Sentences with phrase «voted against his opponent»

Did we know that 54 percent of the city voted against his opponent in the primary?

Not exact matches

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

So a vote for or against Trump — and all the associated aspersions we cast on our opponents for their vote — becomes the test by which we decide whether to fellowship together as evangelicals.

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His opponents say Moran, 52, is vulnerable because he frequently votes against County Board President John Stroger and has been an ineffective voice for the meandering L - shaped district.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey's GOP opponent criticized the Democratic congressman for voting against a bill urging the president to press for sanctions against Iran.

66 Labour MPs voted against Maastricht, including, in Bryan Gould, the only resignation from either front bench in order to do so, and outnumbering Conservative opponents by three to one.

After millions of dollars of spending on his behalf, much of it by the charter school crowd, Carl Marcellino was finally declared the winner of his race by about 1500 votes against a woefully underfunded opponent.

Mr. Brindisi, a well - regarded member of a younger, progressive bloc of Democrats in Albany, noted that he had publicly criticized the Cuomo administration's economic development plans, and had voted against the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control bill that has been a galvanizing issue for the governor's opponents upstate.

If Nixon wins more than 40 percent of the vote in the primary or forces Cuomo into a tough fight against his GOP opponent in the general, it will be a clear sign that New York politics has changed — and those who can't adapt their worldview should start looking for a new profession.

Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC put $ 6 million in ads behind Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey for his leadership on gun control legislation after the Newtown shooting and punished New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte for voting against it with $ 8.5 million in ads backing her opponent, Gov. Maggie Hassan — while Bloomberg donated another $ 1 million to Planned Parenthood Votes to further boost Hassan.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

But the Repubs point out that incumbent Tim Howard won a majority of the 2013 vote against two well - financed opponents, and that he will again prove tough to beat.

Opponents of the bill say the sport is excessively violent and have relished the chance to vote against it.

Asked about his opponent, Mr. Schiliro pointed to Mr. Palumbo's vote against the Women's Equality Act as one instance where he would have voted differently.

Republican incumbent town supervisor Paul Hansut won handily against Democratic challenger and Town Board member Mike Guerriero, securing 1,418 votes to his opponent's 977.

Congress may vote against the agreement, but President Barack Obama will have the power to veto their decision, and most observers agree that opponents will not be able to pull together enough members to override the veto.

In last year's race for Westchester County Executive, republican Rob Astorino's campaign compiled the total number of times that his democratic opponent, George Latimer, voted for tax increase as a member of the Westchester County Board of legislators, which was 46 %, and used it to campaign against him as a «tax and spend democrat.»

There are enough Democrats in the Assembly to get the two - thirds majority needed to override Paterson's vetoes, and Senate Democrats will be happy to dare their Republican opponents to vote against school aid restorations.

His opponent, Chris Gibson, on the other hand, has failed to live up to his word, saying he supports raising the minimum wage, then voting against it in Congress.

A majority might even have voted against him if it had been put to a vote: Bernard Jenkin, Graham Stuart, John Redwood, Bill Cash and Stewart Jackson are only the most vocal opponents.

But what about in the November vote against a Republican opponent?

He said members of the National Council meeting that voted to suspend him, were his avowed opponents who worked against his candidature ahead of the party's congress to elect national officers.

Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, one of the four Republicans who voted in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage and was widely considered to be in deep trouble for his party primary against Kevin Stocker, thumped his opponent with roughly 60 percent of the vote.

The Lords voted by 306 to 178 against the reforms after a heated debate in which opponents on all sides of the House pointed out the new system could be used to stop any behaviour «capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any person».

In short, Julian Schreibman is as progressive as his opponent in the Democratic primary and has the experience, support and funds to ultimately win against a Republican, which is why Schreibman gets my vote on June 26.

But since he received less than 50 percent of the vote in the nine candidate field, there is a fair chance at least one of his opponents from today's special will run against him in the Democratic primary this September.

Against the rest of his potential opponents in the crowded Democratic primary, Hardy holds double - digit leads but never receives more than 39 percent of the vote.

Six months ago, on Election Day, the Democratic comptroller won 163,577 more votes statewide than the Democratic governor — and a wider victory margin against his opponent.

Congress may vote against the agreement, but Mr. Obama will have the power to veto their decision, and most observers agree that opponents will not be able to pull together enough members to override the veto.

Cuomo, who hopes to win by a crushing margin against his little - known opponent, is leaning on a get - out - the - vote operation built around SEIU 1199, the health care union, and the Hotel Trades Council.

«Hillary Clinton supports the Brady Bill; her opponent voted against it five times.»

«We want to build excitement and momentum in advance of that,» said Ellner... As part of that strategy, the Human Rights Campaign and its allies are spending heavily to oust three New York state senators — all Democrats — who voted against the marriage bill last year and who face opponents in the primary on Tuesday: William Stachowski of Buffalo, Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx.»

Palumbo: Says his opponent is running television ads «distorting my record» on the Women's Equality Act, which Mr. Palumbo voted against in the Assembly, and which did not have the support of the Republican - controlled state Senate.»

The opponents of extensions, however, argue that Quinn and the mayor have decided to rush the vote before Golisano can weigh in with ads — and to short - circuit the momentum, as indicated in the Quinnipiac poll, that's building against the extensions.

Washington (CNN)- Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.

In 2014 many fracking opponents voted for Zephyr Teachout against Governor Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and Teachout won several upstate counties where fracking had been proposed.

During last week's jockeying, opponents of the NY Safe Act began campaigning for DeFrancisco, who voted against the stricter gun laws.

Then he started releasing a slew of vicious campaign ads and rained direct mail pieces on district voters, charging his opponent with using her constituent mailers as a means of campaigning and charging her with voting against student loans for anyone but illegal immigrants.

Young's post-roll call no vote on the ban has already been used against her by her current opponent.

Speaking for the first time since his suspension, Paul Afoko said the members of National Council Meeting who voted to suspend him are his avowed opponents who worked against...

Nearly six in ten likely voters — 58 % — report they are voting for their candidate because of him while 38 % say they have chosen their candidate because they are against his opponent.

A Downing Street source said: «We have protected police funding and ensured that the police have the powers they need, which several of our political opponents have voted against.»

Missouri returned Eagleton to the Senate in 1974; he won 60 % of the popular vote against Thomas B. Curtis, who had been his opponent in 1968.

Hochul's Republican opponent, businessman and former Erie County Executive Chris Collins, was out of the gate in early September with an ad hitting Hochul for her vote against repeal of the Affordable Care Act to impugn her bona fides on protecting Medicare.

Against his potential Republican opponents, Cuomo leads each of them by more than two to one, and nearly half of the statewide electorate reports they definitely plan to vote for the incumbent Cuomo in 2018.

The first nail was that Kantrowitz accepted the support of the «legal racket» Independence Party which his opponent, Lon Hofstein, has declined and the second will be that he will have formally voted against Term Limits and the Two - hat Rule which Hofstein supported in an earlier address to the legislature.

But Assembly Democrats wanted to act on the measure outside the budget so opponents could argue and vote against it.

But the proposed measure could be a useful tool for gay marriage opponents to use on potential fence - sitters in the Senate Republican conference, which so far has voted as a bloc against expanding the state definition of marriage.