Sentences with phrase «vote effort for»

The state Republican Party plans a massive get - out - the - vote effort for its Congressional candidates this fall, a move that Chairman Ed Cox says is being fueled in part by House Speaker John Boehner's team.

And Mayor Byron W. Brown, running for re-election with only nominal competition in the general election, was suddenly back on television, spending a total of $ 106,500 in little more than two weeks on ads, campaign literature and a get - out - the - vote effort for himself and his fellow Democrats running for countywide office.

It put in more than $ 1 million and included investments in field staff, digital ads, and a get - out - the - vote effort for Tuesday's special election.

Reed did not endorse any candidate during the GOP primaries, but now is planning major get - out - the - vote efforts for Trump.

He has been a lifelong volunteer for causes he believes in, including conducting climate change science field research with the Harvard Department of Forestry in Southern Africa, working on get - out - the - vote efforts for John Kerry, Barack Obama and Zephyr Teachout, building agricultural databases for USAID funded international projects all over the world, and providing technical assistance to schools in Senegal (for which he was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award by the Obama administration).

Heastie says Clinton wants to share her views with New York Democrats and thank them for their support, but he says she is also likely seeking help in get out the vote efforts for the April 19th New York Presidential primary.

National GOP leaders hope get - out - the - vote efforts for House races also will serve to help the Republicans regain control of the state Senate - and the next round of redistricting.

Mr. Obama's get - out - the - vote efforts for Mrs. Clinton could also benefit other Democrats in reclaiming the Senate majority and making inroads in the House of Representatives.

Not exact matches

The Bank of England Thursday raised U.K. interest rates for the first time since 2007, in an effort to support the pound and head off inflationary pressures caused by a slump since the U.K. voted to leave the EU 16 months ago.

With Congress stalemated over immigration, Flake earlier this week sought to force a Senate vote on temporarily protecting «Dreamer» immigrants from being deported, while financing Trump's border wall for three years, but another Republican blocked Flake's effort.

That information — augmented by advocacy efforts from such Addyi supporters as the National Organization for Women and National Consumers League — turned the tide, and the FDA's joint meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18 to 6 to support approval for HSDD treatment, contingent on Sprout consenting to risk - mitigation measures like warnings and restrictions to prevent misuse.

Some Republican state Senators were recalled in Wisconsin for voting to curb union power, but Republican Governor Scott Walker survived a recall effort against him.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

The Russians allegedly communicated with a Texas - based grassroots organization that advised them to focus their efforts on «purple states» such as Colorado, Florida and Virginia that could be swayed to vote for Trump.

Amazon halts an expansion effort in its hometown as the Seattle City Council prepares to vote on a new tax that would be levied on large business to pay for affordable housing and homeless - assistance programs.

Four boards (representing 15,000 members) needed to achieve the threshold counts for the amalgamation effort to move to a B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA) board vote.

Ron PAul is going nowhere despite hie consistant efforts to pack the caucuses and his anti democratic» who cares who the rubes vote for, my guyw will just invalidate their votes» actions.

No, although I've voted Democratic in every election since 1976 — except for primaries in Texas where there's no point in voting Democratic — I can say that every candidate I've ever seen has made some effort to look like a man of faith.

With opposition to abortion often playing out in voting for candidates — at least in part — based on their reproductive stances, and efforts to fight abortion often playing out in courtrooms and legislation, the pro-life movement has taken on a distinctly political direction.

For African American churchgoers, get out the vote efforts have been in effect in full force and from the pulpits of churches across the nation.

Huntsman, for his part, has ignored Iowa to focus his efforts on New Hampshire, which votes a week after Iowa.

They viewed their action as «a vote of confidence for the national church in its effort to work out a new life» — that is, as a way of supporting the indigenous church.

The New York Times is reporting that a growing number of Latinos are beginning to seek American citizenship in an effort to vote against Donald Trump for this presidential election.

Additionally, research shows that employees appreciate company efforts to make voting easier for them and consider their employer a credible source for election information.

In May of 2013, Green America notified me that The Chile Woman had received the most votes in their Green Business People and Planet Award in recognition for our efforts to preserve chile varieties and for our sustainable business practices.

There are four more voting updates to go, and now that Giants» have seen that their efforts haven't been enough, maybe they'll try harder to get Nori Aoki to Cincinnati for the July 14 All - Star Game.

However, his efforts were only good enough for a sixth - place finish in the Hart voting.

At least several of the 14 boxing commissioners who otherwise supported him had voted for this resolution in an effort to avoid punishing boxers for the sins of their managers.

He came close, but his tyres went off towards the end and had to settle for fourth - still a decent result given his starting position, and fans voted him «Driver of the Day» for his efforts.

The political cookie spent nearly a decade driving digital persuasion and get - out - the - vote efforts, while email, search and Facebook were the go - to for acquisition.

She further urged them to communicate effectively the government's development efforts to the people and in a manner that would convince them to vote massively for the party.

It's a familiar coalition for the Senate Democrats, with many of those groups contributing not just financial resources, but also a get - out - the - vote effort on Election Day that aided Democratic candidates.

Wayne Rooney winning best goal for his acrobatic effort against Manchester City, Manchester United 4 - 3 victory win over their city rival in 2009 being voted the best game, and David de Gea's incredible save from Juan Mata free - kick in 2012 during a match against Chelsea was picked as the team's best save in the Premier League era

Republican congressional candidate George Phillips, whose effort to oust veteran Democratic incumbent Rep. Maurice Hinchey has garnered national attention of late, told me without hesitation during a CapTon interview last night that he will definitely be voting for Carl Paladino on Nov. 2.

For what it is worth, that evidence also convinced Congress (including many prominent Democrats) to vote for the war effoFor what it is worth, that evidence also convinced Congress (including many prominent Democrats) to vote for the war effofor the war effort.

Only days after the people of Colombia voted to reject a historic peace deal he spent years negotiating, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the country's decades - long war with the FARC guerrilla movement.

But in competitive districts the new targeting scheme makes it possible for campaign assemblages to leverage their considerable resources to actually expand the electorate in significant ways, both in terms of persuasion efforts and get - out - the - vote efforts — and when the stakes are high enough, even through voter registration efforts.

To achieve this feat, the team is calling for a united front and a coordinated effort to canvass for massive votes to ensure a resounding victory for the party.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

Probably the most immediate use of text messaging in the U.S. will be for election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though you can also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other measures championed by Kavanagh that have gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.

Rich Beeson, the political director for the Romney campaign, says that the problem wasn't the GOP get - out - the - vote efforts, but the astounding success of the Democrats to turn out groups that generally didn't vote in such large numbers.

Typically employed for get - out - the - vote efforts, the surge involves serving up display ads on behalf of a single advertiser on most or all of the Google content network pages generated within a brief period, targeting a specific geographic area.

Although timetabled for discussion, on the day of the debate this composite was mysteriously dropped from the agenda, in an effort to prevent a vote and even the mere broadcasting of the issue to delegates at the conference and to the wider media.

The duo's act of defiance brought the number of Republicans signed onto the effort to 20, just five short of the number they need to force votes on four competing measures aimed at preserving the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Sliwa's celebrity power in New York City could attract the 50,000 votes needed to give the Reform Party an automatic line on ballots for the next four years, ending the expensive and difficult effort to securing thousands of signatures for petitions to be placed on ballots statewide.

While the efforts undoubtedly brought out Brown supporters, the mayor's campaign said they were also aimed at getting Buffalo Democrats to the polls to vote for the three countywide candidates.

During his weekly news conference, House Speaker John Boehner (R - Ohio), who has opposed efforts to pass ENDA, was non-committal when asked by the Blade if he'd be open to allowing the Equality Act to come up for a House floor vote.

The reason for NOT expending effort tp «conduct a wide scale attempt» by targeting the subset of non-citizens is that it has been determined time and again that the number of non-citizens that attempt to vote is exceedingly low (but admittedly greater than zero).

The group on Tuesday released its legislative score cards for the 213 members of the Legislature on Tuesday, using three measurements: Their vote on the 2013 SAFE Act, the unsuccessful effort in 2015 to repeal it in the Senate and whether the lawmaker is a sponsor of a safe - storage bill, known as Nicholas's Law.