Sentences with phrase «third election term»

After all, even Tony Blair's disastrous and unpopular decision to go to war in Iraq did not stop him winning a third election term.

Not exact matches

Following Mayor Stephen Mandel «s recent announcement that he will be running for a third - term in office, I have a couple of quick thoughts on the October Municipal election:

Why have one - quarter to one - third of evangelical church leaders changed their opinion of the term since the election?

Rwanda counts votes as Kagame eyes third - term + + + Kenyans in the city flee for rural safety ahead of Tuesday's elections + + + Businesses in Burundi count losses as electricity crisis continues

Unfortunately, as we speak, countries like Burundi and Rwanda are currently undergoing very dangerous political endeavors of third term projects tinkering with their Constitutions, these negative exemplars in our continent graphically underscores the significance of the price of the peace we are enjoying here consequent upon the successful 2015 elections even though not perfect.

With the support of heavyweights like Mayor Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch, Greenfield won a contentious special election in March for the seat vacated by Simcha Felder, who left not long after being sworn in for his third term to take a job with NYC Comptroller John Liu.

Adeyeye who polled 771 votes at the election accussd Fayose of plotting to do third term in office by installing Olusola.

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of her election, the SNP is now the third party in the House of Commons and in its third term as the Government of Scotland.

Mangano, who is awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, has yet to declare that he is not seeking a third term, but his only remaining option to qualify for the Nov. 7 general election would be to distribute petitions to be an independent candidate under a nonestablished minor party.

2018 is an election year for statewide offices, and Cuomo has said he's interested in seeking a third term, though he has not yet formally announced his candidacy.

The incidents have cost the DA: During his uncontested election for a third term in November, 10 percent of voters were so fed up with him that they went to the trouble of writing in someone whose name wasn't Cy Vance.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said.

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

If that name doesn't ring a bell... it's the firm established by Mayor Bloomberg's former campaign manager, Bradley Tusk, in the wake of the mayor's successful (albeit closer - than - expected) election to a third term last fall.

Welsh Labour today promised to put children and young people at the heart of government if elected for a third term in next week's assembly election.

The problem seems to be that whenever a party loses an election, their first inclination seems to be to move in the opposite direction to the swing of the population, so when the Tories lost to Blair, they retrenched further right for two elections, and Labour assumed that New Labour was to blame for their loss in 2010, so publicly ditched that and moved left — when actually New Labour was the only time in history Labour have completed a second term, let alone a third.

The Republican - Conservative lawmaker, who is running for a third term in the House, was indicted in April on a litany of criminal charges stemming from alleged wrongdoing in a health food restaurant he owned in Manhattan prior to his election to congress in 2010.

Hawaii's state senators are elected to a four - year term that begins on the first day of Legislative session after the election (usually the third Wednesday of January).

Astorino is seeking a third term and is considering a second run for governor, making the county executive race in the northern suburban county a race with potential statewide implications in an off - year election cycle.

Hawaii's state representatives are elected to a two - year term that begins on the first day of Legislative session after the election (usually the third Wednesday of January).

In terms of vote share, election night was a huge success for Ukip — it won 13 % of British voters, comfortably vaulting past the Lib Dems into third place on votes cast.

The government on Wednesday set out areas of agreement between it and the joint committee: a mainly elected chamber, elected members voted on a system of single transferable vote, staggered elections with one third coming up for renewal at a time, peers to serve 15 - year terms, current peers to leave in stages, a reduced number of peers, and powers to expel peers.

Seeking re-election to a third term and potentially eyeing a 2020 bid for the White House, Cuomo will announce on Tuesday that he has amassed nearly $ 31 million in his campaign treasury and raised $ 6 million this election cycle.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a conference call with reporters on Thursday said he was concerned hackers, perhaps backed by a foreign government, could «wreak havoc» in New York elections, including his own bid for a third term.

Earlier this month Labour was pushed into third place by the Tories and Liberal Democrats in terms of overall vote share during the local elections in England and Wales.

But it's presumably an outcome Cuomo wants by the spring, as he runs for a third term and is seeking to shore up support liberals amid the rumblings of primaries or the threat of a general election candidate running to his left.

Now that his prospects for election to a third term are in serious jeopardy, he has taken a position with the community, and against the bike lane.

Jackson Heights teacher and activist Daniel Dromm unseated City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights) in a spirited Democratic primary election, cutting short her hopes for a third term in office.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic Primary or General Election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a news release.

Ministers dropped plans for changing the Lords before the next election but promise to act early in a third term.

U.S. Rep. John Katko said today he has no interest in challenging New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in the 2018 election, and will focus on seeking a third term in Congress.

In the 2005 general election, Labour was re-elected for a third term, but with a reduced majority of 66 and popular vote of only 35.2 %, the lowest percentage of any majority government in British history.

The party last won a statewide election 14 years ago, with George Pataki's third term as governor.

Republicans haven't won a statewide election since 2002 when Gov. George Pataki won a third term.

Under the terms of the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011, the period between one general election and the next is fixed at 5 years, unless the Commons passes a motion of no confidence in the Government sooner than that, or if the House of Commons, with the support of at least two thirds of its members, resolves that a general election should take place sooner.

Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg won his controversial bid for a third term by a surprisingly slim margin.Part of the reason for his win may be that in southeast Queens, his Democratic rival, city Comptroller William Thompson, bested Bloomberg by wide margins in several state Assembly districts, city Board of Elections statistics show.

However, since the Fixed - Term Parliaments Act 2011, terms are now a fixed five years, and an early general election can only be brought about either by a two - thirds majority in favour of a motion for a dissolution, or by a vote of no confidence that is not followed within fourteen days by a vote of confidence (which may be for confidence in the same government or a different one).

The 2010 midterm election is also the third consecutive midterm election held in a president's first term where Republicans picked up seats across both houses of Congress.

Having resigned on two occasions during Tony Blair's first term of office, his third resignation only weeks before the April 2010 general election plunged the Labour Party into two decades of infighting, from which it only recently recovered fifteen years later with the election of teenage glamour model Princess Tiaamii Andre - Price as leader.

The 2018 election season is beginning, but state Republicans are still trying to settle on a strong candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has said he wants to seek a third term.

10 pm Update German Elections: Andrew Marshall's Live Blog: MERKEL WINS THIRD TERM: «Whether it's a CDU government or a grand coalition, Merkel's success probably gives her government more wiggle room in terms of any renegotiation with the UK... But there's a huge gap between CDU and Conservative positions on much of the EU issue.»

Turnout at local elections tends to be very low (below 40 %), and the traction generated by the tree - felling case could have a positive effect in terms of the number of people that will go to the polls to elect one - thirds of Sheffield Council that are elected in this cycle, and the SCRCA mayor.

Mayor's right about the horrible turnout numbers, but did he forget that he gamed the election system more by getting to run for a third term???

The Fixed - Term Parliament Act dictates that elections will take place every five years — unless two - thirds of the Commons backs a snap vote.

However the Fixed - term Parliaments Act looks like a piece of binding legislation, since it requires a two - thirds majority vote in the House of Commons to trigger a general election.

Seeking re-election to a third term and potentially eyeing a 2020 bid for the White House, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce tomorrow that he has amassed nearly $ 31 million in his campaign treasury and raised $ 6 million this election cycle.

Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act it is no longer in the gift of the Prime Minister to call an election, so she would rely on two thirds of MPs voting in favour of going to the country.

Ahead of the 2010 general election, David Cameron pledged to make a third of his ministerial list female by the end of his first term.

Early in his campaign Kolb acknowledged the challenges of defeating Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is seeking a third term in the November election.

Even before what is laughingly termed the election «result» was known, the language of politicians and the commentariat was tending towards a certain sexual hue when it came to that tease of a third party, with Peter Mandelson memorably warning progressive voters: «If you flirt with Nick Clegg... you'll wake up with David Cameron.»