Sentences with phrase «surprising endorsement of»

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Since Carter's affiliation with Budweiser and the money that comes to him from exhibitions, tournament prizes, TV, endorsements and other sources have made him one of the richest athletes in the country, this was not surprising.

Sean Coffey has landed the second newspaper endorsement of his AG bid from the Irish Voice — a not - so - surprising development, considering the fact that he is a first - generation Irish - American.

This doesn't come as a huge surprise for the Democrat - turned - Republican - turned - independent mayor, particularly considering the extended interview he gave to the NY Times about his endorsements of candidates across the country whom he views as «centrist» in an effort to counteract the polarizing force of the Tea Party.

His endorsement of Turner isn't too terribly surprising, since he backed the Queens businessman in last year's NY - 9 special election in which Turner stunned the political establishment by defeating Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin.

It comes as no surprise that Quinn, the only female in the mayor's race, has cornered the endorsements of the city's major women's groups.

It's not a big surprise, though, especially after Maloney's report that he had $ 310,000 on hand after the first three months of fundraising this year, and his endorsement by several labor unions.

Cook told YNN Friday he was flattered but not surprised by the high level of interest in his party's endorsement.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's mayoral campaign wasted no time in capitalizing on the Democratic candidate's surprise endorsement yesterday from Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the DOMA case that led to one of the historic same - sex marriage rulings by the US Supreme Court yesterday.

So it was the timing — not the substance — of the 84 - year - old activist's endorsement that took the speaker by surprise.

Several savvy residents in the 31st Senate District were surprised to receive a robocall from one of the four Democrats vying for Sen. Eric Schneiderman's seat, Mark Levine, that touted praise he had received from the Times in its endorsement editorial yesterday.

Teachout called the endorsement a «surprising rebuke» of the sitting governor, whose campaign hopes to appeal to women with a new «Women's Equality Party» line on the November ballot.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just gave a full - throated endorsement to the tax cap plan unveiled this morning by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, insisting it is «right in line with every piece» of his original proposal and should come as no surprise to the Senate Republicans.

But the endorsement of Teachout for the 19th congressional district is not a surprise for the WFP, which has been enthusiastic in its support of her campaign, which launched last month.

«It's not surprising that the same week Eric Schneiderman lands the coveted endorsements of the New York Times, Citizens Union, Mayor Brown, UFT, Rev. Sharpton, and Scott Stringer, his trailing opponents lob desperate attacks at him.

Yet while the endorsement may look surprising on the surface, it does actually make some sense given that Dappy is / was one of the clients managed by Norman Lamb's son, Archie.

It may not be an obvious target market for him, but Jeremy Corbyn has received a surprise endorsement from the heart of Hollywood.

The Times endorsement of Schneiderman isn't a surprise.

This doesn't come as any big surprise, since DiNapoli has been slowly rolling out the official endorsements of many AFL members.

While McCoy and Hein's endorsements Thursday of a fellow Democrat came as no surprise, a Siena College poll released in April found that 53 percent had no opinion of sitting first - term Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, leaving the door open to a challenge.

«I'm not surprised at the mayor's endorsement, because of the deal announced about a week ago,» Mr. Koppell told the Observer.

Hoffman expressed surprise Thursday about the city of Fulton's GOP endorsement, which came on the same day he spent almost three hours in the city meeting people at Mimi's Drive - In on Route 481.

Flanagan's endorsement of Trump was not a surprise, considering he had pledged to back the Republican nominee.

(Their endorsement of Massey was surprising as Malliotakis had received a very good reception in a May appearance.)

This endorsement doesn't come as a big surprise — just like Cuomo's entrance into the race was long expected, so too has his likely support of many labor unions, particularly since he's the only Democratic candidate for governor.

No review of Mahoney's career would be complete without discussing her surprise cross-party endorsement of Cuomo in his first race for governor.

«The League of Conservation Voters endorsement of Hillary Clinton is not surprising,» Friends of the Earth Action president Erich Pica told ThinkProgress.

The decision was no surprise: Meyer, who is running for a second term on the bench, received the party's endorsement in 2005 and was the «overwhelming choice» when members of the state executive committee opted to authorize him in July, New York State Conservative Party Executive Director Shaun Marie told the Sun on Friday.

My parents think that they have the best Caesar salad of any they've tasted (a winning endorsement from two Caeser salad connoisseurs), but I think that it's their seasonal menu surprises with loads of local Northern Michigan flair that really wow.

Is it any surprise that the National Education Association was so fast out of the gate with an endorsement for President Obama's reelection?

A week ago, when Dana Nessel surprised most Democrats by winning her party's endorsement for the state attorney general's race, the MEA was one of only a handful of unions that endorsed Nessel over former U.S. Attorney Pat Miles, who was backed by the UAW and the Michigan AFL - CIO.

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They had not, which explains why many of the experts expressed anger and surprise back in June when they saw what appeared to be their endorsement of the moratorium.

Why are we surprised at Hansen's endorsement of this book?

I wish to apologize for my misguided attempt to mark a moment in history by humour in the courtroom following the surprising result in the United States election... [It] was not intended in any way as a political statement or endorsement of any political views and in particular the views and comments of Donald Trump.

The federal court claim came as a surprise to the independent bottler following decades of support, endorsement and encouragement from its corporate partner (more...)

The federal court claim came as a surprise to the independent bottler following decades of support, endorsement and encouragement from its corporate partner.

To make matters worse, many people saw Coinbase's surprising move to open up BCH trading the same week, without public preamble, as an endorsement of BCH.

For both men and women, general support for social inequality was associated with endorsement of traditional gender power dynamics in the bedroom, which is perhaps not surprising (i.e., if you support inequality at a general level, you are likely to support more specific forms of inequality, even those that personally disadvantage you).