Sentences with phrase «stated after this last election»

President Obama all but stated after this last election that domestic cap and trade is a non-starter — a reality which will not change with the next election cycle.

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Budget cuts not possible - Buswell The state government's economic policy was in tatters last night after Treasurer Troy Buswell conceded he would not achieve the controversial 3 per cent cuts expected to pay for election promises in this year's budget.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

The Kogi State governorship election tribunal has struck the petition of James Faleke, running mate to late Audu Abubakarwho died shortly after the state governorship election exercise last year NoveState governorship election tribunal has struck the petition of James Faleke, running mate to late Audu Abubakarwho died shortly after the state governorship election exercise last year Novestate governorship election exercise last year November.

While the Berks County legislator, a longtime advocate of limited government who billed himself as the true conservative in the primary, has neither encouraged or discouraged the nascent write - in movement, which began to take shape only a few days after the state's bruising primary election — a lopsided contest in which the heavily - favored attorney general and the GOP establishment unleashed a last - minute barrage of negative ads against Rohrer's insurgent candidacy.

The Pennsylvania hopeful said she was texting other women candidates last Tuesday night as woman after woman moved onto the general election in the four states.

After all, the party won well over 40 % support at the last election, with a lot of it coming from older and white British voters, from Leavers, and from those with small - c Conservative values and a belief in a smaller, less active state.

This is coming barely twenty - four hours after James Faleke, running mate to late Audu Abubakar who died shortly after the state governorship election exercise last year November equally had his petition struck out by the court.

A few weeks after election day last November, I attended a panel discussion at the New School about the governors race and the state senate elections.

The Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has surprisingly congratulated Donald Trump for his historic win, in the just ended elections in the United States of America (USA), after snubbing an invitation from the same man to attend his endorsement at the Republicans National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland — Ohio, last July.

Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two seats in the US Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the last election, so 3 seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)

The special elections on Tuesday for the seats formerly held by Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver, the two state legislative leaders who were forced to depart Albany after being convicted on corruption charges last year, were supposed to be a test of how long a shadow corruption could cast on a race.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.

Mr Olumekun, who successfully conducted the last Edo State governorship election, where he also served as the REC, gave the assurance on 20th September after visiting the Eti - Osa Local government office to ascertain the level of preparedness for the election.

After allowing the sales - tax extension to clear the state legislature last winter, Cahill had reminded the county that he'd come calling again on the election takeover at budget time this fall.

The state Democratic Party's federal election account received $ 45,000 in donations from NU employees after May emailed his fundraising request last September.

Akunyili, in the suit No CA / E / EPT / 2011 which she filed at the appeal, is challenging the decision of the National / State Assembly Election Tribunal Awka, which last month upheld the election of Senator Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the winner of the election after striking out her pElection Tribunal Awka, which last month upheld the election of Senator Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the winner of the election after striking out her pelection of Senator Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the winner of the election after striking out her pelection after striking out her petition.

Aside from accepting one initial contribution on April 30, 2014, there was no record of activity by Grow Connecticut until after Foley's victory last week in the GOP primary, when Clark Hill faxed a registration form to the State Elections Enforcement Commission registering it as a stateState Elections Enforcement Commission registering it as a statestate PAC.

Shortly after last year's election, he spent nearly a week based out of a state emergency operations center in Cheektowaga after the region was hit by a November blizzard.

After winning majorities last fall, Republicans managed to lose leadership elections in New Hampshire and Washington state.

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans are also feeling bullish about Republican Greg Bernard, who won a special election to fill the remainder of former Yorktown Town Board Member Terrence Murphy's term after Murphy departed at the end of last year to take a seat in the state Senate.

Now, after once again coming up short in last year's elections, Democrats in the mainline conference are making a public show of independence from a governor who, despite sharing their political affiliation, has shown little desire of seeing the conference take the lead in the state Senate.

After winning one of Rockland County's key elections last night, Democratic State Senator David Carlucci will keep his seat representing the 38th district.

Last year, after Cuomo appointed several sitting state legislators to his cabinet, he scheduled special elections to coincide with scheduled primary elections, sparing counties the significant costs associated with holding special elections.

After the 2016 elections, Republicans controlled «4,170 state legislative seats after last week's elections, while Democrats will control 3,129 seats in the nation's 98 partisan legislative chambers,» according to the After the 2016 elections, Republicans controlled «4,170 state legislative seats after last week's elections, while Democrats will control 3,129 seats in the nation's 98 partisan legislative chambers,» according to the after last week's elections, while Democrats will control 3,129 seats in the nation's 98 partisan legislative chambers,» according to the Hill.

A political dynamo who brags of raising millions of dollars for his state party and traveling to 30 states to campaign for Democrats over the last two years, Ellison announced his candidacy shortly after November's election.

After saying last week that the state would just repeal the legislation next year if Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy wins the election in November, Sweeney began backing away from the claim on Monday.

Former Sen. Richard Lugar, R - Indiana, lost his seat in the last election cycle after it was revealed he lived in McLean, Virginia, not in the Hoosier state.

After the landmark ethics overhaul enacted last year, the State Board of Elections has developed rules for the disclosure of spending by outside groups, but those that don't explicitly advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate are exempt from this requirement.

In the special election last month to fill the vacancy in state Assembly District 107 left by Steven McLaughlin after his election to Rensselaer County executive, Republican Jacob Ashby narrowly edged out Cynthia Doran, a Democrat, by fewer than 300 votes.

A letter from state Democrats last month laying out the Senate unity plan indicated the special elections won't be held until after the budget process is completed.

Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins exited Albany last month after winning a City Council seat, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to call a special election to fill the vacancy in the capital.

Not only does U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara still have ongoing probes after already having convicted the two top legislative leaders last year, but state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman has referred a number of cases for criminal prosecution as well.

ALBANY — After reading that state Sen. John Sampson uttered just one word from the Senate floor in the last legislative session, his primary - election opponent offered one word of his own: Resign.

Last year, Gov. Rick Scott called a special election after state Sen. Jeff Clemens resigned in October after acknowledging an extramarital affair with a lobbyist.

(In a rational political state, the Aqueduct report, coming so close to Election Day, would be devastating to Brooklyn's Sampson, who has wrung up one ethical transgression after another and fumbled his way through last year's Senate coup.

Against the backdrop of reported protest by Police officers over non-payment of allowances after the Ondo State governorship election, the Nigerian Police hierarchy disclosed last Night that allowances of Policemen who took part in last Saturday's governorship election, are being paid noting that those yet to get their allowances presented moribund account numbers.

The chancellor has been under pressure to soften cuts pencilled in by Osborne after last year's general election, as he sought to meet the Conservatives» manifesto pledge to slice # 12bn from the cost of the welfare state.

«It is no longer news that AD in Ondo State has been engulfed in a serious crisis, especially immediately after the last governorship election.

East Hampton Town Ethics Committee East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson announced last Thursday night that the town ethics board had found no wrongdoing after being asked to look into whether Len Bernard, the budget officer, had acted improperly in corresponding from his town office with the state comptroller and a member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November election.

National Democrats are focused on winning back state houses from Republicans; they were recently introduced to the odd arrangement in New York's Senate after Rep. Keith Ellison, deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, tweeted a picture of himself with NY Sen. Marisol Alcantara — who won election last fall and joined the IDC after being endorsed by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

«It's very important for us to work with a lot of these groups that have grown organically, particularly after last year's presidential election, and recruit candidates to run for the state Senate,» he said.

Judge Claude M. Hilton of U.S. District Court in Alexandria decided to extend registration after the state elections website crashed on Monday, Oct. 17, the last day for Virginians to get on the rolls.

That happened the last time NYSUT decided to remain neutral in a governor's race back in 2002 when then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (the official Democratic designee after Cuomo dropped his longshot primary challenge one week before the September election) squared off against GOP Gov. George Pataki.

But after Democrats failed to retake the State Senate last year, and after the 2014 election season was over, with Cuomo victorious, the governor and his lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul both declared the abortion plank of the act officially dormant, if not dead.

Voters may put education at the top of their list of concerns, as poll after poll shows, but how that plays out based on last week's state elections is a tricky business.

The above is just a small sampling of post-election headlines which flooded the media after last Tuesday's historic election, which generated a major political shakeup in the nation's capital as well as state houses from coast to coast.

Signed by Gov. Chris Christie last month after drawing bipartisan support, Greenwald's law allowed districts to move school board elections from April to November, with the stated goal of increasing voter turnouts from what are typically only about 15 percent of registered voters.

After what we've seen the GOP try to pass in states all across the nation prior to the last 2012 election, I see no reason this safeguard against voter suppression should be limited to just Southern states as suggested by VRA of 1965 but now should be expanded to apply to ALL 50 states.