Sentences with phrase «facing close races»

Some Democrats who are facing close races in the Virginia Senate this year are trying to distance themselves from President Obama, stating that they will not commit to supporting him in his re-election bid in 2012.

Updated August 4 11:05 a.m. The Democrat who challenges GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin in New York's 1st District will face a close race.

Not exact matches

Not since the 1999 face - off between Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan has the Best Picture race felt this close.

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.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is claimed to have attended Holland's friendly match against Ireland two weeks back, in order to have a closer look at the winger, but will now face competition from close rivals Arsenal in the race to sign him.

The Reds faced a crunch game in the title race as they sought to overhaul Newcastle, victory would close the gap to just one point with nine games to go.

Elsewhere, this intense title race will unfold once more over the weekend as every title candidate faces a difficult fixture, that is with the exception of Arsenal who meet fellow Londoners West Ham at The Emirates in a game they should be winning with their eyes closed.

Malloy won a close race in 2010 and will likely face former Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley, a Republican, once again.

«There's an unfortunate rite of passage for just about every Staten Islander — and that's racing to catch the boat and having those doors close in your face and knowing you have to wait for the next one,» Oddo said.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand also faced a primary challenge from Gail Goode, a city attorney, but shortly after the polls closed, early results showed the incumbent had the race locked up, according to the AP.

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.

That same year, just days before Democratic Councilman Domenic Recchia was due to face indicted GOP then - Congressman Michael Grimm in one of the nation's closest - watched races, Cuomo appeared with Grimm at a Hurricane Sandy - related event — and refused to commit to campaigning for Recchia.

The report said that with McMahon potentially facing a primary from the left over his opposition to health care reform, national Republicans were taking a closer look at the race and wanted to recruit Lanza.

Lazio has been facing pressure from Republicans to withdraw from the race, which Paladino has made unexpectedly close (according to some polls, at least), so as not to siphon away crucial Republican support on the popular Conservative Party line.

Among other results, Lord Ashcroft's polls suggested that the growth in SNP support would translate into more than 50 seats; [124] that there was little overall pattern in Labour and Conservative Party marginals; [125] that the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas would retain her seat; [126] that both Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage would face very close races to be elected in their own constituencies; [127] and that Liberal Democrat MPs would enjoy an incumbency effect that would lose fewer MPs than their national polling implied.

One of the closest — and most closely watched — races in the state is the face - off between Republican Bob Cohen and Democrat George Latimer, who are vying to occupy the Westchester seat left vacant by the retiring Democrat Suzi Oppenheimer.

In a close race in the Bronx, in District 13, Marjorie Velazquez faced Mark Gjonaj, a sitting state Assembly member, among others.

Besides the congressional race, Mr. Linares faces a challenge for his Assembly seat from the chief of staff to Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez — a close ally of State Senator Adriano Espaillat, another contender for the House seat.

We sat down to discuss his current candidacy, his close race for the District 1 seat in 2016, and what needs to be done to help the current situation facing our school district.

Georgia — Pro-school choice candidates won 10 out of 12 of their races with only one candidate facing a loss and another too close to call.

Sax describes Fu - Manchu as «a person tall, lean and feline... a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan, a close - shaven skull and long, magnetic eyes of the true cat - green, invest him with all the cruel cunning of the entire Eastern race, accumulated in one giant intellect.»

7:00 a.m. Race Registration 8:00 a.m. 10K Race Start on Plymouth Avenue, Fire Safety booth opens 8:15 a.m. 5K Race Start on Brown Street and Travis Fitch performs 8:30 a.m. Dog Walk Registration opens, Face Painting, Bounce House, and Attendee Dog Agility Course open 9:00 a.m. Shelter opens, Vaccination and Microchip Clinic opens 9:45 a.m. 10K and 5K Race Awards ceremony 10:30 a.m. Dog walk registration ends 10:35 a.m. Attendee Dog Agility course closes 11:00 a.m. Dog Walk begins in park 12:00 p.m. Fire Safety booth closes 12:30 a.m. Pet contests at stage, Canine Playgroup Demo begins, Face Painting and Bounce House close 1:00 p.m. Pet Contest Winners announced 12:15 p.m. Entertainment - to be announced 1:15 p.m. RAS alumni group photo at stage with FREE bandana 1:30 p.m. Raffle drawing at stage; Kids Zone, Clinic, and Play Yard demo end 2:00 p.m. Event ends

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The motorcycle, bicycle and professional motorcycle racing industries are close - knit communities that often face a certain stigma after an accident or when other legal issues arise.

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