Sentences with phrase «year election meant»

Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 19) about what the results of the 2009 off - year elections mean for education.

Podcast: Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 19) about what the results of the 2009 off - year elections mean for education.

Not exact matches

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

A majority Conservative government means no election for four years — and those years should be invaluable for the NDP.

An election year usually means limited action on the federal policy front, but 2016 holds prospective wins — and challenges — for entrepreneurs.The Kauffman foundation highlighted these areas of change:

An election year usually means limited action on the federal policy front, but 2016 holds prospective wins

UK Prime Minister Theresa May then unexpectedly announced elections to be held in June, meaning the scheduled two years of negotiations to determine the terms of the United Kingdom's departure seemed unlikely to make much headway until after the results of the UK vote — and probably the German elections as well — were known.

After more than a year of rallies, primaries, debates, controversies and scandals, we're only one day from the Presidential election — meaning investors are closer than ever to that long - awaited clarity on how the election will be felt in the markets.

Icahn also called for the company's directors to be elected at the same time, as opposed to the current system, in which board elections are staggered, which means that it would take two years for Icahn to obtain a majority of the board.

The death of Progressive Conservative MLA Manmeet Bhullar on Nov. 23, 2015 means that a by - election will be held to choose the next MLA for the Calgary - Greenway constituency early this year.

And I think really what I mean by that, in Europe, again, we have seen three elections this year, which I think on the face of it are very much status - quo outcomes.

If BO wins this election it means, God has abandoned USA... say hello to dark age the next 4 years, this is just the start, you ain't see nothing yet..

Following an election year when evangelicals were divided between their support for Trump, the mean rating for evangelicals remained at 61 while the mean rating for Buddhists, Mormons and Hindus shifted from relatively neutral to warmer ratings.

One Australian prime minister ten years ago received strong criticism and contributed to loss of an election by saying on television: «Life wasn't meant to be easy!»

Once Nov. 5 has passed, that doesn't mean that politics cease to matter until the next election year.

But I digress... I blame this crazy election year and my sleepless nights thinking about what a Trump presidency would mean for the health our of nation's children.

It simply means that as a National political party, we decided not to go by the seriousness we have been attaching over the previous years to this election.»

This would be a bigger deal in election years where one party has a contested primary and the other one doesn't (meaning there's not too much of a reason for people to go vote in one of them, so why not vote in the other?).

So that means the fight for control of the Senate will head into the general election in a presidential election year that traditionally draws out more Democratic voters.

Only three years ago, pundits and political scientists saw the 2008 American presidential election as the beginning of a new era in Washington: the rise of President Obama and a strong Democratic majority in both houses of Congress meant that after eight years away from Pennsylvania Avenue, liberals could again implement political programmes and reforms free from Republican meddling.

The state Democratic committee on Friday released an organizing email meant to boost candidates running down ballot this year, pegging the April 24 special election as a «D - Day» for action.

Even the deal to unite the party, forged late last year, was criticized by liberals for holding a special election after the budget is meant to come due, effectively keeping Republicans at the bargaining table.

The state Conservative Party is so far sticking by Hoffman, but GOP leaders are wondering if the lack of national attention on NY - 23 in the upcoming general election could mean last year's Tea Party cause célèbre no longer has sufficient star power to carry their banner into the race.

The stakes could not be higher: a poor speech puts May at immediate risk of an internal leadership challenge; a solid speech means the assumed timetable of a two year premiership remains viable; a great speech means people might even start believing she's capable of leading the Party into the next election.

This means that, in contrast to the position in the last five parliaments, none of the ward level results this year can be compared directly with what happened at the time of the last general election.

Totals for Assembly races have not been compiled for the past couple of election cycles, but they had previously come out to be about $ 40 million every two years, meaning that somewhere around $ 200 million can be expected to be spent on legislative races every four years.

Local government's four - year electoral cycle means that the baseline with which to compare these elections was 2011, when most of the actual council seats up this year were last won and lost.

This year's election is meant for us to protect our future because when we make the mistake and vote for President Mahama again, we will continue to face hardship in the next four years», he stated.

This means persons holding any of these positions ought to resign latest by next year ahead of the 2020 elections.

And even if it does not feature in the British election debate, the idea of replacing means - tested cash benefits with an unconditional, universal weekly payment to every adult citizen as a right of citizenship will soon be tested at the Swiss ballot box, with a referendum on basic income in Switzerland due sometime this year.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

We're also looking at what the immediate implications are for the Conservative pledge to repeal the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011, which means that general elections are only held every five years.

No 57300 DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman absconded from duty and deserted the Force on the 24th September, 2010 but contested the Bauchi central senatorial election in 2011 general elections under Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and got suspected forged retirement letter dated 5th March, 2014, this means that for four years, he is still a Police Officer which made it a criminal act for him to contest election as a Police Officer in service and this is another fraud the Police is investigating against him.

«I think after the election last year, it's important for Democrats to reinforce what it means to be a Democrat,» said Basil Smikle, the committee's executive director.

ABQ was registered with the city Campaign Finance Board as an independent expenditure — meaning it should have been uncoordinated with other election year efforts — and most of its funding came from the anti-horse carriage group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets.

When Kakto takes office, it will mean the 24th Congressional District seat has changed parties every election since former Rep. Jim Walsh retired before the 2008 election after 20 years in office.

The challenge of reducing the country's deficit over the coming years means education is likely to be a bitter battleground in the election.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER On an off - year election night, a wave of revulsion at the radical and chaotic presidency of Donald Trump meant big wins for Democrats and the election of LGBTQ candidates — including eight who are transgender — and their allies in local races nationwide.

Negron's resignation means Senate District 25 can have a regular 2018 primary and general election cycle, though it will be only for the final two years of the term he was elected to in 2016.

General election matching funds, which could mean several million dollars for the Green Party come the year 2016, can only be achieved by our presidential ticket winning 5 % of the vote this November.

Under the Fixed - Term Parliaments Act rules dictate that general elections are held every five years, meaning there can be no election before 2020.

Term limits would have to pass through both houses in the state legislature in two successive legislative cycles, meaning it could be placed on an election year ballot as early as 2019.

Statewide, officials were seeing relatively «normal turnout» for an off - year, municipal election, meaning that overall turnout could be 30 percent, said Av Harris, a spokesman for Secretary of the State Denise Merrill.

It's not an election year, but that doesn't mean state elected officials aren't raising boatloads of cash.

What this could mean: Lawmakers in an election year will almost certainly be spurred to push for more money in the state budget that would flow to schools and their local municipalities.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats» election - year outlook.

Mr Huhne said his years as a member of the European Parliament before going to Westminster at the last general election meant he was «fairly well - known within the party».

And if we get fifty thousand votes then that means we have the ability to put one of the people on the ballot in every election and we'll start winning seats starting next year.»

Nigel Farage has established himself as the preeminent motormouth on all things EU - related, and has helped take his party from nowhere to third place in last year's general election — no mean feat.