Sentences with phrase «tight race on»

Rep. Steve Israel, a Long Island congressman and head of the DCCC, has also felt compelled to heap praise on Cuomo, repeatedly calling him a «rock star» and lauding him for reaching out to moderates and independents who could prove crucial in tight races on Nov. 6.

Nintendo keeps the formula simple by focusing on exciting, tight races on classic tracks, boasting bright and sparkly gameplay to complement the wonderfully colourful trash talk it inspires.

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Former economy minister Emmanuel Macron launched his bid for the presidency on Wednesday, a move likely to take votes from mainstream candidates in a tight race that promises a strong turnout for Le Pen.

LAS VEGAS / COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb 20 (Reuters)-- Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were locked in a tight race in Nevada on Saturday, with early results showing Clinton with a slight edge over Sanders with 27 percent of precincts reporting.

Formula 1 has raced on a wide variety of race tracks since its inception in 1950, from tight and twisty street circuits to undulating old - school venues and airfield runways.

Add to that the need for the Gunners to quickly put the Monaco nightmare behind us and the fact that the race for the top four is tougher and tighter than ever and you have a recipe for Arsenal to go on the attack right?

Anyway the race for the top 4 places is tight and although we have a bit of a breather, we must keep our focus after the break and keep on the good run.

It's only slightly less troubling when the quarterback doing the kicking is one of the league's best offensive generals, capable of putting a middling roster on his back when the race for the playoffs gets tight.

Given the many tight corners on the circuit it was a reasonably, clean race - well, apart from a four - car pile - up caused by a lunging Lopez at half - distance, although all four cars got going again.

This is not time to play names or players based on their past, the race to top 4 is tight this season slip at your own risk!

The 908 carried on however, and in Spyder form it was particularly adept at tight and twisty races such as the Nurburgring 1000kms and the Targa Florio.

As well as racing on traditional F1 circuits, F3000 also visited some bizarre tracks such as the tight and twisty Pau street circuit and the bonkers Enna - Pergusa.

If we focus too much on the FA cup, with a Champions League double - header with Monaco coming up and with the race for the top four of the Premier League looking tighter than ever, it might cost us.

During race two of the ACTC (TCP) series at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, two drivers towards the back of the pack collided on the entry to a tight corner.

Sadly that means we won't get to see Maldonado drinking the milk after winning the Indy 500 (because obviously he would), but the prospect of Pastor on some of the tight, bumpy and unforgiving street tracks IndyCar races is something to be excited about.

Ayrton Senna had led the entire race but was tight on fuel after being pushed hard by teammate Alain Prost earlier in the race.

Based on the current odds at 5Dimes we can assert that oddsmakers believe that Philadelphia and Indianapolis will win their division, although the NFC East is clearly the tightest race.

The race for the other Top Four spots in now getting closer with just 4 points separating Man United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal and Burnley, but after Arsenal's tight game at the Etihad and the demolition of Tottenham the Gunners look well placed to go on another winning run to try and close the gap with Pep Guardiola's side.

The playoff race in each conference is pretty tight, with many of the top teams bunched together on both sides of the country.

Louis van Gaal's side have won three of their last four Premier League games and are involved in a tight race to finish in the top four, a point behind City but tied on 50 points with West Ham.

The points they have been digging out have at least just kept them in the play off zone, but on goal difference only and because the race is so tight and there are so many form teams beneath them, a top six finish looks to be in jeopardy now for them.

If Tottenham were still in the title race you could argue this would be a tight cagey affair with the two sides feeling each other out early rather than going on the offensive.

For more than four hours the race was on for volunteers at McCormick Place, who were frantically collecting and boxing tons of packaged and fresh food left over from five food industry shows before cleanup crews on a tight schedule could throw it away.

Turns out Chan is politically active and served on the transition team of incoming Democratic New York City Councilman Justin Brannan, who just won a tight race in Bay Ridge Brooklyn last month.

Nonetheless, he and others said that what will make the difference in the tightest races is turnout on Election Day.

The polls were predicting a tight race between Labour and the Conservatives for second place, although most commentators believed that Labour would just about hold on to its position as the largest opposition party.

«Though most political ad dollars traditionally are spent after Labor Day, tight primaries and early spending on House, Senate and gubernatorial races have pushed local TV - ad spending above $ 311 million as of mid-August, up 45 % from the same point in 2004 and more than three times as much as in 2002...»

Some critical quotes: «Though most political ad dollars traditionally are spent after Labor Day, tight primaries and early spending on House, Senate and gubernatorial races have pushed...

The two tight races and likely loss of one or more of the «yes» voters is bad news for the same - sex marriage advocates — or good news for the opponents, depending on how you see it.

Cruz squared off last week in a GOP presidential debate against New York businessman Donald Trump, who the Texas senator is in an increasingly tight race with for the first - in - the - nation voting in Iowa on Feb. 1.

But he couldn't assess its impact on races such as the tight Nassau county executive contest between Democrat Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins.

She declined to comment on whether she had gotten a subpoena from state prosecutors, which people familiar with the investigation said had gone to some candidates in tight races that year.

WASHINGTON — New Yorkers Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Steve Israel are on opposite sides in a tight Democratic primary battle engulfed in issues of race and gender and located 200 miles away in Maryland.

Democrat Nick Krupski won the first seat on the Board of Trustees by nearly 800 votes and, in the tightest race of the night, incumbent Republican Dave Bergen leads for the second seat by just five votes over running mate Glenn Goldsmith in another race too close to call.

The race for the Senate seat spreading across Cheektowaga, Lackawanna and Buffalo has been tight since the ballot count began on September 13.

Serino must not be campaigning on any hot - button, district - specific issues for the race to be this tight.

In doing so, Cuomo is essentially daring lawmakers to take a stand on the issue before Election Day — a proposition for candidates or incumbents in tight races is virtually untenable.

The UK has very tight regulations for spending on election campaigns, with maximum spending limits on both individual races and the overall campaign.

Republican support for Green Party candidates in tight races with Democrats is nothing new, especially when there was meddling in the 2000 race by GOP operatives to push Ralph Nader on to the ballot.

Altschuler went on to lose a tight race to Bishop that November.

California: Former State Senator Sheila Kuehl (pictured) is in a tight race against Bobby Shriver, a nephew of the late President Kennedy, for the District 3 seat on the powerful Los Angeles County Board.

Former Rep. Barney Frank has weighed in on one of 2014's tightest congressional races, that of his state Massachusetts» sixth district.

The Quinnipiac poll that showed the race incredibly tight between Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino created a clear pressure point on Lazio to get out of the race (the survey also didn't include him), but two subsequent surveys suggested Cuomo has a much wider cushion.

In the four - way race for two Thurman Town Board seats, political newcomers John Youngblood and Joan Harris came out on top in the tight race, according to the initial election - night tally.

The tight races came with the vote counts for three of the four candidates for two seats on the Town Board being too tight to name a victor.

Cuomo has endorsed one member of the Senate Democratic conference, Senator Joseph Addabbo of Queens, who also provided a needed yes vote on gay marriage, and who is locked in a tight race with Republican Eric Ulrich.

A poll released by the Siena Research Institute on the 19th Congressional District was more notable (to me) for its top of the ticket surprise than its tight showing between Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the race to replace WAMC's favorite Republican member of Congress.

Unofficial results indicate Republicans will hold their narrow majority in the county legislature, the call for a constitutional convention fell on deaf ears by a near 6 - 1 margin and races in some towns were extremely tight.

New York's senior senator has taken $ 6.2 million out of his own Senate campaign fund and plunked it down on Democratic Senate candidates in tight races.

In the tightest race of all, which is also too close to call, incumbent Republican Trustee David Bergen, 60, of Cutchogue leads running mate Glenn Goldsmith, 38, of Mattituck by just five votes for the second seat on the board.