Sentences with phrase «supports holding the elections»

Krueger said she supports holding the elections in early March, before the budget is due.

Krueger say she supports holding the elections in early March, before the budget is due.

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The bloc is holding key elections in several member states at a time when rising support for anti-euro and anti-European parties threatens the current political system.

His lack of experience could hold him back, but the MSP for Central Scotland is a member of the Campaign for Socialism and his support for Corbyn could see him surprise many in the leadership election.

The Russians were also accused of promoting discord after the election by simultaneously holding New York rallies, one in support of Trump's victory and another under the name «Trump is NOT my President!»

The NDP saw a spike of support in constituency in the the 2001 election, but have not had much success in the three elections held since.

Magna for the first time reported the detailed results of director elections held in May, showing that the former Ontario premier won just 38 per cent support from shareholders for his re-election to the Magna board.

As things stand Labour, which campaigned at the election on holding a referendum on AV, is not going to support the bill because of what it sees as gerrymandering.

If the governing party required the support of these MPs for its majority, it would lose control of the Commons and could, potentially, either be compelled to stand aside or hold a further election.

since I became Prime Minister I have said there should be no election until 2020 but now I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions I must take.

First, pretty much all of the continent is now holding multi-party elections, and support for democracy within African societies remains high.

Since I became prime minister I have said that there should be no election until 2020, but now I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions I must take.

Those are the two conflicting viewpoints following a surprise win by a Bernie Sanders supporting candidate in a special election this week for an Assembly seat that went overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 and has traditionally been easily held by Republicans.

But the embattled Alabama Senate candidate, who is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted, harassed or made sexual advances toward teenagers, still appears to have the support of a big chunk of his base ahead of the special election being held on Dec. 12: Alabama's white evangelical Protestants.

At 17 %, the party's support has eased (a statistically insignificant) one point on the constituency vote, while it has held steady at 19 % on the list, both still relatively good figures as compared with the party's performance at previous Holyrood elections.

The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

While voters in democracies usually only incrementally change the party that they support relative to a prior election, every now and then, a party will go from being a leading or majority party, to holding only a small part of the legislature in a single election.

After reading a negative statement about Cusick raising taxes repeatedly, Donovan got 44 percent support, with Cusick receiving 36 percent, if the election were held today.

The Tenants PAC does not endorse candidates in federal elections, but it did honor one of Wright's opponents in September — Sen. Adriano Espaillat — for participating in a sit - in in support of rent control that was held at the Capitol in June.

On the eve of Election Day 2017, a state Assembly member from Brooklyn held a press conference focused on voter engagement and turnout, but it wasn't in support of his own candidacy — he's not up for reelection until next year — or anyone else's.

I don't put much store in opinion polls, but if true it would only indicate roughly what you would expect to happen at this point in the parliament - 32 % isn't that much lower than Labour got in the 2005 General Election and all it would suggest is that the Liberal Democrats are having a reversal - tactical voting could see them holding onto many of their current seats, indeed it is even possible that if they got 17 % of the vote that if it focused in an area that they could actually end up with more seats, where the switches in support are occuring is crucial - if they are focused then if the Conservative Party were to get 39 % then it might still result in them getting fewer seats than Labour or in extremis winning a 150 seat majority or so?

To give one example from the election campaign, the Conservatives depicted Miliband as being in the pocket of Alex Salmond and as a puppet on a string held by Nicola Sturgeon, in posters warning of the dangers of a Labour minority government dependent on SNP support.

The 2011 act brought an end to that discretion and now elections are only held at the end of the five year period (unless two - thirds of parliament support early dissolution or there is a vote of no confidence).

According to a Marist College Institute for Public Opinion survey released Monday, 47 percent of New York State voters would back Pataki and 45 percent would support Gillibrand if the general election were held today, with 8 percent undecided.

[109] The Labour Party held a leadership election, in which Jeremy Corbyn, then a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, [110] was considered a fringe hopeful when the contest began, receiving nominations from just 36 MPs, one more than the minimum required to stand, and the support of just 16 MPs.

Although he favors a special election, Mr. LaValle did not support holding it at the same time as the school votes.

Fresh from observing Liberia's general elections held on 10th October, Head of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) and Chair, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in company with INEC and ECONEC officials earlier today met with the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Coordinator and Resident Representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Mr Babacar Cisse to advocate for support for the Commission Electorale Independante of Cote'd» Ivoire (CEI).

A survey for BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend in 94 constituencies held by the Lib Dems, or where the party has a good chance of winning at the next election, suggests support is stronger for Mr Clegg.

When I mentioned Scozzafava's ties to the ACORN - run WFP, Boehner political operative Don Seymour insisted this did not change his boss's support for her or his desire to have a Republican succeed Rep. (and incoming Secretary of the Army) John McHugh in the special election likely to be held November 3rd.

«Less than five weeks until Election Day and Martins sits in a very strong position — a 25 - point lead, holding 82 percent of Republicans, winning among independents nearly two - to - one and picking up the support of one - third of Democrats,» said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.

At 1 p.m., state GOP Chair Ed Cox will be in Erie County in support of the GOP ticket and will hold a joint media availability with Erie County GOP Chair Nick Langworthy to discuss the remaining weeks of the 2016 election, Erie County GOP Headquarters, 715 Main St., Suite 102, Buffalo.

The new intake may not have moved the PLP decisively to the Left, but support for accountability is a welcome step forward, even if elections are now to be held every two years.

The Atiku Campaign Organization, ACO, has boasted of securing at least 60 percent of All Progressives Congress, APC, delegates» support across the country, exuding absolute confidence that it can achieve an outright win if the elections were to hold today.

But, at the Press conference held in Akure today, Ajewole noted that President Jonathan would get the support of all friends and loyalists of Atiku during the Presidential election.

The Buhari Media Support Group has condemned the needless violence and killings that trailed the State and National Assembly re-run elections which held in Rivers on December 10.

If November's general election for U.S. Senate in New York were held today, 67 % of registered voters statewide would support Schumer while 25 % would cast their ballot for the Republican challenger, Kudlow.

The NDC's unity walk campaign forms part of strategies toward reorganizing its support base and to re-energise party faithful as it plans to recapture power in the next general elections to be held in 2020.

The group stated that, they had water tight evidence to support their claim of a meeting held last week in Kumasi at the instance of Akufo - Addo, where Nana Akufo - Addo is said to have deployed Kofi Jumah, Amoako Tufuor and others to form mushroom groups with what the group described as «wicked purposes» in springing forth «outright lies» and «concoction of untruths» that will translate into setting the stage to blame innocent people in the Kufuor faction against the outcome of the 2016 elections.

In the parliamentary election held under the same system, fewer voters supported minor parties and the total percentage of disenfranchised voters fell to about 12 %.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

The loss of Obama's former Senate seat, held in the interim by Roland Burris, would illustrate the drop in support for the president and his party in the two years since his election as the nation's first African - American leader.

«Whether it is their support for irresponsible economic policies, opposition to drilling, or stashing thousands in campaign donations from Charlie Rangel, we plan to hold Democrats accountable in the run - up to Election Day,» said Spain.

Take the regional seats in the Welsh Assembly, for example, which is the most extreme case: since Labour support is concentrated in four out of six regions in which Labour already holds most if not all seats, a Labour vote in the election for those regional seats is absolutely wasted.

Former Rep. Tom Reynolds, who held the 26th from 1998 to 2008 and spent two elections as the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, is supporting her.

They may hold their nose when they vote for Baucus, but they certainly aren't voting for Rehberg who protested the recent closing of the Rocky Mountain Front to oil exploration, something even former GOP Senator Conrad Burns supported (cynics may believe Burns» change of heart on the Rocky Mountain Front had more to do with the 2006 election).

If November's elections were held today, voters divide about whether they would support their current elected official or if they would vote for someone else.

With no recourse into a coalition with the SPD, these smaller parties now hold a significant amount of leverage during coalition talks, as without their support, Merkel's party risk having to call a new election.

The campaign forms part of the NDC's strategies toward reorganizing its support base and re-energise party faithful as it plans to recapture power in the next general elections to be held in 2020 after suffering a humiliating defeat in the general elections held on December 7, 2016 at the hands of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

«Today I call on Gov. [Andrew M.] Cuomo to tell the people of New York without any equivocation whether he supports a yes or a no vote on the Constitutional Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional convention next year.