Sentences with phrase «leading contender in»

Skip, How about the recent story of Scott McInniss, leading contender in the Republican primary for CO Senate.

The Mercedes C - Class has been a leading contender in the compact executive car market for years but the competition for sales in this fleet - orientated segment has never been fiercer.

While polls indicate Hillary Clinton would be the overwhelming frontrunner if she runs for president in 2016, a CNN / ORC International Poll conducted in November shows that if the former Secretary of State passes on a second White House bid, Biden would be the leading contender in the Democratic primary with 43 %, with Cuomo coming in next at 15 %.

To understand how a demagogue such as Castro became the leading contender in Costa Rica's upcoming election, it is important to look at the issues that preoccupied the country in 2017:

A late caution meant there was a sprint to the chequered flag, with Chilton, Takuma Sato, Helio Castroneves and Ed Jones proving to be the lead contenders in the final lap.

It is the very first of its kind baby monitor with interchangeable lens technology which makes it one of the leading contenders in the baby monitors market.

And, with 200 bar, the new four - cylinder diesel unit from Mercedes - Benz is among the leading contenders in the field of passenger - car diesel engines.

Blackberry, which was one of the leading contenders in the smartphone segment, had pretty much faded away as the demands of the consumer changed with time.

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Instead of a debate, Univision got two afternoon interviews with the two leading contenders for the nomination, each of whom is engaged in a personal war with the other.

In August she was a top contender to replace Travis Kalanick as CEO of Uber, in which Whitman was an early investor — a job that could have teed her up to eventually lead an unprecedented third Fortune 500 companIn August she was a top contender to replace Travis Kalanick as CEO of Uber, in which Whitman was an early investor — a job that could have teed her up to eventually lead an unprecedented third Fortune 500 companin which Whitman was an early investor — a job that could have teed her up to eventually lead an unprecedented third Fortune 500 company.

The leading contenders are magnesium ion, lithium sulphur and redox flow batteries, but there's a huge gap between something that works in a lab and something that can be cheaply mass - produced.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, another leading Republican contender, said on the same program that he «would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation, according to The Associated Press.

Given Forbes» designation of SeedInvest as one of the «leading players in equity crowdfunding» a few weeks ago, it may not have come as a surprise that SeedInvest was included on the list of Top Contenders in 2013.

His share of the leading contenders» coverage, summed across the news outlets we studied is shown in Figure 4.

Mr. Dudley, who joined the Fed in January 2007 after nearly 20 years at Goldman, emerged as the leading contender for the job after a two - month search led by Korn / Ferry International.

The truth is, any credit related score should be on your radar, but the Intelliscore Plus credit score, provided by Experian, one of the leading credit reporting agencies in the United States, is definitely a top contender.

His spirituality is renowned, and of course he was among the leading contenders for the papacy back in 2005, and now his time has arrived.

Though he never had many doubters, Connor McDavid proved that he was the real deal this season by leading the league in points with 100 and turning the Oilers into a Stanley Cup contender.

On the other side, we'll get a chance to see just how legit the Panthers are — not that they still need to prove that their 7 - 0 record is no fluke — but it will again be a great way for Cam Newton and Carolina to assert themselves as the leading contender for the number one seed in the conference.

Dodgers Last week general manager Kevin Malone downplayed the likelihood of his making a big deal, but if Los Angeles, which had crept to within four games of the Diamondbacks in the National League West and 2 1/2 of the wild - card - leading Giants at week's end, is to remain a contender, it must bolster its rotation.

Khatib now claims that Juventus are the leading contenders to sign Falcao, with Financial Fair Play regulations delaying City's bid to bring him in, as they need to offload Alvaro Negredo before they can make a big - name signing upfront.

I live in Denmark, and I would like to suggest an online petition with a nice letter requiring Wenger to step down and the board to present a 3 year plan to reinstate Arsenal as one of the leading clubs in Europe and a true contender for the EPL title.

Though the result fortified his status as a Chase for the Cup contender (he's 11th in the point standings), it was a bitter pill after he had led a race - high 55 laps and been in front following a yellow flag with 13 to go.

Johnson, the defending champ, is sixth in the point standings but has a series - leading five wins — after the regular season all 12 Chase contenders begin with 5,000 points, plus 10 bonus points for each victory.

The team was scuffling, a presumptive NFC West contender sitting at just 4 - 3, and Gore had led San Francisco's backfield in rushing the previous two games with only 58 yards total.

Wonderboy is a real tough opponent and hopefully Till gives a good account of himself out there since he's been pretty entertaining in the lead up to this fight and I'd like to see him stick around as a contender.

Less than two months later, on Jan. 30, he made another $ 120,000 with a technical decision over Espa √ ± a, the eternal No. 1 contender, in L.A. Leading on all cards, Frias» left cheek was ripped open by a butt in the ninth round.

Mourinho only took over as United manager last season, but led the Red Devils to three trophies in his first year in charge, with signings made this summer now strengthening the side to look like genuine Premier League title contenders once again.

In the Malaysian feature race title contender Antonio Giovinazzi put an incredible move on Sergey Sirotkin to take the lead in a thrilling battlIn the Malaysian feature race title contender Antonio Giovinazzi put an incredible move on Sergey Sirotkin to take the lead in a thrilling battlin a thrilling battle.

He was a contender for much of the race too, and with five laps to go he took the lead from Helio Castroneves and in very un-Sato like fashion, he kept a cool head and held on to take an immensely popular win.

He led every step underjockey Alan Garcia and brought the furious 3 - year - old classic season to astrangely symmetrical conclusion; in January the leading contender on most toutlists was War Pass, trained by Zito, owned by LaPenta and eventually sidelinedwith a fractured ankle.

Every week he's been a contender, with his only non-second-place finish coming in the season - opening Daytona 500 where he was leading on the final lap before running out of fuel.

After blowing a 20 - point lead in a mid-October loss at LSU, the Tigers were effectively written off as a national title contender — Gus Malzahn's team had also come up short at Clemson in early September, and no two - loss team had ever made the playoff field.

Mater Dei actually won that title, so for St. Mary's to beat the Monarchs in the Open Division with a lineup that's almost 100 percent back this season makes the team an easy choice as preseason No. 1 for the state as well as leading mythical national title contenders.

Solid contender for top status in San Diego Section has 12 returning starters, led by DB Troy Warner and QB Dakota Miller.

But oh was it a wonderful one shot, as Pedro Obiang scored a goal of the season contender for the Hammers to give them an improbable 1 - 0 lead in the 70th minute.

Thomas Tuchel is among the leading contenders to take over — even though he looks set for a move to Paris Saint - Germain — while Gunners legends Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira are in the running as well.

Everton accepted a bid in the region of # 3million from Chelsea for the midfielder yesterday but talks between Pienaar and the Stamford Bridge side broke down and Spurs have now emerged as the leading contenders to seal a deal.

Too early to say that he can lead City to Champions League glory in his first season as manager but in the long run, he has all the traits to make City one of the main contenders and never know a winner as well.

James Milner scored from the spot against his former club to hand Liverpool the lead before Sergio Aguero pegged them back, but both sides missed golden opportunities to win the game, with Aguero and De Bruyne squandering chances before Adam Lallana produced a miss of the season contender in injury time, somehow scuffing Roberto Firmino's ball into the box when it looked easier to score.

Despite that, Juventus seem to be the leading contenders to sign Liverpool midfielder, with the Serie A outfit potentially able to provide him with a pre-contract agreement in January.

They must travel to face Manchester City at the Etihad for their next league match, in another huge fixture that — depending on other results — could see them close the gap on Chelsea while extending their own lead over the other contenders for the top four spots.

Eric Dinallo is the fifth and final Democratic AG contender to hit the airwaves with a TV ad in advance of the Sept. 14 primary, launching a spot that features John Leguizamo lauding the candidate for, among other things, leading the fight to hold Wall Street accountable «before it was cool.»

Mr. Weiner, once the leading mayoral contender, tumbled out of the spotlight in 2011 thanks to a digital sex scandal and the ensuing cover - up.

There's been speculation for some time that DeFrancisco might be mulling retirement from the Senate, and that talk intensified when he lost his bid to lead the GOP conference to Long Island Sen. John Flanagan, who, for what it's worth, has also been mentioned as a potential gubernatorial contender in 2018.

Ms. Barragán, an attorney and leading contender to replace Congresswoman Janice Hahn, was recently criticized by a top rival for lacking real roots in the Southern California district.

Flanagan was soon joined in his criticism by Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the leading contender for the GOP's gubernatorial nomination.

Yacob, 63, was the only candidate deemed eligible to run in the country's Elections Department after the other two contenders, Salleh Marican and Farid Khan, were both denied eligibility, having fallen short of a constitutional rule that required any candidate from the private sector to have led a company with shareholder equity of at least 500 million Singapore dollars (372 million dollars).

Natinoal Democrats can barely contain their glee over the revelation this morning that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — a leading GOP contender for the 2016 presidential race — was not only closely involved with lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in September, but that those lanes were closed in a clear act of political retribution.

He would be following the lead of Barack Obama (although he followed that up with an in - person announcement in Springfield, Ill.), Hillary Clinton and many other candidates — including his reported preferred AG contender, Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice.