Sentences with phrase «running strong candidates»

According to Jeanne Zaino, an executive at Appliedtechonomics and a political scientist, «In the past, the GOP has been able to overcome deficits by running strong candidates on issues like taxes that voters care so much about... The Democratic avalanche [in Latimer's election], however, showed that as important as taxes are to Westchester voters, there is now another issue that gets them even more vexed: Trump.»

Let's hope the «R» s run strong candidates against Brooks and Kaminsky.

The Democrats can win statewide if they run strong candidates, but all of the Dems» Senate candidates since 1994 have been weak compared to respected ex-governor Lamar Alexander and Bill «my family owns the biggest hospital chain in the US» Frist.

Not exact matches

We must do something to change it as soon as possible and I am doing my part by stepping up to the plate to run as a United Conservative Party candidate, under the strong leadership of Jason Kenney, to defeat the NDP government in 2019 and to put Alberta's economy back on track!

Monty is a strong candidate for a particular type of run pass option style play.

Strong safety candidate with physical play demeanor to bolster a team's run support on the back end.

It seems increasingly clear that change is needed after a difficult season, with Enrique perhaps a strong candidate to get the club back to their best after a difficult run.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told reporters this afternoon that an increase of the minimum wage could be a strong issue for Democrats — especially Senate candidates — running this fall.

«Two very strong candidates, both of whom look like they are going to run for the designation of our party, I think is a very positive sign,» said Cox.

But there is some sense that if Governor Cuomo didn't run for re-election that Byron Brown would be a very strong candidate.»

But sources say the strongest potential candidate is the one guy who has ruled it out publicly, and that is Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a former assemblyman who told Errol Louis during an «Inside City Hall» interview on Aug. 5th: «I've got no interest in running for mayor or holding any other job other than the one I have now.»

Paladino said he'd only run if another strong candidate from Buffalo's south sub-district doesn't step forward.

«We, being the people who are ostracized by Democratic headquarters, continue to run candidates who are strong, centrist, strong, general election, November candidates,» said Pigeon.

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.

They have selected Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky as their candidate to run for the Skelos seat, and as Jimmy Vielkind astutely pointed out, Democrats have fretted that a fluid national Republican Primary could boost Republican turnout on Strong Island.

«I think he'll be a very strong candidate should he run,» Gibson, a former three - term GOP congressman from Kinderhook, told Fred Dicker on Talk 1300 radio Thursday.

Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.

Tony will have to get enough boots on the ground and run the ultimate pull operation to have a fighting chance against a strong County - backed candidate like John Liu.

I am confident that a very strong and qualified candidate will be selected to run who will continue to ensure that the people of the 26th District are represented in the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives in Washington.»

On Capital Tonight last week, he told us he wouldn't drop out of the race if someone who is percieved to be a stronger candidate, like 2010 Comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, decided to run.

«But there's no secret that many, many people have been trying to get Kathy Hochul to run and many, many people have said Kathy Hochul would be the strongest candidate and many, many people say that she would be a stronger candidate than Nate McMurray,» he said.

O'Reilly — who is credited with running a strong campaign for Republican comptroller candidate Harry Wilson and for helping elect Rob Astorino county executive in Democratic - heavy Westchester — writes on his blog today that New Yorkers United For Marriage should be studied by PR students.

As Americans head to the polls later today, it'll be interesting to see if a genuine dark - horse candidate — somebody running outside the duopoly, someone nobody expected nor even heard of, for that matter — could startle the pundits with an unexpectedly strong showing.

She easily defeated him, but was also helped by a strong showing by the Green Party candidate, Matt Funiciello, who is running again this year.

«There is no other candidate who has proposed, has run or is running for this seat who has the strong record in fighting for women's health care that Kirsten Gillibrand has,» said PPANY President and CEO M. Tracey Brooks.

But according to a new poll from NBC New York and Marist College, he'd enter the Democratic field at a strong position, second to Christine Quinn, and would make it harder for any candidate to win with the 40 percent required to avoid a run - off vote.

Miner said that she does intend to support the governor when he runs for re-election and she believes he will be a strong candidate.

Haseler's cunning plan should be taken very seriously by the Coalition, especially if he and his allies can find a strong local candidate to run.

Whether DeFrancisco runs or not, he wants a strong Republican candidate for governor.

«From entrepreneurs to national security experts to innovators, the candidates we are adding to the NewDemPAC Candidate Watch List are consensus - builders running strong campaigns who are well positioned to be effective leaders in the districts they seek to represent,» he added.

But we do have a strong sense now, with less than a month before Election Day, which nonincumbent Senate candidates are running strong races — and which ones aren't.

Although Log Cabin Republicans say that Romney has discussed «actual tangibles» in terms of pro-LGBT positions in announcing their endorsement of Romney and though GOProud already had endorsed the Republican earlier this year, the biggest question facing LGBT voters in deciding whether to vote for Romney is if the candidate LCR and GOProud describe will be running the country or if the candidate who the National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown said «was strong the whole way through» the marriage fight in Massachusetts will be running the show.

And we still have no clue who the Democrats will end up running, but insiders have made it clear the DCCC might actually invest in this race if there's a strong third party candidate — and if there's two, so much the better — to improve their their candidate's chances.

Cox's attack will come as polls show Cuomo remains popular with the public and at a time when the GOP is struggling to find a strong candidate to run against him.

The strongest candidate in an admittedly weak field who even has a prayer of running a legitimate, intelligent, honest, mature, moderate, winnable campaign against a strong Democratic nominee is John Kasich.

Altschuler's campaign now has $ 1,810,595 on hand, which he called «an extremely strong position for any candidate running for the House,» adding:

In at least one case, the candidate's decision to bow out appears to be a strategic move by the Senate Republicans in hopes of finding someone stronger to run for a seat they very much need to keep — especially now that they have four empty seats to defend.

Pataki, who has headlined fundraisers for Mack, a Republican congressman running against U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, says both candidates will «stand strong» against Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.

Assemblyman Sean Ryan says he'll decide in two weeks whether to give up his safe seat in the lower house and run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Marc Panepinto among considerable turmoil and a strong GOP candidate (Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs).

Mr. Thompson recently told Mr. Jeffries that he viewed the congressman as the strongest black candidate who could run against the mayor in 2017 — and one of only two Democrats, along with Scott M. Stringer, the current comptroller, able to mount a real challenge to Mr. de Blasio.

«We will run more and more local candidates, building the party even stronger — from the grass roots up.

Montague is a strong, principled, independent candidate, who ran in the 2003 election against the incumbent (Perkins) gaining 23 % of the vote.

the GP of Michigan has a long history of running a strong slate of candidates.

«While the IDC fights for stronger sexual harassment law, it's sad that political opportunists like the Working Families Party, and candidates running against fellow Democrats hijack such an important issue for political gain,» Giove said in a statement.

The problem for Coons is that he is running against the well - liked and well - funded Rep. Mike Castle (R) who is, without question, the strongest candidate Republicans could have fielded.

A sample of those that don't: - CA (R incumbent, budget mess, strongly D state with a good couple of D candidates in Brown & Newsom)- MN (R incumbent not seeking re-election, strongly D state with a much stronger bench than the R's thanks to Coleman's legal battle probably costing him a run)- PA (D incumbent in swing state, with much stronger R bench with AG & / or Rep likely to run)

Also on Friday, the DCCC is adding Schwartz and five other candidates to its «Emerging Races» list, part of its «Red to Blue» program for strong Democratic candidates running in open seats or districts now represented by Republicans.

«Mike and I are good friends and we will talk it through and talk about it and I'm sure that we both want the same thing, which is that a strong Democratic candidate makes a good run and wins the seat,» Mr. McMahon said.

We're making democracy stronger by helping ensure that candidates can run for office even without huge wealthy networks,» said Monica Kamen, co-director of the Washington, D.C. - based Fair Budget Coalition.

«If that doesn't happen, the next option is to find a very strong candidate, who is not a token candidate, to defeat Cuomo or force him not to run for president.»