Sentences with phrase «close election race»

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With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special

With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special elections have garnered extra

10) Edmonton - Rutherford In a rematch of the closest race of the 2008 election, PC MLA Fred Horne will face former Liberal MLA Rick Miller.

Colonel George Wigg, who has been the watchdog for scandals and security leaks in Harold Wilson's government and a close confidant of the Prime Minister (he helped win the election for the Socialists by exposing Profumo), became the No. 1 man in British racing last week.

That number is up for Slaughter, who led Assini by about 600 votes at the end of election night, making the race too close to call at that time.

On election night the race was too close to call.

«If Hawkins does that well on Election Day — something third party candidates often don't do — then it will almost certainly make this year's race closer than four years ago and keep Cuomo well below his total vote from 2010,» said Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg.

Supporters would expect a race to be a landslide for a particular candidate, but polling showed that their challenger is improving in the polls and the election may be a close race after all.

That's why the election literature sought to play up the prospects of a three - horse race (Labour, the Conservatives) or vehemently emphasise the close 103 - margin at the top (Lib Dems).

Her re-election to the leadership post comes as Democrats struggled in elections last week, though two races remain too - close - to - call on Long Island.

Democrat Todd Kaminsky on Tuesday night declared victory in a key special election to fill a vacancy in the Senate that could tip the balance of power in the chamber, but his Republican opponent Chris McGrath refused to concede the race, saying the results were too close to call.

The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania's Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early this morning — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that the president won by nearly 20 percentage points.

Have your speech ready to post: In any race that is known to be close, a smart candidate will approach their Election Night party with both a victory and a concession speech ready to use.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins says the Democratic Senate candidate in the special election in Westchester, Shelley Mayer, won by nearly 20 points in what was expected to be a close race.

For politicians and campaign operatives across the state, that race was a close - to - home indicator of what could happen in a special election, where turnout is abysmally low and a gap in enthusiasm among voters could make all the difference when the votes are tallied.

Patrick Murphy defeated incumbent Allen West (R) in a race that was too close to call for more than one week after the election.

Many in New York's political circles believed that the race between Mayer and Killian would be closer than it was, potentially signifying trouble for Republicans statewide heading into the November elections, according to this report.

Democrats also hope to make competitive races against longtime incumbents Kemp Hannon and Carl Marcellino, who have in previous presidential election cycles seen closer - than - expected races.

Efforts to bring out the vote for a referendum on a state constitutional convention are likely to spike the normally low turnout on Election Day and affect Long Island's closest races.

While we came up a little short on Election Day, Lisa and I will never forget those who stood with us as we came the closest of any Republican in Massachusetts to win a Congressional race.

Question topics included the expected new bridge tolls, a toll and finance task force expected to have already been created, whether it's «overtly political» to not announce new tolls before the November election, whether there continues to be a $ 3.9 billion cap on the bridge cost, two Hudson Valley state senate races, how the crane was named, ebola and whether he anticipates limiting travelers into New York and Amtrak's announced plan to close four tunnels for lengthy repair work.

The DCCC recruit candidates, raise funds, and organize races in districts that are expected to yield politically notable or close elections.

A number of counting errors have made the race much close than reported on election night.

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.

I would still expect their support to be squeezed as we get closer to the election, as the race focuses more upon the binary choice between a Conservative and Labour led government but events, such as further defections now a by - election is no longer unavoidable, could easily push that off course.

After Election Day, the Democrats had 31 seats in the Senate, compared with 30 for the Republicans, but two races remain too close to call and depend on absentee ballots.

The race between Saland and Gipson was close enough at the end of Election Day, Nov. 6, that it could not be decided until the paper ballots in the race, which also included Conservative Party candidate Neil DiCarlo, were counted.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.

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.

He was all three parties» candidate during the 2012 election — one of the closest House races in the nation.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

After a close race that couldn't be called on election night, just 110 votes separated the two candidates, with 877 ballots challenged.

Almost two weeks after Election Day, three Long Island races remain too close to declare a victor, with the trailing candidates planning this week to ask judges to order full hand recounts of the tens of thousands of ballots cast in their races.

But Cahill, who's been as close as 16 points behind, compared to the race for governor and state comptroller where the margins are much wider, says he hopes to benefit on Election Day from congressional and state Senate races where other GOP candidates are running strongly.

The activity in Wisconsin mirrors a larger trend across the map in congressional races this year: Though Democrats are expected to do well on Election Day, they have struggled to close out races they were long expected to win.

The election closed out a campaign with no shortage of unexpected twists, including the May arrival into the Democratic primary race of disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner.

Toomey faces Democrat Katie McGinty in one of the closest Senate races of the year, a contest both sides think is effectively a dead heat with two weeks left before Election Day.

«The only people who think this race is «too close to call» are on Randy Altschuler's payroll,» Mr. Schneider said the Wednesday after Election Day.

In another dead - heat race, Malloy defeated Foley by less than 1 percentage point in 2010 in the closest gubernatorial election in Connecticut in more than 50 years.

«It was the kind of race we had anticipated, to be honest,» Mr. Bishop (D - Southampton) said recently of his battle with Republican Randy Altschuler, which continued some five weeks after Election Day because the vote was so close.

The victor of the race deemed too close to call on election night last week is now focused on November.

(CNN)- Anticipating a very close race, the Republican candidate in New York's special election has put the wheels in motion for a potential hand count of certain ballots in the already - contentious race.

Hannon has had generally closer races in presidential election years and Democrats hope Cronin this year will benefit from the down - ballot impact of the presidential race.

In last year's election cycle Americans had to wait until the closing days of the campaign before Democrats running for office in states like Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, and North Carolina began the usual left - wing race baiting.

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.

The Republican challengers remain ahead in two of the races, and one has tightened to become a statistical dead heat, which means we should get ready for a long election night — possibly with some contests too close to call without a tally of the paper ballots.

The downside is that she lost a close special election to Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul and never really found her footing in a race that hinged on Paul Ryan's austerity budget plan.

Polls open at 6 a.m. Check your local Board of Elections for poll site details, and tune in to TWC News after polls close at 9 p.m. for race results.

While not close to the 65 Queens candidates who ran for Council when the entire delegation was term limited, we see real races shaping up in a handful of seats where no incumbent is standing for election and one challenge to an incumbent that is certainly worth focus and ink.

On Election Night Tuesday, Espaillat was down by about 1,800 votes — but said the race was «too close to call» and vowed he'd wait until every paper ballot was counted before making a move.