Sentences with phrase «votes in a straw»

Molinaro received 55 out of 83 votes in a straw poll Friday at a Republican State Committee meeting in Saratoga Springs.

Thirty - five percent of the 273 members voting in the straw poll backed Romney, who came in second in the state's 2008 Republican primary and earlier this month held a wide lead in a poll of New Hampshire Republicans and GOP - leaning independents.

While only a fraction of the state Republican leaders voted in the straw poll, Molinaro won by a wide margin.

In an interview, Mr. King acknowledged having had discussions with a number of officials voting in the straw poll but denied trying to steer votes away from Mr. Dinallo.

Not exact matches

Are you related to one of the 2,293 people who voted for Tim Pawlenty in the Iowa Straw poll?

(CNN)- Despite Jon Huntsman's attempts to speak up during the first few Republican primary debates, the results from a recent straw poll of GOP activists in Florida spell bad news for his campaign: Like the beleaguered former front - runner Michele Bachmann, Huntsman received 2 % of the vote.

Two Bachmann aides with iPads strapped to their hands like catcher's mitts mill around the crowd, signing people up to vote for Bachmann in the straw poll.

Attorney Sean Coffey sent an e-mail to supporters today touting his «strong third place victory» at the Democratic Rural Conference straw poll in Niagara Falls this past Saturday, noting he received «almost as many votes as the fourth and fifth place candidates combined.»

Harper voted against all the reform options in the last parliament when Jack Straw made a late attempt in the final years of the Labour government to burnish its reformist credentials.

Earlier in the week I reported that Tory backbenchers would get a free vote next Thursday on the David Davis / Jack Straw motion defying the ECHR ruling on votes for prisoners.

In Blackburn at the last general election, most of the Muslim vote was conjoined at the ballot box with Jack Straw who was seen as the friend of Muslims, and as someone who understood their religious sensitivities.

The executive director of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign and son of Labour grandee Jack Straw had suggested that European Union citizens living in the UK could be sent back to the country they were born in should Britain vote to leave on June 23.

The group tells CNN that their convention will be held on September 24th in Greenfield, Indiana and that it will include both a convention style format and a straw poll, with two delegates each from 55 tea party groups from across the state voting.

For me, the final straw was his voting against installation of handicapped toilets in the county office building.

In a straw poll vote from committee members at the meeting, Molinaro emerged with 55 votes and DeFranciso with 23 votes.

Shortly after Berry's presentation to the town board on Aug. 31, the five - member panel had voted 2 - 2 in a straw vote on the purchase, with town supervisor Dennis Dickinson withholding his deciding vote pending further review.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — This weekend, more than 300 Republicans from the Erie County Committee voted in a presidential straw poll.

Last week, MPs voted on a motion put forward by David Davis and Jack Straw, opposing the right of prisoners to take part in elections.

The recent loans - for - peerages row revealed the flaws in a fully appointed chamber and today leader of the Commons Jack Straw confirmed that a vote on composition could be expected at the end of the year.

Mr Straw also spoke in detail about the UN vote on Iraq, which was derailed when French president Jacques Chirac announced he would not back the conflict in any circumstances - an intervention which evidently irritated Mr Straw.

And after a lively debate, MPs have voted by 234 to 22 in favour of the status quo, passing the following motion tabled by Tory MPs David Davis, Dominic Raab, Stephen Phillips, Philip Hollobone and John Baron along with former Labour Home Secretary Jack Straw:

Jack Straw, acting deputy leader, nominated Diane Abbott but it is very hard to see him actually voting for her in the final ballot.

(Worth noting: While fewer than 300 state committee members voted in the presidential straw poll, 421 members cast ballots in the race for state party chairman — a reminder that it's wise not to read to much into the straw poll results.)

His proven record of integrity, innovation and ethical governance is exactly what New York State needs,» said Langworthy, who voted for Molinaro in an informal straw poll of Republican officials last week.

Mr Howard reminded Mr Straw he had campaigned for prison officers» votes in 1997 on the back of a promise to repeal the ban.

Molinaro also has the backing, at least in the straw poll last week, from Erie County Chairman Nick Langworthy, another large county with a heavy share of weighted votes.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulled ahead of his rivals in Washington State's presidential straw poll on Saturday, with more than one - third of the votes.

Carson is a hot commodity on the right - wing speaking circuit and has fast become a leading candidate, winning straw votes at conservative gatherings and rising in public polls.

Prime Minister Tony Blair voted in favour of a 50/50 split between elected and appointed members - also Mr Straw's preferred choice - but not for any other proposal.

With most people focused on elections 15 months away, Brooklyn residents will vote — really vote, not just be straw polled — in a hotly contested election just four weeks from now.

When rural Democratic leaders assembled in Niagara Falls this month for a straw poll, Mr. Cuomo's allies also sought to blunt the momentum of Eric R. Dinallo, the former state insurance superintendent, by asking party officials to consider switching their votes to other candidates.

The BNP gained close to a million votes in June so Nick Griffin had as much right to appear on Question Time as the elected Chris Huhne and Jack Straw.

This year could, hopefully, be the straw that breaks the camel's fraudulent back and hopefully we'll less of it in the future and possibly see some switches just before Oscar voting begins.

In early April city council members, at a vote of 8 - 1, passed an ordinance that prohibits single - use plastic bags, expanded polystyrene (foam) food containers, packing peanuts, and plastic straws!

On May 24, McDonald's shareholders will vote on a proposal to launch a study that would consider the «business risks» of continuing to use plastic straws in U.S. restaurants and look into alternatives, The Mercury News reported Monday.

The beachfront California city of Malibu unanimously voted to impose a ban starting June 1 that will require businesses in the city to supply straws, knives, forks spoons and stirrers made of biodegradable materials like wood, bamboo and paper, instead of plastic.