Sentences with phrase «strong candidates»

Producing a short list of strong candidates was in itself a feat, accomplished by applying the right filters to analysis of human and chimpanzee genomes, said co-author Gregory Wray, professor of biology and director of the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology.

«When we had one dominant political party and other smaller parties, elections were always conclusive, but now, by evolution, not by imposition, we have two strong political parties, fielding strong candidates, making the elections extremely competitive,» he added.

The Democrats need STRONG candidates for state & federal races.

As such, the focus is on holding their existing seats, such as the one Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose) has occupied for more than two decades, and pumping resources into the campaigns of a few strong candidates in districts where the odds favor the GOP.

«At a time when progressives need to be fielding strong candidates for every winnable seat, this perpetual deal - making with the Republicans by Suffolk County Democrats is just unacceptable.»

We have a couple of very strong candidates.»

The fact that having two strong candidates in 2015 after having one candidate in 2010 on borrowed votes is seen as progress shows how far we have to go.

The Democrats can win statewide if they run strong candidates, but all of the Dems» Senate candidates since 1994 have been weak compared to respected ex-governor Lamar Alexander and Bill «my family owns the biggest hospital chain in the US» Frist.

From the northern suburbs of New York City to Syracuse to Staten Island to Utica to the Hudson Valley, Democrats were swept out of office despite fielding strong candidates and deploying a top - notch voter mobilization operation.

And in Southold Town, two very strong candidates are running in a special election for the Board of Trustees.

«But we have two very, very strong candidates who I think will assure there will not be a primary.

But Democrats have what they consider two strong candidates in former Obama administration official Ammar Campa - Najjar and retired Navy SEAL Josh Butner.

According to Jeanne Zaino, an executive at Appliedtechonomics and a political scientist, «In the past, the GOP has been able to overcome deficits by running strong candidates on issues like taxes that voters care so much about... The Democratic avalanche [in Latimer's election], however, showed that as important as taxes are to Westchester voters, there is now another issue that gets them even more vexed: Trump.»

When there are two strong candidates and some much weaker third - party candidates, instant runoff clearly does away with the spoiler problem.

«We're fielding strong candidates who don't have to bend their knee to Ralph Lorigo,» he said, also citing the victory of Democratic District Attorney John Flynn last year without the Conservative line.

«They're very both strong candidates,» Brown said.

The GOP has failed to recruit strong candidates against a slate of potential opponents for president who are up for re-election this year — not just Cuomo.

The GOP field in the 19th District already has two strong candidates who have proved their mettle through their first quarter of fundraising.

He says there are two Assembly members from that area that are interested and would make strong candidates.

Let's hope the «R» s run strong candidates against Brooks and Kaminsky.

After years of Blair and Brown, most of the leading figures in the Labour Party who might be strong candidates — David Miliband being the most obvious example — are too Blairite / Brownite to appeal to an electorate that backed Corbyn in such overwhelming numbers.

«That the Democrats have a surplus of potentially strong candidates is a sign that they smell blood in the water,» Levy said in an email.

«It would be a mistake to not field strong candidates in districts that would otherwise be out of reach,» said Democratic consultant Achim Bergmann, a veteran of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Well, unfortunately for Zead Ramadan, his dreamed - of championship match - up is not likely to occur, as there are a number of other strong candidates in the race.

Other possible strong candidates for attorney general include former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (who reportedly may run as an independent), Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who reportedly believes he could run in the Democratic primary, despite legal questions about whether he could also be on the ballot for Congress.

Aside from Hassan in New Hampshire, the DSCC secured strong candidates in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Rockland County continues to churn out tremendous athletes year after year, so there is no dearth of strong candidates as we move forward.»

I was hopeful when Cox first became head of the NYGOP that he could rebuild the party and capitalize on the national mood by fielding strong candidates for office.

«Two very strong candidates, both of whom look like they are going to run for the designation of our party, I think is a very positive sign,» said Cox.

«In a field of strong candidates, Eric stands out as the most experienced, most progressive and most independent leader,» Maloney continued.

Side note: as a matter of fact, some views clustered in a single party may out - and - out contradict each other (strong national defense typically contradicts gay rights denial, because it tends to drive off or exclude strong candidates for national defense positions from consideration.

«We are always looking for strong candidates in the perennial high - need areas, such as special education and high school math and science,» he added, «but overall we should be in really good shape heading into the summer and preparing for the 2018 - 19 school year.»

The Babazorros look like strong candidates for relegation this season, but they usually make things tough at home and will put up a fight against Barça on Saturday.

A pair of strong candidates to be the No. 2 overall pick of the Tennessee Titans will get their chance to make an in - person impression on coach Ken Whisenhunt and other club officials this week.

So they are obviously strong candidates to go down.

In defence, Trent Alexander - Arnold and Andrew Robertson are strong candidates to start in the right and left - back positions respectively, and the former has a huge test on his hands against Leroy Sane, having previously struggled to cope with the pace of Wilfried Zaha and Marcus Rashford.

Although Don Balon says Joachim Low and Jurgen Klopp are also strong candidates for the Madrid job, Conte has apparently claimed he'd be confident of bringing Eden Hazard with him from Chelsea to Madrid.

Another England ace, Chris Smalling of Manchester United, also admitted that Kane was one of his strong candidates, though he did not yet want to reveal who he'd be voting for at the end of the season.

Cbus chairman and former Victorian premier Steve Bracks strongly backed a call for privatisation, saying energy generators and networks were «strong candidates» for sale.

In fact, prisons are strong candidates for being the most bureaucratic places on earth.

But all in all: Those are obviously not such strong candidates, and the president is probably pretty happy about how the campaign is going.

These are all strong candidates, but while watching the movie The Words, starring Bradley Cooper as wanna - be-writer Rory, I think I found the answer.

It may be helpful to elicit some input from family, friends and colleagues to get your list down to some strong candidates.

We are fortunate to have in our research department several strong candidates for joining me as a manager of the Fund.

In 2010, Naheed Nenshi came up through the middle of two strong candidates to win the 2010 election with 39 % of the vote.

For fundamentals, investing in emerging blockchain technologies, using stringent criteria to identify strong candidates from trustworthy, well - managed businesses.

Strong candidates will have 1 - 3 years of consulting, M&A, strategy, or corporate development experience out of a first - tier undergraduate program and find intrinsic reward in an unstructured environment where individuals define their roles, own their actions and have outsized impact.

We will do anything we can to help identify strong candidates as well as to publicly support actions that the San Francisco Fed takes to ensure progress on diversifying its Board of Directors and executive leadership.

«Sales Talent Agency provided a selection of strong candidates in a timely manner and were of great assistance in securing a superior candidate to fill the role.»

The goal of hiring software is to avoid human pitfalls, such as overlooking potentially strong candidates who may not seem desirable at first glance, said Matt Doucette, director of global talent acquisition at Monster Worldwide.