Sentences with phrase «special election of»

It's the first contentious special election of the year.

If he comes up short — particularly if the race is very close — there is likely to be significant second - guessing of a majority party who let themselves be financially outgunned in the first special election of the Obama presidency.

Ian Murphy, who received national attention for posing as Tea Party funder David Koch in a phone call to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, was the Green Party candidate in the special election of May 24 for the 26th congressional district.

Thanks to a helpful commenter to an earlier blog post, here is a picture of the New York ballot for U.S. House, in the special election of September 13 in the 9th district.

Not exact matches

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones are neck and neck in Alabama ahead of the state's special election on December 12.

President Donald Trump says it's «disgraceful» that a list of questions the special counsel investigating Russian election interference wants to ask him have become public.

But a new focus on Moore's previous public statements on controversial topics also gained traction of late, just days ahead of the Alabama special election set for December 12.

And after many peaks and valleys during the 2016 election campaign, this relationship will reach a metaphorical peak when Kelly interviews Trump on Tuesday night as part of a prime - time Fox Broadcasting special.

U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's team presented Trump's lawyers with dozens of questions as part of the probe into the 2016 U.S. election and possible obstruction.

Scott's candidacy is a bright spot for Republicans in a year where Democratic enthusiasm is expected to be overwhelming, as evidenced by the recent wave of recent Democratic victories in special elections in Alabama and Pennsylvania.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a Senate committee on Tuesday that Facebook is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office and that his company may have received subpoenas as part of the investigation into any ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian election interference.

There's also the ever - present distraction of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.

If Lesko wins by single digits, it would reflect the broader trend of Democrat over-performance in other recent special elections.

Flynn was the first member of the Trump administration to plead guilty to a crime uncovered by the special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing, wide - ranging investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election and whether any Trump campaign aides colluded with Moscow.

However, the Justice Department's appointment of ex-FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged ties between Russia and Trump's election campaign team appeared to soothe investor concerns and supported Wall Street in Thursday's session.

While Democratic upsets have taken place in special elections from Pennsylvania to Alabama of late, Tipirneni's odds of winning on Tuesday are still seen as slim.

He declined to say whether he has been interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is directing the FBI's investigation of Russia's activities in the election.

Sessions» decision contrasts with his recusal from special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Ryan's retirement announcement was preceded by a string of tweets from Trump, who touched on subjects including special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling and the response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria on Wednesday.

Democratic candidates have outperformed expectations in every special election since President Donald Trump came into office, and it's increasingly looking as if Trump's 2018 nightmare of losing both the House and the Senate in midterm elections could come true.

Quite apart from the merits of the allegations, the Democrats are anxious to be seen as tougher on harassment to sharpen their profile in next week's special election in Alabama, where Republican candidate Roy Moore still leads opinion polls despite facing multiple unsavory allegations of his own.

Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said Congress must form a special committee to investigate Russia's interference in the election.

President Donald Trump lashed out at the «Fake News Media» in a series of tweets Saturday in which he distanced himself from special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump on Friday seized on what was wasn't in special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of Russians as evidence that his campaign didn't collude in Moscow's effort to influence the 2016 election.

Now, in a 37 - page indictment, special counsel Robert Muller has laid bare in excruciating detail the details of one Russian scheme, designed in part to benefit Trump's election run.

The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

After a series of electoral missteps and concerns over the special Senate election in Alabama, the party — and Trump — needs a victory it can point to ahead of the 2018 midterms.

In an indictment brought Friday by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, PayPal has become the latest tech company pulled into the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The sanctions specifically targeted Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling.

Democrats added to a string of special elections in which they easily outperformed recent results in red areas.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

One of those named is Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire with links to former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort, who has been charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

On the elections front, Zuckerberg highlighted efforts to identify misinformation and remove «tens of thousands» of fake accounts sharing content related to elections in France and Germany, as well as a special Senate election in the United States.

Trump said he was the target of a «witch hunt» the day after the Justice Department announced the appointment of a special counsel to look into Russian interference in the presidential election.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

U.S. President Donald Trump has a campaign - style rally scheduled March 10 in Pennsylvania, which is the historic heart of the American steel industry and which is now the site of an unexpectedly hard - fought special congressional election.

Sessions began contemplating the option after House Judiciary Committee chairman Robert Goodlatte asked Sessions in July and September to appoint a special counsel to investigate «matters which may be outside the scope» of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, including whether members of President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow to sway the election in his favor.

In a complaint aimed at blocking the certification of Alabama's special election, which is scheduled to take place later on Thursday, Moore's campaign makes accusations of voter fraud and smears against him.

The special counsel Robert Mueller has nearly 50 substantive questions he wants to ask President Donald Trump as part of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

The special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment in February of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm that spread disinformation ahead of the election, indicates that Russian actors wanted to «spread distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general.»

Moore claimed he took the test shortly after losing the special election and that it «concerned allegations of sexual misconduct made against me during the last month of the campaign by Leigh Corfman, Beverly Nelson, and Tina Johnson for «alleged» conduct approximately 30 - 40 years ago.»

WASHINGTON — A group of Republicans will take the House floor Tuesday evening to call for the recusal of Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Cobb has been the lead lawyer representing Trump in an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and possible collusion with Russians by Trump campaign officials.»

The failed Alabama Senate candidate is now suing three women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment (major reasons why the Republican lost the special election in December).

Now, as FBI special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional intelligence committees continue to investigate Russia's election interference, evidence is emerging that the hacking and disinformation campaign waged at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin took at least four separate but related paths.

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

shocked the country when he defeated Republican Roy Moore in the Dec. 12 special election to replace then - GOP Sen. Luther Strange — and he's off to a fine start among voters in Alabama, where 47 percent approve of him and 25 percent disapprove.

In honour of Stephen Harper's speechwriting team — and because I was «pressed for time» — I was hoping to crib this month's special election edition column from an Australian satirist, but that just didn't seem fair dinkum, eh.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has requested that a data analytics company called Cambridge Analytica turn over internal documents as part of its investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

He told the story of a group of Macedonian spammers who tried to sway the Alabama special Senate election but were removed due to the new tools.