Sentences with phrase «who ran on»

Several of the students have criticized the president, whose election was strongly supported by the National Rifle Association and who ran on a platform opposing gun control.

Citizens are frantically organizing to try to shut down the only major legislative success of a president who ran on a platform of populism, and Democrats are growing optimistic about flipping one or both houses of Congress.

International law firms have had less work in France, thanks to a combination of the global financial crisis and the stifling actions of former President Francois Hollande, a dyed - in - the - wool socialist who ran on an anti-business ticket and made good on his promise with a series of tax hikes and new regulation.

It wasn't until the election of Peña Nieto in 2012, who ran on a platform of sweeping economic reform, that real change looked possible.

In California, where millions were poured in for a candidate who ran on wiping out teachers» due process, voters rejected that.

Miller was first elected to Congress in 1974 with a group of first - time lawmakers known as the «Watergate Babies,» who ran on a platform of cleaning up Washington in the wake of the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.

The American Diabetes Association and the National Institutes of Health funded these studies, which also exhibited that mice who ran on an exercise wheel for 11 days and men who underwent 12 weeks of training on an exercise bicycle experienced a browning of their subcutaneous white adipose tissue (SCWAT) that appears to have led to overwhelming changes in the way that fat behaved in the body.

Assembly 142nd District - Buffalo Region Michael Kearns, a Democrat who ran on the GOP line, narrowly defeated Democratic candidate and former radio host Steve Cichon, a lifelong Republican, for Erie County Clerk in the fall.

Besides Newell and Gigi Li, candidates in September will likely include: Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party line in the April special election; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader and attorney; local businessman Don Lee; Lower East Side resident Christopher Marte.; and John Bal, a contender who dropped out of the special election citing a rigged process to select Silver's successor.

Sen. Simcha Felder, who ran on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines, was first elected as a Democrat in 2012 but has conferenced and voted with Republicans as the two major parties slugged it out for control of the chamber.

A majority of the four candidates who ran on the party line last November had to sign off on the WEP's rules and leaders — but only two of them did.

Holden, a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican and Conservative lines after losing to Crowley in the Democratic primary, had a 137 - vote lead over Crowley after the city's Board of Elections counted all of the paper ballots on Wednesday for the district, which includes Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood, Woodhaven and Woodside, according to the New York Daily News.

Van Bramer took 70 percent of the vote, while Maragos received 23 percent and Deirdre Feerick, a Democrat who ran on the Independent line, took 5 percent.

If Bob Holden, a CUNY professor and president of the Juniper Civic Association in Middle Village — a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican, Conservative and Reform lines in the general election — ends up defeating incumbent Queens Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley after all the paper ballots are counted, then the Council will have 11 new members.

Election law says disputes over a party's rules shall be settled by a majority of the statewide candidates who ran on that party's line in the last election.

QUEENSBURY In Lake George, four - term town supervisor Dennis Dickinson, representing the Republican and Independence parties, defeated six - year Lake George Town Councilman Dan Hurley, a retired electrical contractor who ran on the Democratic and Conservative lines.

Incumbent Republicans Matt Sokol and Doug Beaty won seats as well as political newcomers Michael Wild and Brad Magowan who ran on the Republican, Independence and Reform lines.

Cuomo, who ran on the WFP and Independence Party lines in 2010 (He accepted the WFP line only after the U.S. attorney's office ended its investigation of the party's for - profit arm Data and Field Services without charges) said he was aware the WFP's leadership was opposed to ending Wilson - Pakula.

Sheldon Silver's chosen successor, Democrat Alice Cancel, has won a tight race in a special election to fill the shamed former speaker's Assembly seat — beating back a strong challenge from Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party ballot.

Ultimately, it cost Mario Cuomo his office in 1994 to Republican Gov. George Pataki, who ran on a fiscal conservative platform.

The former federal prosecutor, who ran on a platform of cleaning up Albany, has claimed the Long Island state once held by the former majority leader convicted of corruption.

Altschuler, a self - funding businessman who ran on a fusion ticket of both the Republican and Conservative Party lines, is now up 392 votes, his campaign spokesman Rob Ryan confirmed.

Both town GOPers and Democrats passed on re-nominating incumbent Cris Hendrick, a registered Conservative who ran on the Republican and Conservative lines back in 2009.

Gipson, a former Rhinebeck Village Board member, first was elected to the Senate two years ago in a three - way race against 20 - year incumbent Steve Saland, R - Poughkeepsie, and Republican Neil DiCarlo of Putnam County, who ran on the Conservative line.

Democrat Sally Jaroszynski, picked up 28.5 percent of the vote, Fredonia Republican Michael J. Sullivan, who ran on the Green Party line, picked up 6.6 percent of the vote while Working Families candidate James J. Spann, received 5.81 percent of the vote.

Like Ms. Niou, Ms. James is a Democrat who ran on the WFP ballot row against a Democratic opponent in a special election — in Ms. James» case, for a Brooklyn City Council seat in 2003.

You can also search by location to drill down for election results — including the votes claimed by Howie Hawkins of the Green Party, Michael McDermott of the Libertarian Party and Steve Cohn, who ran on the Sapient Party line.

Councilmember - elect Bob Holden, a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line in November after losing to Crowley in the Democratic primary, did not attend.

That leaves state Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, a registered Democrat who ran on both major party lines in 2016 and has conferenced with the GOP since he came to Albany.

Among Reform candidates, there were 108 who also ran as Republicans, 85 who ran as Conservatives, 54 who ran on the Independence line, five who were on the WFP line, three who were on the Green line and one who also ran on the Democratic line.

The candidate he worked for was Doug Hoffman, who ran on the Conservative Party line and a protest vehicle against the local Republican Party, which had selected a moderate, Dede Scozzafava, to run in a special election for an open seat.

There appeared to be hope with the 2010 election of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran on a reform agenda.

The lone holdout would be Senator Simcha Felder, a registered Democrat from Brooklyn who ran on both major party lines and has conferenced with the GOP since he joined the Senate.

Republican Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has won her third term against Toby Shelley, who ran on the Democrat and Conservative Party lines.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Republican Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has won her third term against Toby Shelley, who ran on the Democrat and Conservative Party lines.

The Democratic governor and mayor — self - described «friends» who have been openly sniping at each other for months — traded barbs on Tuesday after Cuomo faulted de Blasio for appearing alongside Astorino, the Westchester County executive who ran on the Republican line against Cuomo, during a rally calling for transportation funding.

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And Gallo, who ran on a campaign of accountability and transparency in government, said the appointment of trusted campaign aides to key posts in city government is necessary to make that promise a reality.

The woman elected to fill Gabryszak's seat, Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak, who ran on Republican and Conservative party lines, ran afoul of ethics rules, too.

The mayor — who ran on the promise of representing the outer boroughs — opted to sign his first bill at a Brooklyn ice cream manufacturer, rather than the City Hall Blue Room, where bills are often signed.

However, in 2005, Democrat Byron Brown was elected the city's first African - American mayor in a landslide (64 % — 27 %) over Republican Kevin Helfer, who ran on a conservative platform.

The Cushman & Wakefield executive, who ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility as a Republican, said the cost of sustaining a campaign was prohibitive.

Holden is a registered Democrat who ran on the GOP, Conservative and Reform Party lines after losing the Democratic primary.

The Democratic establishment candidate with ties to Silver, Alice Cancel, won his old seat and defeating Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party ballot.

A ruling issued on Wednesday by the Appellate Division «found no statutory support» for the competing claims for control of the party that a package of rules be approved by a majority of the candidates who ran on the ballot line last year.

A majority of the candidates who ran on the newly formed ballot line last year have not signed off on a set of rules for the party and a judge's ruling this month threw the party's status into legal limbo.

President Mahama, who ran on the ticket of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 44.40 of valid votes cast.

A state Supreme Court judge ruled that none of the groups have a claim over the party's leadership as a majority of the statewide candidates who ran on the line last year have not signed off on a package of rules for the party.

The basis for the challenge in part came from the claim that only two of the statewide candidates who ran on the WEP — Cuomo and Hochul — signed off on the rules.

De Blasio, who ran on a platform of police reform, has struggled at times to balance the concerns of police reformers with the department he now oversees.