Sentences with phrase «said after the convention»

«The wind is in our sails,» he said after the convention.

Martins said after the convention that he was not worried about a «wave election,» where candidates untouched by scandal would be unable to counter a public sentiment that the county's entire power structure needs to shift.

Not exact matches

Executive director Chelly Townsend says people were trickling in to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center after doors opened late Thursday afternoon.

Trump was a punching bag at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, which wrapped up Thursday night, as speaker after speaker — including some Republicans - said he lacked the temperament to be president.

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House after taking a scorching from speakers at the Democratic National Convention.

And the CEO of Gen Con, a 50,000 - person gamers» gathering that's reportedly Indianapolis's largest convention in attendance and economic impact, said the law could prompt the group to move the event after 2020, when its contract with the city expires.

(It's unclear when or if Trump has become a born - again Christian, but in June 2016, shortly after the Republican National Convention, Dobson said he had heard that Trump had «recently» converted.)

After his corker of a convention speech, NDP elder statesman Stephen Lewis said members need something intellectual to chew on after the type of «vacuity of policy» that left - wing parties occasionally find themselveAfter his corker of a convention speech, NDP elder statesman Stephen Lewis said members need something intellectual to chew on after the type of «vacuity of policy» that left - wing parties occasionally find themselveafter the type of «vacuity of policy» that left - wing parties occasionally find themselves in.

After all, Jesus torpedoed the conventions of his religious contemporaries by the boatload, once illustrating the point by saying that you can't pour new wine into old wineskins.

When asked about the move to Asheville, V&WM President and Publisher, Robert Merletti said, «After five years at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and the expansion into other adult beverages, it was apparent the event needed a venue in a location that better suited broader audience outreach.»

«There are a number of members who have primary elections, which will take place a week after the Democratic convention,» Silver said.

After Sarah Palin's convention acceptance speech in 2008, for instance, Barack Obama's website saw a huge influx of cash even before his staff had time to send out an email solicitation — people who liked him didn't care for what the Alaska governor had to say and were eager to let it be known.

Convention Peoples» Party's presidential candidate Ivor Greenstreet says he sees nothing wrong with President Mahama receiving a gift from a Burkinabe contractor after he had been awarded two contracts from government.

This would have redefined the UK's relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights, signed after the Second World War, which Tories say is being taken far too literally.

After Sarah Palin's convention acceptance speech in 2008, for instance, Barack Obama's website saw a huge influx of cash even before his staff had time to send out an email solicitation — his supporters didn't care for what the Alaska governor had to say and were eager to let it be known.

But Okorocha who spoke with journalists on Thursday after meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and APC governors, said the party was only putting its house in order before a convention will take place.

Speaking in Port Harcourt after being screened for the post of national chairman with other candidates, ahead of Saturday «s National Convention of the party, Modu Sheriff said PDP is the only party that belongs to Nigerians and owned by Nigerians.

After that is done, Smikle said, the Democrats will head a convention later this month to begin a statewide formal nominating process.

Brandon West, a budget analyst for the NYC Council, was abruptly fired after he spoke out publicly in favor of the statewide constitutional convention on Capital Tonight — and friends say he was the victim of a political hit job.

After failing to get onto the ballot at the state GOP convention, Levy said he would have to think about whether to seek a third and final term this fall.

Mr. Ayariga, who broke ranks with the Peoples National Convention (PNC) after losing the flagbearership race to Dr. Edward Mahama, said his party has come to give hope to the people of Ghana, especially, the youth, «who are fed up with the existing political parties.»

An Astorino campaign official involved with his fund - raising efforts said the campaign had been flooded with dozens of requests to host fund - raising events for the candidate in the first 72 hours after the Republican state convention in Rye Brook last week.

Marc Molinaro, the Hudson Valley politician who jumped into the race for the Republican nomination for New York governor after initially saying he wouldn't run, announced Thursday that he has enough support from county GOP leaders statewide to win the party's nod at next month's state convention.

«The whole convention has been great but President Bill Clinton really lit it up last night,» Cuomo said, adding, «After that speech, I don't think anything else has to be said.»

Speaking to reporters after his speech to the Republican state convention in Rochester, former Gov. George Pataki said primaries can help lesser known candidates get their name out to the public.

«At these political conventions, you either win or lose,» Cuomo said after marching in a parade on Fifth Avenue.

After he was elevated from shadow attorney general to shadow home secretary in 2008, a surprise appointment as David Davis's successor, he had dinner with Rebekah Brooks; her horror at his position on the convention, relayed to Andy Coulson, is said to have been responsible for his losing the job, although Brooks denies it.

«After thoroughly reviewing the issue, the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York has determined that a state Constitutional Convention is unnecessary, would be overly costly, and could result in the reversion, elimination or diminution of many current constitutional rights and safeguards,» said Justice Deborah Dowling, the group's president.

The UK public is set to get a greater say in controversial environmental decisions after the Government ratified a key UN convention.

«The designated candidate, we've all agreed, we had a committee meeting, all the 62 county chairs, an executive committee meeting, we all decided we're going to have a process interviewing candidates on a regional basis going forward and no primary after our mid-May convention,» Cox said.

Per HuffPost: ================================ Two attendees at the Republican National Convention were thrown out of the convention center in Tampa on Tuesday after throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and saying, «this is how we feed the animaConvention were thrown out of the convention center in Tampa on Tuesday after throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and saying, «this is how we feed the animaconvention center in Tampa on Tuesday after throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and saying, «this is how we feed the animals.»

Speaking at the 2015 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this year, Huckabee said he wishes he could have pretended to be transgender in high school so he could have «showered with the girls» after PE.

But after days of requests, the administration has only identified a total of three boards that it said fall under the order's purview: the Albany Convention Center Authority, the Capital Program Review Board at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement Board.

Kingston Republican Committee Chairman Tony Sinagra said that he had hoped that Polacco would abandon the mayoral contest after he received scant support at the party's June convention.

The date and place for the election will be chosen after the party's delegation returns from the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., he said.

The moves come as de Blasio, who's been on the outs with the White House after saying President Barack Obama showed up late to the income inequality conversation (and is in such bad shape with the Clintons that all the mayor got was a midafternoon speaking slot at last month's Democratic convention), is battling rocky poll numbers and a list of investigations that has grown almost by the week.

But there are moves and counter-moves yet to be made in this chess game: The Conservatives» nomination does not become final for seven days after their convention, Walsh said.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will become solid after its Saturday national convention.

Walsh, who backs County Executive Steve Levy for governor, said he learned just an hour ago that state chairman Mike Long, a committed Lazio supporter, decided to schedule his party's convention a day after the Democrats meet — and three days before Republicans meet.

«It was our proposal from the Senate that ignited this mention in the State of the State,» DeFrancisco said after the speech at the Empire State Convention Center in Albany.

Samuels says he won't make a decision on whether to launch a primary challenge for lieutenant governor until after the progressive leaning Working Families Party meets at its convention May 31.

«I authorized yesterday a lawyer representing my 2013 campaign to reach out to the U.S. Attorney's office and offer any assistance we can provide, let them know we're happy to work with them in any way that would be helpful,» de Blasio said Wednesday after a speech at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network's convention.

Thirty - three years after his father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, made himself a potential president with a convention speech that portrayed America as one big family, his son said something eerily similar.

The former Borno Governor after the judgment said he would quit office as «soon as a national convention is held and new national officers are produced.»

Samuels says he won't make a decision on whether to launch a primary challenge for lieutenant governor until after the progressive leaning Working Families Party meets in its convention on May 31st.

A budget analyst for the City Council was abruptly fired after he spoke out publicly in favor of the statewide constitutional convention — and friends say he was the victim...

Jenkins has said since he entered the race in August 2016 that he would take the nomination to a primary election if he did not get the party's backing after the convention.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Marc Molinaro, the Hudson Valley politician who jumped into the race for the Republican nomination for New York governor after initially saying he wouldn't run, announced Thursday that he has enough support from county GOP leaders statewide to win the party's nod at next month's state convention.

But after New York Conservative Party leaders last week endorsed Molinaro over DeFrancisco, DeFrancisco said he would re-evaluate whether to follow through with his promise for a contested convention.

After his elevation to the post of Speaker in 2000, he began with a press conference - provoking critics to say he had broken the convention of keeping a distance from the media.