Sentences with phrase «support among party leaders»

But first he wants to line up support among party leaders in the 50th Senate District.

«While state chairman Ed Cox is being very neutral, there is a growing support among party leaders for Donald Trump.»

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Rachael Maskell is among politicians supporting a call by her party's leader for a new War Powers Act to require ministers to consult MPs first before taking such action in the future.

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

The NY Post reports this morning that a group of African - American Democratic leaders, headed by state Party Co-Chair Keith Wright, are mobilizing to try to erode the support among black voters enjoyed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as he heads into the final weeks of his NYC comptroller battle with his primary opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

Despite the deep opposition to Corbyn in the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), the leader's base of support among the grassroots remains solid.

Here, Ruth Dixon explores leader satisfaction among party supporters as a way of measuring the level of «enthusiastic support.»

Faso began talking up Gibson among local Republican leaders and helped connect him with party machers who helped him raise money and choked off support for other would - be candidates, allowing Gibson to skip a primary.

Today Mr Lansman leapt to the embattled leader's defence on Twitter, pointing at the support for Mr Corbyn among Labour members and arguing «democracy» in the party was vital.

The argument against Corbyn isn't about his personal image and manner though, it's that he'd put the Labour party in a ideological and policy position that wouldn't win votes, that the Labour party itself would risk ripping itself apart under a leader with little support among the Parliamentary party and a long history of rebellion.

The bulk of Farron's support is among the grassroots of the party and he has been backed by the leaders of the Scottish and Welsh branches, Willie Rennie and Kirsty Williams, more than 100 former Lib Dem election candidates and more than 200 of the party's leading councillors.

The Labour leader secured more than double the support of his rival with 54 per cent among party supporters compared to just 22 per cent for Smith.

Among other results, Lord Ashcroft's polls suggested that the growth in SNP support would translate into more than 50 seats; [124] that there was little overall pattern in Labour and Conservative Party marginals; [125] that the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas would retain her seat; [126] that both Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage would face very close races to be elected in their own constituencies; [127] and that Liberal Democrat MPs would enjoy an incumbency effect that would lose fewer MPs than their national polling implied.

Paradoxically, that should worry Labour's leader, for the party is haemorrhaging support among people who voted for the party in May but currently back air strikes.

Labour denied reports of a heated telephone conversation between Brown and Clegg, and support among Brown's Cabinet colleagues remained strong, but one backbencher, John Mann, urged Brown to step aside as Labour leader before the party conference in September, arguing that Brown's continued leadership «rules out the credibility of a Lib / Lab pact».

He governs like a heavy handed mean - spirited thug, and has engendered support among my fellow Democrats largely through fear,» said Democratic District Leader Arthur Schwartz, one of two Democratic Party officials in the State who supported Zephyr Teachout in the Democratic Primary for governor.

Ms. Rice had the most support among Democratic officials at the state Democratic convention in May — though party leaders ultimately decided to allow all five candidates on the primary ballot — and is considered by her opponents to have the implicit backing of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for governor.

A senior Lib Dem source said the party believes leader Nick Clegg personally enjoys strong support among the remaining quarter of voters.»

There is a remarkable split among Democratic officials and party leaders between those supporting Ms. Throne - Holst and those backing Mr. Calone.