Sentences with phrase «hotly contested»

Two GOP primaries for the state Senate — including a hotly contested race in Queens — have sunk into the gutter with gay - baiting tactics.

CROWN HEIGHTS — In a hotly contested race, incumbent Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo pulled out a decisive victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday over her second - time challenger, Ede Fox.

(One potential benefit for Busby in the runoff will be the hotly contested Democratic gubernatorial primary between state Treasurer Phil Angelides and state Controller Steve Westly, which should help to drive Democratic turnout statewide.)

Padavan, who was first elected to the Senate in 1972, is facing off against Avella, a 2009 mayoral candidate who was elected to the Council in 2001, in a hotly contested race that could prove to be one of the fall's most acrimonious.

With no public polling to date in Connecticut's hotly contested gubernatorial election, political observers are closely examining the reports to determine who is ahead in the crowded Republican and Democratic fields.

The hotly contested trial included heavy blows to the credibility of star government witness Todd Howe, the ex-lobbyist who said he set up the bribes, and defense efforts to convince jurors that neither the energy scheme or the Syracuse payments involved a corrupt quid - pro-quo agreement.

Spending in the hotly contested gubernatorial primary has passed $ 20 million.

And the Republican contest was hotly contested and widely advertised, what with charges of carpetbagging and insider trading, insidious «lobbyists» and «billionaires» throwing «dark money» around.

New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson accused Democratic rival Christine Quinn of «fiscal irresponsibility» in a breakfast speech Thursday as he outlined his top priorities and sought again to dispel the notion that he lacks the passion to win what will be a hotly contested race.

Spending in the hotly contested gubernatorial primary has passed $ 20 million and is Tuesday's marquee race.

Democrats will nominate candidates for other statewide offices Saturday, including the hotly contested governor's race.

Sarvis was the Libertarian Party's breakout star of 2013, when he captured 6.5 % of the vote in the hotly contested race for governor of Virginia.

Hundreds of Democratic staffers are likely to be fired after Saturday's state Supreme Court justice's decision to give Republican Jack Martins the victory over incumbent Sen. Craig Johnson in the hotly contested state Senate race in Nassau County.

A former health care systems consultant in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Republican primary for governor says he's feeling «very good» and is getting ready for what he predicts will be a victory party.

Turn out is likely to be high in the hotly contested Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

Mayor Bloomberg used the presentation of his final executive budget on May 2 to say that future budget shortfalls should prevent the city from agreeing to a teacher contract with retroactive pay raises, a position hotly contested by UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Regulations on the coal industry are driving massive layoffs and the shuttering of coal plants in Pennsylvania, injecting environmental issues into that state's hotly contested Senate race between incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and Republican challenger and coal mining executive Tom Smith.

With most people focused on elections 15 months away, Brooklyn residents will vote — really vote, not just be straw polled — in a hotly contested election just four weeks from now.

A second racially loaded piece of campaign literature is circulating in a hotly contested Brooklyn Assembly district — this one openly accusing Ben Akselrod, challenger to Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowtiz, of racism.

As we've noted previously, the most hotly contested race appears to be in the 54 Assembly district, formerly represented by Darryl Towns who stepped down to join the Cuomo administration.

The North District race was a hotly contested one filled with big campaign contributions and contrasting educational ideologies from the two candidates on everything from charter schools to extending the school day to the use of standardized tests.

At times he may have seemed like the candidate who couldn't shoot straight but Rafael Espinal has emerged as the winner of a hotly contested three - way race for the Assembly seat from the 54th district in Bushwick.

The McMahon confirmation likely represents a lull before more hotly contested confirmation battles ensue, most notably that of Andrew Puzder to serve as the next labor secretary.

Almost every one of the races in this «second 10» should be hotly contested by both parties, and the contests occupying slots 11 to 15 could well eventually crack the top 10 before the cycle is over.

Editor's note: The hotly contested campaign for the midterm elections is over.

The uptick in spending suggests REBNY is gearing up for what may turn out to be a number of hotly contested Senate primary races, especially in New York City.

Some hotly contested races are on the ballot today, including elections for Erie County executive and Niagara Falls mayor.

If Rep. Charles Rangel squeezes out a victory in the hotly contested Democratic primary on June 24, he might have one of his opponents to thank.

Before her election to Congress two years ago in a hotly contested race against a Republican incumbent, she had never held public office.

«I know this is a hotly contested fight, but to be so blatantly anti-Semitic is frightful.

There are some hotly contested council races in the city of Syracuse; there is opposition in nine of 17 county legislature seats; there are contested races for supervisor in seven Onondaga County towns, as well as competition in a smattering of town councilor, highway superintendent and town justice races.

And that will further animate races already expected to be hotly contested, like the Long Island rematch between GOP incumbent Sen. Carl Marcellino and Democratic challenger James Gaughran.

About 43 percent of eligible district voters went to the polls in 2002, followed by 41 percent in the 2006 mid-terms and about 46 percent in Mr. Bishop's hotly contested and highly publicized 2010 rematch against Republican challenger Randy Altschuler of St. James.

One of the most hotly contested races on Election Day in central New York is for the 127th state Assembly seat.

The marquee race around here is the hotly contested one for the 19th District U.S. Congressional seat.

The O'Brien - Hanna race is shaping up to be one of the more hotly contested Senate races this year in a district that leans Democratic.

Latimer, a state senator, is running to unseat two - term Republican incumbent Rob Astorino in a hotly contested race for the northern suburban county.

The NRCC today unleashed a trio of ads in three hotly contested congressional districts — NY - 19, NY - 22, and NY - 24 — slamming the Democratic (and in one case, independent) contenders in hopes of bolstering the chances of the GOP contenders as the general election draws closer.

Democrats expect the battle for the Senate to play out in hotly contested Long Island races, including the 6th district in Nassau County.

But in the suburbs, bellwethers of New York's political sentiment, two hotly contested races are underway for county executive that could shape 2018's electoral landscape for the state.

A prominent LGBT Democratic organization on Wednesday endorsed Democratic state Senate hopeful Micah Lasher, who faces a hotly contested primary for the seat being vacated by Adriano Espaillat.

To say the least, it's going to be an unpredictable race and a hotly contested one on the presidential level between both parties.

The Leader of the Party will also be First Minister so too busy for marathon NEC sessions in London but they will appoint a representative from Labour's assembly group (something that itself was hotly contested by Corbyn supporters in Wales).

The state Democratic Party is branching out, adding some of the more hotly contested congressional contests to the list of races in which it is getting involved to protect incumbents potentially in trouble.

Closer to home, Democratic state Sen. George Latimer unseated two - term Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino after a hotly contested race that grew increasingly personal as Election Day neared.

The issue was hotly contested and narrowly decided: 158 delegates voted in favour of the measure and 124 voted against it.

The Juniper Park Civic Association is set to host a candidates forum this Thursday between hopefuls in hotly contested congressional and state Senate races.

And party leader Jay Jacobs, a successful summer - camp owner, has a financial interest in having the drilling take place — although he insists that it has nothing to do with his support for the hotly contested activity.

We will be looking at other hotly contested Senate races in the coming weeks but these four offer no initial indication that either party will win a big majority in the Senate in 2010.»

It appears that Adriano Espaillat achieved victory late Tuesday night in another hotly contested race to represent New York's 13th Congressional District, which spans Northern Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.