Sentences with phrase «stand for election so»

This woman has never stood for election so I can't fathom how she should be handed the seat.

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The survey of 925 Americans was conducted as new revelations surfaced that the company connected to the 2016 Trump campaign, Cambridge Analytica, inappropriately harvested personal information on millions of Facebook users The sharp rise in negative feelings is a significant departure from Facebook's standing prior to the 2016 election, when the rise of so - called Fake News and polarizing content led to calls for the company to take greater responsibility for the content on the popular social media site — or face government regulation.

5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.

They are standing for election at this years agm, so please read their bios, be impressed and vote!

Sen. Abu Ibrahim, and four others had filed a suit claiming that the Senate standing orders used for the election of Saraki and Ekweremadu had been forged and so the election should be nullified.

Firstly, encourage the creation of a very serious review into what went wrong for the party at the last election so that mistakes in the message and machine can be dealt with; secondly, encourage the party to create a policy platform ruthlessly focused on generating popularity across the country to raise the party's standing in the polls; and thirdly, secure enough political support that they can ideally walk into Downing Street uncontested.

«But I was elected to parliament to exercise my judgment on behalf of the people I represent... So whenever the election comes I will tell my constituents, with a clear conscience, that I stood up for my convictions, and what I believe to be their best interests.»

Pretty soon they'll be standing for election with new freedoms to talk about, so why aren't they thinking about what they will say?

Survation's figures are not quite so dire for Labour, but, at 18 %, is three points lower on where the party stood in September 2015 and six points down on its 2015 UK general election performance.

A win by Gonzalez would help re-establish the WFP in Albany and also solidify its standing in NYC as a vehicle for reform against the well - established so - called Democratic «machines» in the outer boroughs — particularly Brooklyn and, in the case of the 2009 NYC Council elections, in which the WFP teamed up with HTC and 1199 against party - backed candidates, Queens.

Even in 1860, when most Southern whites hated Lincoln and everything he stood for, and even though he only won about 40 % of the popular vote, there was no question that he had won the election, because the Constitution said so.

However, this is a special election, so Bittner will be forced to stand for re-election in Read more»

«He refused to support the local Conservative council candidate and so we wrote to him last week to say that his position was untenable and he could not stand for us at the general election.

Pressed to say she would not stand in any election, to show her support for Mr Brown, said refused to do so, saying the question was hypothetical.

At present I feel fit and well and I had thought of delaying a decision until I reach 65, but that would have been unfair on the Party and risk the possibility of being so close to an election that there might not be time for a full selection process if I chose to stand down then.

So much for the all the pundits and experts who said Donald Trump wouldn't stand a chance in the general election.

In doing so, Cuomo is essentially daring lawmakers to take a stand on the issue before Election Day — a proposition for candidates or incumbents in tight races is virtually untenable.

The Senate Democrats stand ready to continue the fight for more competitive elections so that New Yorkers will have better representatives, and — most importantly — a stronger voice in Albany.

«We also propose to address an oversight in existing legislation passed during the previous Government's time in office which allows a candidate standing for a single party in a UK parliamentary election to use an emblem on their ballot paper, but does not allow jointly nominated candidates to do so.

«The cabal in the Presidency, their target is this: to indicted you and to kill your political ambition so that you can no longer stand for any future elections; and to show to the international community and Nigerian people that you, Senator lke Ekweremadu, is a corrupt politician.

I now have no idea what Labour stands for and I'm a wannabe Labour voter, but I voted Green Party at the last election because the Labour message was so so dilute and incoherent that I couldn't make sense of it.

Murphy has yet to confirm when and where he might stand for Holyrood, but will face pressure from within the party and from his opponents to do so quickly, rather than wait until the Scottish parliament election in May 2016.

«If the Legislature won't stand up for the people of New York because they're worried about the next election, then I will do so on my own.»

So with this ruling by the court, it is good news because we are going to resume the nomination process and hopefully early next week we will finish up and come up with the list of candidates who will officially stand for this year's election,» he said.

There are arguments for him waiting until the General Election to stand down anyway as MP, because increasingly the General Election isn't so far off so why inflict an unneccessary ballot on people, he might be best to leave it until there are other elections in the area and as he hasn't gone for the Bob Dole strategy of I'm heading for the White House or I'm going home then that probably wouldn't be until next year.

They are fielding so few candidates, that they aren't entitled to a parliamentary party broadcast, only contesting just over 10 % of the seats up for election and not even bothering to stand in many of the seats they currently hold.

«So I will resign my seat in Parliament, trigger a by - election and, your national executive allowing, stand for Ukip.»

In the 2002 French presidential election, for example, so many left - wing candidates stood in the first round that all of them were eliminated, leaving two right - wing candidates, Jacques Chirac and Jean - Marie Le Pen, to contest the run - off.

And so you have an IRA, at age 55 you're still allowed to take the money out without penalty, as long as you do this 72 (t) election, which means that it's a separate periodic payment, I forget what the other E stands for.

The Directors shall serve for staggered terms of three (3) years each so that one - third of the Board of Directors will stand for election at each Annual Meeting after the meeting in which the transition to a staggered Board is adopted.

Scientists are quite free to stand for election, if they think their advice would be so beneficial.

Before the partisan framing sets in, the Tyee Solutions Society thought it might be useful to stand back and consider just what the Climate Action Plan has and hasn't accomplished so far — what's been learned from its successes and lapses, what informed observers say deserves rethinking and what the rival suitors for our support in the coming election have revealed about which elements of the pioneering plan to zero out B.C.'s carbon footprint they may scrap or enhance.