Sentences with phrase «votes than labor»

So yes, Labor had more votes than the actual Liberal Party by about 800,000, but the overall coalition had about a million more votes than Labor.

Not exact matches

Cahill garnered a little more than 41 percent of the vote, which many Republicans considered a success against the then - popular incumbent, who was a prodigious fundraiser and favorite among labor unions.

Throughout much of the state, the question received more attention than any local contests, due in part to a multimillion - dollar spending campaign in which organized labor urged its members to show up and vote «no.»

He received fewer than 42,000 votes, and thereafter the Greens have been forced into the expensive and labor - intensive task of independent petitioning to gain a place on the ballot each time they have wished to field a candidate for anything.

By Matt Pommer Old divisions among Democratic legislators bubbled up during the recent votes on new labor contracts for more than 35,000 unionized state workers.

The party received fewer votes than the American Labor Party ticket, a Socialist Party splinter group, which endorsed Democratic incumbent Gov. Herbert Lehman who went on to win the election.

Personally and despite having an honest, decent and hardworking Local Labor MP, (for whom I'd previously voted,) it was the thought of electing the kind of entrenched Blair period right wing low life; exemplified by people like Harman, (who let's not forget either wanted to exempt details of MP's expenses from the freedom of information act,) more than anything else that made me vote UKIP.

Although his offensive (more in terms of what he says than that he says it) advocacy of McCain certainly will cause Democratic senators to gag, he is a much more natural fit for the Democratic caucus and his vote on most issues (e.g., labor, health care, abortion) is much more closely aligned with the Democratic party than with the Republicans.

However, Jon Powers enjoys such overwhelming support of the local labor movement within the 26th congressional district, the State Federation's executive board decided to vote earlier than usual.

However, Dan Maffei enjoys such overwhelming support of the local labor movement within the 25th congressional district, the State Federation's executive board decided to vote earlier than usual.

However, Eric Massa enjoys such overwhelming support of the local labor movement within the 29th congressional district, the State Federation's executive board decided to vote earlier than usual.

For proof of just how far Mangano has fallen, look no further than the «yes» vote cast today by George Marlin, director of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which voted 6 - 0 to give itself veto power over the county's budget, labor contracts, borrowings and other major financial commitments.

His former colleagues in the state Legislature always give him the loudest cheers at state events, he is a darling of organized labor and was elected in 2014 with more votes than either Schneiderman or Cuomo.

More than 90 % of the union members have voted to authorize an unfair labor practices strike should one ever become necessary.

Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, tried but failed to muster the votes for a lesser such initiative — and that was with a larger Republican majority in both houses than Trump will face.

This has happened, because the Australian population has been conditioned and propagandised into believing that there are no alternative scientific views on the subject — and that Al Gore, [whose lifestyle produces more emissions than that of almost all of the ordinary mortals he preaches and lectures to], had to be obeyed when he came to warn Australians that they had a duty to vote Labor in order to save the planet.