Sentences with phrase «defeating challengers»

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A new Black Panther has come to the throne after the death of the great Wakandan ruler, his son claiming the title and defeating the challengers to earn the right to rule his people.

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall won the Democratic primary in her bid for a third term Tuesday, easily defeating challengers Marc Leavitt and Robert Schwartz in the three - way race for the nomination, unofficial election results show.

Diana Ayala, Mark - Viverito's long - time aide, won the District 8 race by defeating challengers Daby Carreras and Linda Ortiz.

These political challenges were not countered within the political process (ie, by defeating the challengers in elections, and so on) but by circumventing the rule of law to prosecute the oligarchs for fabricated crimes.

Unlike two his fellow same - sex marriage «yes» voters, who struggled — and in one case, failed — to keep the GOP ballot line on primary day, Sen. Mark Grisanti easily defeated his challenger, attorney Kevin Stocker, on Sept. 13 and retained Row B.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, whose political career looked dead in the water in the spring, pulled off a miracle comeback and defeated his challenger Domenic Recchia on Tuesday night.

Perkins garnered over 78 percent of votes to defeat challengers Tyson - Lord Gray, Dianne Mack, Jack Royster and Pierre Gooding.

Democrat Michaelle Solages defeated her challenger, Sean Wright, by a 2 - to - 1 margin.

Complaints about how McCluskey won last year, submitted by his defeated challenger Gerard Coyne, are the subject of an official investigation by the certification, officer who has referred them on to a retired judge, Jeffrey Burke QC.

The western end of the county came in solidly Democratic, with incumbent Woodstocker Don Gregorius defeating challenger James Monserrate by a huge margin, 1747 - 509.

Others firmly said they would not, including defeated challenger Smith and other prominent figures such as Smith's campaign manager and former shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander.

Veteran U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi narrowly defeated challenger Chris McDaniel on Tuesday in a high - profile runoff election that pitted the Republican party's old guard against its anti-establishment Tea Party movement.

In the 2nd Congressional District, longtime Rep. Peter King, a Republican, easily defeated challenger DuWayne Gregory, a Democrat.

In the race for Mount Vernon City Court Judge, Nichelle Johnson defeated challenger Tamika A. Coverdale, Esq., in a Democratic primary by 1,758 votes to retain the seat she was appointed to in April to fill the unexpired term of the Honorable Helen Blackwood, who was elected to Westchester County Court Judge.

The two - term incumbent from Delmar soundly defeated challenger Lee Kindlon on Thursday in a Democratic primary that will effectively decide this year's race.

Jacobs, who defeated challenger Kevin Stocker in the Republican primary, looked to his experience as a former school board member.

For two Warrensburg Town Board positions, incumbents Joyce Reed — a bank teller supervisor — and Linda Marcella Baker — a real estate broker — defeated challenger Bill Mahar, a computer network coordinator for Warren County.

In Brooklyn, Edolphus Towns easily defeated his challenger, Kevin Powell, the former Real World cast member.

The 32nd House District covering Portland and Cromwell, the party - endorsed candidate, Kathleen Richards, defeated challenger Anthony Salvatore.

Markey also faced an opponent during the primary in 2014 when she defeated challenger Dmytro Fedkowskyj by pulling in more than 75 percent of the vote.

Another hot Democratic contest developed in the 20th Senate District, Rep. Elizabeth Ritter defeated her challenger, William Satti.

There was a Republican primary in the 62nd district, the seat that George Maziarz is retiring from, and North Tonawanda Mayor Robert Ortt defeated challenger Gia Arnold.

Donovan easily won re-election to his first full term on Nov. 8, defeating challenger Richard Reichard, 62 percent of the vote to Reichard's 36.

In the 1st District, candidate Korey L. Reiman (D) ran unopposed on the Democratic ticket, while Republican incumbent Jeff Fortenberry defeated challengers Dennis Parker and Jessica L. Turek in the Republican primary.

Jeremy Corbyn has urged Labour to «wipe the slate clean» after he was re-elected as party leader following a bitter campaign which saw him defeat challenger Owen Smith.

In last night's primary election, Sen. Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr. defeated his challenger, community organizer Charlie Ramos, to move on to the general election in the Senate's 32nd District, where he's been in office since 2003.

Manhattan attorney Reshma Saujani may have been U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney's (D - Astoria) toughest opposition in years, but the longtime congresswoman handily defeated her challenger in last week's Democratic primary because she has been visible in her district, political insiders said.

[20] Astorino defeated his challenger with an aggressive campaign, which according to the Journal News, «raised the bar» for candidacies to the Board of Legislators.

He defeated his challenger, Democratic candidate Noam Bramson, [1] by 12 percentage points.

In this race, former local teacher Donne - Lynn Winslow, who was appointed to the board this summer, defeated challenger Bill Mahar.

Incumbent Gregory Meeks defeated challenger Ali Mirza, 5,981 to 1,327, for the Democratic nomination in the Fifth Congressional District, the bulk of which is in Queens.

County Legislature Minority Leader Thomas Loughran, D - Amherst, won re-election two years ago with the help of an endorsement by Erie County Conservative Party, whose votes gave him the critical edge to defeat challenger Guy Marlette, a former Amherst Town Board member.

Example: We all know by now that Billy Jean King defeated her challenger, Bobby Riggs, in a match held not at Forest Hills, which traditionally gets an audience elite enough to applaud politely rather than yell as though at Churchill Downs.

HD29: Democrat Thaddeus Jones defeated challengers Will Tillman and Kenny Williams by receiving 65 % of the overall vote.

And in Board District 7, Board President Richard Vladovic defeated challenger Lydia Gutierrez by a margin of 55.9 % to 44.08 %.

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The court also ruled that withdrawing membership from the Association could not defeat the Challengers» prior consent to arbitrate disputes, since they were still members of the Association at the time the fee dispute arose.

Not exact matches

Despite these high - profile challengers from inside and outside his party, Mr. Anders has yet to face electoral defeat in the political arena.

City (28 -3-2) will be hosting a party at the Etihad on Sunday, with the game coming a week after defeat for their closest challengers, Manchester United, sealed the league title.

The Blues picked up a draw at home to Swansea City on the opening weekend of the campaign and then slipped to a 3 - 0 defeat away at title challengers Man City.

After the defeat at Anfield it is hard for Arsenal fans to even consider us as tile challengers but maybe it also muddied the waters further by suggesting the Liverpool could be up for the title and Chelsea the top four.

This defeat shows we have to do work to be called title challengers.

And now I am off to sleep in the hope * that tomorrow I read the headlines «Heroic comeback from Burnley to defeat title challengers Chelsea».

The fun did not stop there though, because the same West Ham side that we took to pieces last weekend then managed to hold Liverpool to a draw at Anfield, so after last week's shock defeat to Bournemouth, Klopp's side have gone from the main challenger to Chelsea to being three points behind Arsenal.

Napoli were desperate to atone for a woeful end to 2012 that saw the Serie A challengers slip 10 points away from league leaders Juventus, courtesy of both consecutive defeats and disciplinary sanctions.

Challengers in the election that saw the defeat of two incumbents and a tax increase request referendum to build a recreation center questioned the profitability and management of the golf course.

Gillibrand easily defeats her first announced GOP challenger, Bruce Blakeman, 47 - 25.