Sentences with phrase «weak candidate against»

The Democrats fielded a very weak candidate against Stefanik in 2014, Aaron Woolf.

Most Democrats don't consider her a weaker candidate against Republican Sen. Patrick J. Toomey this November, in a state that is crucial to the party's effort to retake the Senate majority in 2017.

Not exact matches

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

Obama also prayed for a weak unappealing candidate to run against, preferably something weird like a Mormon, and ta - da!!!

I did not vote for their religious «leaders,» and I will vote against any of the weak - willed political candidates who allow these self - appointed ayatollahs to dictate policy in the United States.

The Democrats encouraged votes for Trump in the Primary as he was definitely the weakest candidate to go against their party front runners.

She had candidates like Sharon Angle lose a typically red state, against the admittedly weakest incumbent Democratic Senator.

London campaigned against a weak Republican candidate and the present governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won reelection to a third term.

Geoff Berman, executive director of the state Democratic Party, which Cuomo controls, said Cox «and this anemic field of Albany insiders and lobbyists» are trying to divert attention from the «weak candidates» the party is considering to run against Cuomo this fall.

The strongest candidate in an admittedly weak field who even has a prayer of running a legitimate, intelligent, honest, mature, moderate, winnable campaign against a strong Democratic nominee is John Kasich.

Greenberg cautions though that no third party candidate has received more than 20 percent of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re-election to a third term.

The DSCC's unusually heavy spending against Sestak can be attributed in part to the belief among some party leaders that he would make a weak general election candidate against Republican incumbent Sen. Patrick J. Toomey.

He says no third party candidate has received more than 20 % of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for Governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present Governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re election to a third term.

Jay Townsend, while a great candidate, doesn't have the name recognition necessary statewide to compete against Schumer, and even though Gillibrand is a weak candidate, she will benefit from the fact that Schumer will draw a large number of people to the polls, thus assisting her campaign, as well as DioGuardi not really being a statewide candidate.

The risk for Democrats is dividing their votes among so many candidates that a weaker Democrat manages to qualify for a runoff against a Republican.