Sentences with phrase «drop out of the contest»

Banff - Cochrane MLA Ron Casey was one of two MLAs to endorse Ken Hughes «short - lived leadership campaign and has remained quiet since he dropped out of the contest on May 12, 2014.

Last week she received 199 nominations in the second ballot of Tory MPs for the Conservative leadership race, and secured the top job after her rival Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the contest.

Nastase dropped out of the contest on 15 October and agreed to support Sandu, with this development being well received by both the electorate and other European capitals.

Mr. Cox's only opponent, the Niagara County Republican chairman, Henry F. Wojtaszek, announced on Thursday afternoon that he was dropping out of the contest.

Fifth placed Liam Fox was eliminated and fourth placed Stephen Crabb dropped out of the contest.

Early on in the race Mr. de Blasio, then a candidate for mayor, even tried to persuade Reshma Saujani, a James opponent and staffer in Mr. de Blasio's public advocate office, to drop out of the contest to clear a path for Ms. James.

47 % do while 43 % want him to drop out of the contest.

The decision by Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker to drop out of the contest in favor of Rep. Mark Green clears the Republican field and further endangers Doyle.

Not exact matches

In 2008, after he dropped out of the presidential nomination contest himself, Biden had to make a choice: endorse Obama or Clinton.

On Tuesday night, hours before the World Surf League announced the jaw - dropping decision to cancel the Margaret River Pro less than half way through the contest, a number of World Championship Tour surfers were boarding flights out of Perth.

They have changed the board, and Phil apparently also took a «Not Scored» to drop off the lead and join Furyk on sidelines, out of the running for the contest title.

But in the course of a long day, it became a contest involving the whole neighborhood, with the losers gradually dropping out empty - handed.

This is relatively unchanged from Marist's November survey when 57 % of Democrats wanted Paterson to drop out, and 34 % wanted him to remain in the contest.

Young was a heavy favorite to win but after former Democratic Rep. Baron Hill dropped out of the race and former Sen. Evan Bayh jumped in, the contest got more competitive.

Rolison dropped out in late May, saying the contest for the Republican line had become «muddied» and «driven by the personal agendas of a few.

According to this reader, the questions compared Weiner and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who pretty much bigfooted the field when he dropped from the mayor's race into the comptroller contest back in November, pushing out two term - limited NYC Council members — Domenic Recchia, of Brooklyn, and Dan Garodnick, of Manhattan — in the process.

POUGHKEEPSIE >> Dutchess County Legislature Chairman Robert Rolison dropped out of the race for the 41st District state Senate seat on Monday, saying the contest for the Republican line had become «muddied» and «driven by the personal agendas of a few.»

The Tory leadership contest was cut short on Monday after Ms May's internal rival Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the race.

Andrea Leadsom was not the only victim of her dramatic decision to drop out of the Tory leadership contest.

Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway and Delaware North, both of which had initially entered the bidding contest earlier this month, have both dropped out of the running.

Fellow Republican Robert Rolison, who chairs the county Legislature and is the son of former state Sen. Jay Rolison, recently dropped out of the GOP contest.

As for Trump, Long said the demand of the mega-builder star of TV's «Apprentice» that Astorino drop out of the gubernatorial contest before he would agree to be the Republican candidate convinced him Trump isn't serious about the race.

Despite a fiercely contested race, Péladeau was the frontrunner for much of the campaign, causing Jean - François Lisée to drop out in January 2015, Bernard Drainville to drop out on April 22, 2015, [32] and Pierre Céré to follow Drainville only five days before the leadership election.

(CNN)- Former President Bill Clinton last week tried to persuade Florida Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek to drop out of the three - way contest, according to a report by Politico that was confirmed by CNN.

McLaughlin picked up the Independence and Reform Party lines after Meyer was nominated to run for Grafton town justice and dropped out of the county executive contest.

August 21, 2011: Tucson Newspaper Feature Story on Contested Green Party Primary for Mayor August 4, 2011: Jack Wagner: Ideas to help the Green Party win June 28, 2011: In This Year's Tucson Mayor's Election, Green Party is the Only Party with a Choice on its Primary Ballot June 22, 2011: Republican drops out of Tucson mayoral race due to signature challenge, leaving only Democrat and two Greens

Almost all of his rivals have dropped out of the gubernatorial contest and endorsed him.

Dr. Timothy Leary's invitation to turn on, tune in, and drop out never came laced with more barbed spines than when a fireside bacchanal turns into a dog's - blood drinking contest, complete with hallucinations of Charlie - as - Christ sprouting horns as he's tossed onto the pyre.

On a given day in Tokyo, the diverse array of people using bicycles here in this urban sprawl of 30 million souls includes: the middle - aged salary man riding to work on his fold - up bike in his business suit every day; the trendy adolescent skipping off to do some window shopping; the stay - at - home mother dropping not one, but two kids off at school; the pack of old men determined not to be late for their morning gate - ball contest; and, the serious cyclist kitted out in tight lycra and a fancy water - bottle pouch.

Schaft was acquired by Google at the end of 2013 and has subsequently dropped out of the track funded by the Pentagon, but still intends to compete in the final segment of the DARPA contest in late 2014.

More from the Washington Post: A Democratic candidate hoping to flip a hotly contested congressional seat in Kansas has dropped out of the race after allegations that she sexually harassed a male subordinate resurfaced during her campaign.