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David Davis by-election campaign, 2008

Davis formally stood down as an MP on 18 June 2008, by accepting the position of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern, which he immediately renounced in order to be able to stand for the by-election; this is the traditional method of resigning from Parliament, since MPs are not permitted to hold most positions in the gift of the Crown without approval from their constituencies.


Bruno Mégret

A rival of Jean-Pierre Stirbois, then general secretary of the FN (who died in 1988), he organised in 1987 Le Pen's election campaign and became the number two (délégué général) in the movement.

College Democrats of America

The College Democrats of America organization was founded in 1932 to further the election campaign of presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Harry L. Sears

He was the New Jersey chairman for the 1972 re-election campaign of President Richard Nixon and was later indicted on charges stemming from the secret delivery of $200,000 from financier Robert Vesco to Nixon's campaign.

Howard Wolfson

He was a senior strategist for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2009 re-election campaign.

Jim Gerlach

Gerlach had been mentioned as a potential candidate for the United States Senate seat held by Arlen Specter after John Cornyn, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, contacted him following Specter's May 2009 party-switch.

Larry McCarthy

Upon graduating from Georgetown, McCarthy worked on the successful 1974 re-election campaign of Liberal Republican Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York.

Mac Christensen

In 2006, Christensen co-chaired Orrin Hatch's Senate re-election campaign with Stan Parish.

Movladi Udugov

Following the end of the First Chechen War, Udugov unsuccessfully ran for the post of President of Ichkeria in the January 1997 election, but got less than 1% percent of the votes (in his election campaign he was representing an unpopular radical Islamist platform).

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998

Finally, the 1998 South Carolina GOP ticket was dragged down with unpopular Governor David Beasley at the top of the ticket who would go on to lose his re-election campaign to Jim Hodges.


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2005 New Zealand election funding controversy

In an interview the following day she gave the example of a cartoon on the Young Nationals' website which had been there since before the election campaign, and indeed before Brash's leadership of the Party, depicting her as Star Wars villain Darth Vader telling Luke Skywalker she is his "lesbian father".

Bill Saundercook

Immediately following his municipal defeat, Saundercook took a core of his campaign team to assist his long-time friend and fellow Liberal Alan Tonks in his successful federal election campaign

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2010

Our Party (NS) - Election campaign of the coalition of the Our Party nad New Socialist Party - Zdravko Kršmanović started on 3 September by laying a wreath at the memorial area of Donja Gradina, at the Jasenovac concentration camp.

Brenda Reneau

In Reneau's first re-election campaign, she faced the father of J.C. Watts and was again endorsed by The Oklahoman.

Canadian federal election, 1980

Clark and his government had been under attack for its perceived inexperience, for example, in its handling of its 1979 election campaign commitment to move Canada's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Catherine Mackin

Her report later that year on President Nixon's re-election campaign, in which she stated that the President was saying things about opponent George McGovern that were untrue, was highlighted in Timothy Crouse's book, The Boys on the Bus.

Cheshire, Massachusetts

The election campaign which put Thomas Jefferson into the presidency was hard fought, and Cheshire was the only Berkshire town which favored Jefferson.

Darren Webber

Preselected in 2010 by the Liberal Party, Webber is single and used this to his advantage during the election campaign by handing roses to potential voters on Valentine's Day which fell a month before polling day.

Dave Blalock

Blalock appeared in the theatrical production of Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein of Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel of Rimini Protokoll (2005–2007) where among a cast of ten people out of real life - such as a conservative politician unveiling his election campaign strategies, a German former Hitler Youth, Weimar's former chief police officer - to tell his story of a fragging in the midst of Intrigue, War & Death.

Dean A. Hrbacek

In 2002, Hrbacek faced a tough re-election campaign for a fourth term against City Council member David Wallace, a businessman who had built up a base of support and had just been elected to the same City Council district Hrbacek held before becoming mayor.

Derrick Kitts

Prior experience in politics included serving as Joe Scarborough’s political director and as field director for U.S. Representative Rick White’s 1998 re-election campaign.

Dick Murphy

His re-election campaign saw controversy with a last minute write-in candidate, Donna Frye, a member of the San Diego City Council, who likely received more votes than either Murphy or Roberts.

Earl Brutus

Proceeds from the event, which also featured a DJ set from Mani of Primal Scream, were donated to Ken Livingstone's London Mayoral election campaign.

Eduard Kokoity

He had gained key support from Albert "Dik" Tedeyev and his brother Dzhambolat, also a champion wrestler, who organized and financed Kokoity's election campaign.

Elie Rekhess

A regular public lecturer and television commentator on Arab issues in Israel and the territories, he served as a strategic advisor to Ehud Barak during his election campaign (1999) and as an advisor to Science Minister Matan Vilna'i, Chairman of the Ministerial Committee on the Arabs in Israel (1999–2000).

Erel Margalit

During the 2005 election campaign, Margalit was one of the first businessmen to support Amir Peretz in the general elections.

George Spotton

This election campaign turned into a political drama of sorts reminiscent of the novel All the King's Men.

Gretchen Morgenson

In mid-1993, she left Forbes magazine to become the executive editor at Worth magazine but in September 1995 took on the job of press secretary for the Presidential election campaign of Steve Forbes following which she was appointed assistant managing editor at Forbes magazine.

Jacques Lowe

Jacques Lowe (January 24, 1930 – May 12, 2001) was a photographer and publisher best known for his role as U.S. President John F. Kennedy's official photographer during his election campaign and presidency.

Jo Vallentine

At her first election campaign in 1984, media interest was focused on the NDP Senate candidate for New South Wales, Midnight Oil's singer Peter Garrett.

Joseph Bubba

He survived a tough general election campaign against Passaic County Freeholder James Roe, the brother of U.S. Rep. Robert Roe by just 974 votes.

Local Natives

In 2010 the group's song Wide Eyes became known in Australia after appearing during an election campaign advertisement for the Australian Democrats.

Mark Shields

Over more than a decade, he helped manage state and local campaigns in some 38 states, including incumbent Boston, Massachusetts Mayor Kevin White's successful re-election campaign in 1975.

Melbourne tram route 75

During the 1999 election campaign the Australian Labor Party committed to extend route 75 to Westfield Knox, this was later changed to the current arrangement, with it terminating at Vermont South, and connecting bus, operated by Ventura Bus Lines – the Knox Transit Link (run as part of Route 732) – running to Westfield Knox, the bus meets every tram and runs only within Zone 2.

Nancy Worley

The charges, resulting from an investigation by Attorney General Troy King's office, accuse Worley of soliciting support from five of her employees during her unsuccessful re-election campaign in 2006.

Nelly Bay, Queensland

It was later alleged that the developer made an unrecorded donation to Townsville Mayor Tony Mooney's election campaign.

Nelnet

Officials from Nelnet and Union Bank & Trust Company, which are both owned by the same family, gave $16,100 to Bruning for his Senate election campaign, including $2,300 from Nelnet President Jeff Noordhoek, just 16 days before the two would appear together to announce the $1 million settlement.

New York Comptroller election, 2010

The New York comptroller election of 2010 involved the first election campaign of Democrat Thomas DiNapoli to the Office of State Comptroller.

Ohio State House

Former Governor Ted Strickland, however, stated during his 2006 election campaign his intention to use the Statehouse office on a regular basis.

Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc

During the election campaign some Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc members suspected Our Ukraine to be responsible for leaflets aimed against Yulia Tymoshenko, like fake invitations to celebrate her birthday at McDonald's.

Pauline Browes

During the 1995 Ontario provincial election, she served as a special advisor to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario election campaign won by Mike Harris, who became Premier of Ontario.

Ravenswood, West Virginia

1960 Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy visits Ravenswood during the Primary Election campaign.

Realignment plan

The plan was formulated and introduced to the Israeli public by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a number of media interviews during the election campaign for the 17th Knesset in early 2006.

Riogate

The Clinton campaign team (including James Carville and George Stephanopoulos) released a video tape of a Brazilian newscast which showed Bush re-election campaign materials being printed in Brazil.

Robert S. Pirie

His work for the Harold Hughes election campaign during this time landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

Russia for Russians

For example, the Rodina party and its leader Dmitry Rogozin made illegal immigration and a “Moscow for Muscovites!” platform a centerpiece of their election campaign.

Serge Blanchard Oba

According to Oba, his party spent more than one billion CFA francs on its 2007 election campaign.

Sidney A. Fitzwater

Fitzwater's nomination sparked controversy in part because of allegations raised at his confirmation hearing about alleged voter intimidation in African-American neighborhoods in south Dallas, Texas during the unsuccessful 1982 re-election campaign of Texas Gov. Bill Clements.

Stump speech

Husting, debate or speech during an election campaign, called "stump" in the United States

The Tragic Muse

Despite his misgivings Nick goes through an election campaign and wins a seat in Parliament.

Thomas Martin, Jr.

During his re-election campaign, the Maine Republican Party criticized Lachowicz for comments she made while playing World of Warcraft.

UK Youth Climate Coalition

To achieve their aims and objectives, the organisation provides training to young people on public narative, using the techniques developed by Marshall Ganz who was part of the U.S. President Barack Obama's election campaign, whilst coordinating a series of projects and events each year, including sending a youth delegations to the United Nations Climate Negotiations.

Ulster Independence Movement

Buoyed by the relative success of the previous election and the influx of new affiliates the UIM put up 40 candidates in 18 seats in the Northern Ireland Forum elections of 1996, representing its most high profile election campaign.

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1914

In the general election campaign, Harding faced Democratic nominee Timothy Hogan and Progressive candidate Arthur Garford.

Urba affair

The Mitterrand election campaign of 1988 was directed by Henri Nallet, who then became Justice Minister.

Young Front

After the presidential election campaign the criminal cases on Zmitser Dashkevich, Syargej Lisichenak, Baris Garetski and Aleg Korban were opened by Article 193-1 (establishment and management of public association, religious association or political party, which infringe on personality, rights and duties of man and did not get official registration).