Sentences with phrase «weaker candidate by»

Republicans might cast ballot for perceived weaker candidate By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — Republican leaders hope their supporters vote for fake Democrats in May 8 recall elections, a move that could result in GOP backers having an influence...

There will also be an attempt to filter out weaker candidates by only allowing teacher - training applicants to fail numeracy and literacy tests three times.

Not exact matches

Many choose the weakest candidates, which suggests to DeHart that they are threatened, rather than inspired, by top performers.

Valadao, a top Democratic target this cycle, first came to Congress in 2012, defeating a weak Democratic candidate, even as President Barack Obama carried the district by an 11 - point margin.

While the designer thought the finished product felt «a little weak,» he said the effort was likely an attempt by the campaign to emphasize Quinn's status as the race's only female candidate — while perhaps trying to play down her perceived brashness.

AV avoids this problem by requiring the winner to have a majority, if not on first preferences alone, then once the second, third and so on of the weaker candidates have been counted after they are eliminated.

Our weak campaign finance laws and a commercial media that counts on huge revenues from political ads bought by corporate - sponsored candidates have put our democracy up for sale to the highest bidder.

Massachusetts is guaranteed to switch to a Democratic governor this fall; Kerry Healey is a weak candidate and will easily be trounced by whoever wins the Dem nomination.

But this once - golden opportunity has been frittered away, GOP insiders increasingly complain, by one man: state GOP chief Ed Cox, whose failure to woo big - name candidates is matched only by his weak fund - raising, they add.

He defeated several more experienced candidates for the Democratic nomination and in March 2008 claimed the traditionally Republican seat by taking advantage of a candidate who was considered weak.

Previously dismissed as weak candidates for superconductivity, iron - based superconductors took the science community by surprise when it was discovered that the new iron arsenide family had very high transition temperatures.

My take is that none of the candidates were willing to look weak by responding honestly to Gibson's question about carbon taxes — «Or is it just so politically unpalatable that you guys don't want to propose it?»

«For Barbaro it's not the first time he's been called out by those on the left for a weak hatchet job on a Republican Presidential candidate.

Even if you are a strong candidate, a weak resume will delay your job search by failing to bring you interviews.