Sentences with phrase «shot presidential years»

Even in their best - shot presidential years, 1980 - 1988, they won very little and are not poised to win much more.

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Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.
As an example, she mentioned that one of this year's presidential campaigns had painted the URL of its website on the roof of the campaign bus, knowing that helicopter camera shots of the travelling bus would be a staple of tv news coverage.
When Democratic Rep. Steve Israel announced his retirement earlier this year, he said he wanted to leave Congress during a presidential year to give Democrats a greater shot at holding his seat.
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Even then, though, the party will have a shot at winning back control in 2016, a presidential year that could see Schumer's fellow New Yorker, Hillary Clinton, carrying the Democrats» banner into battle.
Tagaris honed his expertise in online advertising and email fundraising over the next few years in a variety of gigs, including the long - shot 2008 presidential campaign of Chris Dodd, Sen. Chris Murphy's successful 2012 campaign, and at a union - backed super PAC.
At year's end, it seemed that Mr. Cuomo had no realistic shot at getting the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton opted not to run, and his chances beyond next year didn't look appreciably better.
But this year, Paul is still pursuing his long - shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination and it is Johnson who wants to emerge as the Read more»
Marriage equality, refugees seeking safety in Europe, the Confederate flag, police shootings of black and Latino men, the presidential election, Caitlyn Jenner, ISIS, and immigration are just a few of the news stories that inhabited the headlines this year on our phones, laptops, and newspapers.
On June 5 of that same year, Senator Robert F. Kennedy — brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, the former U.S. Attorney General and a presidential candidate — was fatally shot at a Los Angeles hotel after winning California's Democratic primary.
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