For many years, Ray Speight (James Cromwell, The Sum of All Fears) has been the local champion in the game of bowls (lawn bowling), and is as skillful on the field in besting his challengers as he is in using the strict rules of the game to ensure worthy opponents have a hard time rising to his level. (qwipster.net)
Both Derrick and Funiciello have fought an uphill battle to unseat Stefanik, who carved out a sweeping victory two years ago, besting challenger Aaron Woolf by 20 points, 53 to 32.5. (suncommunitynews.com)
Incumbent Fernando Cabrera, a stridently anti-gay minister who once traveled to Uganda to offer his support to homophobic forces there pushing a death penalty bill for gay people, bested challenger Randy Abreu, a former Obama administration energy official, by nearly 20 percentage points. (gaycitynews.nyc)