Sentences with phrase «tough election battle»

Danny Donohue, president of New York's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is coming off a tough election battle, running to be leader of the national union AFSCME.

Lieberman has a track record of surviving tough election battles.

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While the renewable industry has gained momentum in recent years, «the battle certainly got tougher» with the election of Trump, said Dan Kammen, an energy expert at the University of California, Berkeley and science envoy for the U.S. State Department.

Akin, who won a tough primary battle this month, has apologized for his comments but also defied pressure to get out of the election.

Valesky, a Democrat who has faced tough re-election battles ever a three - way race that included now - Onondaga County GOP Chairman Tom Dadey on the Conservative Party line and former Democrat - turned - Republican Sen. Nancy Larraine Hoffmann on the GOP line, told Carey he was «surprised» when he discovered he's essentially guaranteed another two years in Albany, even with the election still four months away.

(CNN)- A conservative group is kicking off the midterm election year with a multimillion - dollar ad campaign that targets three Democratic Senators facing tough re-election battles in November.

He is gearing up for a tough general election battle against Republican Sen. Anitere Flores.

But between the new district lines and the Democratic enrollment edge in a presidential election year, the Republicans are probably going to need every penny to assist members in tough general election battles, and perhaps in trying to help non-incumbents like Bob Cohen, who's making his second attempt at winning retiring Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat.

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — President Donald Trump got business out of the way quickly Saturday night — urging voters to elect Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone, who's locked in an unexpectedly tough special election battle in Pennsylvania — before turning to the main subject of the night: himself.

When Steve first ran for Suffolk County Executive, he was not his party's choice, but won in a tough primary battle and went on to win the general election, appealing to both Republicans and Independents in a famously Republican County.

Republicans are expected to face a tough defensive battle in this year's congressional elections.