She has advocated for stricter gun control laws and gay rights, and voted against California's Proposition 8 during the 2008 elections.

Before the 2008 elections in Bavaria, the CSU perennially achieved absolute majorities at the state level by itself.

General elections were held in 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2012.

Coldcut also collaborated with video mashup artist TV Sheriff and NomIg., to produce two audiovisual pieces " World of Evil " ( 2004 ) and " Revolution ' 08 " ( 2008 ), both composed of footage from the United States presidential elections of the respective years.

In the 2008 elections, the opposition Union for a Presidential Majority ( UMP ) party boycotted the election, leaving all 65 seats to the ruling RPP.

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

As far as general elections, he only dipped below 55. 0 % once ( 2008 ).

President Saakashvili rejected all demands that he resign his position, but announced early presidential elections to be held in January 2008, effectively cutting his term in office by a year.

Mitchell went on to win the 2003 elections with a reduced majority of 8 of the 15 seats and served as Prime Minister for a record 13 years until his defeat in 2008.

Prior to the 2008 elections, a decision to change the electoral date and extend the parliamentary mandate resulted in major controversy when the Assembly deputies snubbed the president and chose to extend their mandate.

The 2008 and 2012 elections were both won by Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party candidate.

However, after the elections in April 2006, the Socialist coalition under Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany unveiled a package of austerity measures which were designed to reduce the budget deficit to 3 % of GDP by 2008.

The government called early elections in September 2007 ( normally, elections would have been held in March 2008 ), and New Democracy again was the majority party in the Parliament.

On June 5, 2008, Ice-T jokingly stated that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections.

Following the 2008-2011 elections of ULI's direction committee, Gonçalo Neves replaced Carnaghan as secretary of linguistic issues in February 2008.

In the 2008 elections for senators, the JDA fielded two candidates, two candidates stood as members of the campaign group " Jersey 2020 " ( focusing on environmental issues ) and two for " Time4Change / Reform ": none was successful.

* 2008 – Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

He was touted as a possible Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London elections in 2008, but turned down an offer from Conservative leader David Cameron.

Widely reported electoral fraud on Kibaki's side in the 2007 elections resulted in the 2007 – 2008 Kenyan crisis.

Campaigning wrapped up March 7, 2008 for general elections that could see gains for Malaysia's opposition amid anger over race and religion among minority Chinese and Indians.

Malaysians voted March 8, 2008 in parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections are held at least once every five years, with the last general election being in March 2008.

In 2008, Money magazine ranked Ann Arbor, 27th out of the top 100 best places to live in America.

Just a few weeks later, Le bassin aux nymphéas ( from the water lilies series ) sold at Christie's 24 June 2008 auction in London, lot 19, for £ 36, 500, 000 ($ 71, 892, 376. 34 ) ( hammer price ) or £ 40, 921, 250 ($ 80, 451, 178 ) with fees, nearly doubling the record for the artist and representing one of the top 20 highest prices paid for a painting at the time.

In 2006 and in 2008, the World Bank named Georgia the top reformer in the world.

In the 2008 ARWU ranking, Gothenburg University is ranked in the 201 – 302 range when compared to the top 500 universities in the world.

One of Hungary ’ s top tourist destinations is Lake Balaton, the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, with a number of 1, 2 million visitors in 2008.

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A PricewaterhouseCoopers study released in 2009, which surveyed the 2008 GDP of the top cities in the world, calculated Karachi ’ s GDP ( PPP ) to be $ 78 billion ( projected to be $ 193 billion in 2025 at a growth rate of 5. 5 %).

Lederman was an early supporter of Science Debate 2008, an initiative to get the then-candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, to debate the nation's top science policy challenges.

The 2008 Princeton Review Best 290 Business Schools names Millsaps ' Else School of Business as one of the nation's top business schools and ranked Millsaps number 3 for " Best Classroom Experience ".

The university has recently declined consistently in these rankings: of the top 200 universities, after being placed 67th in 2005, it ranked equal 168th in 2007, 182nd in 2008 and 189th in 2009.

In 2008, the Twins finished the regular season tied with the White Sox on top of the AL Central, forcing a one-game playoff in Chicago to determine the division champion.

Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys each had top twenty albums on small labels, with the former's Float landing at number four in 2008.

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The Wetherspoons pub chain reported in June 2009 that profits were at the top end of expectations ; however, Scottish & Newcastle's takeover by Carlsberg and Heineken was reported in January 2008 as partly the result of its weakness following falling sales due to the ban.

The two consecutive tours in support of Snakes & Arrows in 2007 and 2008 accrued $ 21 million and $ 18. 3 million, respectively, earning Rush the number 6 and 8 spots among the top ten summer rock concerts.

In 2008 Time put him in their top 100 of The World's Most Influential People.

In 2008 she ranked in the top 5 of the Maxim " Hot 100 " list.

When naming its top five Mario Kart tracks of all time in 2008, 1UP. com named Battle Mode Course 4 at number three and Rainbow Road – along with its subsequent versions in the series – at number one.

As of 2008, it has sold over four million copies in the U. S. The first single, the multi-format duet " Party for Two ", made the country top ten with Billy Currington, while the pop version with Sugar Ray lead singer Mark McGrath made top ten in the United Kingdom and Germany.

The College of Science and Engineering is ranked among the top 50 in the nation as one of U. S. News & World Report's Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs ( 2008 edition ).

In 2008, the National Post and the Ottawa Citizen recognized UNB as being among the top three comprehensive research universities in Canada for the highest percentage growth of research income across a five-year period.

One of Hungary ’ s top tourist destinations is Lake Balaton, the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, with a number of 1, 2 million visitors in 2008.

In June 2008, AFI revealed its " Ten top Ten "— the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres — after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

In 2008, American sports television network ESPN ranked him 22nd on their top drivers of all-time.