Sentences with phrase «said in a presidential election year»

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Gillibrand is often deemed a contender for the presidential election in 2020, although she said last year she is ruling out the possibility and focusing on her Senate reelection campaign.

In years following a presidential election, the Dow Jones industrial average has been up 11 times with an average gain of 0.7 percent, the almanac said, citing 17 years.

He's said in the past that the company is in better shape this year than it was in the 2016 U.S. presidential election when Facebook said to be used by Moscow to sow discord among Americans.

«Despite the fact that Q1 2017 was a particularly strong quarter for trading on the heels of the U.S. Presidential election, we do think we'll see year - over-year growth in trading revenue,» said Barclays» bank analyst Jason Goldberg.

Leaders from all three nations have said they aim to conclude the talks early this year, well before the Mexican presidential election in July, which could lead to a shift in personnel and strategy.

In contrast with previous presidential elections, where evangelical Christians were among the most engaged, this year, only 20 percent said they were following news about the campaign very closely.

Strider, who helped spearhead Democratic faith outreach in 2006 and 2008 - when he directed that work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign - said the party put substantially fewer resources and effort into faith - based strategy work this year than in any election since 2004.

With less than a month until the presidential election, what was said at this year's Pulpit Freedom Sunday could hold more sway than in previous years.

Russia «meddled» in last year's presidential election as part of a decades - long effort to «undermine American democracy,» CIA Director Mike Pompeo said.

«You have to do much more work to figure out who to target in a 45 percent turnout election» than in a presidential year, said Jeremy Bird, Obama's 2012 national field director.

Atiku said he was in Akwa Ibom State to seek for support of the governor and entire PDP family in the state ahead party's presidential primary election later in the year.

U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report in January that the television station, which broadcasts on cable in the United States, is «Russia's state - run propaganda machine» and that it contributed to the Kremlin's campaign to interfere with last year's presidential election in favor of Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.

Intelligence officials have said Russian - backed hackers played a key role in disrupting the presidential election in 2016 by injecting fake news on social media and may be trying a similar effort this year with the congressional elections.

Kingson said he likes the chances for a Democrat to recapture the 24th District in 2016, a presidential election year that is likely to have former U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D - N.Y., at the top of the Democratic ticket.

Romeo says she sees an increased focus on New York State this election cycle compared to past years, but regardless of the primary results, she imagines the state will go to a democratic candidate in the presidential election.

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, another former UK ambassador to the EU, said No 10 was «plum wrong» to hold the referendum in 2017 — the year of the next French presidential and German federal elections.

The governor said the lower Manhattan Assembly seat Silver held for four decades before his conviction will likely be filled in a special election on April 19 — the day of New York's presidential primary next year.

His administration will also work to ameliorate the BOE's cybersecurity and invest $ 500,000 a year to ensure that when New Yorkers vote, they can «trust their vote will be counted» — a measure he says is necessary in light of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

Dadey said he wants a strong Republican candidate with the ability to hold the seat in a presidential election year, which favors Democrats and their small enrollment advantage in the district.

Dadey has said he also prefers a candidate who would have strong appeal in a presidential election year, when Democrats have turned out in larger numbers in Central New York.

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says there always in an increase in voter registration in presidential primary years, and with hotly - contested races on both the Democratic and Republican side, this year is no exception.

She said Democrats always pick up seats in a presidential election year, but this time, the choices are even more sharply defined.

He says that traditionally, more Democrats that Republicans come out to vote in presidential election years in New York, though he concedes the GOP has some distinct advantages.

To those insisting on making the IEA Presidential Debate an election ritual in every election year, the National Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams says the Presidential Debate is not mandatory in Ghana's Constitution.

Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples» Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has advised Ghanaians against voting for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming general elections saying the record of the two parties over the last 16 years does not warrant such a voting.

Senators said that Trump's son - in - law and advisor, Jared Kushner, had failed to turn over some documents Congress sought as it investigates Russian interference in last year's presidential election.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the seat held for more than two decades by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver before his corruption conviction Monday will be filled in a special election on the day of New York's presidential primary next year.

«Some people are more motivated to vote in a presidential election year, but I say every election year is the most important,» commented Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the New York City Board of Elections.

Asked about the fact that many Republican voters in this presidential election cycle seem to be seeking an outsider, Faso said he had been out of office for many years.

The former communications director for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE's presidential campaign said Sunday that the Trump administration is igniting passion in the opposition never before seen in the United States.

LENOIR, (Dec. 26)-- Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices in primaries and on election day, said Jordon Greene, president of Free the Vote North Carolina in a statement issued today.

The Electoral Commission has said it will release the list of presidential candidates who have qualified to contest in this year's general elections next week.

She said it's tough for a Republican to run in a presidential election year in Democrat - leaning Connecticut.

The 24th District race wouldn't be a close contest if the same people who voted in the presidential election in 2012 voted this year, Clinton said.

Plus, he says, in Presidential election years, like 2012, Democratic candidates usually fare better.

Greer, associate professor of health management and policy, said the current administration's difficulty getting funding for Zika in a presidential election year represents a bit of déjà vu, in terms of political posturing in the face of a major health threat.

Sean Rad, chief executive of the mobile dating app, said Wednesday that the «Swipe the Vote» feature would appear again in next year's French presidential election after its debut in Britain's EU referendum in June.

But some Canadians who are upset about Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election say they won't be making any U.S. Black Friday purchases this year.

Profits from secretive mining deals risk illicitly financing this year's disputed presidential election campaign in Democratic Republic of Congo, Global Witness said in a new report today.

The magnitude of the public outcry and the amount of media attention given to the ordeal has been significant even in the context of the scope of the incident which is said to have seen Cambridge Analytica harvest data of some 50 million Facebook users while informing less than one - percent of them of that activity several years back, then leveraging that information to fight an information war during the 2016 presidential election in the United States, an accusation made by a whistleblower that the firm repeatedly denied.

Kenya's opposition says lawyers are poring through a British broadcaster's investigation to see whether legal action is possible against data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica over its role in the country's disputed presidential election last year.

«Three months after the presidential election, measures of consumer optimism regarding personal financial prospects and the economy are at or near the highest levels we've seen in the nearly seven - year history of the National Housing Survey,» says Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae.

«In this election year, voters will be looking closely at President Obama, the GOP presidential contenders and congressional candidates from both political parties to determine how they plan to put housing and the economy back on track,» said Nielsen.