Sentences with phrase «state runs elections»

The proposed reforms come after growing criticism of the way the state runs elections and lackluster voter turnout.

Not exact matches

Her campaign has at least 55 offices across the state, a number expected to grow in the final weeks before the election, and has a veteran of the Obama campaign running the show.

«Those who expressed negative views stated that running elections in this country was the sovereign and exclusive responsibility of the states, and they did not want federal intrusion, a federal takeover, or federal regulation of that process.»

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

So with Occupy Wall Street, and Penn State football child molestation allegations, and the dearth of credible Republican candidates to run against a President who seems to have no care other than winning the next election, and Kim Kardashian apparently marrying whomever for millions of....

A Democratic congressman from Ohio got a boost from his state's elections commission on Thursday in his campaign to prevent an anti-abortion group from running billboards attacking him for supporting the healthcare bill.

My first introduction to this world on a personal level was at Virginia's Boys State program, when one of my closest friends ran for governor and was stabbed in the back by a last - minute, back - hallway deal that shifted support to another candidate in exchange for supporting someone else's election as Lieutenant Governor.

ANYONE that runs for president that bases his / her basic beliefs in God and Jesus Christ or someone from upper - state NY, AND WINS the election is a terribly scary proposition.

Romney runs strong with the independents and they decide the elections in the tossup states.

After fleeing to the United States for several years, she returned to Liberia to run for the office of president against Charles Taylor, a man who has since been convicted of war crimes.She lost that election, but through the campaigning process became known as Liberia's Iron Lady.

Senator Xenophon has already said he will leave federal politics to run in the South Australian state election next year.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Edwards, like much of the rest of the state, is now awaiting word from his original running mate, Rick Lazio, as to whether he'll stay in the general election on the Conservative Party line.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson has taken another step toward running for governor, forming a campaign committee to explore a statewide run next year, according to a filing posted Friday at the state Board of Elections.

I'd like to see non partisan elections in New York State or instant run - off voting at the general election.

The re-election campaign committee for Gov. Andrew Cuomo donated $ 11,000 to the state Senate campaign of Democrat Barbara Fiala, who is running an uphill race for a special election to fill a vacant Binghamton - area district.

This book is a particular favourite of mine because, as a teenager, I keenly followed Robert Kennedy's quixotic run for the presidency, and this account encapsulated the frenetic and sometimes chaotic campaign that ended in the traumatic murder of Kennedy, when he had just won the primary election in the largest state in the Union, California, and in one of the most rural, South Dakota.

A sharp - eyed reader wrote in to note the existence of a new campaign committee on the state Board of Elections Website, created by one Gustavo Rivera, who appears to be running in the 33rd SD.

The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.

As the Obama presidency has unfolded, it seems it has been a mixture of both; nevertheless, the fact that Obama did not run for election as a Black candidate (despite winning over 90 % of the votes of the African American community) but rather ran a strategically race - neutral campaign is a testament to the complicated relationship the United States has with race.

The president noted that just as it is the case in the United States, the health of the candidates is something that the electorates will talk about, but then that will not form part of his campaign «I noticed in the US elections too there were issues about candidates» health so it's something that people will talk about but I don't take advantage of a person's health... I believe that I have enough to talk about without running on somebody's health».

Grisanti, who has voluntarily filed six financial reports with the state Board of Elections since September even though he didn't run for re-election this year, started out with $ 72,642, spent $ 35,056 and now has $ 284,273 on hand.

The huge field of Trump - inspired Democrats planning to run in the next two years creates even more demand, though Virginia's 2017 state elections might at least help us find a few new faces.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long just told me that he has received an assurance from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general elecState Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long just told me that he has received an assurance from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general elecstate GOP Chairman Ed Cox that the Republicans are probably going to scrap their controversial plan to establish an independent line for all their designees to run on in the general election.

In the last congressional election in Brazil (where all candidates run state - wide rather than in electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clown.

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According to Moroney, Maragos is trying to figure out whether he might have any «viability» in a general election against Schumer (amazing that in such a short time the senior senator has gone from having zero potential GOP challengers to two; all efforts by state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox to entice someone to run have so far gone nowhere).

Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump was seen as a galvanizing event for many women to run for office in down - ballot races — from local elections, state legislation races and congressional campaigns — this year.

But voters in New York, more than four years away from the next presidential election, prefer former Sen. and soon - to - be-former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton make another run in 2016 over Cuomo.

Timing is the critical question: if the Russian ads ran months before Election Day as part of a package of content aimed at traditional U.S. battleground states, they become less of a sign of potential collusion.

The town supervisor of Bedford has filed papers with the state Board of Elections to run for the state Senate seat being vacated at the end of the year by Westchester County Executive - elect George Latimer.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

Skoufis, meanwhile, had filed with the state Board of Elections to run for Senate.

But speaking to sit - in - host Kwaku Owusu Adjei on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM Tuesday, Koku Anyidoho stated that Mr Amidu who was the NDC running mate to late President Mills in the 2000 elections, strikes only when the NPP is struggling and looking terribly bad in the eyes of the public.

Later yesterday afternoon, the Westchester County Democratic Committee sent out an email informing recipients that a «mini convention» would be called by Chairman Reggie Lafayette for the purpose of selecting a candidate to run for the yet - to - be-called special election to fill the seat of departing state Sen. George Latimer, who will become Westchester County executive on Jan. 1.

And of course the state party may be able to help you if there's no primary (if there is, it's even more important to make friends with other local Democrats who have run and won elections in your district — ask for their endorsement and their list).

Democratic Assemblyman James Skoufis has created a campaign committee geared toward running for the state Senate seat being vacated by Republican Bill Larkin, a filing at the Board of Elections shows.

Regardless of who is selected by local party leaders to run, the special election is expected to be one of the most costly in the state's recent history, given the stakes for control of the chamber.

The state Democratic committee on Friday released an organizing email meant to boost candidates running down ballot this year, pegging the April 24 special election as a «D - Day» for action.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

Republican Party leaders picked Julie Killian to run in a state Senate special election for an open seat that could shift New York's power structure, selecting the former Rye city councilwoman over former Yonkers inspector general Dan Schorr.

Because how do you run for election in New York State, and the cost of that is astronomical, and how do you compete without the money?

Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner has filed to run for the state Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Sue Serino, according to a state Board of Elections filing.

The Republican Candidate for Buffalo Mayor is filing a formal complaint with the State Board of Elections over a campaign ad run by Democratic Incumbent Byron Brown.

Republican Sen. Phil Boyle has formally filed with the state Board of Elections to run for sheriff of Suffolk County.

Democratic state Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, who running for state Senate in a critical special election in Westchester County Tuesday, has the backing of former Vice President Joe Biden, who has cut a last minute automated phone call on her behalf.

Jackson, a former city councilman, is making another run for the seat, according to a filing in April with the state Board of Elections.

A bill that has begun to move through the state Legislature would extend the period between primary and run - off elections in New York City from two to three weeks.

By contrast, the state Democratic Committee spent $ 13.54 million this year on behalf of the campaigns of Cuomo and his running mate, Kathy Hochul, 86.49 percent of its total election - related spending.

After being expelled from the state Senate, Monserrate ran in a special election to fill his seat in 2010.