Sentences with phrase «up during an election campaign»

A similar slip - up during an election campaign could be costly.

While talk of rent control measures came up during election campaign, the government, including Municipal Affairs Minister Deron Bilous, say that in the current market, where rent levels have been plateauing, it makes more sense to put resources into making more affordable units available.

Not exact matches

Trump's election campaign had offered to pay to have an emoji, or small picture, that would show up on tweets during the second presidential debate anytime Twitter users tweeted the phrase «#Crooked Hillary,» Republican Trump's nickname for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

The government is considering criminalising abuse of Parliamentary candidates during campaigning and elections, after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in the days leading up to the Brexit referendum in 2016.

The team of investigative reporters has broken a number of stories during the current election campaign, including one that dug up Trump's previous statements about his support for the Iraq War, as well as a piece that provided proof that Sen. Rand Paul (R - KY) plagiarized some of his speeches.

... came up with an idea that led to the foundation of a company called Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that went on to claim a major role in the Leave campaign for Britain's EU membership referendum, and later became a key figure in digital operations during Donald Trump's election campaign.

The image of a woman who is battered for 20 years by her clergyman husband and who would forgive him, «because the Bible tells her to,» the image of a young mother and father who can not understand why their three - year - old daughter was sexually abused in the day care center to which they had entrusted her each morning; the image of a woman who was sacked from the women's program of her church because she refused to comply to the request of the president of the church that she and the other women vote for him in his election campaign; the image of a 14 - year - old migrant domestic worker who faces the death sentence on trumped up charges, because she would not give in to the sexual demands of her employer; the image of a male priest of a church saying that every time he beats his wife she should thank him, because she is one step closer to salvation; or the priest who would make sexual advances on a woman who out of vulnerability turns to the church for pastoral comfort... these are but a glimpse of the many such images that are gathered during the course of this Decade.

Voting reform is not something that came up on the doorstep during the election campaign and there are many more urgent issues that people want resolved.

«During the 2015 elections the PCO and my Directorate spoke up and campaigned for many PDP members who were running for public office and we funded and worked for them too.

The film was released in the US during the build - up to the election campaign, with Syllenhaal making some rather hopeful statements about his desire to affect the race.

This flood of information — updated constantly as elections approached — not only supplemented the campaign's internal polling, but at times (including during the run - up to the Iowa Caucuses) provided a more accurate view of the electorate:

According to President Akufo - Addo, in September 2017, two important campaign promises he made in the run - up to the December 2016 elections are going to be met, adding that this is an indication that the pledges he made during the electioneering period were not mere campaign platform talk, but are pledges that will be fulfilled during his tenure of office.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign nCampaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign ncampaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

A DNAinfo New York analysis of Campaign Finance Board records shows that nearly two dozen people who hosted fundraisers for de Blasio during the 2013 election cycle ended up with lucrative jobs in his administration or high - level appointments to city boards.

The endorsements, announced during a press conference at Perez Williams» campaign headquarters, come just four days before the Democrat goes up against independent Ben Walsh, Republican Laura Lavine and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins in the general election.

Tasini noted he had called during the campaign for Rangel to give up his re-election bid and focus on his defense for fear of bringing other Democrats down with him in the general election.

These issues kept on coming up on the doorsteps during the ill - fated general election campaign, he says.

Dumelo who had openly and vigorously campaigned for incumbent President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during run up to the December 7 polls made the remark in a Facebook post to congratulate Akufo - Addo for emerging winner of the elections.

There has never been any convincing explanation about why the leadership signed up to it, having campaigned for an alternative approach just weeks before, during the 2010 General Election.

POLITICO's Maggie Haberman went through the $ 3.2 million worth of expenditures that Republican Jane Corwin made in her bid to keep New York's 26th Congressional District in GOP hands during the May special election, and turned up a trove of vendors who received a chunk of the campaign's cash.

During the frenetic campaigning for the party leadership over the next six months, which will overshadow the party's preparations for this year's unprecedented batch of elections, all the candidates are likely to exploit the resentment which has built up at all levels of the party over Mr Ashdown's ever growing links with Mr Blair.

Remember when Gordon Brown sidled up alongside Tony Blair to buy an ice cream during Labour's 2005 general election campaign?

The 2016 Election Campaign Coordinator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has expressed surprise about the «noise» in the media, following the popping - up of a coffin bearing posters of Nana Akufo - Addo, flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), during the NDC's Manifesto launch in Sunyani.

The Brigades moved into the space above the Beacon Cinema, which served as a joint campaign office and local headquarters in April 2013 during the run - up to June's special election that saw Democrat Ed Markey take the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by fellow Democrat John Kerry.

James Morris, who worked for Labour from when Ed Miliband was elected leader in 2010 until the election, said public polling showed a much more favourable position than the party's internal data, both in the run - up to and during the campaign.

The energy that was built up during and after the General Election campaign last year seems to have dissipated.

Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how they were going to tear up section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (which protects the president, vice president, governors and their deputies against civil and criminal proceedings while they are in office) to grant their leaders immunity from prosecution for corruption and money laundering.

Percoco also got the energy company — Competitive Power Ventures — «to donate a private jet to transport the governor and his staff to campaign events» during the week leading up to his 2010 election, court papers say.

Picked to run with the governor for her the presumed regional and gender balance she'd provide in the general election, the campaign ended up shifting into crisis mode during the primary after it grew worried that Hochul might possible lose to Wu.

In fact the only person to be accorded vox - pop quote status during the radio news highlights: Labour MP Graham Stringer... While «not in a position» to pass judgement on Mr Woolas» conduct during the campaign - in which he was accused of stirring up racial tensions to win votes - Mr Stringer said election battles in marginal seats were not «Sunday - school outings».

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Imo State Governor, Achike Udenwa, for allegedly receiving N350m from the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman, during the build - up to the 2015 presidential elections.

De Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray chatted it up with a Hillary Clinton campaign volunteer while canvassing in Iowa during the 2016 presidential elections.

Labour's victory thus seems less based on the election campaign itself, and more on the fact they opened up a significant lead during the early to middle part of the parliament, a gap that was simply too large for the Conservatives to close.

During the election campaign, when the Tory media whipped up an English nationalist fear of a Labour government backed by SNP votes, Labour just adopted the framework instead of rebutting it.

But Watson is fighting on other fronts, too — to stitch together a fretful party, many of whose MPs see Labour's sometimes shaky performance during the referendum campaign as fresh evidence that Jeremy Corbyn is not up to the task of winning the next general election.

During the election campaign Ms Rudd stood up on behalf of the PM against the Labour leader in a live TV debate despite the fact her father had died two days before.

The congressman said that while the results were not what he was hoping for, he is intent on supporting Long during her campaign leading up to the fall election — one Turner believes puts two different candidates against each other.

Lib Dems point out that it is usual for them to slump between elections and they nearly always pick up during a campaign when they benefit from the extra attention of an actual contest.

Actors and political activists come together to take a long, hard look at the State of the Union during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election in this documentary, a follow - up to 1993's The Last Party, in which actor Robert Downey Jr. followed the 1992 presidential campaign.

by Tavis Smiley with Stephanie Robinson Atria Books Hardcover, $ 19.99 320 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4391-0002-8 Book Review by Kam Williams «During the run - up to the 2008 presidential election, while I was still the resident political commentator on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, I caused quite a stir among the listeners, who are largely African - American, by insisting that we hold then Senator Barack Obama accountable for both his political record and his campaign promises.

During the election campaign, Prime Minister David Cameron said these start - up schools were «raising standards and restoring discipline».

In Episode 9 of CASconversations, Megan opens up to CAS President Dr. Rosie Vojtek about the campaign process, her election victory and her plans for affecting change during her upcoming term.

He follow up with 08: A GRAPHIC DIARY OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL (with journalist Michael Crowley), an ambitious — and successful — long - form comics journalism project written and drawn in real - time during the historic 2008 Presidential election.

During his campaign and following his election, Donald Trump has repeatedly declared his plans to break up NAFTA, build a border wall and «make Mexico pay for it», and implement sizeable tariffs on Mexican imports.

During the election campaign in November, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk spruiked her clean energy policy at the under - construction Clare Valley Solar Farm in north Queensland — a project that will employ up to 350 people during construction, but offer only five to 10 jobs once operatDuring the election campaign in November, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk spruiked her clean energy policy at the under - construction Clare Valley Solar Farm in north Queensland — a project that will employ up to 350 people during construction, but offer only five to 10 jobs once operatduring construction, but offer only five to 10 jobs once operational.

Paulsen was listed as media contact on the FoS website up until July 2006, including during the 2005 - 6 federal election campaign.

He had said, during the election campaign, that it was a concept dreamed up...

There was some controversy during the election campaign that wrapped up Friday over excessive partisan e-mails that prompted outgoing barreau president Bernard Synnott to make a video plea for moderation a few weeks ago.

As a result it would be impossible for Elections Canada to know what all those professional phone - canvassers and emailers were up to during campaigns.

Russia is widely reported to have used such ads, on topics like race relations, immigration and gun control, to stir up divisions during the 2016 election campaign.