Sentences with phrase «when running for public office»

When they run for public office they can just say they are religious.

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When Abe Lincoln first ran for public office in Illinois, surely it was not with the ambition of being the Great Emancipator.

especially when they wear their religion in public while running for political office.

By 1998, when Schneiderman decided to leave private practice for public office, he had both Nadler and Stringer supporting his State Senate run.

Candidates running for public office have no formal process when it comes to submitting their tax returns for public viewing.

City College women's studies Professor Joyce Gelb said that being single is now no longer a serious hindrance when it comes to running for public office.

Republicans are more forgiving than Democrats when it comes to the personal issues of a candidate who's running for public office, according to a new Morning Consult / Politico poll that shows GOP voters care more about policy positions.

Ms. James was similarly committed when we asked if she might follow the path of current Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and run for mayor after a term or two in office.

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

I suspect change will begin when a few brave souls with the chops to make a difference get in the game and run for public office.

As attorney general, when he was the one investigating crimes rather than running the executive branch, he sought increased powers for public corruption, pressing legislators to pass a bill granting his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers to pursue such cases.

In Jonathan Darman's titillatingly good Newsweek profile of Eliot Spitzer, we learn that the disgraced ex-governor has no plans to run for his old public offices again, doesn't want to admit whether he went to therapy, and always knew what he was doing wrong when he paid prostitutes for sex behind his wife's back.

«I am very, very disappointed when a person who runs for public office and holds themselves out to be trusted by their community, winds up involved in a sordid affair,» he said.

Hawkins, when he's not running for some public office or another, is a blue collar unionist and unreconstructed socialist.

Walter, who spent $ 73,000 on the race, said the amount the super PAC is able to spend on races, «is a scary thought when you're running for public office in a small municipality.»

Still, the issue is staying on the radar and gained steam a few years ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was running for office and spoke publicly about public defecation, calling for every school to have a separate bathroom for boys and girls.

Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, put it best when she said of the lawsuit: «If you don't like the notion of conducting the public's business in public, you shouldn't run for office.»