Sentences with phrase «second presidential run»

The party first gained widespread public attention during Ralph Nader's second presidential run in 2000.

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The second main side vying for election is a partnership between presidential hopeful Raila Odinga and his running - mate Kalonzo Musyoka, under the CORD Alliance (Coalition for Reforms and Democracy).

Subsequently he ran in the presidential elections of 1983 and 1988, taking second place each time, behind Senghor's successor Abdou Diouf.

Mike Bloomberg has commissioned a second national poll to test his viability as an independent presidential candidate, following the decisive victories of Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, because the former NYC mayor is «itching» to run, sources tell the NY Post.

Missing from the normal back - and - forth that crescendoed in the final weeks of the session was Cuomo, a Democrat in his second term who is devoting more and more attention to laying down markers for a possible presidential run.

The governor, who is in his second term, is up for re-election next year and is believed to be eyeing a 2020 presidential run.

Christie, who's running for re-election this year, makes a cameo in the 30 - second spot, prompting some critics to say the potential 2016 presidential contender is using federal taxpayer dollars to boost his political image.

Cuomo is widely believed to have presidential ambitions, and winning a second term by huge margins could help position him for a future run.

The Chairman of the Presidential Declaration Committee, Dr. Haliru Bello, Friday, confirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan will 11th of November formally declare his intention to run for a second term in office.

Alternative vote Alternative vote means that voters rank candidates first and second, and the two candidates with the most votes contest an instant run - off (as with the Mayor of London or French Presidential elections).

Mr Salmond has run a textbook presidential campaign to overhaul his party's double - digit poll deficit of just a few months ago: opinion surveys now suggest he is on course for a second term as first minister.

Second - place Alexander initially ran for the Green Party's 2012 presidential nomination before deciding to focus on the Socialist Party USA, for which he served as the vice-presidential nominee in 2008.

De Blasio is rallying his base as he seeks a second term while Cuomo is laying the foundation for a 2020 presidential run that may or may never be.

The city has hosted a national presidential convention several times before, most recently in 2004 when the Republican Party nominated George W. Bush during his run for a second term.

One possibility is a second «run - off» election between the two top - ranked candidates, as happens in France and in many presidential elections elsewhere.

Bob Woodward's latest book on the Bush administration (following Bush at War, 2002; and Plan of Attack, 2004) doesn't pick up where Plan of Attack left off but instead sweeps back to offer an overview of the Presidential life and times of George W. Bush, from the days when he first thought seriously about running for President, through the recruitment of his national security team, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and his second term as President.

Mitt Romney had just announced his presidential run, a federal grand jury had indicted John Edwards, and we were enduring the second hottest summer in the U.S. on record.