate records of vacation / sick leave / comp time used and accrued are tracked month - to - month for comparison with monthly time sheets - Answer inquiries from the general public, vehicle storage facility operators, motor carriers, the trucking industry and other state / federal agencies regarding rules, laws and regulations governing the issuance of motor carrier credentials - Prepare correspondence (email and written) and review for completeness and correctness - Field calls and manage administration, resolve a wide - range of staff dilemmas and challenging situations on a daily basisPrincipal Administrative Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Provided support to Directors, Department Managers, Project Managers and Project Engineers as well as international personnel - Maintained detailed calendars of appointment schedules for business meetings, conferences, domestic / international travel arrangements and special events - Expertly ran this fast - paced, large office encompassing office and structure maintenance, scheduling of machine / equipment service and repairs, and ordering and stocking office supplies; updated and maintained department web pages - Compiled, created and distributed financial reports and PowerPoint presentations - Edited and formatted technical documentation and maintained filing systems - Coordinated extensive domestic and international travel arrangements, including air, hotel, car and meeting locations - Planned departmental meetings, special events and office movesSenior Administrative Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Supported Department Manager and Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineers and shop personnel - Tracked and monitored pending and confidential correspondence and financial information - Prepared apprenticeship packets for distribution; received applications, recorded data, and set - up and coordinated Differential Aptitude Tests; notified applicants of test results and set - up initial interviews - Coordinated special events; managed information systems and maintained web pages; oversee special projects - Resolved office obstacles, communication barriers and complicationsSenior Program Assistant for Solar Turbines, Inc.: - Photographed, downloaded and printed digital pictures of parts, processes and people involved in Rotor CAM area - Created and produced departmental newsletter; initiated Receiving Inspection Records Retention process (scanned records onto CD for easy and accessible retrieval and storage)- Set - up and coordinated meetings and special events; created slide show presentations and maintained web pagesPage 2

After the shooting at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords» «Congress on Your Corner» event, where he was working as an intern, Hernandez felt compelled to give back to the public by running for office.