Sentences with phrase «win political support»

Testing companies win political support by pumping thousands of dollars into political lobbying campaigns to ensure that candidates who support testing are voted into office.

Democratic leaders in Congress are highlighting recent state belt - tightening in their effort to win political support for greater federal spending on schools.

Most school finance overhauls fail to win political support because without an infusion of new money, they create winners and losers.

WMHT's Matt Ryan chronicles this week's vetting sessions with candidates to win the Legislature's nod to fill out Eric Schneiderman's term, while the Reporters Roundtable has Yancey Roy of Newsday and Casey Seiler and David Lombardo from the Times Union assessing the rapid jockeying to win political support for a four - year term.

But now Speaker Quinn has moved to the hard right, in order to win political support from the billionaire Rudin real estate family, for example, by fast - tracking their real estate developments over public health, like what happened with the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital.

Not exact matches

That depends on how effective an interest group is in winning the support of powerful political patrons.

He healed for a time the ills of Islamic society, but he healed them by political methods which took man at his worst, and he did not hesitate to suppress by force or to win support by an appeal to cupidity.

There is no reason similar cases could not be won for any number of political or social sympathies — from supporting fox hunting to reading Batman comics.

If it is the case that not intervening would have led to a significant massacre within this week / fortnight, there is a pragmatic lesser evil case for on balance supporting a not very well thought through intervention (the US has clearly not spent a long time doing this), and a stalemate, and then looking to the Arab League to mediate a political settlement over time in which the government can't win by massacre.

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Friday, said President Muhammadu Buhari does not need the political support of former president Olusegun Obasanjo to win the 2019 presidential election...

It was partly due to people like Noble that Duggan, a longtime political operative and former Detroit Medical Center CEO who spent most of his life in suburban Livonia, managed to win so much grassroots support.

«That move led by former Mayor Ed Koch to force candidates to pledge support for drawing of political district lines by an independent group — not by the state Legislature — wins solid support,» Carroll continued.

Political scientists such as Danielle Resnick, Nic Cheeseman and Miles Larmer aver that Sata won by using a combination of populist messages which appealed to cross-ethnic, poor, urban voters with ethnically - motivated support in rural Bemba - speaking areas.

The activities of EXTON CUBIC LTD within the Tano - Offin Forest Reserve - including the establishment of an integrated Aluminum industry - has the potential to create 40, 000 direct and indirect jobs and for a government that won power on the altar of providing jobs for the teeming unemployed youth, it is only fair and logical that it sheds it's political lenses and support this noble cause by an illustrious son of the land.

Most recent was the political demise of Dutch PM Mark Rutte, forced to call new elections in April after failing to win support for budget cuts.

Robinson — who says she does not have the support of a «big political machine» — said that if she wins, it will be historic because she is a woman of color and her campaign is rooted in grassroots support.

It seems they are more concerned with winning public support (or at least not losing it) than they are about their policies and their underlying political philosophy.

But Dr. Nduom told the chiefs of Wulensi, Nyankpayili, Bimbilla and Tatale that political parties which have won power recently forget them after they win elections; and that it was important they give their votes and support to the PPP this time because it is a party of doers.

The 42 - year - old Molinaro, whose political career began at the age of 18 upon winning election as mayor of the Village of Tivoli, admitted the outpouring of support led him to reconsider and then enter the race.

Candidate Kevin Bott kicked off his campaign on the steps of City Hall yesterday, suggesting that even though incumbent mayor Stephanie Miner won a three - way Democratic primary, there are signs her political support isn't that strong.

The Occupy movement's spotlight on the massive power of big money in our political system, paired with the blod support of Governor Cuomo, means that we truly can win this critical issue this year!

The phenomenon starts during our political campaigns when people and powerful organizations with their own agendas and resources, skew voting.They secretly or openly give big donations and other supports to the political parties with the expectation that, their political cronies will offer them juicy contracts etc when they win political power.With this support, our parties buy votes instead of winning them.

But, I think there is at least some incentive for people to support candidates that both represent their political views and have a realistic change of winning elected office (s).

The win came with help from the IDC's political action committee, which provided financial support for Alcantara's run.

Michael Steele chose to side with pricey Albany political consultants — who succeed only in expending billable hours, not winning elections — rather than the elected leadership of the state party, so I can't imagine Steele was expecting any support from the the state powers that be.

Then, Dr. Nduom swung into action to win voter support to be in Parliament only to sell the CPP out to the NPP and become a bed - fellow of the morbid political foes, the NPP under Kufuor.

The occasion, according to party officials, brought together over 68,000 members of the umbrella family to lend their support as they seek to win political power for a third time.

Poloncarz also denied that his endorsement of Grant was done with an eye toward political payback, and said he'll be supporting whoever wins the primary next Tuesday.

Nigel Farage, who has won considerable political support with a relentless campaign on the end of the movement controls, was left unimpressed by the U-turn.

Republican congressional candidate Andrew Heaney is set to appear at a Jan. 14 event for a political action committee that's supported his efforts to win the 19th congressional district.

Currently Mr. Drummond is looking for campaign staff, which currently consists of his wife and son with occasional support of other Reform Party members, and building infrastructure necessary to win a political campaign.

She has managed not only to ease liberals» misgivings about her but also to win their enthusiastic support — all while maintaining her moderate cred and doing the kind of behind - the - scenes political scut work that could enable an eventual national bid.

Adam supports partners to develop and implement sophisticated political plans to win elections while building long - term power for their bases.

Cuomo's campaign won support from other unions and political heavyweights like Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Newsday's political correspondent, Rick Brand, has also described MacKay as «a political alchemist» for his uncanny ability to galvanize support for unknown candidates for public office — and help them win.

Now the only possibility for any political party who wants to win power is to come to us and let's sit down and we will tell them; if you want us to support you to win your elections, first of all you have to look into our policies.

Multiple people close to Ms. James said that she told them the political operation of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was pushing her to turn down the Working Families nomination, or risk losing his support should she win the Democratic nomination.

Khojasteh, a Bedford attorney and political newcomer, pitches himself to GOP committee members in the 37th SD, hoping to win their support to run in the yet - to - be-called special election for the seat vacated by former Democratic Sen. George Latimer.

«I think John is gonna win this the way he won the election, he's gonna prevail in the courts,» Mr. Seddio said, batting away a theory floated in political circles that he only supported Mr. Sampson so his Democratic machine can appoint a successor in the case that Mr. Sampson is found guilty and a special election is called.

With community groups still spurning Cuomo despite his attempt to strongarm Democratic unity and win WFP support, the New York political world entered something of a parallel universe in which the governor and his allies act like Cuomo has always been a champion of party unity and that the primary fight is about anything but progressive policy failures due to years of a sanctioned Democratic split.

Okorocha also said none of the big names in the state supported his governorship aspiration in 2011 and 2015 respectively, adding that he won the elections without the support of any of the political bigwigs in Imo politics.

«It's all about building up your vote and getting institutional support,» said political consultant Doug Forand, who predicted «Jeffries wins by a comfortable margin.»

Elise Stefanik, a 29 - year - old former White House aide, has jumped to the fore of the pool of three existing candidates and has won support from several committees, according to political operatives following the race.

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over one - third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multi-million dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment, from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

Edward Braunstein won last week's Democratic primary because he had broad support from voters across his northeast Queens district as well as the backing of the party's county organization, political insiders said.

The group, which seeks to engage young adults to participate in the political process, cited Gjonaj's commitment to public service and common sense solutions, as key factors in winning the support of its members.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has spent millions winning the support of New York City political parties, thinks the solution is nonpartisan elections.

«A senator asked for political advice and the governor said it's simple: They have to win seats and should stop with the nasty internal bickering and they should change their political leadership because no one is going to support a team that keeps losing and keeps the same leadership,» a source said.

Writing for the Observer online this weekend, Bercow said he confidently expected to win «significant support» from Tory MPs and insisted he had support from a «positively psychedelic» coalition across the political spectrum.

That's won him support from people of different political persuasions.