Sentences with phrase «corzine in a close race»

But the Clinton campaign is already dismissing a Sanders win, saying any result in a close race won't significantly alter the former secretary of state's big delegate lead.

St. Louis is mired in a close race for one of the two wild card spots with the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Cardinals haven't been doing themselves any favors with a 4 - 7 record in their last 11 games.

The crowd had been absorbed in a close race.

Under Cuomo, New York is in a close race with California in setting ambitious climate goals, and in some ways, may be on the verge of pulling ahead of its West Coast rival.

In a year with a bad map and low presidential approval, Democratic campaigns desperately need the money, and as we've seen, they're spending it on the kinds of activities that might make a difference in close races.

But in a close race, I don't see how to shut that down.»

In close races in the Hudson Valley, GOP candidates also held on, and in a Western New York swing district that includes portions of the Buffalo area, Republicans took the post back from Democrats.

In recent weeks, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has circulated information to local reporters about Republican candidates in close races.

The Building Trades endorsed Republican Mark Grisanti in 2010, which very well could've been the difference in a close race.

Obviously this tactic is about as niche an approach as you're going to see, but particularly in a close race that hasn't received much publicity, a handful of last - minute converts might make all the difference.

What happens in the close races has yet to be determined.

Congressional candidate Nan Hayworth has beat out Rep. John Hall to run on the Independence Party ballot line in November, giving the Republican challenger a voting column that could prove critical in a close race.

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

The Republicans have a problem in that without throwing a bone to their own base upstate that regards Skelos only a step or two behind Cuomo on the «personification of evil» scale, they risk that base vote staying home in close races next year or, even worse, primaries against the senators who voted for Flanagan last week.

Collins, like some candidates in close races, chose to stay home and focus on the local campaigning (Brooks, a Republican Monroe County Executive who is challenging Rep. Louise Slaughter this November, indicated that being a delegate at the convention can be a help, too).

With votes still to be tallied in a close race, Foley said he more than likely lost to incumbent Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy in the general election, but would not concede the race until all the votes were counted.

Locally, where Faso is locked in a close race with Democrat Zephyr Teachout for the 19th Congressional District, Ulster County GOP chair Roger Rascoe offered the same advice.

In all, the Democratic committees in Putnam, Ulster and Monroe Counties raised at least $ 1.2 million in large donations from union political action committees, private companies and individual donors, state records show, and sent money to four Senate candidates in close races.

The Conservative Party's endorsement of Swanick over the freshman Republican Grisanti caused a major stir, considering the line was necessary for him defeat Sen. Antoine Thompson in a close race in 2010.

The candidates, who are in a close race, spoke at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities convention on Tuesday.

David Iuliano and Paul Sharkey are involved in a close race for the post.

In close races, such as in the 14th City Council district, the official Board of Elections count could possibly result in a different winner than in the original poll count.

At least, that's the hope of the Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, challenging sitting governor Jon Corzine in a close race.

And in the closest race of the night, Republican trustee candidate Charles Sanders of Greenport was elected to the seat left open when two - term incumbent Dave Bergen did not receive the Republican nomination this time around.

In New York, both Dan Donovan, the Republican candidate for attorney general, and Harry Wilson, the GOP's nominee for comptroller, lost to their Democratic rivals in close races.

In 1964, for example, the Senate GOP's fundraising operations were pretty much dependent upon how much money the state party funded by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller decided to chip in; since then, the centralized Senate Republican Campaign Committee, a network of independent expenditure committees, and scores of single - member Albany fundraisers each year guarantee that no incumbent in a close race will lack for funds.

Two of the three GOP state senators who voted for same - sex marriage were locked in close races.

This bump is frequently large enough to make a difference in close races.

Rangel, first elected in 1970 in a close race over Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., has been one of the leading African American politicians in the country.

Election officials have started a 3 percent recount of a random vote sample as required by law in close races, said Altschuler spokesman Rob Ryan.

Organized labor is hoping it has a defender in Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who owes a significant degree to unions for helping him across the finish line in his close race last fall against Republican Harry Wilson.

A Bloomberg Politics poll showed Trump with a 19 - point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz among those likely to vote in Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary, with Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush locked in a close race for third and Ohio Gov. John Kasich showing no signs of a surge.

Lorigo said many of Erie County's Democrats espouse conservative values and that his Conservative Party once again supplied the winning plurality in a close race.

That year, Esty defeated Republican state Sen. Andrew Roraback in a close race.

Kitzhaber is locked in a close race with Republican Chris Dudley, a former professional basketball player with the Portland Trailblazers.

In the end, money will be a big factor in these close races.

He has said his top goal is returning Obama to the White House, but he's also finding time in the final push before Election Day for some downballot Democrats who also find themselves in close races and could use the boost Clinton can provide.

Senator Joseph Addabbo, a Democrat, and his challenger GOP City Councilman Erich Ulrich are competing in a close race in a storm ravaged district in Queens.

He also defeated her in a close race two years ago when she was the incumbent and her was the upstart challenger, bouyed by a boost in turnout in a presidential election year.

Even in a close race, if a candidate this week successfully challenges a state's election results (such as proof of vote fraud), would the U.S. Supreme Court intervene?

But in so doing, one would necessarily sacrifice security procedures and thus very likely tend to further invite litigation especially in close races (what's a little lawyering business among Marmy - Schmarmy friends in Po - dunk Ulster county anyway though?)

Former President Bill Clinton will be in Rochester on Friday afternoon to rally support for Representatives Louise Slaughter (D - Fairport) and Kathy Hochul (D - Amherst), as both incumbents are in close races according to recent Siena polls.

«He offered me congratulations,» said Stirpe, who served two terms in the Assembly before Miller beat him in a close race two years ago.

The move is «very standard and very typical in close races,» said Chris Grant, Jane Corwin's campaign manager.

Democrats said they have plans to litigate the results in close races on Long Island.

In a close race in the Bronx, in District 13, Marjorie Velazquez faced Mark Gjonaj, a sitting state Assembly member, among others.

In the close race for a City Council seat, Democrat Marsha Silverman widened her lead over Republican Matthew Connolly.

Why waste your money when you can have more of an impact in close races that you can make a difference in?»

In a close race, «Inside» came in third, «The Descent» second, and Tomas Alfredson's «Let the Right One In» was voted the best film of the last ten years.

But in a close race, tiny constituencies matter — as Trump himself should know.