Sentences with phrase «contenders in»

Former city Comptroller Bill Thompson recently surged to join City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Rep. Anthony Weiner as the top contenders in the race for City Hall, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday evening.

With the June 26 Democratic primary for Congress two months away, apparent front - runners among the contenders in terms of fundraising and nominating petitions are emerging.

She served as a Council Member representing parts of Brooklyn, and until Monday, she was considered one of the top contenders in the race to become New York City's next mayor.

While Rice is one of at least five contenders in the Democratic field, no Republican has yet entered the race.

He quickly added that his candidature had reunited party members for which reason he is better placed than his contenders in the 2016 Parliamentary race.

Chapelle - Nadal will first face a number of Democratic contenders in her quest to represent the 86th House District seat.

Although a third party with its own ballot line in New York and a few other states, the WFP largely functions as an advocacy organization within Democratic Party politics, endorsing and campaigning for left - leaning contenders in local primary elections.

Several names of possible candidates have come to the fore as likely contenders in that February 2016 special election.

Both Ellison and Perez, along with the six other contenders in the race for DNC chair, vow to do just that — to rebuild the party in the Rust Belt states and to build it back from the ground up in deep - red states where the party atrophied during the presidency of Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton reclaimed New Hampshire from her Democratic rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, while celebrity tycoon Donald Trump continued his reign at the top of Republican contenders in the PPP poll of likely voters released today.

He accused Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress of allegedly intimidating people to scare possible contenders in 2019.

Gillibrand was, in some ways, benefiting from the absence of most big - name contenders in Charlotte.

Mulligan says there are number of good contenders in central New York alone — including Syracuse's Center of Excellence.

Priebus currently sits atop the first tier of contenders in the race, as The Fix outlined this morning.

The three maybe contenders in attendance were Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., all Democrats.

Five contenders in the forthcoming governorship poll in Anambra state are currently slugging it out in a debate organised by Channels TV.

The two are potential Presidential contenders in 2016 but they had nothing but praise for one another.

Other contenders in the Democratic field, including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former City Comptroller William Thompson, would also beat Lhota in the general election, according to the poll.

The lawmakers include a few contenders in high - profile races who have missed a substantial number of votes this month.

The two are potential Presidential contenders in 2016, if Hillary Clinton doesn't run, but they had nothing but praise for one another.

The PDP candidate defeated other contenders in the election, especially Senator Mudahsiru Hussain.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) on Monday joined other possible 2020 Democratic presidential contenders in backing Sen. Bernie Sanders» (I., Vt.) «Medicare for All» bill.

A number of Democratic insiders I spoke with in Niagara Falls said they considered Rice and Schneiderman to be the top contenders in the AG's race at the moment — in spite of the fact that former state Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo won the DRC straw poll.

Washington (CNN) Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's comments that he doesn't think President Barack Obama «loves America» have put potential Republican presidential contenders in a bind, caught between a desire to criticize the President and the need to respect the office of the presidency.

As friends and advisers of the governor see it, Cuomo enters the discussion of top - tier presidential contenders in a party that hasn't just gotten used to symbolic victories; it has become comfortable with even symbolic losses.

«They see Bafarawa as an astute trustworthy politician who can match Buhari compared to other contenders in the PDP from the Northwest.»

Williams is alone among the announced speaker contenders in opposing both.

Both Christie and Cuomo are seen as potential White House contenders in 2016.

Michael Grimm, one of two GOP contenders in NY - 13, called on Rep. Mike McMahon to refuse the WFP line, citing the US attorney's investigation of the party, its ties to the «the extremist group ACORN» and its support of a «radical» (and temporary) tax hike on individuals and businesses earning $ 250,000 a year or more.

The 2004 elections saw the MP poll 15, 233 votes representing 52.1 % to outwit his contenders in the 2004 Parliamentary Primaries.

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.

Haba from Germany and Melissa & Doug from the US are top contenders in wood toy reviews.

School choruses are always top contenders in national music teacher competitions.

For the second year in a row, Tottenham Hotspur are emerging from out of the left - field to become genuine title contenders in the latter half of the season.

PSG are now only one of three teams not to concede a goal in the group stages (Barca and Man City are the other two), and also look to be France's only major contenders in the Champions League, with Monaco struggling badly in their group.

Looking like legitimate title contenders in the first half of the season, the clubs seemed off the pace after the turn of the year and settled for top four finishes.

We are not far away from being genuine contenders in this division.

This side with an out and out striker would be strong contenders in all comps no doubt about it, about time we stuck out our chests and boss our season

But with strong European contenders in Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia and Englishmen Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood, and of course, reigning champion Henrik Stenson, will the Claret Jug stay on this side of the pond?

Tottenham Probably the other main contenders in the eyes of sports bet sites, Tottenham are currently rated around 6/5 by most of these sites to make it.

If they continue to perform in similar fashion, they might not just be title contenders in the league, but other cup competitions as well.

I'm sure with the squad we have plus this TWO, i'm sure we gonna be contenders in any of the competitions left.

Mourinho, also responding when asked if Manchester United were contenders in the Champions League this season, stated:

While Saturday will not decide the destination of this year's title it will decide if Liverpool can be regarded as genuine title contenders in the week that Klopp celebrated two years in the role.

A Serie a clash between two of the top 4 contenders in the league took place this Sunday evening between Napoli and AS Roma.

Brayden Abell (106), Clayton Bashor (113), Henry Porter (120) and Seth Borba (132) are heralded as immediate contenders in their weight divisions, thanks to an extensive year - round wrestling pedigree with Oakdale's club team.

The Minutemen would fall into a bit of a funk before re-emerging as contenders in 2003.

If I knew that there was an adequate budget, and somebody trustworthy to sign a top - top - striker, quality replacement for Cazorla, and a quality replacement for Alexis, then use good tactics and sensible team rotation throughout the season & motivate the players ALL SEASON, then top - four and FA Cup isn't important, because I would have real hope that we could be genuine title - contenders in the next league campaign.

Sure, each year you get some hopeless drivers (Cecotto, Canamasas) who will never get close to F1, but there's also a load of talent in there too — even if they have an OK first season, drivers can often be title contenders in their second or third years.

This March there will be at least three girls teams which would be legitimate state title contenders in their own division, but will all but likely be called on for the Open.