Sentences with phrase «in a close race»

Even a small competitive advantages can make a huge difference in a close race.

The crowd had been absorbed in a close race.

What happens in the close races has yet to be determined.

In the end, money will be a big factor in these close races.

Voters whose eligibility is in dispute can cast provisional ballots, which could add to counting delays in close races.

This bump is frequently large enough to make a difference in close races.

A Bloomberg Politics poll showed Trump with a 19 - point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz among those likely to vote in Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary, with Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush locked in a close race for third and Ohio Gov. John Kasich showing no signs of a surge.

Kitzhaber is locked in a close race with Republican Chris Dudley, a former professional basketball player with the Portland Trailblazers.

The Conservative Party's endorsement of Swanick over the freshman Republican Grisanti caused a major stir, considering the line was necessary for him defeat Sen. Antoine Thompson in a close race in 2010.

Ms. Ayotte was joined just hours later by Mr. McCain, who is also running for re-election, and Representative Joe Heck of Nevada, who is locked in a close race for the Senate seat now held by Harry Reid, the Democratic minority leader, who is retiring.

In recent weeks, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has circulated information to local reporters about Republican candidates in close races.

was a presumptive leader in a close race last week, but it's possible that Inarritu's newest exercise in human suffering has forged ahead.

Democrats said they have plans to litigate the results in close races on Long Island.

Spotlight was a presumptive leader in a close race last week, but it's possible that Inarritu's newest exercise in human suffering has forged ahead.

DiNpaoli, who won his first statewide election last fall in a close race with first - time GOP candidate Harry Wilson, raised $ 326,527 since January, but spent almost all of that: $ 316,016.

While it's of course impossible to say that the Chamber's dark money deluge in these races accounted for the slew of GOP victories, it certainly may have helped tip the balance in the closer races.

The Grizzlies are currently in a close race for playoff positioning in the Western Conference.

Barcelona would get more credit for topping La Liga in closer race - Valverde ESPN Ernesto Valverde says Barcelona's success in La Liga would be given more credit if there wasn't such a big gap between his side and the chasing pack.

Brown could not afford to mail out absentee ballots, often so crucial in a close race.

Obviously this tactic is about as niche an approach as you're going to see, but particularly in a close race that hasn't received much publicity, a handful of last - minute converts might make all the difference.

Congressional candidate Nan Hayworth has beat out Rep. John Hall to run on the Independence Party ballot line in November, giving the Republican challenger a voting column that could prove critical in a close race.

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

The Republicans have a problem in that without throwing a bone to their own base upstate that regards Skelos only a step or two behind Cuomo on the «personification of evil» scale, they risk that base vote staying home in close races next year or, even worse, primaries against the senators who voted for Flanagan last week.

With votes still to be tallied in a close race, Foley said he more than likely lost to incumbent Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy in the general election, but would not concede the race until all the votes were counted.

David Iuliano and Paul Sharkey are involved in a close race for the post.

At least, that's the hope of the Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, challenging sitting governor Jon Corzine in a close race.

By contrast, many New York legislative races, and a few U.S. House races, were very close, so the Independence Party nomination in those close races was important.

who was successful [in being elected to Congress], former congressman [Anthony] Weiner who is embroiled in a close race, but at one point was ahead in the polls, and you've got Gov. Spitzer who is looking to be successful as well,» Paterson told WCBS 880.

In New York, both Dan Donovan, the Republican candidate for attorney general, and Harry Wilson, the GOP's nominee for comptroller, lost to their Democratic rivals in close races.

In 1964, for example, the Senate GOP's fundraising operations were pretty much dependent upon how much money the state party funded by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller decided to chip in; since then, the centralized Senate Republican Campaign Committee, a network of independent expenditure committees, and scores of single - member Albany fundraisers each year guarantee that no incumbent in a close race will lack for funds.

... Slaughter was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, defeating Republican Fred Eckert in a close race and becoming the first women to represent Western New York in Congress.

Rangel, first elected in 1970 in a close race over Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., has been one of the leading African American politicians in the country.

And Cuomo avoided stepping into one this weekend, declining to endorse in the close race for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship, a post that ultimately went to Buffalo native Tom Perez, the former labor secretary.

Election officials have started a 3 percent recount of a random vote sample as required by law in close races, said Altschuler spokesman Rob Ryan.

Organized labor is hoping it has a defender in Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who owes a significant degree to unions for helping him across the finish line in his close race last fall against Republican Harry Wilson.

Lorigo said many of Erie County's Democrats espouse conservative values and that his Conservative Party once again supplied the winning plurality in a close race.

After Tuesday's vote, Mr. Wright had insisted that all absentee ballots be counted to determine the winner in the close race.

That year, Esty defeated Republican state Sen. Andrew Roraback in a close race.

Espaillat campaign consultant Lis Smith quickly linked to a «fact sheet» on Twitter questioning the pollster's reliability, said that the poll undercounted Latino voters (who are likely to be Espaillat supporters), and questioned the idea that the race was titling toward Rangel and not the challenger, who has attracted more endorsements than he did in his close race against Rangel two years ago and just won the endorsement of The New York Times.

Senator Joseph Addabbo, a Democrat, and his challenger GOP City Councilman Erich Ulrich are competing in a close race in a storm ravaged district in Queens.

Even in a close race, if a candidate this week successfully challenges a state's election results (such as proof of vote fraud), would the U.S. Supreme Court intervene?

But in so doing, one would necessarily sacrifice security procedures and thus very likely tend to further invite litigation especially in close races (what's a little lawyering business among Marmy - Schmarmy friends in Po - dunk Ulster county anyway though?)

Former President Bill Clinton will be in Rochester on Friday afternoon to rally support for Representatives Louise Slaughter (D - Fairport) and Kathy Hochul (D - Amherst), as both incumbents are in close races according to recent Siena polls.

The move is «very standard and very typical in close races,» said Chris Grant, Jane Corwin's campaign manager.

The state Independence Party was closely allied with the Senate GOP during the Joe Bruno days and sometimes helped provide the margin of victory in close races that enabled the Republicans to retain their long - standing hold on the majority.

Lawsuits are common in close races and often are filed to ensure vote counting is scrutinized under a legal microscope.

For Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy, the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan was a victory for the Republican — a potentially valuable component in a close race.

Why waste your money when you can have more of an impact in close races that you can make a difference in?»