Sentences with phrase «handful of votes»

Throughout voting history, there have been plenty of close elections, some won by just a handful of votes.
Miami had received a handful of votes in the poll, which they may lose thanks to this blowout.
He worked out long ago that in a one - country - one - vote system a handful of votes from the smallest nations anywhere in the world cancel out the votes of the European footballing powerhouses.
There are a handful of votes still to be counted from military voters, but they aren't expected to make a difference in the race's outcome.
As in other political off - years, the 2010 results will swing on the decisions of a relatively small number of voters, an effect magnified down the chain — the smaller the race, the more effect a handful of votes can have.
The party scraped 5 % in my second poll of the by - election campaign a month ago; on the day itself they failed to reach that threshold by a handful of votes.
Sharpe, who lives in Astoria with his wife and two daughters, sought the Libertarian Party nomination for vice president of the United States in 2016, but lost to William Weld by a handful of votes.
A handful of votes remain to be counted, election officials said.
7th district Craig Johnson (D - incumbent) 50 % Jack Martins (R) 50 % 42 % precincts reporting, Martins leading by a handful of votes
Though a well - liked solid citizen, Vincent Altieri, the other Republican nominee for town council and head of a department in the county sheriff's office, got only a handful of votes at the Conservative caucus.
In addition, Dick Spring came within a handful of votes of losing his seat in Kerry North.)
I think it's now a handful of votes to decide whether to bring this to floor,» he said.
He's lost the strong majority of the coalition and instead will probably only have a handful of votes to play with.
In a close count, both sides will have observers disputing the interpretation of particular ballots on a case - by - case basis, because even a (literal) handful of votes could swing the result.
Because he dreaded losing by a handful of votes, Barwell did everything he possibly could to increase his chances: «I'd squeeze an extra event into an already crowded day, produce another leaflet, do six hours» canvassing on Saturday instead of five, waste less time asleep.»
Clark also makes the point that, even under with big regional constituencies, the PR system used in the European elections means that a handful of votes can make a difference.
Gibson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former professor of American government at West Point, has cast a handful of votes that place him, according to most independent political analyses, less conservative than most members of the Republican Congressional caucus and in the center - right of Congress as a whole.
According to Republican Cortland County Election Commissioner Robert Howe, just a handful of votes can decide a local election.
The Sixth Ward alderman wasn't supposed to have a chance in the GOP primary against party nominee Andi Turco - Levin, but by waging a vigorous grassroots campaign, he prevailed by a handful of votes.
Based on unofficial results, the election is too close to call and the candidates are separated by a handful of votes.
But I would be surprised if in this case it shifts more than handfuls of votes.
Peter Vazquez, who was running for the 3rd time in that district, led GOP - endorsed candidate Bob Zinck by just a handful of votes with absentee ballots still to be counted.
«The Tories were only a handful of votes behind Ukip and I think they could even win in Stoke.
In a somewhat unusual move, considering that they ran on opposing tickets in the November 2015 election, Gardiner's new town supervisor, MaryBeth Majestic, has named new Town Board member Laura Walls as her deputy supervisor, replacing Warren Wiegand, whose reelection bid failed by a handful of votes.
Some were supporters of Andrew Maxwell, who came up short for the party's endorsement by a handful of votes in May.
He lost by a handful of votes to a Conservative candidate.
According to a tweet by Glenn Whipp of the Los Angeles Times, only a handful of votes separated the top five directors, with Dee Rees (Mudbound), Sean Baker (The Florida Project) and Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) all receiving nearly as many votes as del Toro and Guadagnino.
Some categories are split by a handful of votes, and there's sure to be a mixture of surprises, laughter and under - the - breath swearing when the winners are unveiled on November 18th, at the Indigo at the 02 in London.
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