Sentences with phrase «third election victory»

When, shortly after Tony Blair's third election victory, the Fabian Society began polling the voters who had left the party between the 2001 and 2005 elections, many expected that Iraq or tuition fees would loom large among the reasons given for giving up on Labour.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon enjoys the sort of popularity ratings that should make her opponents weep, and the party is predicted to secure a third election victory (and second overall majority) in May 2016's Scottish parliamentary election.

Since the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) third election victory in 2011, resulting in a strong popular mandate of almost 50 per cent, Prime Minister Erdoğan has been resorting to a politics of increasingly authoritarian government.

Not exact matches

Often, a third party ballot line provides the margin of victory for candidates in close elections.

Trump's third straight victory in the GOP presidential contest strengthens his position in the race for the party's nod before the wave of Super Tuesday elections on March 1.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has celebrated a third successive victory for her party in Scottish Parliament elections, while Labour was beaten into third place in Scotland.

Relieved Liberal Democrats have claimed a narrow victory in the Eastleigh byelection, fending off a surge by Ukip that forced the Conservatives into third place — putting huge pressure on David Cameron to show he has a strategy to win the 2015 election.

LAKE GEORGE — Incumbent Lake George Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson — who nearly dropped out of the race for a third term after losing the Republican primary election in September to challenger Keith Hanchett — rebounded dramatically in the general election Nov. 3 in a decisive comeback victory.

These were close elections in which the margin of victory was less than a third of the number of estimated survivors in the state.

INCS Action, Illinois» only statewide advocacy organization focused on improving access to quality charter public schools for Illinois families, marked its third election cycle in 2016 with new victories.