Woot Court Case Study

will run for the November election, so I think that the primary system breaks down to several

It is during this election that public officials are chosen (Champagne and Harpham 136). These officials include the governor, attorney general, comptroller of public accounts, and the lieutenant governor. It happens every two years in November on the Tuesday after the first Monday, and tends not to be held during presidential election years in order to prevent either of the elections from influencing each other. Leading up to this date the Republican nominee and the Democratic nominee campaign against each other for votes (Champagne and Harpham 136).

The case involves Stephen Spoonamore, who is seeking to run as an unaffiliated candidate for state representative in District 1. Ron Amstutz is term-limited and cannot run again. Republican Scott Wiggam prevailed in the March primary, and he is definitely on the ballot.

former history professor in a small town in Georgia who had run unsuccessfully of the House twice before being elected and entering congress with a

He stated that if elected again he would only serve three more additional terms. He said this because he does not stand for the term limits set in Washington and how the government rewards long-term politicians as they do not allow for different people in government. He won the Republican Primary with 77 percent of the vote in 2010. He then went on to defeat democrat Patrick Murphy regaining his chair as Congressman in the 8th district. In 2012, Kathryn Boockvar ran for the position but lost to Fitzpatrick 57 percent to 43 percent. In 2014, he went up against a former Army Ranger democratic candidate Kevin Strouse and won the

When asked how she became interested in politics, Hampton answered, “That is a God story,” explaining that she lost her job in 2012 and prayed for guidance on what to do next. After losing a run for state house in Bowling Green, she was contacted by, now Governor, Matt Bevins, who asked her to be his running mate. Hampton is now the 57th Lt. Governor of Kentucky, the first African-American in history to hold statewide office, and the 4th woman to hold the Lt. Governor’s position.

The vote was done by voice vote in an open meeting after the candidates were interviewed in executive session. Because Smail was seeking the appointment to serve our Carmichael’s term, she recused herself from leading the Central Committee meeting. David Tschantz stepped into the role for the evening. Amstutz received overwhelming support in the voice vote.

I. The office being sought was the office of the US Senator from Ohio. There are two such positions for the state of Ohio. This post was won by Sherrod Brown in 2006. This past election saw Brown, a Democrat, defend his Senate seat against Republican Josh Mandel in a bitter campaign.

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In 2012, Democratic U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman of New York’s fifth congressional district announced his retirement and would not seek re-election in November of that year. Incumbent Gregory Meeks ran for the open seat and was elected with 74.8% of the vote. He has been reelected two more times (2014-2016 elections) since then. This past election in 2016, Meeks was up against Republican candidate Michael O'Reilly, but Meeks was re-elected with 85.5% of the vote.

Maura Healy is the candidate from the Democratic party running in the November 4, 2014 election for Massachusetts attorney general against Republican candidate John Miller. Her experience as a prosecutor and her achievements of lobbying for civil rights over the years makes her a prime candidate for our next attorney general.

Pickens County GOP Chairman William Bell said the local party has formed a sub-committee that will work on crafting the ballot question over the coming months and would like to coordinate with the Democratic party during the process.

At the conclusion of President Barack Obama’s historical consecutive terms in office there is going to be a large number of candidates that are vying for the nominations of the respective parties. Due to the constitutional term limits imposed on the President, Obama is barred to seek re-election in 2016. While there are about 10 candidates running for the republicans, there are only two still in the running for the Democratic Party. The way candidates are recognized by their respective parties to become a candidate for the United States Presidency is first by receiving an invitation to compete in the primaries, then being included in the nationwide polls, as well as being on the ballot for at least 75% of all states. At the conclusion of the February 1st caucus there were 3 Democrats and 10 republicans who were still in the Presidential race, since then one Democratic candidate had dropped out.

After Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte newly announced his liabilities and acceptance to running in the 2016 presidential election, hearsays were disseminating on the social media that Senator Miriam may pull out her 2016 presidential candidacy and sacrifice it in favor of giving way to Duterte.

candidate in that district. Feeling that they can not steal the seat from the other party, the