Sentences with phrase «state primary this year»

In addition to the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the state primary this year would also fall on the last day of Rosh Hashanah.

Not exact matches

But nobody in his camp was prepared for the outcome: Turnout in the off - year primary was nearly double what the Grayson campaign anticipated, as Paul piled up an eye - popping 23 - point margin across the state.

That year, just a decade ago, it was hard to imagine that a President of the United States would ever use a social media channel as a primary form of communication.

The organization's primary function is to promote cultural, strategic and trade alliances between the member states and has been expanding its focus over recent years to touch more on trade and politics.

A primary advantage of this philosophy arises due to the way the taxation system is setup in the United States, which creates an inherent edge that accrues to the passive strategy as the years go by and compounding works its magic.

Beginning with Columbine 19 years ago, more than 150,000 students attending at least 170 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus, according to a Washington Post analysis of online archives, state and federal enrollment figures, and news stories.

Add to that both thousands of years of tribal warfare and the political insertion of the Jewish state into Palestine by the UN and America's support of Israel and there is little reason to believe religion per se is a primary cause.

At least 20 other states in the U.S. allow 17 - year - olds to vote in primaries, but Ohio's election chief had interpreted Ohio's laws in a way that kept 17 - year - old's presidential votes from counting.

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

As in past years, we will bring together young scholars — untenured professors, postdoctoral scholars, and dissertation - writing doctoral students — to discuss primary sources from the founding era on the origins of the American understanding of church - state relations and religious freedom.

The facts are: (a) that he inherited an enormous batch of problems from eight years of incompetent Republican leadership; and (b) the Republicans in Congress have stated quite clearly that their primary goal is to oppose everything President Obama tries to do.

Today, Garnett says, almost every major natural grocery retailer in the United States sells Steaz drinks, including Whole Foods Market Inc. «The 24 - to 34 - year - old professional female is our primary customer,» he says.

«For many years, «going green» was the domain of idealistic environmentalists who championed the cause of preserving our planet as a primary goal,» the company states, noting that the sector was often «too preoccupied with generating profit to be concerned with such matters.»

Himself a candidate for governor of California in 1962 (he lost in a primary to Richard Nixon), Shell worked this year as the state's finance chairman for the Goldwater presidential campaign and ran interference for the GOP just as resolutely as he did when he was captain and a valuable blocking back for the undefeated USC team that shut out Tennessee 14 - 0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl game.

ESPN will continue to be primary host broadcaster in the United States and it will be the third year into the new TV deal.

Steiner agreed but set four conditions, each of which went against common practice of the day: 1) that the school be open to all children; 2) that it be coeducational; 3) that it be a unified twelve - year school; 4) that the teachers, those individuals actually in contact with the children, have primary control of the school, with minimum interference from the state or from economic sources.

The Government has also committed to investing # 150m a year until 2020 to improve the quality of sport provision in every state primary school in England in the form of the PE and sport premium, because high quality provision — resulting from approaches like HDHK — can lead to dramatic improvements in children's health, behaviour and attainment.

Differences in weight patterns continue even after complementary foods are introduced.4 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that health care providers in primary care settings use the 2000 CDC growth reference charts for children and teens aged 2 to 20 years to monitor growth in the United States.

In 2005 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which monitors the state of the world's forests every few years, reported that 13 million hectares of global forests are lost annually, including 6 million hectares of what are described as primary forests - some of the most biologically diverse ecological systems in the world.

Still, remember that the American Academy of Pediatrics, in their latest guidelines state that «The primary care clinician should initiate an evaluation for ADHD for any child 4 through 18 years of age who presents with academic or behavioral problems and symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity.»

The Permanent Secretary, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr. Yinka Osuntogun, commended the National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) for their sustained support for the implementation of various programmes under the scheme over the years, such as the Interactive Radio Instruction (I.R.I.) which, according to him, had tremendously developed Training and Learning situation in our Nomadic and Migrant Farmers Primary Schools.

(b) A United States citizen who is 17 years of age, is a resident in this State, and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election may vote in any intervening primary or special election that occurs before the next general election.

Kellner lost his Democratic primary for city council last year and did not run for re-election to the state Assembly this year.

2012 is a presidential year and the ECONOMY is the primary issue, not a law that the Governor stated benefits only 100,000 people at the most.

Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins released a fundraising invitation for state Senate candidate Robert Jackson, who is challenging in incumbent IDC Sen. Marisol Alcantara in a primary next year.

Kennedy narrowly defeated Grant in a primary for the 63rd State Senate District two years ago.

Seeking to put to rest rumors that his support of Doug Hoffman might be wavering, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long sent a memo today to NY - 23 county leaders and committee members seeking to tie Hoffman's GOP primary opponent, Matt Doheny, to the woman he forced out of last year's special election, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava.

The fact that this is a presidential election year stacks the deck against Republicans to begin with in this Democrat - dominated state, although whoever wins the GOP primary will have more time than ususal between then and the November general election to focus on the real target: Gillibrand.

Rangel is once again facing a heated Democratic primary this year, facing off against state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who narrowly lost in 2012, along with the Rev. Michael Walron and Yolanda Garcia.

The New York State Democratic Party plans on blocking a proposed resolution at its May 23 - 24 convention that would allow independent or «unaffiliated» voters to vote in this year's Democratic primary for governor.

The race may be more than a year away, but former NYC Councilman Robert Jackson is already getting support from an old foe — Micah Lasher — for his planned 2018 primary challenge against freshman breakaway Democratic state Sen. Marisol Alcantara.

When Zephyr Teachout, then a little - known Fordham Law School professor, challenged Cuomo in a primary four years ago, one of the state's largest public workers unions, PEF, endorsed her, while NYSUT decided to sit out the governor's race entirely, declining to pick a favorite.

An August primary date still fits within the parameters of the law and 14 other states held primaries that month last year.

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato, who crossed party lines and backed Cuomo for governor four years ago, is endorsing state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco in the Republican primary (if there is one) for governor.

He pointed to the next state primary, which is scheduled for the third Tuesday in September and falls on Rosh Hashanah this year.

Former Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, who suffered a dramatic Democratic mayoral primary defeat to Joe Ganim last year, was named acting director of the New York State Thruway Authority Monday.Finch, 60, was appointed by the authority's board of directors...

In our initial analysis of Indiana Senate races, we find just five races that have the potential to flip to the Democrats: The open SD26 being vacated by State Sen. Doug Eckerty in the Muncie / Anderson area; SD 29 in the Indianapolis / Carmel area where State Sen. Mike Delph just won a spirited primary; SD38 in the Terre Haute / Brazil area that went to the GOP four years ago; and the twin SDs 45 and 46 in the Jeffersonville / Clark County area where Sens. Ron Grooms and Jim Smith both won tight races in 2014.

The programme which will kick off in April this year, with three hundred (300) Coding Centers across six (6) Education Districts in Lagos State to be commissioned, marking the beginning of the CodeLagos after - school programme in both public and private schools — primary, secondary & tertiary.

But there has been political tension between the governor and Mr. Klein, who may face a primary challenge from Oliver Koppell, a former assemblyman and City Council member from the Bronx, who served as state attorney general for a year during the administration of Mr. Cuomo's father.

As the head of his conference's campaign efforts for the past seven years, Gianaris might have an advantage in a potential crowded primary field, as he's spent the past several election cycles getting to know top Democrats in every corner of the state.

Last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat's campaign circulated a tough mailer against his primary opponent, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, in which they accused Mr. Linares of «betraying» the community by backing Rep. Charlie Rangel over Mr. Espaillat's bid to become the country's first Dominican - American congressman earlier this year and for taking campaign contributions from special interests.

Democrats will have a competitive primary between state Rep. Steve Santarsiero and small - business owner Shaughnessy Naughton (who ran a competitive race in last year's primary).

Koch, who swept past Brooklyn assemblyman Frank J. Barbaro and 36 - year - old Melvin Kerensky — an associate of Lyndon H. La Rouche, Jr. — to win the Democratic primary and trounced state lawmaker John A. Esposito by a two - to - one margin to capture the Republican nomination, said that he would campaign evenings and weekends while relying heavily on television advertising in the general election.

«The election will not be taken for granted by me,» said Koch, who had been elected mayor four years earlier by defeating incumbent Mayor Abe Beame, colorful congresswoman Bella Abzug, and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo in a crowded and bitterly contested Democratic primary and runoff before whipping Republican Roy M. Goodman and Cuomo, who was running on the Liberal Party ticket, in the general election.

All of the state's primaries, except for the presidential primary, which is scheduled for April, this year used to be held in September.

During last year's New York Democratic primary, Sanders caught some flack for stating he thought tokens were still used to gain entry.

The deadline to switch was in October of last year, long before the primary season began and serious voter interest in this state was sparked.

At noon, Adam Haber (who lost a Nassau County executive primary to Tom Suozzi last year) announces his candidacy for the state Senate, VFW Post 5253, 155 Searingtown Road, Albertson.

Terry Gipson, a former Democratic state senator from the Hudson Valley, has reportedly approached party activists about challenging Cuomo in the Democratic primary next year.

Terry Gipson, a former one - term state senator who had the backing of de Blasio, is considering challenging Cuomo from the left in the Democratic primary next year.