Sentences with phrase «contested races start»

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An opening - day celebration is to start at 12:30 p.m. with a watermelon relay race, duck pluck, Ping - Pong ball blowing contest, underwater coin hunt and adult splash dive contest.

Though it has barely started, the Brooklyn district attorney's race has become a very crowded contest with an odd twist: Its central figure, and the man most likely to shape its themes and contours, is no longer alive: the late DA, Ken Thompson, who died of cancer last year.

Suffolk elections officials on Friday began the lengthy process of counting the 16,690 absentee and affidavit ballots in the tightly contested countywide sheriff's race, starting with the county's smallest town, Shelter Island.

Go back to it at the start of 2010 and see how many of the races ranked between # 6 and # 10 today have turned into real contests.

While the 2012 Republican presidential race has been among the slowest starting in modern memory, the activity in Senate contests is more than filling the void for political junkies.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN / ORC Poll.

The race will likely be decided by a state Supreme Court judge who arrived at the Board of Elections in Yaphank about 3 p.m. Wednesday to start making calls on contested absentee ballots sent to the district by mail.

He started the 2008 cycle as the political director at the DCCC before eventually overseeing an $ 85 million expenditure in dozens of contested races on ads and direct mail.

The Senate bill, introduced by Chairman John Bonacic of that chamber's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, would not apply to season - long fantasy sports contests where the entry fee is paid before the season starts.

SEBRING, Fla. — Corvette Racing's new Corvette C6.R race cars will start their first race in the top two spots in the fiercely contested GT1 class at the season - opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

In 2013 Volkswagen will start to contest the top rally racing category, thus setting new aims for the brand after three consecutive victories at the Dakar Rally.

Field Set by Practice Times After Rain Cancels Qualifying SEBRING, Fla. — Corvette Racing's new Corvette C6.R race cars will start their first race in the top two spots in the fiercely contested GT1 class at the season - opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

7:00 a.m. Race Registration 8:00 a.m. 10K Race Start on Plymouth Avenue, Fire Safety booth opens 8:15 a.m. 5K Race Start on Brown Street and Travis Fitch performs 8:30 a.m. Dog Walk Registration opens, Face Painting, Bounce House, and Attendee Dog Agility Course open 9:00 a.m. Shelter opens, Vaccination and Microchip Clinic opens 9:45 a.m. 10K and 5K Race Awards ceremony 10:30 a.m. Dog walk registration ends 10:35 a.m. Attendee Dog Agility course closes 11:00 a.m. Dog Walk begins in park 12:00 p.m. Fire Safety booth closes 12:30 a.m. Pet contests at stage, Canine Playgroup Demo begins, Face Painting and Bounce House close 1:00 p.m. Pet Contest Winners announced 12:15 p.m. Entertainment - to be announced 1:15 p.m. RAS alumni group photo at stage with FREE bandana 1:30 p.m. Raffle drawing at stage; Kids Zone, Clinic, and Play Yard demo end 2:00 p.m. Event ends